Moon Hooch is an American band from Brooklyn , New York that performs dance music on drums and saxophone . The group is a trio consisting of James Muschler (dr . James Muschler ) (drums), Mike Wilbur ( eng. Mike Wilbur ) and Wenzel McGowan ( eng. Wenzl McGowen ) (saxophone). The members of the group met while studying at the New School of Jazz and Modern Music (School of Jazz at The New School), and began to play in the subways of New York [1] [2] [3] .
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| A country | USA |
| Instruments | Percussion, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone |
| Genres | Jazz fusion, nude jazz |
| Aliases | The busketeers |
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In 2011, the band appeared on the Australian TV series Hamish and Andy's Gap Year , where they were called Busketeers.
Their self-titled debut album was released in 2013 and reached number nine on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart [4] . This Is Cave Music's second album was released on September 16, 2014 [5] .
Discography
- Moon Hooch ( Hornblow / Palmetto , 2013)
- This Is Cave Music (Hornblow / Palmetto, 2014)
- Red Sky (Hornblow / Palmetto, 2016)
- The Joshua Tree (Hornblow, 2017)
Members
- James Mushler - drums and percussion ;
- Mike Wilbur - tenor saxophone , vocals, clarinet , flute ;
- Wenzel McGowan - tenor saxophone , baritone saxophone , double bass , clarinet, electronic wind synthesizer.
Links
- ↑ Hardeep Phull. From busking to Broadway (Eng.) // New York Post . - 2013 .-- 25 January. Archived March 4, 2016.
- ↑ Tad Hendrickson . A Band Builds an Underground Following , Wall Street Journal (August 7, 2013). Archived on March 14, 2016. Date of appeal September 13, 2014.
- ↑ Take a drink of Moon Hooch . Toledo City Paper (May 19, 2015). Date of treatment August 12, 2017. Archived on August 12, 2017.
- ↑ Moon Hooch - Moon Hooch: Awards . AllMusic . Date of treatment September 13, 2014. Archived March 15, 2016.
- ↑ Max Savage. First Listen: Moon Hooch, 'This Is Cave Music' (Eng.) // NRP Music. - 2014 .-- 7 September. Archived on May 1, 2017.