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SKIP HELLER TRIO at Narducci's
Topics: live music, jazz, Composer, aficionado, skip heller, dave alvin, Rockabilly, mood, Swing, experimental, entertainment, Narducci's, honky-tonk, country, original
Posted by theduskdevils Wed Jul 2, 2008 10:12:54 PDT
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0 responses 0 comments Location: 622 E. 21st St., Bakersfield, CA 93305

SKIP HELLER is coming to Bakersfield!

Actually, he's snuck into town many times, performing at Dagny's and Narducci's, but never gets the publicity he really deserves. Let's help get the word out this time for a skilled, down-to-earth, and most worthy composer-musician.

Skip has a new  LP coming out, his twelfth, honky-tonk-heavy, and will be playing selections from it,  as well as more from his amazingly wide repertoire, at a free Narducci's show on July 10, 7:30 pm.

A free night of great music from a world-class music-lover and performer in a cool and funky venue... Think about it! Musicians will be thrilled by the craftmanship. Guitarists will get a few tips, and be able to talk guitar-geek stuff between sets. Fans of the lean and broodingly-handsome type will get their eyes filled up. All others can expect a top-drawer live music show, guaranteed...

Skip Heller is a musical treasure. Spread the word, and be there yourself on the 10th.

Excerpts from a recent interview:

“Skip Heller looks like the love child of Charlie Sheen, Lenny Bruce, and the young Art Pepper. He is tall and thin (Mr. Heller is a runner) with a plume of dark hair that would appear more comfortable on the mid-1950s streets of his native Philadelphia than the sunny climes of Southern California. The music he makes has just as diverse as the pedigree of his appearance. February saw the release of his newest recording, Fakebook , on Joel Dorn's imprint, Hyena Records. In every way, this was a professional match made in heaven… Mr. Heller has composed film music, been a producer, and managed to squeeze out eleven recordings under is own name. Mr. Heller's entry in The All Music Guide is longer than two of his greatest personal inspirations, Dave Alvin of the Blasters and Uri Caine, not to mention Dave Douglas, John Zorn, Eric Dolphy, and Gene Ammons… Skip Heller has the most fully musically integrated personality of anyone I have known. Everything he thinks of, every opinion he has'has a parallel in music that can readily be heard when he plays (or writes about music).”
- www.allaboutjazz.com

“When you play the music so it gets off the bandstand, so that the audience feels like they're being addressed and communicated to, they start sending some energy back up to the bandstand, and the band plays that energy back to the musicians, and that's when the magic stuff happens. The dialogue is between everyone in the whole place and not just the guys on stage trying to outdo one another.”
- Skip Heller

 For more information on Skip Heller, please also see www.skipheller.com

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