Big Band

by Moondog

Big Band cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Trimba
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:02:47
  • Community rating: 3.7/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded late in his life while residing in Germany, this remarkable album finds the legendary blind street musician Moondog fully realizing his unique, heavily contrapuntal compositions with a massive jazz orchestra. 'Big Band' brilliantly translates his signature, deeply rhythmic 'snaketime' percussion and intricate melodic rounds into a highly swinging, remarkably disciplined large-ensemble format. It stands as a joyous, highly satisfying late-career triumph.

Genres

Descriptors: experimental, orchestral, traditional, rhythmic, ensemble, melodic, virtuosic

Tracklist

  1. Blast Off (2:34)
  2. New York (3:29)
  3. Paris (3:27)
  4. Bumbo (3:15)
  5. Heath on the Leather (5:03)
  6. Torisa (4:11)
  7. Shakespeare City (12:22)
  8. Frankanon (4:43)
  9. You Have To Have Hope (2:09)
  10. A. Sax (2:00)
  11. Reedroy (2:12)
  12. The Cosmicode (3:09)
  13. Black Hole (3:51)
  14. Invocation (10:15)

Credits

  • Moondog - primary artist, bass drum, leader, composed by, lyrics by, vocals
  • Nick Moss - alto saxophone, vocals
  • Rob Buckland - alto saxophone
  • Andrew Findon - baritone saxophone
  • Chris Caldwell - baritone saxophone, vocals
  • Timothy Lines - bass clarinet
  • Pete Davis - bass clarinet, alto saxophone
  • Bradley Grant - bass saxophone, vocals

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