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joseph caploe
My profile includes 40 years of professional performing and teaching in all musical styles and performing ensembles including Classical, Jazz, Musical Theatre, Latin and World Music styles. I have been teaching full time at the university level for 25 years. Before that I taught private lessons and was an Artist in Residence in the San Jose Unified School District in the Bay Area and at San Jose State University. My albums as a leader include “Hearsay”, “Caploe Brothers”, “Between the Lines” , “Tenerife Blue”, “The Music of Joe Caploe Sampler”, Neck N Neck “All In” and “The Shed” with Mark Little. All titles are available on CDBaby.com, Amazon, Apple music etc. My major festival appearances include the Monterey Jazz Festival, Concord Jazz Festival, America Festival, Festival de Theatre in Montreal and Jerusalem with Music Theatre Group of New York, Iowa City Jazz Festival, Jazz Alive, and the San Jose Jazz Festival. I served as WI Percussive Arts Chapter President and hosted the 2007 WI PAS Days of Percussion.
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Artist Statement of Work
Tell us about your work (style, approach, philosophy, subject and/or theme):
My compositions blend the many styles I have studied and performed including Jazz, African, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, Indian and polyrhythmic music. The musicians I record and perform with are well versed in these diverse styles and can interpret my compositions with fluidity. I incorporate the rhythmic concepts from these cultures to create an exciting style that captures the essence of the music. Improvisation is a very important part of my compositions. Although there is structure in my compositions the improvisations have a sense of freedom that the soloists can explore.