Sun Ra & the Minimoog
Moog: A History in Recordings Jazz was one of the last major genres of music to embrace the synthesizer. What made it possible for synthesizers to finally thrive in jazz was portability –the availability of lightweight and easily transportable performance...Moog: A History in Recordings | Early Moog Jazz
Jazz Embraces the Moog Synthesizer By Thom Holmes Jazz was one of the last major genres of music to embrace the synthesizer. What made it possible for synthesizers to finally thrive in jazz was portability: the availability of portable performance instruments such as...
Moog: A History in RecordingsNot a Moog
Not-a-Moog: Early Recordings Often Mistaken for a Moog (and Other Intriguing Cases) Last month, I offered a list of the very first ten commercial recordings to feature the Moog Modular Synthesizer. There are numerous other recordings from this same time frame that...
Moog: A History in RecordingsThe First Moog Synthesizer Recordings
At first, Bob Moog didn’t think of his synthesizer as a total solution for the musician. He once famously said, “There was never a notion that a synthesizer would be used by itself for anything.” He pictured it as another piece of equipment in the traditional electronic music studio.