associated_acts birth_place name background instrument genre image article_title birth_name occupation
bigmouth cleaver , matt wilson , joe morris , craig taborn , regina carter , gerald latrobe , pennsylvania , usa chris lightcap non_vocal_instrumentalist double bass , bass guitar jazz , rock , experimental lightcapbiscuit.jpg chris lightcap
 chris lightcap musician , bassist , composer
chris lightcap

chris lightcap is an american double bassist , bass guitarist and composer born in latrobe , pennsylvania .
currently based in brooklyn , new york , lightcap has worked with marc ribot , regina carter , craig taborn , john medeski , tomasz stanko , john scofield , the swell season , mark turner , joe morris , chris potter , glen hansard , sheila jordan , james carter , butch morris , ben monder , tom harrell and others .
his playing is featured on over 60 albums .
in addition to his work as a sideman he has led a variety of bands since 2000 and has produced four critically acclaimed albums of original music .
lightcap 's first two cds as a leader , `` lay-up '' -lrb- 2000 -rrb- and `` bigmouth '' -lrb- 2003 -rrb- were released on the fresh sound new talent label and featured a quartet line-up with gerald cleaver on drums and tony malaby and bill mchenry on tenor saxophones .
two years later he expanded the group to a quintet , naming it bigmouth and establishing a line-up of craig taborn on keyboards , chris cheek and malaby on tenor saxophones and cleaver on drums .
in 2010 bigmouth recorded `` deluxe '' , lightcap 's third cd as a leader , on clean feed records with alto saxophonist andrew d'angelo also joining the group on three selections .
the wall street journal called the recording `` superb '' and it was named one of the best releases of 2010 by the new york times , npr , the village voice , and jazz times , among other publications .
in 2006 he received a commission to compose for the ensemble counter -lrb- induction , which premiered his piece `` wiretap '' at the tenri cultural center on october 16 , 2006 .
in 2011 he received a new jazz works grant from chamber music america .
bigmouth premiered lightcap 's resulting work , `` lost and found '' at the earshot jazz festival on october 28 , 2012 in seattle , wa .
the work was subsequently broadcast on npr for the show `` jazzset with dee dee bridgewater '' .
a performance of the piece the following year was reviewed by the new york times .
bigmouth 's 2015 release on clean feed records , `` epicenter '' features this batch of music along with a cover of the velvet underground 's `` all tomorrow 's parties '' .
