Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights
by Raymond Scott
- Type: Compilation
- Released: 1 January 1992
- Label: Columbia
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:00:58
- Community rating: 4.05/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Produced by Irwin Chusid with Hal Willner as executive producer, this was the first major-label CD collection of Scott's 1937 to 1939 Quintette recordings, among them 'Powerhouse', 'Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals' and 'Twilight in Turkey'. Scott had sold his publishing to Warner Bros. in 1943, after which Carl Stalling threaded the tunes through dozens of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies scores. The collection restarted Scott's reputation and sent the original recordings into 'The Ren & Stimpy Show'.
Genres
Descriptors: instrumental, novelty, retro, melodic, ensemble
Tracklist
- Powerhouse (2:54)
- The Toy Trumpet (2:57)
- Tobacco Auctioneer (2:33)
- New Years Eve In A Haunted House (2:20)
- Manhattan Minuet (2:39)
- Dinner Music For A Pack Of Hungry Cannibals (2:53)
- Reckless Night On Board An Ocean Liner (3:03)
- Moment Musical (2:15)
- Twilight In Turkey (2:41)
- The Penguin (2:36)
- Oil Gusher (2:36)
- In An 18th Century Drawing Room (2:36)
- The Girl At The Typewriter (2:59)
- Siberian Sleighride (2:50)
- At An Arabian House Party (3:18)
- Boy Scout In Switzerland (2:48)
- Bumpy Weather Over Newark (2:54)
- Minuet In Jazz (2:49)
- War Dance For Wooden Indians (2:29)
- The Quintet Plays Carmen (2:37)
- Huckleberry Duck (2:49)
- Peter Tambourine (3:14)
Credits
- Raymond Scott - primary artist, celesta, composed by, piano
- Benny Lagasse - clarinet, saxophone [alto]
- Hugo Winterhalter - clarinet, saxophone [tenor]
- Slats Long - clarinet, saxophone [alto]
- Stanley Webb - clarinet, saxophone [tenor]
- Reggie Merrill - saxophone [alto]
- Art Drelinger - saxophone [tenor]
- Charles McCamish - saxophone [tenor]
- Irwin Chusid - liner notes, producer
- Debra Parkinson - mastered by, engineer
- Hal Willner - executive-producer