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01. KENNY GRAHAM AND HIS SATELLITES - One Four
02. KENNY GRAHAM AND HIS SATELLITES - 2 West 46th Street
03. KENNY GRAHAM AND HIS SATELLITES - Two Four
04. KENNY GRAHAM AND HIS SATELLITES - Chant
05. KENNY GRAHAM AND HIS SATELLITES - Three Four
06. KENNY GRAHAM AND HIS SATELLITES - Utsu
07. KENNY GRAHAM AND HIS SATELLITES - Four four
08. KENNY GRAHAM AND HIS SATELLITES - Lullaby
09. KENNY GRAHAM AND HIS SATELLITES - Five Four
10. KENNY GRAHAM AND HIS SATELLITES - Fog On the Hudson
11. KENNY GRAHAM AND HIS SATELLITES - Sunrise
12. KENNY GRAHAM AND HIS SATELLITES - Sunbeam
13. KENNY GRAHAM AND HIS SATELLITES - Tropical Sun
14. KENNY GRAHAM AND HIS SATELLITES - Sunstroke
15. KENNY GRAHAM AND HIS SATELLITES - Sunset
16. KENNY GRAHAM AND HIS SATELLITES - Sunday
ARTIST
TITLE
Moondog And Suncat Suites
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
JBH 036CD JBH 036CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
5/11/2010

Trunk presents a very rare 1957 album featuring British jazz interpretations of Moondog originals. The exceptional jazz line-up includes Stan Tracey, and the recording is made all the more extraordinary because of the exotic instruments used. And to top it all off, this 1957 recording was also engineered by a very young Joe Meek. This is the first time this fabulous album has been issued since its release 53 years ago. By 1956, the early New York street recordings of the great Moondog had just reached British shores. His primitive percussive sounds struck a new nerve with many artists and musicians, none more so that fine London jazzman Kenny Graham. He was so inspired, that he decided to bring together a band of top-notch jazzers and pay his very own musical homage. The result is this exceptionally rare and unique 1957 album of Moondog cover versions (Moondog Suite) and Graham's very own complimentary compositions (Suncat Suite). Engineered by a young Joe Meek and starring Stan Tracey, Phil Seamen, Danny Moss, Ivor Slaney, soaring vocalists and a host of strange instruments, this was a truly unique cocktail of sound and musical vision. There is no other recording that would ever bring together Moondog, British jazz and Joe Meek. And the result is an exotic, ethereal and timeless album that will inspire, haunt, beguile and charm for many years to come. Beautiful period color sleeve, CD comes with a 6-page concertina booklet, complete with the original 1957 sleevenotes, and a biography of Kenny Graham.