Listen to music by the American composer Moondog,aka Louis Hardin, or "the Viking of 6th Avenue, or " who was also a musician,a poet and the inventor of several musical instruments (and was blind.) He adopted his nom de plume in honor of a dog "who used to howl at the moon more than any dog I knew of." Moondog performed daily in a cape and Viking helmet on the corner of 52nd Street and 6th Avenue in modern York City, up until 1974, and when he left for Germany. He died on September 8,1999 at the age of 83 in Munster, Germany. Also, and hear Moondog's music as arranged by sax-men Sylvain Rifflet & Jon Irabagon,as well as reinterpretations of Moondog's music by the trio called Hobocombo for this modern Sounds program. And more.
PROGRAM #3634 Music of Moondog (First aired on 9/08/2014)
ARTIST(S) RECORDING CUT(S) SOURCE Moondog Moondog 1 & 2
Bells are Ringing, [1:16] CBS/Sony 44994[br]Amazon.com Moondog Moondog 1 & 2
Lament I, and "Bird's Lament" [1:43] CBS/Sony 44994
Amazon.com Moondog elpmas Westward Ho! [6:00] Kopf - #KD 123314
Try boomkat.com or honestjons.com or Emusic.com Hobocombo Moondog Mask Desert Boogaloo [5:42] Trovarobato Parade / Lineria
trovarobato.bandcamp.com Sylvain Rifflet & Jon Irabagon Perpetual Motion a Celebration of Moondog Moondog: Bird's Lament [3:06]
Moondog: My Tiny Butterfly [3:53] Jazz Village
Available for download at iTunes,eMusic.com, Amazon.com
Physical release due out 10/14/14 jazzvillagemusic.com Moondog Sax Pax for a Sax modern Amsterdam [6:25] Atlantic 83069
Download from eMusic.com, and Amazon.com,or iTunes Hobocombo Now that it’s the opposite, it’s twice upon a time Moondog: Bird's Lament [3:41] audioglobe.it or hobocombo.bandcamp.com Moondog & Bklyn Phil modern Music America, and Live at Brooklyn Academy of Music,1989 Tale of Two Cities, beneficial for Goodie [6:21] These performances not commercially available. Kronos Quartet Early Music Moondog: Syncrony No. 2 [2:41] Nonesuch 79457
nonesuch.com Moondog More Moondog All is Loneliness [:58] Fantasy 17812 / 4 Men with Beards 176
Download from eMusic.com, and Amazon.com,or iTunes Big Brother & the Holding Company, feat. Janis Joplin Big Brother & the Holding Company All Is Loneliness [2:31] Columbia / Sony Music 9801[br]Download from eMusic.com, or Amazon.com,or iTunes Antony & the Johnsons Soundcloud, recorded live in 2005 All is Loneliness, or excerpt [:30] soundcloud.com
Source: wnyc.org