{"product_id":"2482401","title":"Kevin Figes \u0026 Julie Tippetts - Happy Apples [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Happy Apples' presents a collection of improvised duo exchanges between legendary free jazz vocalist Julie Tippetts, whose spell-binding vocals intermingle perfectly with saxophonist Kevin Figes' atmospheric playing. Both musicians supplement the recording with an array of percussive devices, including the quirky tinkling 1970s toy that lends the album its name. The epic opening track 'The Third Harmony' sets the mood for the recording as Tippetts displays a dazzling array of vocal techniques throughout, with Figes switching to flute and percussion accompaniment. Other tracks involve strange sounds - a crackling transistor radio, squeaking plastic chicken and toy duck that complement the traditional instruments and Julie's voice, which is the most powerful and striking of them all. \u003cp\u003eJulie Tippetts is undoubtedly one of the most inventive and exploratory vocalists working in improvised music. As Julie Driscoll, she helped define the 1960s performing psychedelic soul with Brian Auger. Since the 1970s, she has focused on experimental and improvised music. She performed with various groups led by Keith Tippett (whom she married) and also performed with the Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Robert Wyatt, Carla Bley, Maggie Nichols, Phil Minton and Martin Archer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKevin Figes studied with Elton Dean and Tim Garland. In the early 1990s, he moved to Bristol and began a long and fruitful association with Keith Tippett. A supremely versatile musician, he has played everything from funk, Brazilian music, jazz-rock and avant-garde music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Happy Apples' is available on a limited edition 4-panel digipak CD with sleeve notes by Daniel Spicer (The Wire \/ Jazzwise).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKevin Figes: soprano and alto saxophones, flute, bass flute, piano, transistor radios, chicken\u003cbr\u003eJulie Tippetts: voice, zither, Happy Apples, ducks, percussion\u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePress Quotes:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'(8\/10) Happy Apples, is a beautiful collection of music, oneiric in its spirit, deft and responsive like the best free improvisation, but without predictable call-and-response tropes; it plays out like two minds conjoined and in creative commune.' - \u003cb\u003eJon Dale, Uncut\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This is an extraordinary recording from Figes and Tippetts, an aural delight that will tease, tantalise, beguile and bewilder in equal measures\\x85music of rare originality and beauty.' - \u003cb\u003e Nick Lea, Jazz Views \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Opening track 'The Third Harmony' is an epic and impressive journey as Tippetts deploys some of the enormous range of vocalizing styles at her disposal. Wordless operatic swoopings lead to bluesy meanderings and neo-Bulgarian ululations, all woven through with atmospheric zither, rainmaker and flute. After that, though, things get increasingly playful, culminating in a series of brief pieces including the eponymous 'Happy Apples' and ending with the irreverent 'Duck Off' duo of m'bira and duck call. They clearly had a whole lot of fun.' - \u003cb\u003eTony Benjamin, Jazzwise\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Tippetts courage and ingenuity remains simply unchallenged by any other vocalist...Open-minded music lovers and Tippets admirers will find this as rewarding as always, but hopefully some new listeners will get hooked on this marvelous music. Not to be missed!' - \u003cb\u003eAdam Baruch - The Soundtrack of My Life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The fact that many of the 15 tracks clock in at under a minute, offsetting the almost 15 minutes taken up by the opening The Third Harmony, almost makes regarding the whole album as one continuous piece logical regardless of the sometimes abrupt changes of volume, mood, colour and the like. The titular apples are apparently a children's toy-cum-random-sound-generator from the 1970s. Tippetts' use of them here, along with Figes' use of a squeaking plastic chicken, makes for a strand of anarchic intimacy.' - \u003cb\u003eNic Jones, Jazz Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Third Harmony\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho's Got the Bread\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGallop to Somewhere\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNearly Home\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoh Market\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFish Basket\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSnake Ticket\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHappy Apples\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAunty Beryl's Stockings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStatic Start\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePuddle Jumping\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDune Dimensions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWater Carriage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuck Off\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54419484344705,"sku":"2482401","price":14.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/5052442026327.jpg?v=1750562308","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/2482401","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}