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Nic Cacioppo

New York City based drummer and composer Nic Cacioppo has been described by Downbeat Magazine as “a fascinating drummer” who “goes hard”. Originally from the greater Philadelphia area, and the son of two Classical musicians, Nic started playing drums professionally as a teenager in Philly and South Jersey. During this time he was fortunate to have a diverse mixture of formative musical experiences with a variety of people and musical situations. Since migrating to New Jersey over a decade ago, Cacioppo has had the distinct honor of working with world class musicians including Slide Hampton, Johnny O’Neal, Gene Perla, Tyshawn Sorey, Wallace Roney, and David Murray, and has been a member of the JD Allen trio for over a year now. Cacioppo has recorded as a sideman on record labels including HighNote-Savant Records and PM Records and has performed at venues including Blue Note (NYC), North Sea Jazz Festival (Rotterdam, Netherlands), Duc Des Lombards (Paris, France), Smoke Jazz Club (NYC), Ravinia Festival (Illinois), Birdland (NYC), Jazz Standard (NYC), Chicago Jazz Festival, Smalls Jazz Club (NYC)

Ugly Beauty: Jazz in The 21st Century

by Philip Freeman
July 26, 2022

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 1, “JD Allen: Just Keep Going" from Philip Freeman's Ugly Beauty: Jazz in The 21st Century (ZerO Books, 2022). Queens, New York seems purposely designed to confuse travelers. It's January 2, 2020, a brisk but sunny day, and I'm to meet saxophonist JD Allen at Samurai ...

Strange Lands

By Nicole Glover

Label: Savant Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Strange Lands, Hive Queen, The Twilight Zone, Dindi, Parks, The Switch, Notturno, A Flower is a Lovesome Thing, I Concentrate on You

Jazzmeia, Newk, Bird, Dave & More

by Marc Cohn
March 27, 2020

Showtime, don't ya know? Jazzmeia Horn was scheduled to perform in Baton Rouge recently, but the gig got 'coronaed.' So, we do a mini-concert here, and hope she can reschedule when this plague dissipates. Shoot, they even cancelled the St. Patrick's Day parade here; so you know this is serious business. We also continue centennial celebrations ...

New Age Old Ways

By Peter Lin

Label: Self Released
Released: 2019
Track listing: A Path to Understanding; Celestial Being; New Age, Old Ways; Akong; Song of the Amis; TNT Theme; Red Label; Mantis Shrimp

JD Allen: Barracoon

by Mackenzie Horne
September 13, 2019

To describe JD Allen's Barracoon as a great record would give a false impression--though it is in fact a fantastic record. It would be demeaning to only refer to the piece as a great exemplar of post-bop production. This record is more important than that; not only is it significant in terms of Allen's artistic development, ...

With Respect

By Peter Lin

Label: Self-Released
Released: 2018
Track listing: Forgotten Times (被遺忘的時光); Sweet as Honey (甜蜜蜜); The Moon Represents My Heart (月亮代表我的 心); Born Here, From There ; My Blues; Rose, Rose, I Love You (玫瑰玫瑰我愛你); Evening Primrose (夜來香);