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The Different Drummer We Once Were
I bought this album because of a memory, but the music stands up remarkably well to a more objective listening.It was my first trip to New York City, and my father approached the wildly-dressed, tall and intiimidating figure standing on the corner of 56th St. and 7th Ave. They conversed in Norwegian long enough for me to draw nearer and realize the stranger represented no threat. In fact, I left with a book of hs canons, which remains in my collection of piano literature to this day. I met Moondog once again--serendipitously, on Milwaukee's Wisconsin Avenue one day in the seventies. I have no idea how he got there or how he left, but this time I wanted to protect him from the insensitive pedestrians swirling around us and threatening our shared moment.Moondog's music is as singular as he is, and offers a glimpse into his creative spirit. It begins with an idea and a form, not with an emotion or sentiment. Each piece is simple and brief, but not simplistic or...
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January 4, 2004
(Kenosha,, WI United States) | Helpful Votes: 22 | Rating: 5
35 unmistakable tracks
You don't need to buy the double-disc "Moondog 1 & 2" to hear the two albums - all that music can also be heard on this (75 minute) single disc.Even though the only cover art of this edition is the original front cover of the 1969 "Moondog" (no original back-cover thereof nor any art from the 1971 "Moondog II",) all 35 tracks are nicely crammed in here.What's listed under "Listen to samples" on the amazon page are only the last 20 tracks of this CD and all titles are linked to the wrong tracks."Moondog I" (tracks 1-9) opens with "Theme" and "Stomping Ground" - two somewhat coherent pieces which a few years ago were made quite famous through the soundtrack of Coen Brothers' wonderful movie "The Big Lebowski." The album features a 50+ piece orchestra, which, among other greats, includes jazz veterans Don Butterfield (tuba) and Ron Carter (double bass.) In the list of personnel, Moondog is not credited for playing percussion, but the bass, which I assume is a...
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February 23, 2005
(Tammisaari Finland) | Helpful Votes: 15 | Rating: 5
Keep your minds and ears open...
Philip Glass or Steve Reich are reasonably known and appreciated. Moondog (Louis Harden) is sadly forgotten, even though his contribution to the contemporary, adventurous, orchestral music is just (if not more) clear. Moondog is not unique in being overshadowed for lack of "marketing skills" (or whatever we want to call it), a tool that should get across the merit of a great musician to audience saturated by ever shorter bits and pieces served by the media. For those who still do not suffer of chronically shortened attention span, Moondog will be a revelation. "Though I was born in the United States, I consider myself "a European in exile," for my heart and soul are in Europe. I am a classicist at heart, and everything is classically conceived, in form, content and interpretation... I feel like I have one foot planted in America and one in Europe, or one in the present and one in the past. Rhythmically, I am considered to be in the present, even...
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July 18, 2000
(Leiden, Netherlands) | Helpful Votes: 13 | Rating: 5