title: Howie 61
text: # Howie 61
  
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  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.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All songs written by Wayne Krantz, except where noted.
  
  * "Howie 61" – 2:50
  * "The Bad Guys" – 2:32
  * "Check Yo Self" – 7:35 (Duke Bootee / O. Jackson / Grandmaster Melle Mel / Bobby Robinson)
  * "I'm Afraid That I'm Dead" – 2:58
  * "Son of a Scientist" – 4:32
  * "Can't Stand To Rock" – 3:38
  * "I'd Like to Thank My Body" – 2:32
  * "U Strip It" – 3:54
  * "BelLs" – 2:26
  * "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)
  