Skip Heller
It's Like That: The Organ Combo Anthology 1998-2004
© 2004 www.skipheller.com
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Burning, swinging, grooving, blues-drenched organ jazz.
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- 1 Big J
- 2 Jelly
- 3 Dave Alvin
- 4 Andy Tesso
- 5 Meydele
- 6 Nika's Dowry
- 7 Giant Steps
- 8 Funeral March From Mahler #5
- 9 Interplanetary Music
- 10 Rosetta
- 11 Emiko
- 12 Don't Know Why
- 13 Never Can Say Goodbye
- 14 Chinatown
- 15 The Yodel
- 16 The Mighty Burner
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albums you will love
- HEATH ALLEN/SKIP HELLER: The Night's Not Yet Over
- SKIP HELLER: Along The Anchorline: The Skip Heller Trio At Sun (Standard Edition)
- NARTHEX: Twin Cities
- SKIP HELLER/DAVID ANDERSEN: Guitars In Stereo
- HEATH ALLEN: Red/Blue... Shift
- SKIP HELLER: Record Geekus Maximus: The Best Of Skip Heller
- SKIP HELLER: Liberal Dose
- THE SKIP HELLER TRIO: Mean Things Happening In This Land
- SKIP HELLER: Skip Heller, Newt Johnson, & David White, Ortlieb's Jazzhaus, Phila., Sept 9, 2006
- SKIP HELLER: Couch 2.0
- SKIP HELLER: Til Things Are Brighter
- SKIP HELLER: Out Of Time! The Skip Heller Trio Live In Philly
- SKIP HELLER: Bear Flag
- SKIP HELLER: Glamour Profession: The Ongoing Skip Heller
- SKIP HELLER: fakebook
- SKIP HELLER WITH DOSE: The Battle In Seattle
- SKIP HELLER: Homegoing
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"Skip Heller is something special!"
-- All About Jazz
"Skip Heller offers more hope for the healthy future of jazz than anything since the appearance of John Zorn."
-- Goldmine
"Skip Heller is an amazing guy, soulful musician/composer and a good friend. I think that soon more people will discover how talented a guy he is. A visionary of sorts."
-- Dave Alvin
Over the last six years, guitarist/bandleader Skip Heller has become on of the most critically-praised emerging figures in jazz while building a body of music that at once looks to the future and holds tight to traadition.
Nowhere has he done this moreso that in his organ combo recordings. Organ combos -- long ghettoized as a less-worthy jazz style -- defined the sound of Heller's hometown, Philadelphia. One one hand, he absorbed everything about this blues-based format. On the other, he has challenged every convention about that format via his arresting original compositions, unique arrangements, and startling choices of cover songs, ranging for Uri Caine and Sun Ra to Norah Jones.
Those of you who have seen Heller live are aware that many of his live staples have never made it to disc -- until now. Studio versions of "Dave Alvin", "Don't Know Why", "Rosetta" and other gig favorites are available here. Also, a few live bootlegs (including a wild version of Sun Ra's "Interplanetary Music", featuring Arkestra saxophonist Knoell Scott tearing it UP) have been included.
For those who don't know Heller's work, this a perfect starting place. For those that have the records, eight of the sixteen cuts have never been released before, including the original Skip Heller Trio demo.
THIS IS A VERY LIMITED EDITION!!!