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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