Chris Lightcap - Super Big Bass!

The Hump With Katie Thiroux

The Hump is pumped to welcome our guest this week! Bassist, composer, producer, Chris Lightcap! Tune in to find out why this episode is called, "Super Big Bass!"
💥Did you know...
➡️ Chris grew up in Latrobe, PA, grew up in a musical family and started on the violin?
➡️ He did not pick up the upright bass until High School 😲
➡️ He moved to NYC after college and started playing in Cecil Taylor's Big Band 💯
➡️ He's played extensively with Craig Taborn, Regina Carter, Matt Wilson, MANY more and has 2 working groups of his own: Big Mouth and Superette 🌟💪
Check out Chris!
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Katie Thiroux
Los Angeles jazz bassist and vocalist.
Following her prodigious beginnings on bass at age 8 and studies under renowned vocalist Tierney Sutton at 12, Thiroux was mentored by the legendary bassist John Clayton and was awarded a Phil Ramone Presidential Scholarship to Berklee College of Music while gaining experience on the bandstand with artists including Terrell Safford, Terri Lyne Carrington, Branford Marsalis, Larry Fuller, Ken Peplowski, Jeff Clayton, Patti Austin, Geri Allen, Helen Sung, Charles McPherson, and dozens of others.
“This girl is IT!” (Quincy Jones)

“A multitasking talent who swings her bass with a Mack-truck-powered lilt that would make her hero Ray Brown proud." The New Yorker
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