1. Dick Hyman - From the Age of Swing (5:02)
2. Dick Hyman - You're Driving Me Crazy / Moten Swing (4:24)
3. Dick Hyman - Topsy (6:07)
4. Dick Hyman - Moonglow (3:24)
5. Dick Hyman - Them There Eyes (4:51)
6. Dick Hyman - Dooji Wooji (6:05)
7. Dick Hyman - Soft Winds (5:20)
8. Dick Hyman - What Is There to Say? (4:47)
9. Dick Hyman - 'Deed I Do (4:42)
10. Dick Hyman - Rose Room (4:31)
11. Dick Hyman - I Know What You Do (3:23)
12. Dick Hyman - Mean to Me (5:34)
13. Dick Hyman - I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (3:12)
14. Dick Hyman - From the Age of Swing (alternate take) (4:41)

    Acoustic Bass – Milt Hinton
    Drums – Butch Miles
    Guitar [Rhythm] – Bucky Pizzarelli
    Piano – Dick Hyman
    Saxophone [Alto] – Frank Wess (5, 8, 12)
    Saxophone [Alto], Clarinet – Phil Bodner
    Saxophone [Baritone] – Joe Temperley
    Trombone – Urbie Green
    Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Joe Wilder

Swing is everywhere these days, but it's seldom played with the consummately relaxed skill heard here, with Hyman leading a mid-sized band of celebrated veterans. Bucky Pizzarelli on guitar, Milt Hinton on bass, and Butch Miles on drums make up a perfect swing rhythm section, while the horns provide vitally individualistic sounds and ideas, from Joe Newman's sly, muted trumpet to Joe Temperley's gruffly sweet baritone saxophone. The repertoire provides an authentic portrait of the swing era, from the energetic "Moten Swing" through Ellington's "Dooji Wooji" and Fletcher Henderson's beautiful "Soft Winds" to the pop songs of the day, like "Moonglow" and "Them There Eyes." Hyman displays the same musicianship apparent in his solo piano recordings, making wondrous use of space to let the rhythm section shine through. ---Stuart Broomer, amazon.com

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1. Topless Dancers Of Corfu
2. The Legend Of Johnny Pot
3. The Moog And Me
4. Tap Dance In The Memory Banks
5. Four Duets In Odd Meter
6. The Minotaur
7. Total Bells And Tony
8. Improvisation In Fourths
9. Evening Thoughts
10. Give It Up Or Turn It Loose
11. Kolumbo
12. Time Is Tight

Chet Amsterdam - Fender Jazz Bass
Jay Berliner - Guitar
Dick Hyman - Echoplex, Leader, Moog Synthesizer, Organ, Piano, Producer, Rhythm Machine
Art Ryerson - Guitar
Buddy Salzman 	- Drums
Walter E. Sear - Programming, Synthesizer

In the late '60s, pianist Dick Hyman, famous for "Moritat, Theme from Threepenny Opera," aexperimented with various keyboard instruments, including Baldwin and Lowrey organs. This release was his first with what was then a completely newfangled machine, the Moog synthesizer. Hyman took the Moog by the horns and milked it for all it was worth on nine originals, including the monster hit single "The Minotaur" (which inspired Emerson, Lake and Palmer's "Lucky Man").

The first few tracks are in a pop-song mold, but they are pop songs composed as only a jazz musician with two decades of experience under his belt could. Hyman then hits the listener with a few spacier, improvised numbers that come off as very accessible avant-garde music. Following the "The Minotaur" are two improvised pieces. Moog: The Electric Eclectics of Dick Hyman ends with "Evening Thoughts," an impressionistic track reminiscent of "Ebb Tide" by Earl Grant, on which the sounds of the seashore are conjured up on various keyboard instruments. Hyman writes about his intentions for each track in the liner notes.

Aside from some other Moog tracks sprinkled throughout DCC Compact Classics' Music for a Bachelor's Den series, it's surprising that it's taken this long in the lounge reissue bonanza for the Moog to finally appear (not counting The Moog Cookbook, a fab spinning of modern rock nuggets into string cheese.) Moog features three bonus tracks from Hyman's next album Age of Electronicus; his recasting of James Brown's "Give It Up or Turn It Loose" is well worth the price of admission.

Though this album could easily be tossed into the novelty or "period piece" category, it was not originally intended as that. Hyman recorded a showcase what this new instrument could do, and in the process made an enjoyable album. ---Jim Powers, Rovi

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