I met Moondog in the summer of1965. Standing alone on 42nd street somewhere. My two friends and I just came over from Jersey. Very hot day. My buddies had jumped into the Newark Bay to cool off. As we approached Moondog he said to me, "how did you enjoy your swim?" I was amazed. We talked. He smelled my friends from twenty feet away, knew they were wet. I walked away after our discussion knowing I had just met an intellectual dressed as a Druid. I did not know he was a famous character of NYC, or a musician/composer until fifty years later. I never forgot our conversation or him from 59 years ago. He was a wonderful man. Respected all people.
I used to talk with Moondog a lot when I worked in NYC during the Summer of 1970. It is really wonderful to find these posts and know that others still remember him, or are learning about him. He was a unique, amazing and fascinating man.
And here I am one May evening, over 6 years later, at my desk crying tears. I thought I had heard most mr Hardin´s totally unique and beautiful music, but this a first. Thanks ever so much for putting this on!
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I met Moondog in the summer of1965. Standing alone on 42nd street somewhere. My two friends and I just came over from Jersey. Very hot day. My buddies had jumped into the Newark Bay to cool off. As we approached Moondog he said to me, "how did you enjoy your swim?" I was amazed. We talked. He smelled my friends from twenty feet away, knew they were wet. I walked away after our discussion knowing I had just met an intellectual dressed as a Druid. I did not know he was a famous character of NYC, or a musician/composer until fifty years later. I never forgot our conversation or him from 59 years ago. He was a wonderful man. Respected all people.
I used to talk with Moondog a lot when I worked in NYC during the Summer of 1970. It is really wonderful to find these posts and know that others still remember him, or are learning about him. He was a unique, amazing and fascinating man.
I learned about him through a different song which sampled birds lament and his story and music is so inspiring
Grazie Maestro, hai introdotto la musica minimale nella sua essenza: Minimale......
Deeply touched. This is Bach Kontrapunkt. Stunning. Cheers from a musician!
And here I am one May evening, over 6 years later, at my desk crying tears. I thought I had heard most mr Hardin´s totally unique and beautiful music, but this a first. Thanks ever so much for putting this on!
I never knew there was footage like this... amazing.
extraordinaire , sublime , gracieux , et encore de nombreux adjectifs élogieux !
"New Amsterdam" is really something, what a talented artist
I could listen to this all day long
Moondog ending his life in Germany, the land of the composers, is the closest thing to justice I can imagine.
it sounds like a long forgotten melody, I found before I go - and I'm one with it.
treasure !!!
It's a whole new moondog kissed world.
Une musique surréaliste...un beau voyage sonore..
Merci pour cette vidéo !!!! Rare, très rare !!! Merveilleux !
Magic 🎷🎷🎷
je viens de découvrir un génie... Whaaaa...
I love this! Simply beautiful. Thank you for sharing!
A genius
I remember this gig, what an experience, all those concerts with Moondog! I there any more footage?
tres beau morceau de saxo
finally!!!!!
I want this sound and youtube don´t permit download
Гений...........................
belleza
Merci Amaury Cornut pour cette vidéo; remarque : il n'y a que 2 sax barytons , celui qui est le plus à droite est un saxophone basse ;
almost funeral march with highly vividness..
as far as i heard, there are also oboes and bass clarinets.
Are they oboes or soprano saxophones?
There are saxophones!
There may be soprano and bass saxes
😮
Reminds me of Charles Mingus
One thing leads to the other.🙂
LOUIS HARDIN - MOONDOG, AMERICAN MUSICIAN. GOD BLESS AMERICA 4/15/2020 !!