Happy Apple
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. Peace Between Our Companies, again distributed by Sunnyside, came out in 2005. Happy Apple tours regularly and continues to use Minneapolis as a home base.
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Happy Apple Back On Top
Jazz - Pubblicato da Sunnyside il 28 ago 2007
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Please Refrain From Fronting
Jazz - Pubblicato da Sunnyside il 3 lug 2001
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The Peace Between Our Companies
Jazz - Pubblicato da Sunnyside il 1 feb 2005
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Body Popping - Moon Walking - Top Rocking
Jazz - Pubblicato da Sunnyside il 1 gen 1999
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Part Of The Solutionproblem
Jazz - Pubblicato da Sunnyside il 1 nov 1998
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Youth Oriented
Jazz - Pubblicato da Universal Music Division Decca Records France il 21 gen 2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo