Henry Franklin * Skipper - Remastered - Blue With Black Swirl (Blk) [New LP] Rap founder of Lookout Records

founder of Lookout Records

LP package includes gatefold jacket

as well as from his studio albums including Orphée and Englaborn

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Henry Franklin * Skipper - Remastered - Blue With Black Swirl (Blk) [New LP] Rap founder of Lookout RecordsThough 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