”The Skipper at Home” by Henry Franklin on Black Jazz BJQD/17

One of the best on the label. View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Acquired this today and another one when a store in the city had a jazz drop. Arrived 10 minutes before they opened and was first there. Another guy came and it was just the two of us waiting. I told him I was after this Henry Franklin first and foremost and he was eyeing another title. While chatting we realized that we both followed each other on Instagram. Nice guy.This album is something else. Fantastic 70’s jazz, just like the other Franklin I got, also on Black Jazz. The post-bop tunes are insanely good and some overall favorites are Chick Corea’s ”What Was” on which trumpeter Oscar Brashear and Charles Owens on tenor really cooks, ”The Magic Boy” which is a quintessential uptempo post-bop burner with Skipper on fire, the soothing slow tempo ”Soft Spirit”, which features some beautiful flute…