Mike Kaupa-Trumpet/Flugelhorn-and in various combinations...Bob Sneider, guitar; Bill Dobbins, Piano; Paul Hoffman, piano; Jack Presberg, piano; Mike Melito, drums; Rich Thompson, drums; Dan Vitale, bass; Jeff Campbell, bass; Phil Flanegan, bass; Miles Brown, bass
Influences
Louis Armstrong
Bix Beiderbeck
Bubber Miley
Cootie Williams
Roy Eldridge
Dizzy Gillespie
Fats Navarro
Clifford Brown
Sam Noto
Clark Terry
Lee Morgan
Freddie Hubbard
Chet Baker
Jack Sheldon
Harry "Sweets" Edison
Johnny Coles
Donald Byrd
Kenny Dorham
Louis Smith
Dizzy Reece
Charles Tolliver
Hugh Masekela
Don Cherry
Lester Bowie
Jay Daversa
Randy Brecker
Terumasa Hino
John McNeil
MILES DAVIS
Tom Harrell
Kenny Wheeler
Ralph Alessi
Sam Snead
Tim Hagans
Woody Shaw
Ryan Kisor
Clay Jenkins
Paul Smoker
Lew Soloff
Charlie Parker
Bunky Green
Joe Lovano
Joe Henderson
Mike Brecker
Rich Perry
Rick Margitza
Ray Ricker
Joe Romano
Phil Woods
Joey Currazato
Mickey Kipler
Carl Atkins
Gary Keller (of the Florida Kellers)
Bill Dobbins
Ray Wright
Fred Sturm
Richard Grunow
Barry Kiener
Tete Montoliu
Kenny Werner
Joe Locke
Tom Schuman
Louis Macintosh
Warren Greenlea
James "Tombstone" Willis
David Kuehn
Vince DiMartino
GIL JOHNSON!
James Thompson
Brian Shaw
Doug Prosser
Luis Vidal
Jordi Rossy
Ze Eduardo
Luis Cabrera
!Taller de Musics!
Buffalo (the West Side)
Rochester (the East Side)
Miami (the dark side)
FREDONIA!
Lisbon
Lyon
BARCELONA
Harry Abraham
Mark Murphy
THE FADALES!
my students
And many others...
Sounds Like
The thing I’ve heard is that I sound like ME...that’s the goal.
Mike Kaupa is currently teaching at the Harley School in Rochester, NY, and the Eastman Community Music School. He was an interim professor of jazz trumpet at the Eastman School of Music for the 1999/2000 school year. Mike's also been on the faculty of the Tritone Jazz Fantasy Camp from 1998 to 2007.
Mike has performed throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Japan. Since 2001 he has been a member of the faculty at the annual Seminario de Jazz, in Barcelona, Spain. He has been associated with the Taller de Musics school in Barcelona since 1983 and recorded there with the group Onix and with Tete Monoliu and the Orchestra Taller de Musics de Barcelona.
Among others, he has performed with Jorge Rossy, Ben Monder, Mark Murphy, Gary Bartz, Luciana Souza, Ed Howard, Joe Locke, Bruce Barth, Steve Wilson, Steve Gadd, Judy Niemack, Mel Torme, and Ray Charles. He recently conducted the Finger Lakes All-County Middle School Jazz Band in Geneva, NY.
AND (fall, 2007)... soloist with New York State Council on the Arts grant recipient, Chris Jetsch, and large ensemble in NYC.
***Mike can be heard EVERY FRIDAY EVENING at the Strathallan Hotel in Rochester, N.Y.
Thank you for your friendship. Please check out the my flyer for the great lineup of musicians I’m going to be working with at the Iridium Jazz Club on June 16th. I am so excited! Peace and love, Pat Holley
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