Moondog: Moondog [Vinyl 1LP]

Avant Garde / Neo-Classical
premiera polska: 2017-04-28,
Wydawnicto Audiofilskie
kontynent: Ameryka Północna
kraj: USA
opakowanie: Singlefoldowe etui
opis:
Limitowane 150-gramowe tłoczenie winylu LP wraz z cyfrowym pobraniem.
Moondog – piąty album studyjny amerykańskiego kompozytora Moondoga.
Moondog nie wydał żadnej muzyki przez dwanaście lat, od czasu wydania w 1957 roku albumu The Story of Moondog. Wreszcie w 1969 roku producent James William Guercio zaprosił go do nagrania albumu dla Columbia Records. Powstały w ten sposób album zawiera różnorodną muzykę, nad którą Moondog pracował od lat 50. Obejmowało to dwa "minisymy" (termin Moondoga oznaczający krótkie utwory w stylu symfonicznym wykonywane przez małe orkiestry); dwa kanony; chaconne ku pamięci Charliego Parkera; muzyka baletowa oryginalnie napisana dla Marthy Graham ("Czarownica z Endor"); oraz trzy utwory symfoniczne (lub "symphonique"), z których jeden został zadedykowany Benny'emu Goodmanowi i zawierał elementy swingu.

Editor's Info:
Moondog's second self-titled album (the first one came out in 1956 on the independent jazz label Prestige) was the idiosyncratic composer's first release in 12 years, and it shows how much Moondog's already rich music had matured since 1957's The Story of Moondog. Where Moondog's '50s records were jazz-based, Moondog showcases the composer's orchestral side; producer James William Guercio assembled an orchestra of over 40 musicians from the classical and jazz worlds (including flutist Hubert Laws and bassist Ron Carter), and although the pieces are quite compact -- ranging from the expansive three-part ballet suite "Witch of Endor" to the eight-second spoken poem "Cuplet" -- Moondog uses the expanded range of tonal colors and dynamics impressively. For someone who spent most of his career performing solo on a street corner in Manhattan, Moondog's arrangements on pieces like the jazz-canon's "Stamping Ground" are not only admirably complex, but also richly melodic. Although Moondog is often thought of as a mere exotica novelty, thanks to the composer's eccentricities, it is, in fact, one of the finest third stream jazz albums of its era. The best-known track on this album, "Bird's Lament," was the uncredited basis for dance DJ Mr. Scruff's "Get a Move On," which was used in an extended series of minivan commercials in 2002.
by Stewart Mason

utwory:
A1. Theme
A2. Stamping Ground
A3. Symphonique #3 (Ode To Venus)
A4. Symphonique #6 (Good For Goodie)
B1a. I - Allegro
B1b. II - Andante Adagio
B1c. II - Vivace
B2. Lament I, "Bird's Lament"
B3a. I - Dance
B3b. II - Trio
B3b1. A. Adagio (The Prophesy)
B3b2. B. Andante (The Battle)
B3b3. C. Agitato (Soul's Death)
B3c. III - Dance (Reprise)
B4. Symphonique #1 (Portrait Of A Monarch)

wydano: April 28, 2017