Editorial Reviews 1997 found Happy Apple releasing their debut CD, Blown Shockwaves and Crash Flow, to wide critical acclaim, playing the Twin Cities premier rock clubs to packed houses, and placing highly in the Minneapolis City Pages New Music Poll. 1998 found them winning Jazz Record of the Year, Jazz Group of the Year, and Drummer and Bassist of the Year (all genres) at the Minnesota...
Part of the Solution Problem
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In the world of local music, its hard to think of any band that has revitalized the local jazz scene to the extent Happy Apple has. Smashing elelments of free jazz, together with highly structured compositions, various world folk rhythms and a healthy dose of rock n roll energy, are the tools the trio has wielded to bring jazz what it has long needed - a non-jazz audience. Happy Apple is jazz for the people, and their new release, Part of the Solution Problem (No Alternative), provides something to love for everyone from purists to garage rockers.
About the Artist
Formed in 1996, Minneapolis jazz group Happy Apple have done the improbable: theyve gotten indie-rockers to listen to jazz.
Album Description
One of the most hotly anticipated local recordings this fall is Happy Apples sophomore set, Part of the Solution Problem. The funky, explosive, avant-jazz trio is now aligned with a real label, No Alternative Records. And theyve got packaging and sound quality to rival any techno crew, plus some great special guests: Bill Carrothers (Fender Rhodes Piano) and Greg Lewis (trumpet). Thats not to say that local drum god and raconteur Dave King is taking the bands commercial saga too seriously. Still, this weekends official CD release party should be a blast and a half for thinking scenesters. -Tom Surowicz, Minneapolis Star Tribune