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| Youth Oriented |
| Happy Apple |
| első megjelenés éve: 2003 |
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| (2003)
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| 4.060 Ft
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| 1. | Youth Oriented
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| 2. | Green Grass Stains On Wrangler Jeans
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| 3. | The Landfall Planetarium
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| 4. | Salmon Jump Suite
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| 5. | Drama Section
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| 6. | The Treetops Of A Bad Neighbourhood
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| 7. | It Will Be
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| 8. | Créme De Menthe Quasar
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| 9. | Youth Oriented
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Jazz
Erik Fratzke - bass, guitar
Michael Lewis - alto sax, soprano sax,tenor sax, double bass
David King - drums, mellotron, megaphone, waterphone, toy instruments
"This trio from Minneapolis plays jazz as if it doesn't have any hang-ups about what anybody's going to call it. Among its quirks are an electric bassist who has not been particularly influenced by Jaco Pastorious, and a general subtext of indie-rock subversion."
---New York Times
Reviews:
The Minneapolis, MN-based trio's fifth outing features more of the musicians' playful, rebellious spirit and enterprising methodologies, as the Youth Oriented motif is depicted in cartoonish fashion within the CD booklet. In addition, the artists' unique sound, consisting of alternative jazz-rock musings, has already spawned a rash of imitators within the modern jazz circuit. Nevertheless, the trio surges onward with more power-packed rock beats and flashy time changes. Notions of a Sonic Youth-type jazz outfit come to mind....
they frequently up the ante, due to their gritty discourses amid elements of soul and chutzpah. Many of these works feature gradually climactic opuses and searing exchanges. Hence, a charismatic lot, with a nouveau approach to jazz music in general as this band traverses the road less traveled. Recommended.
---Glenn Astarita, All Music Guide
Named after a child's toy from the 1960s, jazz trio Happy Apple was formed in Minneapolis, MN, in 1996 by saxophonist Michael Lewis and drummer David King, with bassist Erik Fratzke joining soon after.
Their clever and melodic small-combo improvisations have been termed "jazz punk," but Happy Apple has a grasp of the entire history of jazz, and the trio's elegant free-bop compositions are full of haunting melodies, delightful flashes of humor, and intelligent, coherent construction. Led by Lewis' amazingly lyrical tenor sax playing and solid melodies written by all three members, Happy Apple keeps out of the fusion trap by implying rock dynamics without actually surrendering to them, giving the group a fresh, bright, and totally unique sound.
Things can get hot and searing, certainly, and there is no aversion to sonic and free jazz experimenting, but the band always retains a strong melodic center. Happy Apple has released four independent albums, Blown Shockward and Crash Flow (1997), Part of the Solution Problem (1998), Body Popping, Moon Walking, Top Rocking (1999), and Please Refrain from Fronting (2001).
Youth Oriented, the group's first commercial album, was released in 2003 by Universal Music and is distributed in the U.S. by Sunnyside Records. Happy Apple tours regularly and continues to use Minneapolis as a home base.
--- Steve Leggett, All MUsic |
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