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Donald's Encyclopedia of Popular MusicA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZCAPP/PIERCE JUGGERNAUTBig jazz band. Frankie Capp (b 20 August 1931, Worcester MA; d 12 September 2017) was drummer with Stan Kenton, many others, then studio/session player in Los Angeles for many years; Nat Pierce the well-known arranger and rhythm pianist; the Capp/Pierce band was called 'a juggernaut in Basin Street' '76 and the name stuck. Though everybody said big bands were dead, uneconomic and so forth, Concord Jazz sold the records anyway. The debut album Juggernaut was followed by Live At Century Plaza, then Juggernaut Strikes Again '81; Plaza had vocals by by Joe Williams, the others by Ernie Andrews; Live At The Alley '87 featured Ernestine Anderson. Capp also made The Frank Capp Trio Presents Rickey Woodard and Quality Time, a quartet also backing Woodard, all on Concord. (Then-new voice alto and tenor saxist Woodard also had albums on Candid, Concord, Fresh Sound.) After Pierce's death Capp made In A Hefti Bag '94-5 and Play It Again Sam '97 with the big band, featuring arrangements by Neal Hefti and Sammy Nestico respectively. |