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Happy Apple Back on Top

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: The New Bison; Very Small Rock; 1996 A.D.; Rise! Marc Anthony; Calgon For Hetfield; Lefse Los Cubanos; He's O.K.; Brown Lights; Hence the Turtleneck; Most Popular to Succeed; Density in Dan's Fan City.

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Happy Apple: Happy Apple Back on Top

Read "Happy Apple Back on Top" reviewed by Sean Patrick Fitzell


Before becoming synonymous with self-indulgent excess--or worse, smoothed-out pap--fusion offered the excitement of joining jazz improvisation and harmonic sophistication with rock energy and driving rhythms. Though they may not self-identify with fusion, a growing number of musicians raised on both rock and jazz feel no compunction in drawing influences from and blending both. One such group ...

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Happy Apple Back On Top

Label: Universal
Released: 2007

Album

The Peace Between Our Companies

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: 1. Starchild cranium 2. Freelance robotics 3. Paulie's quick temper has gotten him into a few jams 4. Let's not reflect 5. Dojo fantastique 6. See sun spot run 7. Ella by nightlight 8. Go base 13

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Happy Apple: The Peace Between Our Companies

Read "The Peace Between Our Companies" reviewed by James Taylor


Minneapolis-based Happy Apple is big in the Midwestern United States and Europe--the rest of the world, particularly other parts of America, is sadly still sleeping on the powerful jazz/rock/improv group. Featuring bassist Erik Fratzke, David King (who also handles percussion duties in Happy Apple cohorts and Columbia Records recording artists The Bad Plus) and Michael Lewis ...

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The Peace Between Our Companies

Label: Universal
Released: 2004

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Youth Oriented

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Youth Oriented 2. Green Grass Stains on Wrangler Jeans 3. The Landfill Planetarium 4. Salmon Jump Suit 5. Drama Section 6. The Treetops of a Bad Neighborhood 7. It Will Be 8. Creme de Menthe Quasar 9. Youth Oriented

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Happy Apple: Youth Oriented

Read "Youth Oriented" reviewed by Paul Abella


Jazz needs albums like this. Youth Oriented eschews everything that we usually associate with the jazz couture and replaces it with pop culture motifs. The cover art reminds one of the angst ridden, whiny boy images favored by Korn or Limp Bizkit. The song titles seem like Frank Zappa cast-offs. The first sound you hear on ...

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Youth Oriented

Label: Universal
Released: 2002

Album

Please Refrain From Fronting

Label: Happy Apple Music
Released: 2001
Track listing: Take Wes Chandler For Instance; You & Mattel vs. Me & Coleco; Who Is your Midwest Representation?; November; The Invitation Has Become; A Waltz For The Few Remaining; Homage Ritchie Valens; Acknowledge The Ascot; Koala Bear Wearing A T-Shirt With Your Corporate Logo; Buffalo.


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