Happy Apple - New York (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

For over 25 years, the Minneapolis based collective, Happy Apple, has delivered its own enigmatic vision of jazz and improvised music to an adoring cognoscenti of listeners. Though they’ve found favor from the jazz community at large, the trio of saxophonist Michael Lewis, bassist Erik Fratzke, and drummer Dave King remains a band of outsiders, three independent personalities with eclectic tastes and styles providing music with an obtuse Midwestern charm.

Mostly known for their electric live performances, Happy Apple has been a hard beast to capture on record. Though they recorded frequently in the early 2000s, the members admit that much they recorded never truly captured their “real” band sound. So, when Happy Apple decided to record after a long hiatus, they decided to get it right. “New York CD” is the recording that the band agrees finally captures the essence of Happy Apple.

Happy Apple came together during the mid-1990s as an outlet for Lewis, Fratzke, and King’s experiments with improvisation and composition. The group amassed a book of nearly 150 pieces, most of which were never recorded. During the early 2000s, the group found themselves in position to document their music. The typical challenges of recording led to strong, respected albums but albums that the group never truly felt captured their spirit.

TRACKLIST

1 Just a Little Splash for the Senator
2 Vermillion Nocturne
3 Black and Blue Magic
4 1976 Aquatennial Parade
5 Turqoise Jewelry
6 Antonym Requiem (for GM)
7 Computer Aided Drafting
8 Vanity Plate
9 White Belt Rock
10 The Broad Side of the Silent Barn



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