Howie 61 is an album by Wayne Krantz released in 2012. It employs a large group of musicians and combines aspects of modern jazz harmony and rhythmic vocabulary with a compact, rock-like approach to structure.

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Howie 61
Studio album by Wayne Krantz
Released	2012
Genre	Modern Jazz
Length	54:35
Label	Abstract Logix
Wayne Krantz chronology
Krantz Carlock Lefebvre (2009) Howie 61 (2012) Good Piranha / Bad Piranha (2014)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Wayne Krantz, except where noted.

1. "Howie 61" – 2:50
2. "The Bad Guys" – 2:32
3. "Check Yo Self" – 7:35 (Duke Bootee / O. Jackson / Grandmaster Melle Mel / Bobby Robinson)
4. "I'm Afraid That I'm Dead" – 2:58
5. "Son of a Scientist" – 4:32
6. "Can't Stand To Rock" – 3:38
7. "I'd Like to Thank My Body" – 2:32
8. "U Strip It" – 3:54
9. "BelLs" – 2:26
10. "How the West Was Left" – 6:07

Personnel

• Wayne Krantz – electric guitar (1–3, 5–10), vocals (1, 2, 4–8, 10), piano (4), ring modulator (9)
• John Beasley – piano (2, 5, 6, 8, 10)
• Henry Hey – piano (1)
• David Binney – saxophone (8)
• Paul Stacey – slide guitar (10)
• John Patitucci – double bass (2, 8)
• Owen Biddle – bass guitar (1)
• James Genus – bass guitar (3)
• Pino Palladino – bass guitar (10)
• Tal Wilkenfeld – bass guitar (5, 6)
• Keith Carlock – drums (3)
• Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (5, 6)
• Charley Drayton – drums (2, 8)
• Anton Fig – drums (9)
• Jeremy Stacey – drums (10)
• Kenny Wollesen – drums (7)
• Nate Wood – drums (1)
• Yasushi Miura – sonics (4)
• Gabriela Anders – vocals (5, 7, 10)

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