Francois Mulder: vocals Annie Bea : vocals Mathias Minquet Villarino: guitar Matt Cusack: bass Colin Burstow: drums Will Tobin: Piano
Influences
What they say about it:
"The New Capitols were fantastic, it was a great night. The singer from South Africa had the voice of an angel and the musicians were phenomenal. So good to see such talent after all the manufactured pop."
"I really didn't know what to expect from these jazz school grads but I was blown away. These guys are certainly ones to watch this year and beyond, the talent is incredible and the set up very unusual."
"Exceptional music talent crowded onto a tiny stage. No room to swing a cat but boy those young cats swung!"
Sounds Like
A blend and reinterpretation of jazz standard and originals with a flavour of dance. Produced by Steve Christian of Rae&Christian.
Over the year 2008/2009, Compass Management and Decca auditioned over 650 talented musicians from over 28 different countries. The result is The New Capitols, a band including some of the finest graduating jazz talent in the world, brought together to recreate, reinterpret and contemporize the sound of the genre.
Francois Mulder was born in South West Africa and was raised in the culturally vibrant South Africa. He moved to Canada to study music where he obtained a Bachelors Degree in Jazz Studies from Humber College and Thompson Rivers University.
Annie Bea is a British singer/songwriter, born in West London, and brought up in the creative hubbub of Portobello Road. Spotted by Gary Stonage she started working with him, along with George Vjestica, as a singer. Annie later began hosting her own evenings at a number of venues in London including the world renowned Ronnie' Scotts.
Mathias Minquet Villarino is French/Argentinean. In France, he obtained a B.A. in musicology from La Sorbonne, Paris and he studied later at the Berklee College of Music (Boston). He played as a sideman with Enrique Iglesias, Laura Pausini, The Pussycat Dolls and other pop artists.
Matt Cusack is a Bassist and songwriter from beautiful New Jersey. He studied Jazz performance at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Since graduating he has toured North America with the Broadway National Tour of Sweeney Todd.
Will Tobin is a 23 year old pianist from Skaneateles, New York. He graduated from the Bill Evans Piano Academy in Paris, France. He then returned to the USA and working under the wing of cuban pianist, Elio Villafranca, at the University of the Arts (Philadelphia), where he obtained a Bachelors of Arts in performance.
Colin Burstow is a London born drummer. He studied at Trinity College of Music where he graduated on Trombone. He has played at many of the countries most prestigious venues on both Trombone and Drums and has recently completed a world tour with Ebony Bones.
Will! I had no idea this was your band at first! So nice to hear from you and know you're doing well! The band is awesome--I love the songs! All the best to you, my friend. --Peg
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