Daniel Knobler (guitar) Zack Rosen (electric fretless bass) Matt Porter (keys) Coleman Bartles (drums) - Greg Evans plays on Shoop! Matt Chiasson (tenor sax) Jon Saraga (trumpet)
Tracks "Do That Stuff (w. Emily Elbert)" & "The Chicken" are from our first Bowery Poetry Club performance on November 23rd with The Captain Coconut Funk Orchestra with Danny Rivera (baritone sax and horn arrangements), Matt Chiasson (soprano sax), Jon Saraga (trumpet), Chuck Schiermeyer (alto sax), Pawan Benjamin (tenor sax), Lee Silver (trumpet), Isaac Kaplan (trombone), Chanell Crichlow (tuba).
The City of New Orleans, Lettuce, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Tower of Power, John Scofield, Maceo Parker, The Meters, Derek Trucks, The Allman Brothers Band, Jaco Pastorius, Aretha Franklin, King Curtis, Sly & the Family Stone, Parliament Funkadelic, Herbie Hancock, Stax Records, Soulive, Robert Walter, Brian Seeger, Billy Preston... FUNK & SOUL MUSIC.
Sounds Like
CAPTAIN COCONUT: Shoop!
Captain Coconut is steamy horn-driven funk that makes you want to move. They have a contagious, inviting, upbeat presence; they are what live music is supposed to be: a funky good time.
Next Gig: Friday, May 9th - Funk Orchestra @ The Bowery Poetry Club
The 12-piece Captain Coconut Funk Orchestra makes its return alongside our friends The Northern and The Middle Eight. The show starts at 10 pm, tickets are $10 and the club is All Ages. The Bowery Poetry Club is located at 308 Bowery between Bleecker and Houston. BE THERE
The Funk Orchestra Is: Danny Rivera (baritone sax and horn arrangements), Matt Chiasson (soprano sax), Jon Saraga (trumpet), Chuck Schiermeyer (alto sax), Pawan Benjamin (tenor sax), Marc Osterer (trumpet), Matt Musselman (trombone), Chanell Crichlow (tuba)
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Dan Knobler (guitar), Matt Porter (keys), Zack Rosen (bass), Coleman Bartles (drums)
"Shoop!" presents 8 original tracks written, arranged, recorded and mixed by the band with artwork by Sonya Dissin and Matt Porter. Available as CD or DRM-Free MP3 Download from CDBaby.com (click the giant album cover above)
Captain Coconut Won the Going.com NYC Band Showcase at the Canal Room!
Thanks to everyone who voted, we came in 4th place in the online voting and were awarded $1000 plus a gig at the Canal Room where we beat the Top 3 (Dice, FMOS and BrotherLove) and won a meeting with Cordless Recordings, an online branch of Warner Brothers Records.
CAPTAIN COCONUT GOT FUNKED UP IN NEW ORLEANS!
On Saturday, April 28th the whole band headed down to the Crescent City to play a night at Rotolo's Restaurant during the first weekend of JazzFest '07. We opened up for our buddy Marc Stone with 2 hours of sizzling hot funk. We had a great time in New Orleans, saw some fantastic music and made lots of new friends.
Free Downloads of Captain Coconut shows!
Click above for free downloadable recordings of various shows from over the years including our award winning Canal Room performance, outrageously tight 3/24 Knitting Factory show, and 4/21 Zonker Harris Day adventure at Wesleyan University. Captain Coconut supports live music trading. Thanks Archive.org!
The Craig Charles Funk And Soul Show is broadcast live on BBC 6Music every Saturday night between 6 and 9 pm.
On last Saturday’s show:- Baltic Soul Weekender Special with Live interviews from Ann Sexton AND Tuomo As well as music from Erma Franklin, The New Mastersounds, James & Bobby Purify, Trio Valore, Gene Chandler, Lefties Soul Connection, Thelma Houston, Malena, Etta James, 6Toys, The O’Jays, Lee McDonald, and much much more. If you missed the show you can listen again at any time at www. bbc. co. uk/6music/shows/funk_soul/
All the best, The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show Team BBC 6Music
P.S. This Saturday we have Quantic Soul Orchestra in session
"Do that Stuff" with Emily Elbert is so amazingly done. Good work guys. its so so so so tight I love it lots. <3 Next time im up in NYC, I'll make sure to come to a show, hell, i might even sell CDs afterwards, I'm going thru coconut withdrawal.
We are giving back to all of our amazing fans with a FREEE SHOWWWW This Friday with our good friends Scribes of Fire (myspace. com/scribesoffire). New tunes, new merch and a DRUM OFF between Justin of CTS and Kurf of Scribes! Not to be missed! Hope to see you all there!
Hanks Saloon 46 3rd ave Brooklyn NY Free Scribes of Fire @ 10 Consider The Source@ 11 www. Hankssaloon. com
Yeah..y'all are definitely funky...see you met Bam Bam...he gets excited over stuff like this...and you see what happens when he gets excited. Peace-Hob
You guys are on iTunes, which kicks ass, but, may I ask, since you guys are 'indie', why not be 'iTunes Plus', such that your songs would be DRM-free and higher-quality?
yo, thanks for the love. we should set up a show soon in nyc and boston. my buddy is the alto/bari player in the new groove orchestra. i hope that show with them goes well. any openings on that bill? your shit is tight too! peace & love, MOTHER VIBRATION
Just picked up your new CD on CDCaby.com and it's great! The horns are TITS! All 3 have a great sound and the soloing is really hip. Your bari player blows great solos especially. Missed ya'll in New Orleans by a week...next time.
congrats on winning the going.com shizm! that's awesome guys hope it's the start of much more. The New Groove Orchestra and the Mugwump Collective are gearing up for the show at the Lions Den, we should pool our pr/adverstising resources and really push it
Hey There,
Had a great time at Zonker Harris Day, and you guys were the highlight! The recording came out sweet, and I'll have it in the mail to Dan this weekend. Keep up the Funk!
Peace,
Dave
Thanks for being our friend! We hope you like the music. The album went up on iTunes recently, so if you enjoy the music please drop by the store and check it out. If you happen to be around to the city, we're playing next Thursday!
<3 Blondes Pass Out
For all the kind love you have given us, it is time for us to give something back to you...our first little EP:
Lazlo--Live Mountain Sampler
9 loaded tracks of some live sweetness, polished and shiny.
Come on over to our space and download the entire album, including the artwork, FOR FREE.
This summer finally looks ripe for us to jump in our bus and play a few shows...if you have any venues you want us to check out, let us know and we'll look them up...otherwise, keep your ear to the ground for us!
Hey Captain Coconut,
Thanks for the add and the kind words.
April 28 N.O. I will come and check you out. Been goin' to fest for 9 years. Congrats.
PeAcE,
Lisa Cee
Hi there!
The New York Mets' website is having a contest for what song should play when David Wright comes to bat for the Mets this season. As you know, I have made a song about Mr. Wright, and wouldn't it be great if that were his song?! COME ON!
Here's what you can do:
1. Go to http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/nym/fan_forum/survey_wrightsong_form.jsp
2. Enter your name, email, phone #, but make sure that the boxes are unchecked so you won't get spam from MLB.
3. Choose "Write-In Suggestion"
4. Type "David Wright -- Sam Davison (www.myspace.com/samdavisonmusic)"
ALWAYS REMEMBER TO TYPE THE WEBSITE.
5. Press "submit."
6. Booyah!
This is totally possible! This could be the SECOND TIME that the Mets feature one of my songs! I need your help to do it, so please vote, and vote often!
Hi Captain Coconut
Come check out this exclusive FREE Download of the title track from the new Ed Spargo album "PLAYROOM" Available for a limited time only at: www.EdSpargoExclusive.com
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