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April 10, 2006

Moondog

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Moondog - Lament 1 (Bird's Lament)

Lament I (Bird´s Lament) was written in honor of Charlie Parker, on hearing of his death. It is a chaconne, a four-bar accompaniment that is repeated over and over with a free melodic line over it, played by an alto sax, Bird´s instrument, with an obligato played on a baritone sax. Bird used to stop by my door-way back in 1951-2 and talk about music. One night I met him in Times Square and shook a shaking hand, not realizing that would be the last time we would meet.

-Moondog, 1969

Posted by jimweed at April 10, 2006 01:53 PM

Comments

as I listen to this song, it is slowly changing my life

Posted by: Lilah at April 13, 2006 02:00 AM

yes, this song is about change. soon as i read your comment, i was compelled to listen again.

Posted by: jimweed at April 13, 2006 10:26 AM

I love this song so much, I was planning to post it at my blog and was pretty excited to see it in here. Didn't expect less from such a fine ear like yours. Thank you.

Posted by: Moka at April 16, 2006 01:24 AM