Bug Music: Music Of The Raymond Scott Quintette, John Kirby & His Orchestra, And The Duke Ellington Orchestra

Bug Music: Music Of The Raymond Scott Quintette, John Kirby & His Orchestra, And The Duke Ellington Orchestra Artist: Don Byron
Label: Nonesuch
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 075597943825
EAN: 0075597943825
ASIN: B000002I2Z


Release Date: 1996-10-15

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Tracks:

  1. The Dicty Glide
  2. Frasquita Serenade
  3. St. Louis Blues
  4. Wondering Where
  5. Bounce Of The Sugar Plum Fairies
  6. Charley's Prelude
  7. Royal Garden Blues
  8. Siberian Sleighride
  9. The Penguin
  10. The Quintet Plays Carmen
  11. Powerhouse
  12. Tobacco Auctioneer
  13. War Dance For Wooden Indians
  14. Cotton Club Stomp
  15. Blue Bubbles
  16. SNIBOR

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Fantastic!.......2005-08-20

This music is energetic, joyous, creative and inspiring. And addictive, as some of the tunes live on in one's head long after listening! I've been waiting for music like this all my life.

5 out of 5 stars Motivating Jazz will take you back..........2005-08-10

I enjoyed this album much more than I thought that I would. Listening to it evokes many excited emotions, and it's great to dance to.

5 out of 5 stars Sublime Work.......2005-01-11

I noticed that most of my Amazon reviews were negative. I tend to rant when something fails, but I rarely go online to express the joy that some products bring -- I'm clearly a grump. So I decided to write about something that elates me day in and out.

This music is beautifully played, well recorded, and my whole family enjoys it. My wife and I chose 'Charlie's Prelude' as our wedding song, our two-year-old daughter will dance anytime we put on this CD, and I've even had the great fortune to see Don Byron's group play these almost-impossible-to-execute tracks live.

Bug Music is just a terrific work. Buy it and enjoy it!

5 out of 5 stars For grown-ups AND kids!.......2003-12-04

This is a favorite when looking for an energy pop ... sort of caffeine on CD. And during a week-long painting project with a 13-year old, all hip hop and rap, this was the single CD he asked for again and again!

5 out of 5 stars NOT just nostalgia.......2003-01-07

A previous reviewer mocked this album as no different than what Wynton Marsalis does. I respectfully disagree. While Don Byron is reviving music too little known (Kirby, Scott), and honoring the well-known (Ellington), and not taking any liberties with the content... he's NOT suggesting that jazz should be frozen in time, or that anything freer than bop is just noise, the way, say, Marsalis does.

Sure, i dig this recording. But i also dig his radical, modern works like the Tuskegee Experiment, his Knitting Factory work, and his sideman work with the likes of Marc Ribot. You will NOT hear Wyton Marsalis playing with Marc Ribot or Bill Frisell!

Respect for the past, and an eye to the future - that's what jazz ought to be, i think. Contrary to opinion, i think the cool thing about this album isn't that people will listen to it and then go listen to Raymond Scott or Duke Ellington. No, the cool thing is that they'll listen to this and then open their ears up to something genuinely new and radical with Byron's gorgeous modern works.

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