The Skipper at Home: Remastered Vinyl LP Enya C’ before Hammer

C’ before Hammer

or the tendency for things to fall into order

Perhaps too unique and uncoverable in their own right

‘You’ve Got Your Whole Life Ahead of You Baby’ and ‘Brown Sugar’ - are consistently intricate and intimate

The Skipper at Home: Remastered Vinyl LP Enya C’ before HammerBassist Henry Franklins 1972 release for Black Jazz, The Skipper, is one of the highlights in a label catalog full of many, and his 1974 follow up, The Skipper at Home (The Skipper is Franklins nickname), lives up to its predecessors high standard and might even surpass it. Which is no surprise given that a lot of the same players are on it, including trumpeter flugelhornist Oscar Brashear, tenor soprano saxophonist Charles Owens, and pianist Bill