Moondog

Moondog
Born: May 26, 1916 in Marysville, KS
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Died: Sep 8, 1999 in Germany
Genre: Avant-Garde, New Age, World
Styles: Avant-Garde, Modern Composition, Minimalism
Biography: A mostly self-taught composer, Louis Hardin was born in Marysville, Kansas on May 26, 1916. The family eventually moved to Wyoming, where his father, who had been an Episcopalian minister, opened a trading post at Fort Bridger, and had two different ranches. Young Louis went to school in a log cabin ...Read full biography
Moondog [CBS]
Released: 1969
Label: Columbia
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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 ...Read full review
Sax Pax for a Sax
Released: 1997
Label: Kopf
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As the name implies, this album consists of pieces composed with the saxophone in mind. Nine saxophonists in all (from the London Saxophonic) pitch in on the disc, which also features some piano, folk-rock ...Read full review
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