The Story of Moondog

by Moondog

Overview

Moondog's third Prestige effort is a tad less accessible than his previous ones, going heavy on percussion numbers utilizing instruments of his own invention: the oo, trimba (a triangular-shaped drum), and tuji (a series of mounted sticks of graduated lengths). There's also a softshoe dance, a nice piano solo improvisation, and the usual bit of random street noise and quotations of poetry. It's still unpredictable Moondog -- "Wildwood" is reminiscent of Native American chants, and spooky organ underlies the shuffle-shakes of maraca and clave on "Organ Rounds." "Up Broadway," by contrast, is a jubilant jazz/swing cut that would have made a great opening number over the credits of any number of 1950s inner-city crime dramas. The album is now available on CD, in tandem with the 1956 record More Moondog, on Prestige's single-disc More Moondog/The Story of Moondog reissue. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	01/19/2018
Label:	4 Men With Beards
UPC:	0646315177114
Rank:	38894

Tracks

1. Up Broadway
2. Perpetual Motion
3. Gloving It
4. Improvisation
5. Ray Malone Softshoe
6. Two Quotations in Dialogue
7. 5/8 in Two Shades
8. Moondog's Theme
9. In the Doorway
10. Duet
11. Trimbas in Quarters
12. Wildwood
13. Trimbas in Eighths
14. Organ Rounds

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Moondog   Primary Artist,Keyboards
Sam Ulano   Drums,Japanese Drum