Lightcap's first two CDs as a leader, Lay-Up (2000) and Bigmouth (2003) were released on the Fresh Sound New Talent label and featured a quartet line-up with Gerald Cleaver on drums and Tony Malaby and Bill McHenry on tenor saxophones. Two years later he expanded the group to a quintet, naming it Bigmouth and establishing a line-up of Craig Taborn on keyboards, Chris Cheek and Malaby on tenor saxophones and Cleaver on drums.
Lightcap's initial two CDs as a leader, Lay-Up (2000) and Bigmouth (2003), were released by Fresh Sound New Talent. They featured a quartet with Gerald Cleaver on drums and Tony Malaby and Bill McHenry on tenor saxophones. Two years later, he increased the group size to a quintet named Bigmouth, including Craig Taborn on keyboards, Chris Cheek, and Malaby on tenor saxophones, and retaining Gerald Cleaver on drums.