Sax Pax For A Sax

by Moondog

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Cosmographer This is a record to play early on a sunny morning or a Summer evening for the whole family to enjoy. Moondog was a gift to the world and this collection gathers many of his loveliest melodies and compositions. Favorite track: New Amsterdam.

simdaddy such a soulful playful fun time Favorite track: Bird's Lament.

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1.	Dog Trot 02:27	info	buy track
2.	Paris 03:27	info	buy track
3.	Bird's Lament 02:03	info	buy track
4.	Sandalwood 02:10	info	buy track
5.	Tout Suite No. 1 in F Major 1. Mov. 03:01	info	buy track
6.	Tout Suite No. 1 in F Major 2 Mov. 03:13	info	buy track
7.	Tout Suite No. 1 in F Major 3. Mov. 02:52	info	buy track
8.	D For Danny 01:42	info	buy track
9.	New Amsterdam 06:25	info	buy track
10.	Sea Horse 01:17	info	buy track
11.	Fiesta 01:36	info	buy track
12.	Novette no.1 in D Flat Major 1. Mov 01:40	info	buy track
13.	Novette no.1 in D Flat Major 2. Mov. 02:01	info	buy track
14.	Novette no.1 in D Flat Major 3. Mov. 01:42	info	buy track
15.	Single Foot 01:52	info	buy track
16.	Mother's Whistler 02:15	info	buy track
17.	Present For The Prez 02:35	info	buy track
18.	Shakespeare City 04:05	info	buy track
19.	EEC Suite: Golden Fleece 03:00	info	buy track
20.	EEC Suite: Hymn To Peace 01:36	info	buy track
21.	EEC Suite: EEC Lied 02:53	info	buy track

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Recorded in collaboration with the London Saxophonic, this record offers a return to the avant-garde jazz explorations of Moondog’s earlier works, including a re-recording of his classic composition, “Bird’s Lament.”

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“Moondog calls his saxophone project Sax Pax, underlining that in this case the saxophones are not to be linked with military bands for which the instruments originally had been intended, but are used exclusively for peaceful purposes.

All the pieces are part of a series which Moondog calls ZAJAZ, "jazz" in two directions, like a Janus-head with two faces. There is one looking backwards into the past, represented by classical techniques of composing and the other face turned towards the future which is characterized by a new kind of combining old and new elements of music.

Music which sounds like jazz, sometimes like real wild improvisations as in Present for the Prez., but is in fact classically conceived, written in the form of chaconne. Most of the pieces are written in canon form.

The core of the ensemble, founded by the leading British saxophonist John Harle, are members of the Apollo Saxophone Quartet. Also involved were David Lord as producer, and other big names of British music world, like Peter Hammill, Andrew Davis, and Danny Thompson, the former Pentangle co-founder, whose contra bass, named Victoria, is especially featured on "D For Danny" which Loius Hardin dedicated to his long-time friend.

The piano solos were played by Nicola Meecham, teacher at the Royal Academy Of Music.”

Edited and reprinted from liner notes.

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released June 28, 2019

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Moondog New York, New York

Louis Thomas Hardin (May 26, 1916 – September 8, 1999), also known as Moondog, was an American musician, composer, theoretician, poet and inventor of several musical instruments. From the late 1940s until 1972, Moondog lived as a street musician and poet in New York City, playing in midtown Manhattan. He relocated to Germany in 1974 where he continued to write, compose, and record until his death. ... more

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