Raymond Scott Archives Blog

LEONARD BERNSTEIN Arrangements:"2 Pianos, 4 Hands"

2012-01-27T13:35:00.005-05:00

In 1943, LEONARD BERNSTEIN wrote this piano duet arrangement of Raymond Scott's 1938 hit tune, "In An 18th Century Drawing Room," published under Bernstein's pseudonym Lenny Amber. (Bernstein is a German and Jewish name meaning "amber.") Bernstein, who, according to THE NEW YORK TIMES, was "one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history," also arranged versions of Scott's classics, "Huckleberry Duck," "The Toy Trumpet," "The Penguin," and "Powerhouse," seen below:

LINCOLN CENTER concert report & photos: The Raymond Scott Orchestrette

2012-01-23T19:43:00.001-05:00

Watch the new video slideshow of photos with music that tells the story of The Orchetrette's concert at LINCOLN CENTER in NYC, last month, to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Raymond Scott's classic tunes. >>> See it on: YouTube (or browse the photo album: here)

T-shirt by 13-year old art student

2012-01-18T19:51:00.001-05:00

Recently, I reported that 13-year old student Bronwyn Gragg had painted a portrait of Raymond Scott for her high school art portfolio. She's now made this t-shirt based on a paper insert that was included with the 1957 promo-only LP, The Jingle Workshop, a collection of (non-electronic) musical commercials by RS.

Muziekodroom in Belgium

2012-01-16T15:42:00.002-05:00

Muziekodroom in Belgium will host a screening of the Raymond Scott documentary film, DECONSTRUCTING DAD, on January 19th at 8:00pm. A DJ set by Micha Volders of The Vermin Twins will follow, and sponsors include Coca-Cola, and Red Bull.

2 New Vinyl Album Reissues —Party Like It's 1959!

2012-01-11T00:13:00.015-05:00

Good news for wax maniacs: to celebrate the 75th ANNIVERSARY of Raymond Scott's music, the Basta Audio-Visuals label (working with the RS Archives) has reissued a pair of classic Scott 1950s LPs in 180-gram 12" vinyl format. Both meticulously replicate the original artwork in every detail.

"THE UNEXPECTED" by Raymond Scott & The Secret Seven — While serving as an A&R director for Everest Records in 1958, Raymond Scott produced an album for singer Gloria Lynne. The LP's sidemen included many of the same session players on Scott's mysterious 1959 album, "THE UNEXPECTED" — performed by his all-star jazz-legend supergroup, The Secret Seven — whose identities remained confidential for decades. The secrecy extended to withholding the band member's names from the LP jacket, but as music historian Nat Hentoff wrote in the liner notes, "Jazz aficionados will instantly recognize the players." The members are now known to be Elvin Jones, "Wild" Bill Davis, Milt Hinton, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Kenny Burrell, Eddie Costa, Sam "The Man" Taylor, and "Toots" Thielemans. NOTE: Basta's vinyl pressing is the extremely rare STEREO mix — the stereo version will not be issued on CD/digital-download. • Order: here <<< • Listen to a track from this album: "Waltz Of The Diddles" by Raymond Scott & The Secret 7

"THIS TIME WITH STRINGS" by Raymond Scott & His Orchestra — Scott musically re-invents his compositions for full-orchestra and strings on this 1957 album. RS favorites like "Powerhouse," "The Toy Trumpet," and "Twilight in Turkey" are retooled for expanded setting — but that's not all. "There are many of the Quintette things in this LP," said the composer in the original liner notes. "Also things for dance band, material written for Broadway, the movie screen, and some of my recent writing. Indeed, a potpourri, given Hi-Fidelity dressing, and a certain vividness in string treatment." The album was recorded in glorious monophonic sound, which is retained on the vinyl. No artificial processing. Crank up the Hi-Fi! • Order: here <<< • Listen to a track from this album: "The Toy Trumpet" by Raymond Scott & His Orchestra

YO GABBA GABBA! and DJ Lance Rock:"What’s In My Bag?" — watch the video

2012-01-10T21:52:00.009-05:00

DJ Lance Rock is the host of YO GABBA GABBA!, a live-action TV show on Nick Jr. geared towards children, yet has a strong adult following too. The show regularly features guests like Biz Markie, Leslie Hall, Elijah Wood, the Shins, and Mark Mothersbaugh.

In this segment, DJ Lance Rock goes to Amoeba Records for presents for the show's characters. For Plex, he chooses the 3-LP vinyl version of the "MANHATTAN RESEARCH INC." 2-CD/144-page hardcover book set of Raymond Scott's electronic music. Watch it on YouTube: here <<<

NOTE: A slight but important correction to Mr. Rock's info — although the compilation does indeed contain recordings from the 1950s and '60s — there's in fact nothing from the 1970s.

The Book of Drugs

2012-01-03T12:59:00.009-05:00

Mike Doughty, a prolific multi-tasker who issued 2 new albums in recent months, has published his compelling memoir, THE BOOK OF DRUGS. As the press-release states, it features "cameos by Redman, Ani DiFranco, the late Jeff Buckley, and others." The book also mentions the Raymond Scott sample loops that Doughty memorably incorporated to great effect into 3 songs with his 1990s band, Soul Coughing. Excerpts, detailing tensions with his former bandmate:

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"There's two ways to play the sampler," the sampler player said, "as a conventional keyboard, or to trigger sound effects." I hoped I could convince him otherwise.

I brought some CDs over to his house. There were a bunch of sounds I wanted him to use: Howlin' Wolf, the Andrew Sisters, Toots and the Maytals, The Roches, Raymond Scott, Grand Puba, a cast recording of Guys and Dolls.

His house was so organized, it made me feel weird. He had a master's degree in composition from an uptown conservatory and was well inculcated in the conservatory mind-set — he called rock drummers "percussionists" and used terms like sforzando when discussing how to best approach a rhythm that I'd ripped off from Funkdoobiest. ...

The repetitions of dance music were foreign to him. "You mean, you want me to play this over and over again?" he asked in rehearsal.

"Yo, G," said the drummer, "just hold down that there key with some duct tape."

He was too proud for the duct-tape maneuver, but he became OK with the repetition. ...

There's another interview out there that I can't find: the interviewer mentions the Howlin' Wolf sample, Andrew Sisters sample, the Raymond Scott sample, and he asks the sampler player what makes for a great sample. The sampler player answers at length, and quite pedantically, about how he selects and manipulates them. But wait — though certainly the guy's fantastic at what he does, no question — the interviewer guy's talking about samples that I came up with.

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New painting by 13-year old art student

2011-12-29T10:26:00.001-05:00

Bronwyn Cragg writes:

"I painted this portrait of Raymond Scott for my high school art portfolio! I did a series of similar paintings with people who have influenced me in the different arts: film, music, and literature. I also did portraits of H.P. Lovecraft and Stanley Kubrick. Raymond Scott rules!"

Watch The Year's BestNew Performance Video

2011-12-28T13:55:00.008-05:00

Witness the amazing MeaNensamble live at Studio Bodø, performing Raymond Scott's 1938 classic, "War Dance For Wooden Indians," recorded October 2011: HERE <<<

We look forward to their live shows and concert DVD during the 75th Anniversary of Raymond Scott's music in 2012.

Hear & See:"All Around The Christmas Tree"

2011-12-22T19:41:00.005-05:00

Raymond Scott's first hit was "Christmas Night In Harlem," written in 1934 at age 25. His second holiday tune, "All Around The Christmas Tree," released on Columbia Records, accompanied this special illustrated songbook section of the December 1940 issue of Coronet magazine. The label credits the performance to Scott's "New Orchestra," with vocalist Clyde Burke. Listen to this rare song here, and click the images below for full-sized views to read the intro and sing along with the lyrics:

Lincoln Center and Target® present:75th Anniversary concert celebration

2011-11-27T12:34:00.010-05:00

Raymond Scott's original "Quintette" made its debut in December of 1936 (performing Scott's composition, "The Toy Trumpet"). On December 1st of 2011, the New York-based "Raymond Scott Orchestrette" will perform at the David Rubenstein Atrium at LINCOLN CENTER. This concert, which is part of the Target® Free Thursday Series, will begin the year-long series of events to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Scott's seminal band — and their classic tunes, like "Powerhouse," that launched his 50-year recording career. More info: here

Irwin adds: This is the first performance by the Orchestrette since 2004, and features the original line-up. The evening will include a cameo by Beth Sorrentino singing "The Toy Trumpet" and accompanying herself on piano. Lyrics to Scott's composition were added for the 1938 movie, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.

Listen to new NPR feature:"Musical DNA of the 20th Century"

2011-11-19T23:57:00.023-05:00

The new 1-hour NPR show with me, Jeff Winner, as the in-studio guest — and Raymond Scott's son, Stan Warnow, joins us by phone — hear it online now, or anytime:

>> listen here <<

We talk about the connection to STAR WARS, celebrations for the 75th Anniversary, the new award-winning documentary film — and discover why Raymond Scott loved the bathroom at CBS studios! The radio program, which is simulcast internationally by Sirius XM® satellite, also features rare unreleased recordings of Scott demonstrating his historic electronic music inventions:

''STAN WARNOW, Scott’s son, directed a very personal documentary about his father called 'Deconstructing Dad.' JEFF WINNER, a music historian, archivist, and co-producer of the film, joins us in the studio to discuss this musical DNA of the 20th Century.''

RADIO TIMES is heard live by an audience of millions each weekday 10-noon and rebroadcast 10-midnight. It is also heard live on the Sirius XM channel NPR Now 122 at 10AM. NPR Talk Sirius 123 airs it again from 6-8PM.

• MORE INFO: here

New "Looney Tunes: Platinum Collection"3-DVD Blu-ray set

2011-11-19T16:24:00.001-05:00

Just in time for the cartoon geeks on your holiday shopping list, the new "LOONEY TUNES: PLATINUM COLLECTION" 3-DVD Blu-ray set includes 2 Raymond Scott "Behind the Tunes" featurettes with movie-music maestro, John Williams, and Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh:

• "Powerhouse in Pictures"

• "Twilight in Tunes: The Music of Raymond Scott"

More info: here

London Jazz Festival

2011-11-19T13:39:00.003-05:00

The London Jazz Festival will feature a live set of Raymond Scott's tunes performed by the Stu Brown Sextet on November 20th:

Drummer Stu Brown and his sextet bring the music of the “mad professor of cartoon music” Raymond Scott to life — through the slapstick musical mayhem of all your favourite 1940s Looney Tunes cartoons, The Simpsons and Ren & Stimpy — with crowd-pleasing energy and wit.

Film Wins New Award:"BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE"

2011-10-17T15:06:00.017-04:00

The Raymond Scott film won the "Best Documentary Feature" award from the Atlantic City Cinefest. The doc, titled DECONSTRUCTING DAD, has garnered rave reviews from LEONARD MALTIN, THE ONION, and LA WEEKLY. Previous honors include the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival "Critic's Choice Award," the Park City Film Music Festival "Director's Choice Gold Medal Award," and it was selected by the Don’t Knock the Rock Film & Music Festival in Los Angeles to be among the "Year’s Five Best Music Docs."

Directed by Raymond Scott's son, STAN WARNOW, and co-produced by JEFF WINNER (me), the documentary features: JOHN WILLIAMS, multi-Academy Award®-winning movie soundtrack composer (JAWS, STAR WARS, HARRY POTTER), MARK MOTHERSBAUGH, Emmy Award®-winning movie & TV score writer, & co-founder of DEVO, DJ SPOOKY, aka PAUL D. MILLER, turntablist, producer, & author, and others. Below is Stan holding the newest award statuette in Atlantic City, last night:

38th annual Gent International Film Festival in Belgium

2011-10-17T09:07:00.002-04:00

The new award-winning Raymond Scott documentary film, DECONSTRUCTING DAD, will be screened three times during the 38th annual Gent International Film Festival in Belgium, at the Arts Centre Vooruit: Thursday, October 20th at 2:30pm, Friday night, October 21st at 10:30pm, and Saturday night, October 22nd at 8pm.

VARIETY placed the festival in its 'Top-50 must attend festivals of the world,' and THE WALL STREET JOURNAL called the festival 'one of the five European Film Festivals with character.'

"Established in 1974, the festival has developed into one of Europe's most prominent film events, attracting over 130,000 viewers each year." Sponsors include: ING®, Philips®, Stella Artois®, Peugot®, and Marriot®

BOARDWALK EMPIRE:Downbeach Film Festival in Atlantic City

2011-10-07T22:36:00.006-04:00

DECONSTRUCTING DAD, the new award-winning Raymond Scott documentary film, will be screened Friday night, October 14th at 6pm, as part of the 2011 Downbeach Film Festival & Atlantic City Cinefest. Director Stan Warnow, and co-Producer Jeff WInner (me) will attend, and do Q&A.

UPDATE 1: The film won the "Best Documentary Feature" Award. UPDATE 2: We were on the real boardwalk where "EMPIRE" takes place, and I learned this about the location of the movie theater: "Their 'Roaring Twenties' theme capitalizes on the success of the HBO series 'BOARDWALK EMPIRE' and accentuates the resort's Art Deco design, 1920s-era uniforms for employees, and music, drinks, and shows reminiscent of the period." Naturally, this retro environment was an appropriate setting for our film.

JIM HENSON:Watch rare experimental film collaborations with Raymond Scott

2011-09-24T12:26:00.041-04:00

Muppet master JIM HENSON

More than a decade ago, before I began to work with Gert-Jan Blom on the book and 2-CD set, "MANHATTAN RESEARCH INC.," few details had emerged about Jim Henson's collaborations with Raymond Scott. We now know that in the mid-1960s, Scott began creating a series of experimental films with Henson, who was an emerging artist. He would later have success with Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, and Hollywood movies, but the Henson/Scott projects were not intended for children. Instead the films are often serious, even creepy, and although they are nearly a half-century old, they have a surprisingly modern feel.

Despite the 28-year difference in age, Raymond clicked with the Muppet master, and here you can watch five examples of their creative output:

Their first project was an ambitious puppetry/film combination titled, "LIMBO: THE ORGANIZED MIND." Henson was intrigued by thought processes and idea sources, and wanted to visualize these concepts. "Limbo" is a character he created using eyes and mouth, made from foam rubber, that seemed to float in front of images that evoke the mind's inner-workings. Henson narrates Limbo's thoughts while Raymond Scott's electronic music and sound effects articulate how and where his thoughts are filed. "THE ORGANIZED MIND" was performed on television at least twice; in July of 1966 on The Mike Douglas Show, and again on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in 1974. • Watch "LIMBO: THE ORGANIZED MIND" >> here

The "Organized Mind" concept was later reworked into a TV commercial for Bufferin® brand pain-reliever, titled "Memories," which was also scored by Scott. • Watch "MEMORIES" >> here

In 1966-'67, Jim created two short films for a contest at Montreal's Expo 67. One of these was "Ripples." Shot on 16mm film, it explored the process of creative inspiration, and was accompanied by an electronic score created by Raymond Scott. Shot in January of 1967, it featured an architect, played by future Sesame Street colleague Jon Stone, tossing pebbles into water making ripples. • Watch "RIPPLES" >> here

Also created for Expo 67,"Wheels That Go" is a short film made by Jim Henson in 1967 that explored motion and movement and was again accompanied by an electronic score created by Raymond Scott. It features Henson's son Brian playing with things with wheels. • Watch "WHEELS THAT GO" >> here

In 1967, Henson was contracted by IBM to make a film extolling the virtues of their new technology, the MT/ST, a primitive word processor. The film would explore how the MT/ST would help control the massive amount of documents generated by a typical business office. "Paperwork Explosion," produced in October 1967, is a quick-cut montage of images and words illustrating the intensity and pace of modern business. Once again, Henson collaborated with Raymond Scott on the electronic sound track. • Watch "THE PAPERWORK EXPLOSION" >> here

BEST OF THE FEST:Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival

2011-09-23T21:22:00.001-04:00

The Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival returns with 2011's "Best of the Fest" film series, screening six of their favorite films from this year's program. DECONSTRUCTING DAD, the new award-winning Raymond Scott documentary film, is the latest at Sebastopol Center for the Arts. It won the 2011 Critics Award, and it will be on the big screen at 7 p.m. On Friday, October 7th at the center, which is at 6780 Depot St. The cost is $10. Sponsors include: Comcast, PBS, Whole Foods, and NPR.

"This fest is making a big splash in the town that Tom Waits, Les Claypool, and Peter Krause call home. Sebastopol is a progressive, artist friendly community that supports our documentary festival with incredible turn-outs and engaged audiences. Our festival was chosen by MovieMaker Magazine as one of the '25 Coolest Film Festivals,' an honor we intend to uphold this year."

New birthday tribute album:"Tokyorkshire Research Inc" by kidkanevil

2011-09-10T13:53:00.016-04:00

Happy 103rd birthday to Raymond Scott, born on September 10th, 1908. Just released today, in honor of this milestone — "Tokyorkshire Research Inc," a new Raymond Scott by tribute album by Kidkanevil, who writes:

"Thank you - Stan Warnow, Irwin Chusid, Jeff Winner. Source material used with kind permission of the Raymond Scott estate. Mastered by Matt Colton at AIR STUDIOS, London. NOTE - This beat tape is intended to be listened to on shuffle/make your own track listing." • UPDATE — Watch the new video: here

Red Bull Music Academy Daily News adds: "Samurai-style London Academy grad Kidkanevil just released a tribute beat-tape comprised in it's entirety from the music of Raymond Scott. An audacious feat no less, but the results are incredible: the thing goes hard. And in case you're worried, the tape is 100% cleared by the Scott estate so you can rest easily knowing no bad karmic repercussions are in store. Btw, we're on our third listen right now, and it keeps getting better."

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ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES presents:"I'll Be Your Mirror" curated by PORTISHEAD

2011-09-09T13:31:00.000-04:00

DECONSTRUCTING DAD, the new award-winning Raymond Scott documentary film, will be screened as part of All Tomorrow's Parties' music and film festival, "I'll Be Your Mirror," curated by PORTISHEAD. Date: October 2nd, at 11:30 am. Venue: the The Berkeley Oceanfront. Cinema sponsored by the Criterion Collection. Director Stan Warnow will attend, and musical acts include:

PUBLIC ENEMY performing FEAR OF A BLACK PLANET

Jeff Mangum of NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL

J.G. Thirlwell's MANOREXIA

Marc Ribot's CERAMIC DOG

DJ PEANUT BUTTER WOLF

ULTRAMAGNETIC MCs

DJ SHEPARD FAIREY

PORTISHEAD
DEERHOOF
SHELLAC
MOGWAI
CHAVEZ
SWANS

"The Perfect Rock Festival."

—ROLLING STONE

"Incredible."
—THE VILLAGE VOICE

"A completely unique concert going experience."
—NPR

"Essentially a perfect weekend."
—ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

ht: Krista Napp

Demotivational Poster

2011-09-02T12:17:00.009-04:00

“A motivational poster is commonly designed for use in schools and offices. This kind of poster has been repeatedly parodied, and parody motivational posters have become an Internet meme.”

The mischief-makers responsible for "I Can Has Cheezburger?," "FAIL Blog," and other popular comedy sites, have published this on their VeryDemotivational.com:

Selected comments:

"It’s Raymond Scott, Not Hausmann"

"OMG! He’s tormenting Dorothy Collins!"

"They were married. Doesn’t that go with the territory?"

"I believe this Raymond Scott and he produced many of the beats off of loneytunes. Also if this is the track I Think he is doing it is light works, search it. Its a hell of a track."

• SEE ALSO: "Urban Dictionary"

Yes And Also Yes

2011-08-30T11:15:00.008-04:00

''I had a big thing for Raymond Scott loops. Hell, I could probably eke out a living producing hiphop records, using nothing but breakbeats and Raymond Scott compositions.''

—MIKE DOUGHTY

Today Mike Doughty dropped his new album, YES AND ALSO YES. There's no connection to Raymond Scott on this record, but we wanna plug it anyway. Irwin and I are big fans of Doughty's music and his 1990s band Soul Coughing — and not just because they released three tracks with Raymond Scott samples.

"Bus To Beelzebub," from their first album RUBY VROOM, was based on adapted loops from Scott's "Powerhouse," as heard in numerous Bugs Bunny cartoons. "Uh, Zoom Zip," from the same album, uses samples from the RS Quintette's recording of "The Toy Trumpet" that are so distorted they went unidentified for years. By contrast, the loops from the RSQ's "The Penguin" heard throughout SC's "Disseminated," on their 2nd album, IRRESISTIBLE BLISS, are easy to spot. I love the track and think it's one of the coolest uses of Scott samples by any artist, but Doughty is ambivalent. "The lyrics are not my proudest," he explained for SCUG.net. "Don’t get me wrong, I’m pro-nonsense, but at the time we were sequencing the record I dismissed the song as 'harmelodic vaudeville.' Democracy won out, the song made the record, and it ended up being the only damn song on the record that Robert Christgau liked when he reviewed it in Spin."

Doughty has been busy — he also released an album of loop-based electronic music this month called DUBIOUS LUXURY. He explains, "I wasn’t noisy about it, at the time, but much of the sampled stuff in Soul Coughing was my work: the crazed Bugs Bunny sample on 'Bus to Beelzebub,' the peculiar Raymond Scott sample on 'Disseminated'." But don't expect more Raymond Scott samples. "After the first record, my bandmates were increasingly unreceptive to loops I brought in from other people's music. Maybe they were right, we woulda been poorer, giving our money away to other composers," he said at MikeDoughty.com. "I could only use the majority of the loops live — gone are the days when Warner Bros. would write a fat check to pay off the Raymond Scott estate and Toots Hibbert for their unsuspecting contributions! Even rappers are too smart to use samples these days."

ADDED BY I.C.: Doughty just confirmed he'll perform live on my WFMU program on Weds. September 21, between 5-6pm (Eastern). MD also performed a couple of songs on WFMU's snarky SEVEN SECOND DELAY, hosted by Ken Freedman and Andy Breckman, broadcast from the UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE on July 27.

Mark Mothersbaugh and The Electronium

2011-08-27T10:04:00.001-04:00

Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo) with the Motown version of Raymond Scott’s instantaneous-composition invention, THE ELECTRONIUM (and a Yamaha DX-7), in Scott’s guesthouse in Van Nuys, CA, 1993. [Photo by Mr. Bonzai, published in BILLBOARD magazine]

“Raymond Scott was like an audio version of Andy Warhol. He preceded Pop-Art sensibilities, and he played with that line between commercial art and fine art, mixing elements of both worlds together. I love and respect Raymond Scott's work, and it influenced me a lot. I'm a big fan.” —Mark Mothersbaugh

UPDATE — Synthtopia.com reblogged, and adds:

Saturday Synth Porn:
There are multiple layers of music history captured in the photo. Scott’s work was an inspiration to Bob Moog, who created the Minimoog that was used extensively on Devo’s early albums. The Electronium is now owned by Mothersbaugh, but is not in working order.
Image: Mr. Bonzai, via Jeff Winner’s Raymond Scott blog

Mazel Tov!

2011-08-26T22:21:00.000-04:00

As the month expires, we confess that we neglected to observe that September 2011 marks the 90th anniversary of Harry Warnow's (not-yet-Raymond Scott's) Bar Mitzvah. We apologize for the oversight. There is no existing documentation for the exact date, nor the location of the services or reception, but it would have been scheduled for September 1921. His parents, Joseph and Sarah, would have been very proud of Harry if—despite his vocal shortcomings and stagefright—he had the courage to sing his haftorah.

8th Annual Jackpot Records Music & Film Festival at The Bagdad Theater in Portland

2011-08-25T11:01:00.004-04:00

The new award-winning Raymond Scott documentary film, DECONSTRUCTING DAD, will be screened as part of the 8th Annual Jackpot Records Music & Film Festival at the historic Bagdad Theater in Portland, Oregon, on September 27th at 8pm. Director Stan Warnow will attend:

We spend months wandering the celluloid highway looking for masterpieces. We've landed some genuine Portland premiers, had extremely colorful director appearances, and evaporated the minds of young and old alike with features that genuflect before no genre. We hope that you get as excited about this year's week of wonders as we are.

The Bagdad Theater: "This marvelous relic of Hollywood's Golden Age is a movie palace full of wonder and surprises. For nearly four generations now, the Bagdad's Mediterranean/neon persona and daily films have made it an icon of Portland's vibrant Hawthorne District. The interior is an attraction in and of itself, with barreled arches, ornate wrought-iron fixtures, brilliant mosaics and painted Mediterranean designs and characters."

“Music and film often have a symbiotic relationship, as legions of great music documentaries attest. This stuff is priceless, and not only that, it’s free. Get to these screenings early if you want a seat.” —THE PORTLAND TRIBUNE

Powerhouse Road

2011-08-19T15:30:00.003-04:00

During a research mission in April of 2001 to locate Raymond Scott’s Manhasset mansion, Piet Schreuders and I found only this evidence of its previous existence — the access road to the house that Scott named in honor of his classic tune. The mansion can be seen in its full glory here:

Caption on this photo reads: "On the sloping backyard lawn of their Manhasset, Long Island, home, singer Dorothy Collins and her husband, composer-conductor Raymond Scott, hoist daughter Debbie, 2½, aloft for a giddy dash downhill. Their 30-room home is in the background. Credit (United Press Photo) 5/3/57"

"A-Muzik Film Series" at Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Germany

2011-08-13T08:19:00.001-04:00

DECONSTRUCTING DAD, the new award-winning Raymond Scott documentary film, will be screened on August 25th at 9pm, at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Germany, as part of the A-Muzik Film Series. Director Stan Warnow will attend.

Museum Ludwig houses PopArt, Abstract and Surrealism, and has one of the largest Picasso collections in Europe. It also features many works by Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein.

MK Gallery's "Friday Night Films" in Milton Keynes, England

2011-08-08T09:25:00.002-04:00

On Friday, August 5th, at 6:30 pm, the new award-winning Raymond Scott documentary film, DECONSTRUCTING DAD, will be screened at MK Gallery in Milton Keynes, England, as part of their "Friday Night Films" series. £5 (concessions £3) • Pre-book on 01908 676 900

"Our Mission Statement: MK Gallery provides free access to high quality, innovative and thought-provoking contemporary art from around the world. In its programme MK Gallery stimulates participation and debate, building relationships between artists and audiences."

"Movies on a Big Screen" at The Guild Theater in Sacramento, California

2011-08-01T10:13:00.007-04:00

The new award-winning Raymond Scott documentary film, DECONSTRUCTING DAD, will be screened at the historic Guild Theater in Sacramento, California, on August 7th, at 7:30pm as part of the "Movies on a Big Screen" series. Admission: $5.00 • 2828 35th St, Sacramento, CA

The Guild is the only remaining of the early-20th century theaters Oak Park was known for. Completed in 1915, the building's structure reflects the influence of the Moorish Revival. For decades, it was a premiere entertainment destination, and in its earliest days played host to vaudeville shows. St. HOPE Academy has restored The Guild Theater and showcases film, lectures, and live performances.

"'Movies on a Big Screen' fits perfectly within our distribution goals, in that they put to screen films that may not secure week-long runs in a commercial theater, but can highlight independent films and bring them to Sacramento — remember, the capital of California — and add to the great creative spirit that lives in that community."
—Arts Engine/Media That Matters

75th Anniversary of Raymond Scott's Music: 1937—2012

2011-06-30T13:17:00.022-04:00

2012 marks the 75th Anniversary of Raymond Scott's music, which is forever associated with Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck — though bandleader-composer Scott had no interest in cartoons. Ever!

Composer, electronic music pioneer, inventor, and bandstand drill sergeant Raymond Scott was born Harry Warnow, in Brooklyn, in 1908. After graduating from Juilliard, he wrote the 1934 hit song “Christmas Night In Harlem,” recorded by Louis Armstrong. In December 1936, Scott debuted his six-man “Quintette,” which featured jazz giant Bunny Berigan on trumpet and drummer Johnny Williams, father of famous movie score composer John Williams. By early 1937, Scott's Quintette were stars on radio, on records, and — after landing a contract with 20th Century Fox — in Hollywood films. The RSQ reeled off a string of quirky hit records, including “Powerhouse” (recorded February 20, 1937 in New York at their first studio session). Thanks to its being quoted by Carl Stalling in dozens of LOONEY TUNES, the "Powerhouse" melodies have become genetically encoded in the DNA of every earthling.

The Raymond Scott Archives celebrates the 75th with a series of live events and special projects (listed below). If you plan to coordinate an event, record Scott's tunes, or write about Scott, contact: info@RaymondScott.com. We can provide sheet music, photos, and historical resources. We are available for interviews and to host local programs.

• On December 1st, 2011, the New York-based Raymond Scott Orchestrette reunited to perform at Lincoln Center, as part of the Target® Free Thursday series — watch the new video slideshow with music: here

• The WFMU Free Music Archive is sponsoring a remix contest, offering special 75th Anniversary prize packages.

• Basta Audio-Visuals, the European label is planning several releases, including two vinyl LP replicas (which are available now — details here): Scott's 1957 orchestral THIS TIME WITH STRINGS, and a rare stereo mix of 1959’s THE UNEXPECTED, performed by Scott’s all-star jazz ensemble The Secret Seven.

• The award-winning Raymond Scott documentary, DECONSTRUCTING DAD, directed by Scott's son Stan Warnow, will be screened at international film festivals: ScottDoc.com

Live performances of Scott's animated compositions (jazz, pop, and electronica) will take place around the globe, including:

• UK: Stu Brown Sextet and Mr. McFall's Chamber present ongoing concerts of Scott repertoire

• Montreal: Adam O’Callaghan’s Le Nouveau Raymond Scott Quintette

• USA: The West Point Band’s Quintette 7 perform RSQ repertoire

• Norway: The MeaNensemble presents “White (Brain) Wash in concert: A Tribute To Raymond Scott & the Perfect World of Commercials”

• New York: Brian Carpenter’s Ghost Train Orchestra performs “Powerhouse Stomp: A Tribute To Classic Cartoons”

• Spain: Racalmuto recreate the RSQ's six-man lineup and repertoire

• San Francisco: Jeff Stanford’s Cartoon Jazz Orchestra and Septet perform Scott classics accompanying cartoons

• Colorado: The Expedition Quartet present “An Acoustic Dinner with a Pack of Hungry Cannibals”

• Los Angeles: A multimedia show at the Redcat theater in the Walt Disney Concert Hall, curated by composer Ego Plum, and movie score orchestrator/composer Steve Bartek of Oingo Boingo

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CONTACT:

Jeff E. Winner • The Raymond Scott Archives

RaymondScott.com • info@RaymondScott.com

Phone: 267-970-4396
View or Download Press Release: here

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P.S. Check-out this new collection of seventy-five YouTube clips of the Raymond Scott classic, "Powerhouse," in advance of the 75th anniversary of the RS Quintette's debut studio recording, on February 20, 1937, in New York: HERE <<<

Portrait of RSQ © by Drew Friedman

Network Awesome: "The Sound of Surreal"

2011-06-29T08:02:00.000-04:00

According to THE NEW YORK TIMES, "Network Awesome is like TV Land for the online set." Today, Network Awesome Magazine posted, "The Sound of Surreal," a new feature with their Raymond Scott video collection, augmented by a new interview with Jeff Winner (me), conducted by staff writer, Kristen Bialik. Watch and read: here. And before you surf away, check-out their hundreds of hours of new and vintage shows:

“Programming includes a documentary about Peanuts creator Charles Schulz, an old episode of Groucho Marx’s You Bet Your Life, an episode of Speed Racer, a flashback of ABC’s 20/20 from 1981, a film adaptation of Jules Verne fiction and an episode of The Twilight Zone. There doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason to which programs are picked or how they’re stitched together, but that’s part of what makes Network Awesome work.”

—THE NEW YORK TIMES

Watch The Closing Doors:A History of New York’s Musical Melting Pot

2011-06-27T08:11:00.001-04:00

Watch The Closing Doors: A History of New York’s Musical Melting Pot is a new double CD and LP series, released today, and compiled by renowned journalist and author Kris Needs:

Needs’ frighteningly-ambitious project aims to capture the fast-vanishing magic of New York City, documenting major musical landmarks and developments. The first volume focuses on the 1940s and 50s, and is accompanied by a book containing the relevant musical and social history, artist biographies, illustrations and Needs own stories and recollections of the city that once never slept. It includes jazz giants such as Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, and Thelonius Monk, while John Cage and Raymond Scott represent the avant garde. Among the other artists are Billie Holiday, Allen Ginsberg, Nina Simone, and Cab Calloway.

MOJO magazine: “An intoxicating aurel evocation of a lost world” 4-STARS

RECORD COLLECTOR: “One of the most fascinating compilations series we’ve ever encountered” 5-STARS

THE WIRE: “Essential”

VILLAGE VOICE: “A dream soundtrack of every book you ever read, or wanted to read, about postwar New York City”

"Europe's most important film festival"

2011-06-16T11:11:00.009-04:00

The new Raymond Scott documentary film, DECONSTRUCTING DAD, will be screened 3 times during the 46th annual Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, on July 3rd, 4th, and 8th, at 4pm. Director Stan Warnow, who will attend, adds: "It has a reputation as a Woodstock-like film festival — but it also has the glitz and glamor of a major festival with A-list actors and films on display — this year Judi Dench and John Turturro are getting awards, and John Malkovich will also be in attendance."

The Karlovy Vary IFF is one of the oldest film festivals of all time (the first year took place in 1946). It is the most important international film festival in Central and Eastern Europe and the only festival in the Czech Republic. The festival is open to the public and is visited by thousands of young people.

You are Invited to An Acoustic Dinner with a Pack of Hungry Cannibals

2011-06-08T11:26:00.001-04:00

This is your invitation to An Acoustic Dinner with a Pack of Hungry Cannibals. Well, three Acoustic Dinners with a Pack of Hungry Cannibals, in fact: "A collaboration between some of the Front Range's finest musicians on some of the wildest, funkiest music of one of most progressive composers of the 1930's. An evening of the music of the great American composer Raymond Scott, whose music is familiar to millions because of its adaptation by Carl Stalling in over 120 classic Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck and other Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies animated shorts. Scott also created numerous spoken word pieces and soundscapes, which will be presented, alongside original music from Schepps, Aller, McCormick, Pelta-Tiller, and Hutchison." Details: here

• Thursday, June 9 at 8pm: Avogadro's Number, 605 South Mason Street, Fort Collins, CO

• Saturday, June 11 at 8:30pm: The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl Street, Boulder, CO

• Sunday, June 12 at 7pm: The Dazzle Showroom, 930 Lincoln Street, Denver, CO

White (Brain)Wash Concerts in Norway

2011-06-06T15:32:00.000-04:00

MeaNensemble presents:

"Don't Beat your wife (every night)"

White (Brain) Wash in concert
A Tribute To Raymond Scott &
the Perfect World of Commercials

Bubbly and crazy cartoon music in the best Bugs Bunny-style, mixed with absurd advertising fantasies from 60 Years in the United States ... This is the MeaNensemble, a 9-man's All Star Band in this concert version of the critically acclaimed show "White (Brain) Wash" as was played on stages all over Norway and was set-up in three weeks at the Kaleidoscope Theatre in Copenhagen: "A sparkling witty, visually and musically superb virtuoso performance at the European level!"

Friday June 10th and Saturday 11th will be the exclusive prepremiere for Liland and Narvik before tour starting this fall. Then there will be visits to both festivals and live recording in Studio Store in Bodø. More info: here

There is no open ticket sales, but to reserve a place to experience the spectacular ensemble mean, you can contact by phone 95 92 77 91 or email: vibeke.forshaug.min@nfk.no

Friday at 8:00pm — Liland brygge

Saturday at 7:00pm — Mørkholla, Narvik kulturhus

Urban Dictionary

2011-05-27T12:23:00.004-04:00

Finally, Raymond Scott has hit the big-time:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Powerhouse+B

P.S. ‎And don't overlook the t-shrits, magnets, mouse-pads, and coffee mugs: http://www.urbandictionary.com/products.php?term=Powerhouse%20B&defid=5715087

Google presents West Point Band concert

2011-04-19T12:27:00.004-04:00

As part of their "Musicians@Google" series, Google® hosted a special hour-long multimedia concert of Raymond Scott tunes, performed by The West Point Band's "Quintette 7," in New York City. Watch and listen to the entire show: here

Passport to The Future

2011-04-13T11:30:00.000-04:00

Dana Countryman's new biography detailing the life and career of French electronic pop music legend, Jean-Jacques Perrey, includes Perrey's memories of meeting Raymond Scott. Here's an excerpt:

"My sponsor, Carroll Bratman, drove me to the studio of Raymond Scott, the famous bandleader and composer," Jean-Jacques recalls. "I knew he was the man who had composed 'The Toy Trumpet,' and many other famous melodies, so I was very impressed to meet him. He had a huge studio in his home that was filled with his electronic music inventions. It looked more like a scientific laboratory, than a recording studio!"

"I played the Ondioline for Raymond Scott, and immediately he wanted to play it. He was very interested in how it worked. He didn’t offer to buy it right away, so Carroll suggested that we leave it in his studio. 'If you decide you like it, then you can buy it,'" Carroll said.

"Not long after, Mr. Scott called up Carroll, and said, 'Okay, I’ll buy the instrument from you.' But instead, Carroll decided to give the Ondioline to him — for free! The only other time that I remember him giving an Ondioline away, was the time he gave one to Arthur Godfrey."

• More memories of Raymond Scott from Perrey: here
• Book details and ordering info: here

Together Festival in Boston

2011-04-12T12:10:00.004-04:00

The Together Festival in Boston will host a screening of the new Raymond Scott documentary, DECONSTRUCTING DAD, on Friday, April 22nd at the Berklee College of Music. Professor of Music Synthesis, and former Raymond Scott colleague, Thomas Rhea, Ph.D will attend, speak, and conduct Q&A. Sponsors and partners include Grooveshark®, Ninja Tune, Live Nation®, Vitamin Water®, and Red Bull Music Academy®. Details: here. Address of venue for this screening is: 22 The Fenway, Rm F12.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: "Techno has grown up, and so have its fans. David Day, 35, is such a regular that he started his own festival, Together, in Boston. 'I go to these festivals to be with like-minded people who also live and breathe electronic music.'"

Center for the Digital Arts in New York

2011-04-11T10:37:00.000-04:00

The new Raymond Scott documentary film, DECONSTRUCTING DAD, will be shown as part of the "Meet the Filmmakers" series at the Center for the Digital Arts in Peekskill, New York on April 19th. This event is open to the public and all enrolled students, but registration is required. Details: here

Twilight(s) in Turkey

2011-03-30T00:41:00.003-04:00

We offer a free pdf of Raymond Scott charts (which are available in pdf format for token sums). Recently, while scanning new additions to our inventory—which contains arrangements for solo piano, sextet, dance band, accordion, and some miscellaneous instruments and configurations—we discovered three identical solo piano arrangements of Scott's 1937 "Twilight in Turkey" with different covers. Herewith the scans (slightly restored) of published versions from (respectively) Australia, the UK, and the US: We've got most of your Scott favorites—"Powerhouse," "In an Eighteenth Century Drawing Room," "The Penguin," "War Dance for Wooden Indians," "Siberian Sleigh Ride," etc.—as well as more obscure Scott titles, such as "Dead End Blues," "Tenor Man's Headache," "Circle Themes," "Kodachrome," and "Coming Down to Earth." We even have a computer printout of Scott's last known composition, "Beautiful Little Butterfly," which he composed using MIDI software in 1987 shortly before a debilitating stroke.

THE ONION Gets Serious

2011-03-28T01:48:00.001-04:00

The hilarious news satire organization, THE ONION, got serious recently when they reviewed the new Raymond Scott documentary film, DECONSTRUCTING DAD, in their non-satirical entertainment section, The A.V.Club:

"Given his ubiquitous-yet-anonymous presence in everything from Warner Bros. cartoons to the experimental works of Jim Henson to the hip-hop instrumentals of J Dilla, the late Harry Warnow chose an appropriately nondescript pseudonym for his adventures on the cutting edge of music and technology: Raymond Scott. An enigma wrapped in a mystery wrapped in a lineage of fantastical electronic gadgets, Warnow isn’t a fascinating figure to tech heads and crate diggers alone — to this day, he continues to mystify even his own son, veteran film editor Stan Warnow. Through interviews with the likes of Mark Mothersbaugh, John Williams, and Moog synthesizer pioneer Herb Deutch — as well as his own family members — the younger Warnow pieces together a portrait of an artist neither he nor his father’s fans fully understand."

Unsound Festival in New York City

2011-03-27T09:05:00.002-04:00

The Unsound Festival in New York City will feature a screening of the new Raymond Scott documentary, DECONSTRUCTING DAD on April 10th. Director Stan Warnow will attend for Q&A. Update: Irwin Chusid and Wayne Barker will also attend. Details: here

THE NEW YORK TIMES said the festival "claims a shrewdly amorphous domain: a zone in a virtual Europe where electronics, arty, multimedia experiments, chamber-music meticulousness, punk impulses and DJ dance beats may all appear amid clouds of noise. This festival’s aesthetic: high-tech, allusive and not to be pinned down.”

URB magazine described Unsound as "scene-shifting" and declared that the festival instantly "cemented its status as one of the most important cultural festivities in New York City."

Cinématte Film Series in Switzerland

2011-03-21T13:04:00.002-04:00

The Cinématte music cinema in Berne, Switzerland, will host a screening of the new Raymond Scott documentary, DECONSTRUCTING DAD, this Thursday, March 24th at 9:00 PM. The film series is programmed by the "Song & Dance Men." Details: here

"Mad March" Concerts: Mr McFall’s Chamber

2011-03-20T11:56:00.001-04:00

"MAD MARCH: Six new works in two weeks, with a shot of ZAPPA, PIAZZOLLA, BRYARS, and RAYMOND SCOTT to help it all go down."

Described by The Herald as ‘the most important single development on the Scottish music scene,’ Mr McFall’s Chamber are joined in these programs by renowned clarinettist Maximiliano Martín, and jazz musicians Paul Harrison (piano) and Stuart Brown (drums). The concerts features two world premieres from two of the UK’s best-loved jazz composers Tim Garland (Chick Corea band) and Martin Kershaw (Trianglehead, Martin Kershaw Quartet), alongside numbers by ASTOR PIAZZOLLA, RAYMOND SCOTT and others.

Described recently in the Scotsman as ‘the jewel in the Scottish musical crown,’ Mr McFall’s Chamber are musical adventurers, traversing from a base camp in classical music into tango, progressive rock, traditional music, electronics and, on these occasions, jazz. These events brings together the distinct worlds of the string quartet and jazz trio (piano, drums, bass) with clarinet thrown in – an instrument which sits happily in either sound world. Two shows:

March 24th · 8:00pm

The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama

100 Renfrew Street

Glasgow, United Kingdom

March 25th · 8:00pm

The Queen's Hall

85-89 Clerk Street

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Muzyka i Świat Documentary Film Festival & Live Music Tribute Event

2011-03-19T13:51:00.001-04:00

The new Raymond Scott documentary film, DECONSTRUCTING DAD, will be shown during the Muzyka i Świat Documentary Film Festival in Krakow on Saturday, March 26th, at the Manggha Museum concert hall. Details: here. The following night at 8 pm is "Ektoplazma," a live musical tribute to Raymond Scott. More info: here

"Music and World" Documentary Film Festival is an international and multicultural event which takes place in Krakow. The main goal of our festival is to promote global and local soundscapes, support better understanding of various kinds of cultures and their traditional (and non-traditional) music through documentary films, live acts, and workshops.

New (free) organ arrangement of Scott's "In an 18th Century Drawing Room"

2011-03-18T03:08:00.002-04:00

Our friend and fellow Scott-ologist Les Deutsch writes:

I have completed a second concert organ arrangement of a Raymond Scott title—"In an 18th Century Drawing Room." (I previously arranged "Powerhouse.") The setting is almost note-for-note accurate to the original Scott recording, including the use of an "organ harp," which is essentially a celesta keyed from the organ console. The organ in my recording is my latest virtual pipe organ design, the "Model 945." The organ is available free to those who already own the Hauptwerk virtual organ software, which is popular in many countries. The arrangement of 18CDR is also available for free to any organist with enough nerve to try it. It is not easy. Both the recording and the sheet music can be found on my web site.

"Documental" Film Series in Santa Monica& Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival

2011-03-03T18:12:00.008-05:00

The new Raymond Scott documentary, DECONSTRUCTING DAD, will be screened on March 14th at 8pm, as part of the "Documental" Film Series at UnUrban in Santa Monica, California. An interview with director Stan Warnow is planned for 6pm.

The doc will be screened again, the same week, on Saturday, March 19th at 7pm, as part of the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival in the San Francisco Bay Area. Director Stan Warnow will attend to conduct a Q&A, and sponsors include Comcast, PBS, Whole Foods, and NPR.

UPDATE #1 — Award Finalists have been announced — DECONSTRUCTING DAD is one of 5 finalists (58 were considered).

UPDATE #2 — DECONSTRUCTING DAD won "The Critic's Award" (one other was given: the "Juried Award" for GOODNIGHT NOBODY).

"This fest is making a big splash in the town that Tom Waits, Les Claypool, and Peter Krause call home. Sebastopol is a progressive, artist friendly community that supports our documentary festival with incredible turn-outs and engaged audiences. Our festival was chosen by MovieMaker Magazine as one of the '25 Coolest Film Festivals,' an honor we intend to uphold this year."

Soothing Sounds at Second City

2011-03-01T19:14:00.004-05:00

The Second City, the legendary improvisational comedy enterprise that launched the careers of Joan Rivers, Bill Murry, Mike Myers, Steve Carell, and Stephen Colbert, is staging a new show with a nod to Raymond Scott's groundbreaking 3-volume SOOTHING SOUNDS FOR BABY album series. Creator Robert Carter explains: "We realized that 'Soothing Sounds for Baby' fit as the title of the show and as a subtle tribute to Raymond Scott for those who recognized it. We do use the title ironically, however, since the tone is what could be described as cartoonishly dark. Although the show isn't directly a tribute to him, we do give Mr. Scott a tip of the hat; using a snippet from 'Tempo Block' in one of our scenes." Details & tickets: here

Shetland Jazz Club & Arts presents:Stu Brown's Raymond Scott Project

2011-02-22T13:29:00.000-05:00

Leonard Maltin's new DVD review

2011-02-05T18:32:00.000-05:00

LEONARD MALTIN, one of the world's most recognized and respected film critics and historians, writes:

"Admirers of the music of Raymond Scott, which infused so many Warner Bros. cartoons and has gathered a loyal following in recent years, should know that his son’s absorbing, highly personal documentary about the multifaceted musician, DECONSTRUCTING DAD, is now available online at ScottDoc.com. It’s well worth checking out."

Previously, Mr. Maltin said the film was:

"A fascinating look at a musical genius and the way he lived his life. Stan Warnow allows us to share his journey of discovery as he pieces together the story of his father. I thoroughly enjoyed it."

Glasgow Film Festival:documentary screening + live music event

2011-02-03T19:06:00.012-05:00

The new Raymond Scott documentary, DECONSTRUCTING DAD, will be screened during the Glasgow Film Festival on February 23rd at the Glasgow Film Theater, preceded by a live set of Scott's music performed by the Stu Brown Sextet. Details: here

"Glasgow Film Festival, the fastest growing film event in the UK, is dedicated to present the best of international and Scottish cinema to film lovers. GFF offers screenings, lectures, discussions, festivals within the festival, workshops and the chance to meet filmmakers from Scotland and around the world."

Dances of Vice present:"Powerhouse Stomp" in New York City

2011-02-02T11:37:00.000-05:00

Dances of Vice pays tribute to classic cartoons of the 1920s, 30s, and 40s like Silly Symphonies, Felix the Cat, Betty Boop, Looney Tunes, including Raymond Scott compositions, and more at the vintage chic Liberty Hall / Ace Hotel, featuring live big-band cartoon music and hot jazz by Brian Carpenter's Ghost Train Orchestra! With special guests Molly Crabapple, Michael Karas and DJ Miz Margo.

Brian Carpenter's Ghost Train Orchestra performs unearthed music mined from the dusty vaults of a basement record collection, new arrangements of "voodoo music" and spirited stomps from the most incredible of the late 1920s Chicago and Harlem jazz bands.

Details: here

• TIME & DATE: February 19th, 2011 | 10PM-4AM
• LOCATION: Liberty Hall at The Ace Hotel | 16 W29th St. NYC
• ADMISSION: $10 In Advance (Order Tix), $12 At the Door | 21+ ID

Betty Boop Pin-up Contest at 1am • 2-for-1 vodka drink specials from 3-4am

"Music For A Retro Future"

2011-01-27T14:05:00.006-05:00

New various-artists CD, Music For A Retro Future, from the Other Sounds label features important pioneers of electronic music, including Jean-Jacques Perrey, Louis & Bebe Barron, Dissevelt & Baltan, and others: "A companion album to the book Journey To A Plugged In State Of Mind, an introduction to 100 years of Electronic Music. This release traces the early experiments of the synthesizer in movies and into commercial music. Featuring the sounds of room-sized computers, early rhythm generators, and cognitive ideas of many men in white coats. Includes the earliest recordings of Zappa favorite Varèse, the exceptional 'Song Of The Second Moon,' and Raymond Scott's early experiments into synthetic sound." Order from Amazon.com: here

The Quintette 7 juggernaut

2011-01-24T16:36:00.009-05:00

The West Point Band's Raymond Scott chamber group Quintette 7 has a busy itinerary. On the heels of their new CD, Quintette 7 Plays the Music of Raymond Scott, the band's clarinetist Kristen Mather writes with a concert update:

We'll be doing a February university tour in New Orleans and Baton Rouge (Feb. 15 — Lousiana State University, 4 pm performance; Feb. 16 — Loyola University, 1:30 pm performance, with possible evening performance; Feb 17 — University of New Orleans, performance time TBD). We will perform on February 20 (at 3 pm) for the Saugerties Pro Musica Festival. We just added the date, so it isn't on their website yet. On March 9 (10:30 am), Quintette 7 will be part of the West Point Band's Young People's concert at West Point's Eisenhower Hall Theater. We're in the process of producing a "silent film" to accompany "Powerhouse" for this concert. The video depicts the group being late for a parade and running all over West Point.

BTW, the West Point Band isn't comprised of military personnel who happen to play instruments. It consists of first-rate musicians who enlisted to serve their country. Here's a fine example, as SSG Jeff Prosperie of the WPB's Hellcats demonstrates the sublime art of drumming fast singles with accents.

12th Annual CTM Festival in Berlin

2011-01-20T11:27:00.004-05:00

The new Raymond Scott documentary film, DECONSTRUCTING DAD, will be screened on February 3rd at 8pm as part of the 12th annual CTM Festival in Berlin. Director Stan Warnow will attend for Q&A.

"The festival, repeatedly designated as 'Germany's prime meeting point for electronic and experimental music' and as 'Berlin's best pop festival,' puts down roots at new venues in Berlin Kreuzberg. Staying true to itself, CTM11 again assembles a unique blend of concerts, parties, laboratories, exhibitions and conferences, which will inspire nightlife hedonists, friends of breakneck experimentation and critical minds alike — not to mention those in who all three qualities are fused."

Cartoon Jazz Orchestra & SeptetConcert in Sunnyvale

2011-01-11T13:55:00.005-05:00

Jeff Sanford's Cartoon Jazz Orchestra will be performing on January 26th at 7:30 PM: Raymond Scott repertoire and more! The Cartoon Jazz Septet will be opening the two sets for contrast and dynamics. A $10 cover minimum contribution is requested. From their website:

The Cartoon Jazz project was launched in 2003 at the Stanford Jazz Festival with the revival of charts from the great American composer, Raymond Scott. Jeff Sanford tracked down many charts of the famous composer, written for 13-piece bands in public archives and private collector libraries. Members of his band have since been contributing new arrangements of Scott's music as well as other jazz pieces which have been used in cartoons.

Senzala

250 East Java Drive

Sunnyvale, CA

(408) 734-1656

28th Annual "Reel Music Film Festival"

2011-01-07T14:14:00.000-05:00

"The 28th annual Reel Music Festival in Portland celebrates the unexpected stories behind some of the world’s greatest music, with films spotlighting the incongruous, transformative, and sometimes bizarre origins of songs we sing every day."

The new Raymond Scott documentary film, DECONSTRUCTING DAD, will be screened on January 16th at 5 pm at the Whitsell Auditorium in the Portland Art Museum. Details: here

"Soundasaurus Festival" in Calgary featuring The Clavivox

2010-12-30T10:28:00.014-05:00

Q: What is the Soundasaurus Festival?

A: "SOUNDASAURUS is an organized cacophony of experimental music, sound, performance and visual art. This is a multisensory festival rocking the Epcor Centre in conjunction with High Performance Rodeo, Calgary’s International Festival of the Arts, the largest festival of its kind in Western Canada."

On Friday, January 7 at 7:30 pm, the new Raymond Scott documentary film, DECONSTRUCTING DAD, will be screened as a "community-building Soundasaurus preview event — part of a larger, month-long arts festival." Director Stan Warnow will attend and conduct a Q&A, followed by an up-close look at an early Raymond Scott keyboard synthesizer invention, The Clavivox , provided by Cantos Music Foundation . Details: here. And listen live to "The 2+2 Ain't 5 Show" on CJSW 90.9 FM at 2 pm, January 2, for an interview with Stan: CJSW.com

Powerhouse by Charles Nunzio (1941)

2010-12-16T10:22:00.010-05:00

We offered free sheet music for a vintage accordion arrangement of Scott's "Powerhouse" by Charles Nunzio in January 2009, and in October we noted the death of the famed accordionist at the age of 97. Following the latter post, accordionist Zevy Zions of oliveblossoms.com contacted us about an unreleased recording of Mr. Nunzio (who taught Zions) performing "Powerhouse" in concert in 1941. With the permission of Mr. Zions, we've posted an mp3 for free download. It's quite an astonishing virtuoso rendition. Wilder than a polka! We asked about the derivation of the recording. Tape was not widely known or available in 1941, yet the recording does not reflect the surface noise and crackle characteristic of 78s. Zions explained:

It was captured on some sort of disc recorder. Yes, the quality is relatively good. The performance is off-the-cuff; he's not following the written music. He didn’t remember it when I played it for him a few years ago.

Mr. Nunzio was conferred a Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Accordionists Association in November 2004.

"Christmas Night" with Louis Armstrong

2010-12-13T10:27:00.012-05:00

Christmas figured prominently in the early career of Raymond Scott (the son of immigrant Jews). He wrote his first hit, "Christmas Night In Harlem," in 1934 at age 25. During Xmas 1936, he debuted his soon-to-be world-famous band live on the Saturday Night Swing Club radio show. Two Christmases later, Paul Whiteman featured the Quintette, accompanied by PW's huge orchestra, performing Scott compositions at Carnegie Hall as part of the long-running Experiments In Modern American Music series where Whiteman had debuted Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue in 1924.

"Christmas Night In Harlem" was recorded as an instrumental in 1939 by Scott's Quintette. With lyrics by legendary Tin Pan Alley wordsmith Mitchell Parish, who co-wrote "Stardust," "Deep Purple," and another Yuletide standard, "Sleigh Ride," the tune was covered by Perry Como, Benny Carter, Johnny Mercer, Banu Gibson, The Beau Hunks, Clarence Williams, Paul Whiteman, Maria Muldaur, and Jack Teagarden. A new CD, 100 CHRISTMAS, presents Lester Lanin's version alongside classics by Bing Crosby, Willie Nelson, and Roy Orbison.

The most celebrated of all "Harlem" covers, however, is by Louis Armstrong, framed above alongside Scott during a 1942 CBS radio broadcast. Satchmo's recording is perennially reissued on holiday collections, including WHAT A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS.

Download The Metropole Orchestra's version of "Christmas Night In Harlem" from the CHESTERFIELD ARRANGEMENTS album here, as our holiday gift to you. And explore more of the many incarnations of Raymond Scott's earliest hit at Amazon.com or the iTunes Store.

Documentary Film DVD: Holiday Special

2010-12-12T16:29:00.000-05:00

The new Raymond Scott documentary film, DECONSTRUCTING DAD, is temporarily available on DVD for a special price. In the spirit of the Holidays, director Stan Warnow is lowering the price to only $19.95, from now through January 2nd, 2011, to encourage gift-giving for the music geeks on your shopping list. Also, PayPal® orders are now available. Details: here

"America's Coolest Movie Theater"

2010-12-11T12:08:00.003-05:00

"America's coolest movie theater" is the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, according to AOL.com. Find out why on December 13th during a screening of the new Raymond Scott documentary film, DECONSTRUCTING DAD, with director Stanley Warnow in person, as part of the "Music Monday Signature Series."

• Date/Time: Dec. 13th at 10:00pm
• Location:
   The Ritz Theater; Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
   320 East 6th Street, Austin, Texas
• Details & Ticket info: here

Le Théâtre Rialto Presents Film & Live Music Event

2010-12-06T11:07:00.003-05:00

This weekend there will be two screenings of the new Raymond Scott documentary film, DECONSTRUCTING DAD, at Montreal's historic Rialto Theatre, preceded by a mini-concert of Scott tunes performed by the Nouveau Raymond Scott Quintette. Director Stan Warnow will conduct a Q&A following the screening, and DJ Otis Fodder of The Bran Flakes will spin a Raymond Scott-themed set that will extend far past your bedtime. 2 nights only:

Friday, December 10 · 8:00pm

Saturday, December 11 · 8:00pm

The Rialto Theater

5723, Avenue du Parc

Montreal, QC, Canada

Hudson Valley Holiday

2010-11-30T13:52:00.005-05:00

This weekend, on December 5th, at 2:00 pm, the West Point Band presents the "Hudson Valley Holiday" concert, with the New York Philharmonic Principal Brass Quintet. Raymond Scott compositions will be featured. This performance will take place at the Eisenhower Hall Theatre, on the West Point campus, New York, and is free and open to the public. Details: here — and watch new "Introducing QUINTETE 7" video: here

UPDATE — Band member Brian Broelmann adds: "The Quintette 7 will be starting at 2:00 in the lobby. The show with the NY Phil Brass Quintet will start at 3:00. Quintette 7 is kind of like the opening act, presenting some all new arrangements of holiday tunes as well as some Raymond Scott favorites. Don't miss it!"

D'oh!

2010-11-22T11:18:00.005-05:00

Last night's new episode of THE SIMPSONS, "The Fool Monty," was the fourth to feature Raymond Scott's 1937 hit, "Powerhouse" (in this case, twice: once during the show, and again under the closing credits). Not surprising — in a list of series creator Matt Groening's "100 Favorite Things," Scott's classic tune is #14, outranking Stanley Kubrick movies and David Letterman. For those keeping score at home, or Hulu-hunting, the previous episodes were, "And Maggie Makes Three" (1995), "Bart Has Two Mommies" (2006), and "Little Big Girl" (2007).

Professor Elemental

2010-11-09T17:47:00.001-05:00

The first single, "Fighting Trousers," from Professor Elemental's new album, THE INDIFFERENCE ENGINE is a hip-hop track based on sample-loops from Raymond Scott's 1937 classic, "Twilight In Turkey." See the video: here

"Brace yourself, as Professor Elemental fires off the first shot in a chap-hop/steampunk battle. A dis tune of the nefarious Mr B: The gentleman rhymer. Steampunk vs. chap-hop! Monkey Butlers vs. Moustaches! My erotic dance vs. a ukeleyle! It's on."

The music of Raymond Scott, John Williams, & Danny Elfman in Nottingham

2010-11-09T09:08:00.001-05:00

Join the Nottingham University Wind Orchestra and Brass Ensemble in an evening celebrating all aspects of the silver screen: "Epic Melodies and Looney Tunes." The epic melodies of JOHN WILLIAMS's moving "Hymn to the Fallen" (from SAVING PRIVATE RYAN) and Hans Zimmer’s stirring portrait of noble sacrifice in GLADIATOR are counterbalanced by the sublime lunacy of RAYMOND SCOTT's "The Toy Trumpet," and "Powerhouse" — the music which launched a thousand cartoons — and Paul Hart’s blistering soundtrack to an imaginary cartoon, dished up with enormous wit and panache. Also featured will be DANNY ELFMAN's theme from THE SIMPSONS. Details: here

New LOONEY TUNES Songbook

2010-11-05T12:39:00.000-04:00

The new LOONEY TUNES SONGBOOK features 5 Raymond Scott classics:

• "Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals"
• "In an 18th Century Drawing Room"
• "Powerhouse"
• "Reckless Night on Board an Ocean Liner"
• "The Toy Trumpet"

Order from: Amazon.com

New DVD: Raymond Scott Documentary Film

2010-11-02T08:57:00.003-04:00

Stan Warnow, Director of the new Raymond Scott documentary film, DECONSTRUCTING DAD, is proud to announce a new DVD is now available to order. There are a substantial number of extra sequences on the disc, totaling approx. 20 minutes of bonus footage, including:

• 2 bonus scenes featuring Mark Mothersbaugh, movie soundtrack composer and DEVO co-founder

• Turntablist/producer/author DJ Spooky, aka Paul D. Miller

• An exploration of the mysterious 1959 album THE UNEXPECTED by Raymond Scott & The Secret Seven, the all-star jazz legends supergroup whose identities remained confidential for decades

• Tom Rhea, Ph.D (Berklee College of Music) explaining in great detail about Scott’s early keyboard synthesizer, the Clavivox

• Moog synthesizer co-inventor, Herb Deutsch, who extends his recollections of Raymond Scott first telling him about the Electronium

Even if you’ve seen the documentary at public screenings, there’s a lot more to see and hear on the DVD (and you’ll be helping support the film). Order from Kunaki DVD: here — it is a Region-Free NTSC Video.

DE NUEVO EN EL INFIERNO

2010-11-01T11:02:00.000-04:00

Madrid-based sextet Racalmuto have released a fantastic new CD titled DE NUEVO EN EL INFIERNO, featuring faithful renditions of seven classic Raymond Scott compositions from the 1930s-'40s:

• "Oil Gusher"

• "The Girl With The Light Blue Hair"

• "Birdlife In The Bronx"

• "Reckless Night on Board an Ocean Liner"

• "A Little Bit of Rigoletto"

• "Suicide Cliff"

• "Tobacco Auctioneer"

An eighth tune associated with (but not composed by) Scott, "Brass Buttons and Epaulets" (from the 1938 film Just Around the Corner), is also included, played in the RSQ arrangement. Other CD tracks include modern takes on vintage tunes by Ellington, Tchaikovsky, and Slim Gaillard, along with one original penned by group leader Miguel Malla.

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Snip-Snap and Red Bull® Presents:Film & Music Tribute in Manchester

2010-11-01T10:09:00.000-04:00

Snip-Snap Music & Red Bull® presents, "DECONSTRUCTING DAD: A NIGHT OF FILM & MUSIC CELEBRATING THE GENIUS OF RAYMOND SCOTT."

This Sunday, director Stan Warnow will introduce the new Raymond Scott documentary, DECONSTRUCTING DAD, and conduct a Q&A. Following the screening, there will be live performances by GRAHAM MASSEY*, DENIS JONES, HENRIETA SMITH ROLLA, and others, and visual artists will provide moving image tributes.

*Aside from his electronic group 808 STATE, Graham Massey’s composing, remixing, and production list is a “who’s who” of contemporary music, including DAVID BOWIE, QUINCY JONES, BJÖRK, and GOLDFRAPP.

• Date/Time:
   November 7th
   5:00pm until 12-Midnight
• Location:
   The Soup Kitchen; 31-33 Spear Street

(Stevenson Square); Manchester, United Kingdom

Click image below for details:

Cartoon Jazz Septet Concert

2010-11-01T08:50:00.001-04:00

The Cartoon Jazz project was launched in 2003 at the Stanford Jazz Festival with the revival of charts from the great American composer, Raymond Scott. Jeff Sanford tracked down many charts of the famous composer, written for 13-piece bands in public archives and private collector libraries. Members of his band have since been contributing new arrangements of Scott's music as well as other jazz pieces which have been used in cartoons.

Debut House concert of Jeff Sanford's Cartoon Jazz Septet will take place this Saturday, November 13th, from 3:00 to 5:00 (Two sets with intermission). Location: The House of John & Francie Raeside, 662 Kenwyn Rd. Oakland, California (cross street is Hillgirt). Suggested Donation: $15, at the door.