| Format: | LP |
| Availability: | Out of stock |
88985440161
30/06/2017
This first overview of Moondog's remarkable career features mortgage-inducing rare tracks from early 78s, his major label dabblings from the early 1970s (he celebrated at the time by moving his street pitch in front of Colombias plush offices), his acceptance as an American composer of merit (cited by Glass and Reich as an influence) and his final move to Germany, where his work continued to evolve.
While often lazily thrown into the company of Sun Ra (strange hats) and Harry Partch (hobo lifestyle), Moondog was a composer par excellence, whose work spanned the rhythmic thrust of Stravinsky, the ingenuity of Raymond Scott and the chops of any of jazz's finest. An essential album.