TRANSLATE THIS PAGE into GERMAN | SPANISH | FRENCH | ITALIAN | PORTUGUESE
 HOME |  REGISTER | FORGOTTEN PASSWORD | SEARCH or BROWSE | RECOMMEND | EDIT | LINKS | MOST RECENT
musical taste home
Track Details
Track Details

Search all tracks:
Kolumbo  performed by  Dick Hyman  (1969)
Composed by Dick Hyman
From: USA
Recommended by bobbyspacetroup [profile] on Sunday 10th March 2002

Is it just me or are the original compositions on Command LPs almost always the best and most adventurous? Here is one my all-time favorite Command recordings. A far-out, moogy masterpiece by Hyman. It's about 8 minutes long, not nearly as pop as the rest of the record, and totally brilliant. According to the liner notes, Kolumbo was improvised on the Moog and the Maestro Rhythmaster, "a mechanical drum device," fed through a Echoplex-tape reverberation unit. Improvised Moog? Is that possible? This is very strange stuff. From the liner notes: "[...] there is an effect of a battery of African drummers following an improvised soloist. The listener can provide his own scenario of what seems to be a musical battle, as a second soloist abruptly materializes, challenging the first man. At the end, the original soloist states a brief epilogue, packs up his horn, and splits."

from The Age Of Electronicus (Command RS 946 SD)
iTunes search
Google Search for Dick Hyman
YouTube Search for Kolumbo Dick Hyman
YouTube Search for Kolumbo
YouTube Search for Dick Hyman
Google Search for Kolumbo



To submit a comment, please first register (username/password/email) or log in:

username

password

musical taste home

© zarmi 2000-2024
CONTACT | ABOUT