Orrin Evans · Ralph Bowen · Tim Warfield · Antonio Hart · Sam Newsome · Avishai Cohen · Rodney Whitaker · Ralph Peterson
Over time the Captain Black line-up has included such notable names as saxophonists Tia Fuller, Wayne Escoffery, Stacy Dillard, Tim Warfield, Marcus Strickland, and Jaleel Shaw; trumpeters Sean Jones, Duane Eubanks and Jack Walrath; trombonists Frank Lacy and Conrad Herwig; bassists Eric Revis, Mike Boone and Luques Curtis; and drummers Ralph Peterson, Donald Edwards and Gene Jackson.
The core band has become more compact and streamlined over time, reduced from 17 to 11 pieces, without losing its forceful identity. It features a rotating cast of brilliantly skilled talent, most of them leaders in their own right – including drummers Anwar Marshall and Mark Whitfield Jr., saxophonists Immanuel Wilkins, Troy Roberts and Caleb Wheeler Curtis, and bassist Luques Curtis, among others. David Gibson, Josh Lawrence, Todd Bashore and Stafford Hunter have all been key lieutenants in the band from its early days, supplying arrangements or stepping up to fill leadership roles as they arise.
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