Twisted Toons - The Music of Raymond Scott

Artist: Stu Brown

Date of Release: 29/10/2009

Catalogue no: LS 001

Label: Lickety-Splat

Price: £12

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Track Listing

No	Title	Duration
1	Square Dance for Eight Egyptian Mummies
2	Devil Drums
3	The Penguin
4	New Year's Eve In A Haunted House
5	The Toy Trumpet
6	Boy Scout in Switzerland
7	Suicide Cliff
8	In An 18th Century Drawing Room
9	Moment Musical
10	Powerhouse
11	Egyptian Barn Dance (piano solo)
12	Hypnotist In Hawaii
13	Dinner Music For A Pack of Hungry Cannibals
14	At An Arabian House Party
15	Tobacco Auctioneer
16	Twilight In Turkey
17	War Dance For Wooden Indians
18	The Bass-Line Generator
19	Toy Typewriter

Drummer Stu Browns new sextet album explores the weird and wonderful musical world of Raymond Scott, the man who made the cartoons swing.

The 19 track CD showcases the bands energetic and accurate recreations of Raymond Scotts zany 1930s descriptive jazz (which was later featured in the Warner Bros cartoons) alongside two imaginative re-workings of his electronic pieces. From the opening pounding drum intro to Square Dance for Eight Egyptian Mummies, the listener is transported in to a bizarre world of Wooden Indians, Hungry Cannibals, Haunted Houses, and Toy Typewriters. Scotts forgotten gems are brought back to life through meticulous transcriptions (mostly by Brown), which the band negotiate with humour, virtuosity and slick ensemble playing. The recording was made possible with assistance from the Scottish Arts Council.

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