Frank Capp

Frank Capp, a flexible and consistently swinging drummer, loved to drive a big band. As leader of the Juggernaut (a group he co-led with Nat Pierce starting in 1975 until the pianist's death in 1992), he got to push and inspire some of Los Angeles' best. Capp found his initial fame playing with Stan Kenton's Orchestra (1951). Two years later, he settled in Los Angeles; became a busy studio musician; and played with everyone from Ella Fitzgerald, Harry James, and Charlie Barnet to Stan Getz, Art Pepper, and Dave Pell. He recorded often with Andre Previn's Trio (1957-1964), and ...