Henry "Skipper" Franklin

Henry "Skipper" Franklin is an American jazz double-bassist born in Los Angeles, California in 1940 who is the son of jazz trumpeter Sammy Franklin. Franklin played on Hugh Masekela's 1968 number one single, "Grazing in the Grass," as well as with Masekela's band at the Monterey International Pop Festival in June of 1967. In addition, Franklin has played and recorded with Gene Harris & the Three Sounds, Hampton Hawes, Freddie Hubbard, Bobbi Humphrey, Willie Bobo, Archie Shepp, O.C. Smith, Count Basie, Stevie Wonder and Al Jarreau. Franklin's song "Soft Spirit" was featured on the breakbeat compilation "Tribe Vibes" as it had been sampled by the musical group A Tribe Called Quest.