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Take Five With Skip Heller
by AAJ Staff
Meet Skip: Born and bred in Philly, played bar mitzvahs, weddings, top 40, country and whatever else. Came up in the wake of giants like Uri Caine, Bootsie Barnes, Shirley Scott, and others. Very traditional on some levels, but a full-on cultural expeditionary on any number of levels.Instrument: electric guitar.Teachers and/or influences? ...
Mean Things Happening In This Land
By Skip Heller
Label: Ropeadope
Released: 2006
Track listing: Dear God; Katrina, Mon Amour; Heckuvajob; Motel Room in My Bed; Beautiful Bright Blue
Skye Eyes; Hideout In the Sun; President Nero?; The Kind of Beauty that Moves; Punk Rock
Girl; Aragon Mill.
Liberal Dose: Live at the Flying Monkey, Huntsville, AL
By Skip Heller
Label: Skyeways
Released: 2006
Track listing: Isn
Skip Heller: Mean Things Happening In This Land
by Chris M. Slawecki
Skip Heller seems like a pretty fun-loving guy. But this new release, from its opening cover of XTC's anti-prayer “Dear God through its concluding folk song about the closing of a Georgia mill, presents his own scathing commentary on current social, economic and political landscapes. Working with David White on drums and percussion and Chris Spies ...
The Skip Heller Trio: Mean Things Happening In This Land
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
It's increasingly difficult to tell when someone is being ironic or sincere. Skip Heller, more than a little manic and an unquestionably gifted guitarist, might not be able to tell us himself where the sincerity ends and the irony begins on this record. Start with the music. It's an energetic guitar/organ trio date, driven by the ...
The Skip Heller Trio: Mean Things Happening In This Land
by Rex Butters
Like a man possessed, Skip Heller continues his prolific creative flow. His latest trio reconvenes the band which appeared on his last release, Liberal Dose: Chris Spies (organ) and David White (drums, percussion). In addition to the originals, Heller plucks four extremely unlikely covers with wonderful results. While his encyclopedic knowledge of music has provided some ...
Skip Heller Trio at Ortlieb's Jazzhaus in Philadelphia
by Edward Zucker
Skip Heller Ortlieb's Jazzhaus Philadelphia, PA May 12, 2006 What do Frank Sinatra, The Dead Milkmen, Nat Adderley, Ani DiFranco, Gustav Mahler, and Shirley Scott have in common? You can find the answer in a night of music with guitarist Skip Heller's organ trio, such as the night that Heller, ...
Glamour Profession: The Ongoing Skip Heller
by R.J. DeLuke
Glamour Profession: The Ongoing Skip Heller Skip Heller 74 pages; DVD included SkipHeller.com 2006 Skip Heller, a gifted guitarist and one of the more intriguing figures flying under the radar of the American music scene he loves so well, has been up to many things. Writing music for ...
