J'adorerais entendre The Jacksons Heights. C'est du bon prog ?
c'est dans la lignée de Nice
je ne connais que le 5th Avenue Bus!!!
c'est beaucoup plus intimiste, mais dans l'esprit, pour moi, c'est proche de Nice, évidemment avec moins d'orgue au premier plan...
moi je n'appelerais pas JH "prog", ni trop psyché non plus ...
Des trois album que j'aie entendu: Le piano et les orgues sont bcp moins present et bcp se fait à la guitarre acoustique...
(ce qui est rageant c'est que je n'aille jamais vu ou entendu leur premier album >> ne pas prendrre ceci au pied de la lettre, SVP, mais en règle générale c'est souvent le meilleur d'un groupe, car c'est là qu'il a le plus à dire).
C'est vrai qu'il y a encore une dimension The Nice (le chant tout de même) mais aussi les chansonettes (style Daddy, Where Did I Come From ou Apples etc...)
King Progress (70)>>> je n'ai jamais entedu celui-ci, mais j'ai trouvé une chronique qui me semble informative et valable et non-partisane
Jackson Heights features former Nice bassist and vocalist Lee Jackson. The music on their 1970 debut is about as far from the organ dominated progressive rock which the Nice was known for given that this is more in the folk rock vein. As with the Nice, Jackson's vocals are horrendous which is much more noticeable on soft acoustic numbers. At best he sounds like an asthmatic Roy Harper doing a Bob Dylan impersonation and at the worst he starts in on the atonal screaming which I guess is his way for making up for a lack of vocal range. Of course the writing on this album, as well as the instrumentation is quite good, although some of the arrangements get a little absurd at times, although again with a better vocalist perhaps the strings on the title track would not seem as silly as they do here. The only weak spot in the writing would be the remake of the Nice's "The Cry Of Eugene." This was originally the psychedelic closer to the Nice's debut, but here it is an over long folk number which again has been ruined by an overdone arrangement. This is an interesting album, and a decent listen, but could have been so much better with a different vocalist.
5th Ave Bus (72) Line-up fort different , apparition de Giles à la batterie sur certains titre (pas tous les titres ont une batterie, si mes souvenirs sont bons...) >> je vai le relouer....
IUne chronique comme une autre...
The Fifth Avenue Bus is much more oriented toward singer-songwriter-type, folk-rock songs than the Nice ever were, with little of the art rock that the Nice helped pioneer in sight. Nonetheless, the record and its songs were kind of nondescript, as mildly pleasing as some of the singing and melodies were. Often the songs used vocal harmonies with a Crosby, Stills & Nash/America flavor, though here sometimes used with mainstream early-'70s British rock arrangements, a combination that wasn't all that arresting. Other cuts like "Luxford" had a more suitable acoustic soft rock sound, though the songs themselves weren't knockouts. Ex-King Crimson drummer Michael Giles played on the record, though he didn't stretch his prog-rock chops here too often, and there are only flashes here and there — perhaps in "Sweet Hill Tunnel," and the tensely wistful parts of "Pastor Roger" — of the somber grandeur to which the Nice had once aspired.
Ragameffin's fool à une pochette assez prog folk, mais c'est plutôt pure pop à mes oreilles
Encore une chronique assez informative et peu partisane:
The third album from Jackson Heights and the second to feature the line up featuring Brian Chatton and John McBurnie with former King Crimson drummer Mike Giles as a "guest drummer". The majority of the vocals on this album are sung by Chatton who is far and above a better vocalist than Lee Jackson, although Jackson's performance on "Catch A Thief" is not bad since this is a fast piano driven number which suits Jackson's limited vocal range much better than the quiet acoustic numbers. Unfortunately he does sing on one soft track, which is a remake of the chorale movement from The Nice's "Five Bridges Suite" (titled here as "Chorale"). While this is not as painful as the folky butchering of "Cry of Eugene" from Jackson Heights debut, this is hardily an essential remake. The highlight of this album would be the first four tracks on the first side which flow into each other as sort of a suite, although apart from possibly being about the girl "Maureen" in the opening track, I am not to certain if the songs relate to each other. This could easily be their best LP, although I believe is has yet to be reissued on CD.
Bump & Grind >> come le titre l'indique, c'est plus turbulent et de loin le plus mauvais
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