Condition: Used
Moondog And His Honking Geese Playing Moondog's Music
Label: Honest Jon's Records
Catalog#: HJP17
Format: Vinyl, 10", EP, 45 RPM, Reissue
Record is: VG+ VG++
Cover: VG++, very light cornerwear, small scuff top edge
Country: UK
Released: 2004
Genre: Classical, Jazz
Style: Modern, Contemporary Jazz
Tracklist
A1 Rabbit Hop
A2 Bumbo
B1 Dog Trot
B2 Single Foot
Credits
Written-By - Goebel , Hardin
Notes
Originally released on Moondog Records 1955.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix Number: HJP17a
Matrix Number: HJP17b
An extremely rare slice of early work by Moondog -- recorded right around the time of his early albums for Prestige! This 4 track ep features short tunes recorded by Moondog
Given that this is a Moondog record, there's always an outside chance that he is in fact being accompanied by actual honking geese, but alas no, this rare 1955 set of recordings features the composer in collaboration with a brass section, although one of its defining aspects is the extensive influence of Native American musics on its rhythmic makeup. From the irrepressibly unconventional jibber-jabber of 'Rabbit Hop' to the tribal weirdness of 'Single Foot', this could only have come from the pen of Moondog. 'Dog Trot' is a more conventional swingtime piece, offering an oasis of accepted logic in an otherwise wildly outside-the-box set of recordings. As ever, utterly magical material...
A pioneer of avant-garde jazz sounds (Philip Glass and Steve Reich cite him as an influence), his tracks use minimalist rhythms with stabbing horn riffs to create a weird trad-definitely-not-trad jazz sound.
Moondog - Rabbit Hop
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