Neal "Sugar" Caine & Alan Bartuš & Band

Neal "Sugar" Caine is a New York-based double bassist whose career spans several generations of American jazz.

For three years he performed with the legendary Jazz Machine of Elvin Jones, drummer for John Coltrane, and frequently appeared with Diana Krall and Betty Carter. Since 2000, he has maintained a long-standing collaboration with Harry Connick Jr. - he played on Connick's Grammy-winning album Songs I Heard. His fellow musicians have also included Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Jon Batiste, Samara Joy, and other prominent figures of the American jazz scene.

He has performed on the stages of Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Madison Square Garden, and Sydney Opera House.