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Skip Heller HOMEGOING
Jazz, Jazz   Innova 577    CD   15

Composer/guitarist Skip Heller is regularly compared favorably with Sun Ra, Frank Zappa, and John Zorn. His new release, "Homegoing" sends him back to his soul-jazz roots. See One Sheet
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Track Listing Header
Title Composer(s) Performer(s) Length
From the night before Skip Heller
The Skip Heller Quartet
Lee Toft
5:00
Meydele Skip Heller
The Skip Heller Quartet
Time After Time Sammy Cahn
Jule Styne
The Skip Heller Quartet
Dave Alvin
Nika's Dowry Skip Heller
The Skip Heller Quartet
Emily Remler Skip Heller
The Skip Heller Quartet
Funeral March from Mahler, Symphony #5 Skip Heller
Gustav Mahler
The Skip Heller Quartet
Lee Toft
The 'Intensive' Girl Skip Heller
The Skip Heller Quartet
I Just Keep Lovin' Her Little Walter Jacobs
The Skip Heller Quartet
Dave Alvin
Thinking Of You Terry Adams
The Skip Heller Quartet
One Sheet Text

This isn't your dad's Jimmy Smith records. He puts an extremely personal and stylized stamp on the classic Hammond B3 organ combo, combining groove tunes, standards, originals, and even a swipe at Gustav Mahler with angular surprises, not the least of which is the appearance of Grammy-winner Dave Alvin on vocals for two cuts.

Reviews

Smilin' Ear (Holland) Wire (UK)

"Astonishing."
by Smilin' Ear (Holland)

The Wire (UK)

"In a world of fakes, lookalikes, not terribly amusing kitsch, and nostalgia orgies, [Skip Heller] is in love with this music and has the skills to build something new from it."
by The Wire (UK)

All Music Guide

"In an era when so much music is rigidly and narrowly programmed, it's nice to find someone with the vision and ability to touch so many bases. And it all belongs in Heller's world."
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