Frank McComb
Nighttown
May 28, 2008
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Frank McComb
with Walter Barnes-electric bass, & Robert Hubbard-drums
Wednesday, May 28
7 & 9 PM
$25
FrankVocalist, piano/keyboard master, and Cleveland native Frank McComb has been a strong presence in R & B and Jazz for the past 20 years. Frank started performing while still a student at Glenville High Scholl in the mid 80's. At that time he formed a trio, performed extensively, bought a car before he even had a license to drive, and developed the skills that have continued his popularity from those days on. Eventually he was picked up by the recording act "The Rude Boys" who were an offshoot of the popular Levert group. McComb quickly ascended to the position of musical director of the Rude Boys and hit the road in the early 90's. After a trip to Philadelphia he was lured there to become a member of hitmaking songwriters Gamble and Huff's musical team. While in Philadelphia he came to the attention of MoJazz record executive Steve McKeever. He was signed to MoJazz in the early 90's, but fell victim to internal business difficulties in the company. Two records that were recorded at that time never came out. In the mid 90's McComb landed in Los Angeles and was quickly discovered by saxophonist Branford Marsalis, who at that time was the musical director of the Tonight Show. McComb joined Marsalis' contemporary jazz group of that time, Buckshot LeFonque. He went on to make two successful CD's with that group and co-composed and recorded the hit song "Just Another Day". In 2000, Frank McComb recorded the underground hit record "Love Stories" for Columbia Records. Well known in musical circles, McComb still was not fully appreciated by broader audiences in the US. Ironically, he was rapidly gaining a significant following in Europe and Japan.
Presently Frank McComb is touring in support of his new CD/DVD "Live in Atlanta" on his own Boobeescoot records. Like many musical artists of the current generation, McComb has proven that a great musician can have a thriving career by going straight to the public. Frank McComb has been noticed by the big companies, they simply have not found a way to take that musicianship to the public. It has done little to stop Frank McComb. He still tours internationally, enjoys a specially good following overseas, and continues to be a strong underground presence in the States, while consistently working on special projects in Los Angeles.
This special concert at Nighttown marks the first club appearance in Cleveland for Frank McComb in several years. Supporting McComb will be old friends and colleagues Walter Barnes on electric bass, and Robert Hubbard on drums.
Don't miss vocalist and pianist Frank McComb when he makes his long awaited homecoming at Nighttown on Wednesday, May 28th.
http://www.frankmccomb.info/
For More information and to buy ticket visit: http://www.nighttowncleveland.com/
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© 2008 Plugged In Cleveland - Frank McComb - Nighttown
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