Raymond Scott

piano, composition, conducting · 1908–1994 · Brooklyn

Pianist and bandleader born in Brooklyn (Harry Warnow). His Quintette (1937-1939) played a highly written “descriptive jazz,” which Carl Stalling later adapted for Warner Bros. cartoons.

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Styles

• Swing, big bands
• Jazz in film and on screen

Landmark tracks

• Powerhouse (1937)
• Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals (1937)

Sources

• Source

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