[Dixielandjazz] "cartoon" music

[Bill Haesler]

> I don't see anything pejorative about the term "cartoon" music<

Dear Paul,
I do.
Perhaps that is the problem.
But then me ole mate Tommy Wiggins has said publicly (but later clarified)
that we foreigners are culturally about 30 years behind the US.
8>)
I agree with you that the Raymond Scott sextet that would probably qualify
as OKOM. I have some of his late 30s recordings to prove it.
However, so far as proper cartoon music was concerned:
"Though commonly believed to be a cartoon music composer, in fact Scott
never wrote a note for a cartoon in his life. According to his wife, not
only did he not compose for cartoons, he didn't even watch them. His
historical and inadvertent renown as "the man who made cartoons swing" began
in 1943 when Scott sold his music publishing to Warner Brothers. Carl
Stalling, music director for Warner's Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, was
allowed to adapt anything in the Warner music catalog, and immediately began
peppering his scores with Scott quotes. Besides being used in Looney Tunes
and Merrie Melodies, Scott's tunes have been licensed to propel the hijinks
of The Simpsons, Ren and Stimpy, Animaniacs, The Oblongs, Batfink, and
Duckman cartoons. "Powerhouse" was quoted ten times in the 2003 full-length
WB feature Looney Tunes: Back in Action."
[From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ]
Kind regards,
Bill.