“THE NOT SO BIG BAND”
IS BACK IN ACTION AGAIN !
APPEARING AT THE FAMOUS
ZINC BAR TUESDAY JUNE 28th
8pm - 11pm
LOCATED
AT: 83 WEST 3RD STREET (between Thompson and Sullivan streets) in the
heart of Greenwhich Village adjacent to the NYU campus and one short
block from Washington Square Park
“Zinc Bar is a Greenwich Village jazz club in the former space of the
legendary 1940s jazz venue Club Cinderella where Billie Holiday sang to
the accompaniment of Thelonious Monk the house pianist.
The Zinc Bar maintains an old school Jazz vibe, which is unique among the commercialized jazz clubs in the City today”(Time Out New York)
The Zinc Bar maintains an old school Jazz vibe, which is unique among the commercialized jazz clubs in the City today”(Time Out New York)
DRINKS ARE REASONABLE PRICED AND THE SEATING IS SPACIOUS
PLUS A SMALL MUSIC CHARGE
New CD
PLUS A SMALL MUSIC CHARGE
New CD
TRACKS: 1. BLACK NILE 6:08
2. LOS CIELOS DE AYER 6:12
3. UH OH! 4:58
4. MIDNIGHT IN BERLIN 6:12
5. FESTIVAL 5:24
6. STOLEN MOMENTS 8:22
7. NEWS FROM BLUEPORT 4:18
8. GUIJIRA 6:46
9. APE AND ESSENCE 8:02
10. IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW 7:07
11. FRIED BANANAS 4:22
12. BUSY BUSY BUSY 7:13
Uh Oh! is the latest installment in the recorded history of “The Not So Big Band”preceded by “Urban Still Life” and the follow up “Not So Big Band” Those project were co- produced by my great friend,mentor and jazz bassist Chris White (1936- 2014) who also performed and arranged music for those projects as well. We would like to dedicate this project to his memory.
The
“Not So Big Band” is the brainchild of talented multi-instrumentalist
Lou Caputo.It is a big band that consists of twelve musicians as opposed
to the sixteen-piece or larger variety. This band is a working band,
playing together for over 10 years. The band has performed for over a
decade at “The Garage” in Greenwich Village, as well as performances at
the “John Birks Gillespie Auditorium” located in the “Baha’i Center” in
NYC , also at “Trumpets” and a regular attraction at St Peter’s Mid Day
Jazz series along with concerts at Hofstra and Montclair Universities.
The band has two CD’s out (Urban Still Life & Not So Big Band) that have enjoyed considerable airplay and both have been very well received. by the jazz press A third CD (UH OH!)
will be released in 2016. All of our music is currently available from
most digital vendors like iTunes CDbaby and through streaming services,
such as Spotify.
Lou
Caputo, a native of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, has done almost every kind
of job that a musician can be asked to do. He has performed in jazz
clubs in London (Ronnie Scott’s) and all over the Northeast area as
well. A multi-instrumentalist (saxophones, clarinets and flutes) he has
performed in show bands with the likes of Lou Rawls, Harry Connick Jr,
The Temptations, The Four Tops and Shirley Bassey. He has also performed
with Howard Johnson’s five Bari Saxophone group (Beartones) as well as
Warren Smith’s Composers Orchestra and The Ellington and Dorsey bands.
He is a member of Jack Jeffers New York Classics and has performed with
The Cotton Club Orchestra Recently Lou performed on Harry Connick's
album "Your Songs"
Also
featured in “The Not So Big Band” are noted musicians like
percussionist Eddie Montalvo (Grammy nominee, Latin Grammy winner, Fania
All-Stars), saxophonist Virginia Mayhew (Saxophone Journal Saxophonist
of the Year), trumpeter John Eckart (Performed with Toshiko Akiyoshi and
Lee Konitz), legendary bassist and jazz author Bill Crow (performed
with Gerry Mulligan and Phil Woods), Geoffery Burke (performs with Harry
Connick Jr.) Warren Smith who has performed with everyone from John
Cage and Gil Evans to Barbra Streisand and all stops in between Just to
cite some of the band members.
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