The Skipper at Home
by Henry Franklin
- Type: Album
- Released: June 1974
- Label: Black Jazz
- Country: United States
- Length: 41:53
- Community rating: 3.97/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Released on the revered Black Jazz Records label, this sophomore effort from bassist Henry 'The Skipper' Franklin is a masterclass in deeply spiritual, groove-oriented jazz. Featuring intricate horn arrangements and fiercely polyrhythmic drumming, the album seamlessly blends avant-garde improvisational freedom with heavy, hypnotic funk vamps. It remains a prized artifact of the 1970s Black Jazz catalog.
Genres
Descriptors: rhythmic, complex, improvisation
Tracklist
- Blue Lights (7:03)
- What Was (8:28)
- Soft Spirit (7:31)
- The Magic Boy (8:54)
- Venus Fly Trap (6:23)
- Waltz For Boobuss (3:33)
Credits
- Henry Franklin - primary artist, bass, leader
- Leon Ndugu Chancler - drums
- Grafica, Chicago - graphics
- Kenny Climas - guitar
- Bob Berglund - lacquer cut by
- Kemang Sunduza - soprano saxophone
- Charles Owens - tenor saxophone
- Al Hall - trombone, written-by