[Dixielandjazz] Cartoon Music

[Stan Brager]

Steve;

1) Have you heard Raymond Scott's recording of "Powerhouse?"

2) If so, do you consider it to be jazz?

3) What makes Stallings adaptation of the "Powerhouse" theme cartoon music?

Stan
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: "Stan Brager" <sbrager at socal.rr.com>; "DJML"
<dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 6:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Cartoon Music


> on 1/18/07 2:23 AM, Stan Brager at sbrager at socal.rr.com wrote:
>
> > Steve;
> >
> > Are you saying that Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse", for example, was
cartoon
> > music when it was recorded?
>
> No. I don't know when it was first recorded. That part which Stallings
> adapted was surely cartoon music and according to some biographers is what
> Raymond Scott is most remembered for today.
>
> You and I may not agree with those biographers, but that view is out
there.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve
>