MOONDOG - (2006) RARE MATERIAL

MOONDOG - (2006) RARE MATERIAL

In 1999, the blind American street musician and composer Moondog died in hospital in Germany. He was 83. For almost 50 years Moondog influenced and impressed artists such as Benny Goodman, Leonard Bernstein, The Beatles, Charlie Parker, Igor Stravinsky and Frank Zappa. His songs and orchestra-pieces, canons or madrigals, symphonies or suites, works for organ or chamber ensjavascript:void(0)embles, were all based on unusual rhythms, demonstrated by Moondog on a triangular drum, using his principle of "the beat to the counterpoint". On what would have been his 90th birthday - Roof Music release a 2CD anthology of rare material, recordings that remained unknown as they were only available decades ago or only for a short period of time. 'Rare Material' has a remarkable musical spectrum. It extends from rather minimalist works of the early 1950s, to arrangements for string quartet of the 1980s and to opulent orchestrated big band productions of the 1990s.

CD 1 is a collection of material Moondog carried out under the project title "Big Band" in 1995. In cooperation with producer John Harle, Moondog again proves his outstanding talent as a composer.

CD 2 presents the beginning of Moondog's career by reconstructing many of his first releases from 1949 and 1956: partly only accompanied by his drum, Moondog plays (and sings) minimalist early compositions, plus material he realised as the conductor of the Swedish string quartet Fläskkvartetten.

Today a new generation of artists are discovering the music of Moondog, and posthumously this exceptional musician is receiving an unusual renaissance.

DISC - 1

01 - Moondog - Blast off
02 - Moondog - New York
03 - Moondog - Paris
04 - Moondog - Bumbo
05 - Moondog - Heath on the heather
06 - Moondog - Torisa
07 - Moondog - Shakespeare city
08 - Moondog - Frankanon
09 - Moondog - You have to have hope
10 - Moondog - A. Sax
11 - Moondog - Reedroy
12 - Moondog - The cosmicode
13 - Moondog - Black Hole
14 - Moondog - Invocation

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DISC-2

01 - Moondog - Guggisberglied with Stephan Eicher
02 - Moondog - FRiska
03 - Moondog - Magic Ring
04 - Moondog - Longrundr XV in B Major
05 - Moondog - Gygg
06 - Moondog - Logrundr XVII in E Major
07 - Moondog - Log in G Major
08 - Moondog - All is Lonliness
09 - Moondog - Dog Trot
10 - Moondog - Frog Bog
11 - Moondog - Surf Session
12 - Moondog - Trees Against the Sky
13 - Moondog - Single Foot
14 - Moondog - Be a Hobo
15 - Moondog - Rabbit Hop
16 - Moondog - Why Spend the Dark Night With You
17 - Moondog - Moondog Symphony I (Timberwolf)
18 - Moondog - Lullaby
19 - Moondog - Avenue of the Americas
20 - Moondog - Moondog Monologue

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