The Music of Raymond Scott: Reckless Nights & Turkish Twilights

Artist	Raymond Scott
Producer	Irwin Chusid
Label Name	Sbme Special MKTS.
Song List	1: Powerhouse (2:54) 2: The Toy Trumpet (2:57) 3: Tobacco Auctioneer (2:33) 4: New Year's Eve in a Haunted House (2:20) 5: Manhattan Minuet (2:39) 6: Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals (2:53) 7: Reckless Night on Board an Ocean Liner (3:04) 8: Moment Musical (2:16) 9: Twilight in Turkey (2:41) 10: The Penguin (2:36) 11: Oil Gusher (2:36) 12: In an 18th Century Drawing Room (2:36) 13: The Girl at the Typewriter (2:59) 14: Siberian Sleighride (2:50) 15: At an Arabian House Party (2:54) 16: Boy Scout in Switzerland (2:49) 17: Bumpy Weather Over Newark (2:55) 18: Minuet in Jazz (2:49) 19: War Dance for Wooden Indians (2:30) 20: The Quintet Plays Carmen (2:38) 21: Huckleberry Duck (2:49) 22: Peter Tambourine (2:49)
Format	CD
Run Time	60:07
Release Date	2008 02 01
Genre	Jazz
Style.Categories	Obscuro, Cartoon Music, Space Age Pop, Novelty

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The name may not be immediately familiar, but the music itself certainly is; to anyone weaned on the legendary Warner Bros. cartoons of the 1940s and 1950s, Raymond Scott's deliriously inventive freak jazz is the soundtrack of childhood, with each and every note capable of conjuring up indelible images of such immortal characters as Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, and Daffy Duck. The WB connection is both Scott's greatest legacy and his greatest curse, however; he never composed a note specifically for cartoons, and his most memorable and distinctive melodies were actually co-opted for animated use by Warner's brilliant music director, Carl Stalling. Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights, then, restores Scott's work to its original, stand-alone setting, confirming his cult reputation as one of the most innovative and original musical thinkers of his era. Even free of cartoon mayhem, his music is remarkably visual and colorful, perfectly evocative of such surreal titles as "Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals" and "War Dance for Wooden Indians"; probably the best-known cut here is the opening "Powerhouse," a uniquely mechanized piece used in any number of cartoons and television commercials and a perfect summation of Scott's intricate arrangments, complex shifting rhythms, and formal lunacy. Recommended for listeners ages eight to 80. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide