Great Scott!

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RECKLESS NIGHT ON BOARD THE BOTTOM LINE:
 A Live Music Tribute to RAYMOND SCOTT
 
 The spirit of Raymond Scott, the master of BUGS BUNNY-bent musical
 mosaics, returns to haunt New York's Bottom Line (SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER
 27). Irwin Chusid, Director of the Scott Archives, is producing the 2nd
 annual live tribute featuring an eclectic group of musicians with a
 penchant for Scott's looney tunes & merry melodies.
 
 The RAYMOND SCOTT QUINTET's late '30s novelty jazz (especially
 "Powerhouse") has been immortalized in the last 50 years, having been
 adapted in 115 classic WARNER BROS. cartoons. It's also been featured in
 REN & STIMPY, THE SIMPSONS, Duckman, and Animaniacs; sampled twice by
 SOUL COUGHING, and recorded by DON BYRON and the KRONOS QUARTET. (The
 original RSQ recordings can be heard on "The Music of Raymond Scott:
 Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights" - Columbia 53028.) You may even
 catch "Powerhouse" in a new network TV spot for Kodak.
 
 Last year's first-ever Scott trib was a rousing success, and this year's
 show promises some rare treats. Players (below) will present slight or
 radical departures from the original cartoon-jazz arrangements. Along
 with RS Quintet favorites, the program will include rarely-heard Scott
 compositions from the '40s and '50s. 
 
 ROBERT MOOG, inventor of the Moog Synthesizer and a colleague of the
 late, great Scott, will be on hand to demonstrate the only existing
 model of the CLAVIVOX, a keyboard theremin Raymond invented in the
 1950s. The device will then be played for the FIRST TIME EVER in public
 performance by Dave Amels in one of Raymond's compositions.
 
 The KUSTARD KINGS (of Loser's Lounge fame)--who served as house band at
 last year's show--will return, as will WNYC's DAVID GARLAND, who will
 sing a medley of Scott songs. 
 
 Coffee, a band from Rochester, have arranged four little-known Scott
 numbers, and jazz accordionist Will Holshouser is arranging three RS
 Quintet titles.
 
 • VENUE: THE BOTTOM LINE, 15 West 4th St., NYC - 212-228-6300
 
 • DATE: Saturday, SEPTEMBER 27 - two shows (7:30 / 10:30 PM)
 
 • TICKETS:	$17.50 (at box office--advance sale or day of show)
 
 Lineup: 
 DAVE AMELS - Clavivox
 STEVEN BERNSTEIN - trumpet (Lounge Lizards, They Might Be Giants) 
 CHRIS BUTLER - guitar, bass (Waitresses)
 BRIAN DEWAN - piano, accordion
 DENNIS DIKEN - drums (Smithereens)
 KELLY FLINT - vocals (Dave's True Story)
 DAVID GARLAND - vocals (WNYC, Worlds of Love)
 ENRICO GRANAFEI - harmonica
 MIKE HASHIM - sax (Dizzy Gillespie, Cab Calloway)
 WILL HOLSHOUSER - accordion
 PHILLIP JOHNSTON - soprano sax (Microscopic Septet, Big Trouble)
 BIANCA "BOB" MILLER - keyboards (ex-Flystrip, Pianosaurus)
 R. STEVIE MOORE - guitar, bass
 CHRIS NAPPI - tuned percussion (Steve Reich, S.E.M. Ensemble)
 ROB THOMAS - violin (Jazz Passengers, Eddie Harris)
 The KUSTARD KINGS (David Terhune, Joe McGinty, George Rush, Clem
         Waldmann, Kris Woolsey)
 COFFEE (Phil Marshall, guitar; Tim Poland, bass; Dave Cross, drums)
 and others....
 
 "Reckless Night" webpage link at:
 http://users.aol.com/DevilDrums/RNBL.htm
 
 Visit the Raymond Scott website at:
 http://users.aol.com/DevilDrums
 
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 For further information, contact 
 IRWIN CHUSID 
 ghostown at ix.netcom.com