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moondog - the viking of sixth avenue - honest jons records - cd

Genre: Jazz

1. Theme and Variations
2. Down Is Up
3. Bumbo
4. Big Cat
5. Oo Debut
6. Lament 1 Birds Lament
7. Moondogs Symphony 1 (Timberwolf)
8. Moondogs 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. Dragons 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 I
33. Rimshot
34. Chaconne In G Major
35. Oasis
36. Invocation

This release from Honest Jons is the first overview of Moondogs amazing artistic life - including recordings spanning from 1949 till 1995, with numerous 78s and various other vanished records revived for the first time. Though the compilation is rooted in the decades Moondog regularly lived rough in New York City, performing on street corners - the Viking Of Sixth Avenue - at the same time it lays the musics claim to the future.