Sergio Caputo

Born Rome (Italy), 1.August 1954 The musical career of international recording artist, composer and guitarist Sergio Caputo, now based in the California Bay Area, spans over 2 decades and began in Europe with the overnight success of his first LP released in 1983. With a unique style of jazz and latin-jazz infused pop, Sergio's music defined a new genre of musical style that successfully bridged the worlds of jazz and pop. Sergio's prolific recording career produced 14 albums and numerous hits released by major labels that topped the charts year after year with which Sergio continued his experimentation of musical and lyrical expression, affirming himself as both an accomplished author and producer as well as guitarist and performer. Prestigious collaborations in Sergio's career include those with Dizzy Gillespie, Lester Bowie, Tony Scott, Mel Collins (King Crimson), Tony Bowers (Simply Red), Enrico Rava and Danilo Rea. Caputo just released his new CD entitled "That Kind of Thing", a guitar based Smooth Jazz album recorded in California, and is now recording his next CD project to be released in 2007. [source: wikipedia]