Chris Lightcap - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Chris Lightcap is a bassist and composer who leads his own band and also works with other groups. The songs on this page are unreleased recordings of his music, but if you'd like to hear music that he put out on his records, you can check out his website, www.chrislightcap.com. As a sideman he's worked with Marc Ribot, Craig Taborn, Mark Turner, Joe Morris, Sheila Jordan, James Carter, Butch Morris, Ben Monder, Anthony Coleman, Steven Bernstein, Regina Carter, Roy Campbell and Tom Harrell. The two CDs he put out under his own name are on the Fresh Sound label, and his recently-formed quintet features Tony Malaby and Mark Turner on tenor saxophones, Craig Taborn on keyboards and Gerald Cleaver on drums. Over the next year you can hear this group at various New York clubs as well as at venues throughout the notheast. He's also playing a lot with other people's bands and you can find a more complete list of those dates on his website...."Known locally as valuable sideman, Lightcap's been quietly leading his own outfits over the last few years. And he's got a design in his head...Call him a hidden treasure."(Village Voice) "A bassist-bandleader who's made some excellent records with two tenor saxophones out front." (New York Times). Thanks for listening and please come out to a show if you like what you hear...

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Member Since: 12/20/2005
Band Website: chrislightcap.com
Band Members: Bigmouth: Tony Malaby , and either Mark Turner , Chris Cheek or Andrew D'Angelo saxophones, Craig Taborn , keyboards, Gerald Cleaver , drums, Chris , bass.

The group recently received a nice New York Times review that you can read here .

Chris also currently performs with about 20 other bands including Circle Down (with Chad Tayor and Angelica Sanchez ), the Ben Monder Trio , Gerald Cleaver's Violet Hour , the James Carney Group , the Matt Wilson Quartet , Shakers-n-Bakers , and Smokey's Roundup .

In addition to his two CDs as a leader, Lay-Up and Bigmouth , he may be heard on over 40 records by such artists as Craig Taborn , Regina Carter , Joe Morris , Ben Waltzer , singer-songwriter Ruper Ordorkia and many others.
Influences: In no particular order: Monk, Andrew Hill, Edward Blackwell, Bob Dylan, Ornette Coleman, Brian Wilson, Arsenio Rodriguez, Mingus, Jack Casady, Wilbur Ware, Paul McCartney, Rick Danko, Tommy Cogbill, Ron Carter, Henry Grimes, Bootsy Collins, James Jamerson, Cachao, John Entwhistle, Bill Wyman, Jimmy Garrison, Levon Helm, Sun Ra, Yes, the Left Banke, Don Cherry, Carlos Ward, John Coltrane, Love, Burt Bacharach, Jimi Hendrix, the Zombies, George Harrison, Pete Townshend, Big Star, Elliott Smith, John Fahey, more.
Type of Label: Indie