Bug Music: Music of the Raymond Scott Quintette, John Kirby & His Orchestra, and the Duke Ellington Orchestra

by Don Byron

Bug Music: Music of the Raymond Scott Quintette, John Kirby & His Orchestra, and the Duke Ellington Orchestra cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 11 October 1996
  • Label: Nonesuch
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 51:05
  • Community rating: 3.61/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The versatile clarinetist enthusiastically pays tribute to the eccentric, highly arranged swing music of the 1930s, famously popularized by early Warner Bros. cartoons. Byron leads an expanded ensemble through complex, frantically paced reinterpretations of Raymond Scott's distinctly playful and technically demanding compositions.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. The Dicty Glide (3:18)
  2. Frasquita Senenade (2:52)
  3. St. Louis Blues (2:53)
  4. Wondering Where (2:52)
  5. Bounce of the Sugar Plum Fairies (1:41)
  6. Charley's Prelude (2:48)
  7. Royal Garden Blues (1:54)
  8. Siberian Sleighride (2:52)
  9. The Penguin (2:49)
  10. The Quintet Plays Carmen (2:51)
  11. Powerhouse (2:55)
  12. Tobacco Auctioneer (2:36)
  13. War Dance for Wooden Indians (2:36)
  14. Cotton Club Stomp (2:49)
  15. Blue Bubbles (3:25)
  16. SNIBOR (9:47)

Credits

  • Steve Wilson - alto saxophone
  • Paul Meyers - banjo
  • Kenny Davis - bass
  • Billy Hart - drums
  • Joey Baron - drums
  • Pheeroan Aklaff - drums
  • David Gilmore - guitar
  • Uri Craine - piano, vocals

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