The Viking of Sixth Avenue

by Moondog

The Viking of Sixth Avenue cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 17 October 2005
  • Label: Honest Jon's
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 4.03/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A beautifully curated retrospective of the legendary blind street musician, avant-garde composer, and eccentric New York City fixture. Curated by Honest Jon's, the anthology highlights his mesmerizing, heavily syncopated orchestral pieces and unique, self-invented percussive instruments. The release highlights his profound, deeply rhythmic influence on minimalist composers like Philip Glass and Steve Reich.

Genres

Descriptors: uncommon-time-signatures, instrumental, rhythmic, complex, minimalistic, nature

Tracklist

  1. Theme And Variations
  2. Down Is Up
  3. Bumbo
  4. Big Cat
  5. Oo Debut
  6. Lament 1 'Bird's Lament'
  7. Moondog's Symphony 1 (Timberwolf)
  8. Moondog's Symphony 2 (Sagebrush)
  9. Rabbit Hop
  10. Rimshot
  11. Snaketime Rhythm
  12. Instrumental Round
  13. Double Bass Duo
  14. Why Spend The Dark Night With You
  15. All Is Loneliness
  16. Snaketime Rhythm
  17. Dragon's Teeth
  18. Oboe Round
  19. Be A Hobo
  20. Dog Trot
  21. Oasis
  22. Avenue Of The Americas
  23. 2 W 46th Street
  24. Lullaby (2 W 46th Street)
  25. Fog On The Hudson (425 W 57th Street)
  26. Utsu
  27. On And Off The Beat
  28. Chant
  29. From One To Nine
  30. Improvisation In 4/4
  31. Enough About Human Rights!
  32. Viking 1
  33. Rimshot
  34. Chaconne In G Major
  35. Oasis
  36. Invocation

Credits

  • Moondog - primary artist
  • Howard Williams - compiled by
  • Mark Ainley - compiled by

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