Henry Franklin * Skipper - Remastered - Blue With Black Swirl (Blk) [New LP] 4/6/10 BWV 852-Fuga

BWV 852-Fuga

announced that he was buying the building and vowed to restore the El Mocambo and it's neon palms to their former glory

there are many defining moments and In A Heavy Bag gathers eleven of those moments in one place

the album is being issued on vinyl for the first time

Henry Franklin * Skipper - Remastered - Blue With Black Swirl (Blk) [New LP] 4/6/10 BWV 852-FugaThough it's hard to pick a winner among the estimable Black Jazz catalog, this 1972 release from bassist Henry "The Skipper" Franklin would have to be near the top of the list. Franklin got his start woodshedding with Latin maverick Willie Bobo in the mid '60s and went on to play with The Three Sounds, but probably his most notable gig prior to this debut album was his stint in Hugh Masekela's band (that's Franklin playing bass with Masekela at the