HENRY FRANKLIN - The Skipper at Home CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS and alto flute (Jerry Dodgion)

and alto flute (Jerry Dodgion) to his trio with bassist Ron Carter and drummer Mickey Roker

in the end-credits

Saint Finbarre’s Cathedral in Cork

LP - Limited Edition Repress on Glow In The Dark Vinyl

The lullaby-like “Grapevine” chronicles the splintering of a human connection

HENRY FRANKLIN - The Skipper at Home CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS and alto flute (Jerry Dodgion)Bassist, 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,