Очень хороший альбом басиста и скрипача Ли Джексона, приятеля и коллеги Кейта Эмерсона по знаменитой группе Nice.
There are a few misconceptions about the group Jackson Heights, the first of which was that it was mostly Lee Jackson’s group (true at first, but hardly the case later on) and that the disappearance and split of THE NICE had been an acrimonious one. Indeed, Keith Emerson regularly dropped buy gigs to cheer on the mainly acoustic trio, and Emerson and main songwriter Brian Chatton had many family-related contacts. So when the famed trio did split, Lee dropped the bass guitar and picked his acoustic guitar and started writer songs in the singer/songwriter mode. So bassist Lee Jackson left and although he was warned about his vocal limitations, his ego got the better of him (in this regard, Emerson was not dephased when he hooked up with Greg Lake in ELP) and he chose to become lead singer of a quartet that consisted of old buddies Harcourt (guitars, kb), Tommy Slone (drums, perc) and Mario Tafia (bs, guits). Named after a NYC district, the group’s debut album King Progress got a release on the Charisma label (The Nice’s old label), but it didn’t dent the charts despite its very poppish nature. Indeed, the songs were sometimes short pop tunes like some of those early The Nice tune, and there is even a rework of Cry Of Eugene on this album.
Tracklist:
1. Maureen 2. Oh You Beauty 3. As She Starts 4. BeBop 5. Catch A Thief 6. Ragamuffin's Fool 7. Chorale (Five Bridges Suite) 8. Chips And Chicken 9. Poor Peter 10. Bellyfull Of Water
