Happy The Man - The Muse Awakens
(Inside out) Total Time: 56:01
Source: www.metal-invader.com/db/reviews-1601.html
Oh, dears, brace yourselves for this one, cause it is an all instrumental jazzy, fusion whatever you wanna call it album by veterans Happy the man. Only…25 years after their last studio album “Crafty hands”! Original members Rick Kennell (Bass), the bands leader, Stanley Whitaker (Guitars) and Frank Wyatt (Saxophone, Keyboards) are joined by drummer Joe Bergamini and keyboard player David Rosenthal (Ex-Rainbow) for “The muse awakens”. Perhaps it is a bit of a weird release as far as the traditional rock fan could be concerned. It’s however very relaxing, when the foot is not on the pedal, complex as hell, intriguing, melodic and interesting from a musicians standpoint. It picks up exactly where the band left with the aforementioned album and is a logical progression from it. The band uses a wide array of instruments to paint on its musical canvas and boy they do manage to make you loose yourself, in their music landscapes. The tempos shift elegantly during the tracks, creating different moods transparently and naturally. I’ll refrain from picking a few tracks, cause this album is like a trip, and you cannot really do that, you need to take the whole trip. I ‘m just trippin’, right now and I refuse to grade this!
N/A (but very good !)
(Inside out) Total Time: 56:01
Source: www.metal-invader.com/db/reviews-1601.html
Oh, dears, brace yourselves for this one, cause it is an all instrumental jazzy, fusion whatever you wanna call it album by veterans Happy the man. Only…25 years after their last studio album “Crafty hands”! Original members Rick Kennell (Bass), the bands leader, Stanley Whitaker (Guitars) and Frank Wyatt (Saxophone, Keyboards) are joined by drummer Joe Bergamini and keyboard player David Rosenthal (Ex-Rainbow) for “The muse awakens”. Perhaps it is a bit of a weird release as far as the traditional rock fan could be concerned. It’s however very relaxing, when the foot is not on the pedal, complex as hell, intriguing, melodic and interesting from a musicians standpoint. It picks up exactly where the band left with the aforementioned album and is a logical progression from it. The band uses a wide array of instruments to paint on its musical canvas and boy they do manage to make you loose yourself, in their music landscapes. The tempos shift elegantly during the tracks, creating different moods transparently and naturally. I’ll refrain from picking a few tracks, cause this album is like a trip, and you cannot really do that, you need to take the whole trip. I ‘m just trippin’, right now and I refuse to grade this!
N/A (but very good !)