Personnel: Bradley Grant (vocals, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, bass saxophone); Simon Haram (vocals, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, timpani); David Roach (vocals, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Gareth Brady (vocals, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, double bass); Nick Moss (vocals, alto saxophone); Chris Caldwell (vocals, baritone saxophone); Louis Hardin (vocals, celesta, keyboards, bass drum, bongos, percussion); Paul Clarvis (vocals, snare drum, bongos, percussion); Johannes Leis (alto, piccolo, saxophone, tenor saxophone); Andi Toma (guitar); Götz Alsmann (banjo); Peter Wendland (violin, viola da gamba, tenor saxophone); Gabor Gui, Ludovik Sandrik (violin); Jonas Lindgren, Örjan Högberg, Klaus König (viola); Bertalan Ikrenyi, Mattias Helldén (cello); Jon Rebbeck (clarinet, soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone); Pete Davis (bass clarinet, alto saxophone); Timothy Lines (bass clarinet); Henry Schuman (oboe); Rob Buckland (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Tim Redpath (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Kyle Horch (soprano saxophone); Andy Scott (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Tim Holmes , Andrew Scott (tenor saxophone); Will Gregory (bass saxophone); David Purser, Richard Edwards (bass trumpet); Mark Bennett , John Barclay (cornet); Ann McAneney, Nick Thompson (flugelhorn); Peter Harvey (bass trombone); Andy Fawbert, Bob Price (euphonium); Guy Carmichael (horns); Fritz Storfinger (piano, organ); Liam Noble, Nicola Meecham (piano); Malte Heygster (celesta); Danny Thompson , Anders Öberg, Dave Berry (double bass); Chris Wells (snare drum, timpani, percussion); Garham Cole (timpani, percussion); Tina Kjebon, Stefan Lakatos (percussion).
Audio Mixers: John Harle; Helmut Rohlfing; Andi Toma; Nick Robbins.
Liner Note Authors: Berthold Klostermann; Daniel Caux.
Recording information: Academy Of St. Martin's In The Streets, Dusseldorf, Ger; Bromma Church, Stockholm, Sweden; Christus Church, Recklinghausen, Germany; Elephant Recording Studios, London, England; Herz-Jesu-Church, Oberhausen, Germany; Rhein-Ruhr-Film Studio, Bochum, Germany.
Authors: Frank Zappa; Leonard Bernstein; Benny Goodman.
Editor: Ulf Horbelt.
Photographers: Francis Falceto; Norbert Nowotsch; Ola Hjelm; Ilona Sommer.
Translators: Peter Erik Hillenbach; Pia Bohr.
Unknown Contributor Role: Peter Wendland.
Arranger: Arnd Esser.
This deluxe double-disc box from Germany's Roof Music contains a collection of Louis Thomas Hardin's music recorded from 1977-1999 entitled The German Years as well as a second disc entitled The Last Concert, Mimi-Festival 1999. There are 44 pages of liner notes that lovingly put the complex music into as much perspective as possible, though it is up to the listener to diligently explore the lifework of this creative and unique individual. "High On a Rocky Ledge" could be John Cale in his sixth decade and is a highlight. This track and "Do Your Thing," "I'm This I'm That," and "Pygmy Pig" are culled from 1979's H'Art Songs album, one of seven different sources for the music on disc one. The performances are as delightfully diverse as the titles and keep one's attention as the parade of ideas unfolds. "Heimdall Fanfare" is a completely different outing from "Fujiyama 2 (Lovesong)," while "Do Your Thing" could certainly have found some kind of commercial success had some publisher gotten it into a film soundtrack -- or had Janis Joplin lived long enough to cover more of Moondog's compositions. The concert on disc two flows seamlessly from disc one and is so perfect that it sounds like a studio recording, except for the applause. Performed on August 1, 1999, five weeks before his passing on September 8 of that year, it is an amazing "bookend" to this compilation. Berthold Klostermann's 13-page biography is combined with a chronology, six pages on the music from the first CD, and a discussion of Moondog's work by the man himself, and there are other essay
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Barn Dance, for piano & percussion
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