Moon Hooch (album)

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Moon Hooch
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Studio album by
Moon Hooch
ReleasedJune 25, 2013
RecordedOne 24-hour period in 2013 at The Bunker Studio in Brooklyn
Genre Jazz fusion
Length52:13
Label Hornblow/Palmetto Records
Moon Hooch chronology
Moon Hooch
(2013)		 This Is Cave Music
(2014)

Moon Hooch is the debut album by American jazz trio Moon Hooch, released on June 25, 2013 by Hornblow/Palmetto Records. According to Max Savage Levenson, the album "succeeded in channeling...spontaneous energy into a hypnotic, playful record that surprised at every turn." [1]

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime. Jazz is seen by many as "America's classical music". Since the 1920s Jazz Age, jazz has become recognized as a major form of musical expression. It then emerged in the form of independent traditional and popular musical styles, all linked by the common bonds of African-American and European-American musical parentage with a performance orientation. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in West African cultural and musical expression, and in African-American music traditions including blues and ragtime, as well as European military band music. Intellectuals around the world have hailed jazz as "one of America's original art forms".

Moon Hooch American dance music trio

Moon Hooch is an American band from Brooklyn, New York, known for their dance-oriented percussion- and saxophone-based music. The band is a trio consisting of drummer James Muschler and saxophonists Mike Wilbur and Wenzl McGowen. The band members met while attending The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, and got their start busking in New York City Subway stations.

Palmetto Records is an independent American jazz record company and label in New York City founded in 1990 by guitarist Matt Balitsaris.

Contents

Track listing

All songs composed by Moon Hooch.

No.TitleLength
1."Number 9"4:26
2."Number 10"3:35
3."Low 2"4:46
4."Song for Miguel"3:44
5."Number 4"3:46
6."Number 8"3:21
7."Number 7"2:56
8."Tubes"3:59
9."Number 5"4:24
10."Number 2"2:55
11."Number 1"3:01
12."Low 3"2:58
13."Low 4"4:07
14."Mega Tubes (feat. Alena Spanger)"4:15
Total length:52:13

Personnel

Moon Hooch
Tenor saxophone type of saxophone

The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B♭ (while the Alto is pitched in the key of E♭), and written as a transposing instrument in the treble clef, sounding an octave and a major second lower than the written pitch. Modern tenor saxophones which have a high F♯ key have a range from A♭2 to E5 (concert) and are therefore pitched one octave below the soprano saxophone. People who play the tenor saxophone are known as "tenor saxophonists", "tenor sax players", or "saxophonists".

Baritone saxophone member of the saxophone family, smaller than the bass, contrabass and subcontrabass saxophones. It is the lowest-pitched saxophone in common use, and uses a mouthpiece, reed, and ligature that are larger than the tenor, alto and soprano saxophones.

The baritone saxophone or "bari sax" is one of the larger members of the saxophone family, only being smaller than the bass, contrabass and subcontrabass saxophones. It is the lowest-pitched saxophone in common use. The baritone saxophone uses a mouthpiece, reed, and ligature in order to produce sound. It is larger than the tenor, alto and soprano saxophones, which are the other commonly found members of the family. The baritone saxophone is commonly used in classical music such as concert band, chamber music, military bands, jazz. It also is occasionally employed in marching bands, though less frequently than other saxophones due to its size and weight.

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References

  1. ↑ Levenson, Max Savage (7 September 2014). "First Listen: Moon Hooch, 'This Is Cave Music'". NPR. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
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