Frank Capp is a versatile and swinging drummer who loves driving a big band. He was the leader of Juggernaut, a group he founded with Nat Pierce in 1975 and continued until Pierce’s death in 1992. This gave him the opportunity to inspire and push some of Los Angeles’ finest musicians. Capp’s first fame was playing with Stan Kenton’s Orchestra (1951). He settled in Los Angeles two years later and became a successful studio musician. He played with everyone, from Ella Fitzgerald, Harry James and Charlie Barnet, to Stan Getz and Art Pepper. He recorded many times with Andre Previn’s Trio (1957-1964), as well as records with Terry Gibbs (1958), Turk Murphy (1961), and Benny Goodman (1958). Capp recorded extensively for Concord in many settings, starting in the 1970s. He worked in television studios and on television shows in the 1960s. The Capp-Pierce Juggernaut, later known as the Juggernaut, sometimes sounded almost identical to the Count Basie Orchestra of the 1970s and was a great format for Capp’s colorful playing. Allmusic
