BOBBY KAPP TRIO at Zinco Jazz Club

Jazz has been a way of life for Bobby Kapp. He began singing to his
Grandmother's player piano, and,
when he was three, surprised his father by standing up and singing in the
buses they traveled in. In high
school, he sang with the mixed chorus, and then began playing drums and
singing jazz - and has been
doing so ever since.After studying percussion at the Berklee School of Music,
he moved to New York and
became active in the original avant garde "new music"of the sixties. Some
records that he has appeared
on have become classics of that period:...

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Jazz has been a way of life for Bobby Kapp. He began singing to his
Grandmother's player piano, and,
when he was three, surprised his father by standing up and singing in the
buses they traveled in. In high
school, he sang with the mixed chorus, and then began playing drums and
singing jazz - and has been
doing so ever since.After studying percussion at the Berklee School of Music,
he moved to New York and
became active in the original avant garde "new music"of the sixties. Some
records that he has appeared
on have become classics of that period:

"Three For Shepp" with Marion Brown (Impulse)
"Live at Judson Hall" with Noah Howard (ESP)
"In Search of a Mystery" Gato Barbieri's first recording (ESP)
"Dave Burrell High" with pianist Dave Burrell

Other greats that he has played drums with include masters Dexter Gordon
and Pharoah Sanders.In 1993,
Bobby was chosen to participate as a vocalist in "Jazz in July" at the University
of Massachusetts with
Sheila Jordan and Nnenna Freelon. In 1998 he was a semi-finalist in the
Thelonious Monk International
Vocalist Competition, and in 1999 he performed with Etta Jones at the San
Miguel Jazz Festival where he
first played the Hip Gig drum kit. "I was amazed at the portability and sound I
got," he said, "especially
from the brushes."In 2000, he co-led, with Noah Howard his "Back to the
Future" project in the Bell
Atlantic Jazz Festival in New York City. It was broadcast on the first "BET On
Jazz" for national TV
syndication. Bobby also sang and played drums at the Blue Note in NYC with
his group the Fine Wine Trio
as well as appearing at the Elvin Jones Jazz Festival in Poland.Mr. Kapp has
recently returned from a tour
of Africa and the Near East with his Fine Wine Trio. Designated as "Jazz
Ambassadors" for the United
States Department of State, they opened their adventure with a concert
performance at the Kennedy
Center in Washington, DC.LISTEN TO BOBBY AND FIND MORE INFO AT
WWW.ZINCOJAZZ.COM

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