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Moondog

Louis Thomas Hardin (May 26, 1916 – September 8, 1999), known professionally as Moondog, was an American composer, musician, performer, music theoretician, poet and inventor of musical instruments. Largely self-taught as a composer, his prolific work widely drew inspiration from jazz, classical, Native American music which he had become familiar with as…

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Born
Louis Thomas Hardin (1916-05-26)May 26, 1916 Marysville, Kansas, U.S.
Died
September 8, 1999(1999-09-08) (aged 83) Münster, Germany
Genres
Classical · avant-garde · jazz
Instruments
Percussion · vocals · keyboards
Labels
SMC · Epic · Moondog · Prestige · Columbia
Occupations
Composer · musician · instrument maker

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Moondog

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Edges156
Triples502
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related to Performed by other musicians · 170
Moondog → Album, All, All Is Loneliness, An American Rhapsody, Antony, Ars Musici2007, Association Bongo Joe Records, Be, Big Brother, Bird's Lament, Bracelli, British, Brittany, Britten Sinfonia, Cabaret Contemporain Plays Moondog, Cabaret Contemporain2016, Calefax Reed Quintet, Canons, CD, CD Moondogscorner
related to Legacy · 57
Moondog → All Is Loneliness, Allen Ginsberg, American, Antony, Be, Big Brother, Bird's Lament, British, Burroughs, Canadian, CBS, Charlie Parker, Daniel Lanois, Electric Funk, Fill Your Head, Frank Zappa, Get, Glam, Here Is What Is, Hobo
related to Articles · 50
Moondog → Adele, Allan, Anonymous, August, Back, Begs, Blind Poet-Musician Retains Viking, Borders, Brandt, But Keeps His Iconoclastic, C18, C24, December, Don, Germany, Happy Story, Heckman, Helmet, Hippie Years, His Favorite Corner
related to Albums · 31
Moondog → Columbia, Columbia1971 Moondog, Epic1956 Snaketime Series, Europe, His Friends, Instrumental Music, Kakaphone1992 Elpmas, Kopf/Atlantic1995 Big Band, Kopf1978 H'art Songs, Kopf1978 Moondog, Kopf1981 Facets, Kopf1994 Sax Pax, Laska Records, London Saxophonic, Louis Hardin, LP, Managarm1986 Bracelli, Moondog Madrigals, Moondog Records1956 Moondog, More Moondog
related to Compilations · 25
Moondog → Avenue, Beat Goes On, Columbia, Honest Jon, Honest Jon's2005 The German, ISBN, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Manimal, Moondog/Moondog, More Moondog/The Story, Of, Original Jazz Classics, Prestige, Process, Rare Material, Reissue, ROOF Music2005 Un, ROOF Music2007 The Viking
related to Various artist compilations · 23
Moondog → Andy Forsythe, Birds Lament, Blocks, CBS1998 The Big Lebowski, Cherry Red2006 DJ-Kicks, Curated By Jarvis Cocker, Disc, Folkways1954 Music, Folkways1958 Rosey, Henrik Schwarz, K7 Records2006 The Trip, Mercury2000 Miniatures, New York, Pastoral, Pineapple Express Motion Picture, Rosey1970 Fill Your Head, Sound Track, Steve Mackey, Streets, The London Saxophonic
related to New York City · 22
Moondog → Already, Blackfoot Sun Dance, Candor, Christ, Christianity, From, He, Idaho, In, It, Manhattan, Moondog's, Native, Native American, New York, New York City, Nordic, Sixth Avenue, Street, Thor
related to Books · 20
Moondog → Amaury, American Composers, Avenue, Cole, Cornut, Gagne, Interviews, ISBN, Le Mot, Marseille, Metuchen, New York, Philip Glass, Preface, Process, Reste, Robert, Soundpieces, The Scarecrow Press, Viking
related to Singles · 13
Moondog → Beat, Caribea Sextet, CBS, Kralingen Music Festival, Moondog Records, Moondog's Symphony, Oboe Rounds, Oo Debut, Organ Rounds, SMC, Snaketime Rhythms, Stamping Ground Theme, Surf Session
related to Inventions · 12
Moondog → American, February, His, Julian Calv, Moondog's, Norwegian, Prior, Stefan Lakatos, Stefan's, Swedish, The, They

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MoondogBornLouis Thomas Hardin (1916-05-26)May 26, 1916 Marysville, Kansas, U.S.1.00infobox
MoondogDiedSeptember 8, 1999(1999-09-08) (aged 83) Münster, Germany1.00infobox
MoondogGenresClassical1.00infobox
MoondogGenresavant-garde1.00infobox
MoondogGenresjazz1.00infobox
MoondogInstrumentsPercussion1.00infobox
MoondogInstrumentsvocals1.00infobox
MoondogInstrumentskeyboards1.00infobox
MoondogLabelsSMC1.00infobox
MoondogLabelsEpic1.00infobox
MoondogLabelsMoondog1.00infobox
MoondogLabelsPrestige1.00infobox
MoondogLabelsColumbia1.00infobox
MoondogLabelsKopf1.00infobox
MoondogOccupationsComposer1.00infobox
MoondogOccupationsmusician1.00infobox
MoondogOccupationsinstrument maker1.00infobox
MoondogYears active1932–19991.00infobox

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