Not sure where the tap dancing Native Americans sit in the spectrum of political correctness but Scott's band and arrangements were amazing here as always. JOHNNY WILLIAMS is the amazing drummer, never short on chops or swing, kicking it out here for all he's worth.
I play the violin...I saw the sheet music to this song...no way! Its so fast and complex as sheet music...paticularly the Sax solo. when you saw the man playing the Sax...that was sheer skill and practice. The timing of the quintette is flawless. Only a handfull of songs have been made since that could come close to the raymond scott quintett. Reckless nights and Turkish twilights FTW!!
Raymond Scott was amazing. We have absolutely nobody today who can compare with him. You cannot possibly be depressed listening to him, Cab Calloway, or Spike Jones. All geniuses in my book!
How can anyone not like this. My 20 something son sent this to me a few years ago and I revisit it often.
Consider that it was probably recorded and shot live with a limited amount of takes and editing. Camera angles to compliment ever aspect of the bands delivery...AND NO AUTOTUNE. Just a brilliant perfomance!
@rolffz that depends on what you mean by "shot live". all on-screen musical performances from that era were - how do you say it(?) - "lip synced". the musicians had to try to memorize their own studio recordings which usually shows when a drummer plays a solo out of sync, though Johnny Williams was such a genius that it doesn't show on this film. tap dancers couldn't perform with their taps because the shiny floors that they always danced on would get scuffed up before the end of the first take.
Don't ya just love an old-fashioned '40s Art Deco style nightclub, with the tables all laid out so neatly and a huge penthouse window overlooking the city, and everyone so suave and sophisticated and cool in their tuxes and gowns? The band silhoutted against the night sky? That shot of the drummer in the half-light just kills me. Ah!
PC is only a "big deal" for those who choose to make it that way. I will not let anyone or any group decide how I can verbally express myself. If they do not like what I say, that is a personal problem problem they must deal with.
ursonate, like I implied and stated before, there is no such reality as "politically incorrect.". PC was created by liberals who feel they have the right to force people to say and do things the way they think they should be said and done. Instead of just exercising their right to free speech they do this to appease others who are thin-skinned, out of an irrational fear of offending them. People may think what they want. That is their right. I, however, will recognize this performance for w
Political correctness has nothing to do with forcing views upon others. Its more of an idea of what society in general holds to be acceptable in a public sphere.
Why don't people commenting on this video just observe the pure talent that these artists possessed instead of relating it to some leftist/liberal mindset about political correctness (which is for cowards who try to appease everyone). These guys were fantastic musicians and the dancers were incredible tap-dancers!
@JimPicc because it *is* politically incorrect *and* they are amazing artists. it's difficult for people to hold conflicting ideas like this in their minds.
Actually, jd03150, this was done in 1937, and who cares about being "politically correct"? Political correctness is for liberal leftists who are always trying to appease everyone and afraid of speaking what is truly on their mind for fear of offending those who are "thin-skinned". You can see what Political Correctness has gotten us. It is another way of telling people that they should say things the others want to hear it. Screw that crap!
Totally aside from the music and the dancing, which are both good, I cannot imagine anyone trying to record something like this today. You would have every Native American group in the United States pitching running fits abou the absolute Political Incorrectness of this episode. The notes don't say when this was made -- it has a 1950s look about it to me -- but it is from a world in which being PC was not such a big deal.
Ironic that Don Byron, who has been first in the clarinet category of all the jazz polls over the past decade or more, submitted his most impressive work as things he transcribed and recordings from Raymond Scott recordings. What was considered novelty and "cartoon" music in the 1930s now gets you acknowledged as an avant gardist of the new millennium. For intricate, difficult, interesting stuff.
More people should give the 20s-30s musicians the credit they deserve rather than just write it off as novelty playing and bad tone....compared to todays so serious jazz players.
Holy Cow! Tap dancing INDIANS!Looks like the Condos brothers have out danced themselves in this film clip!This dance number is the best one the Condos brothers ever did in films!
imagine seeing this live....jesus. i would shit my self and start hrowing tables and chairs around, and punch a toddler in the face....out of sheer joy
Scott's music - and his incredible quintette - really are remarkable. Incredible precision, drive and swing. If you want to hear Scott's music played by a modern jazz master, run to get Don Byron's Bug Music CD. I discovered Scott through Byron. It's now one of my favorite jazz albums (also has Ellington)
in reply to how how they are a quintet it's cause raymond scott band called it that . who's gonna go against em' no body cause thay'll turn water into wine(drink it ) then whoop ur ass till they look like a quintet..
Man, is that the Nicholas Brothers as the dancing Indians? Their tell-tale trademark of the splits are missing, but I can't imagine what other dynamo team it could have been in those days? Whoever they are, they are incredible. My money would be on the Nicholas'.
apparently it's from a Sonja Henie figure skating movie, "Happy Landings," with Don Ameche, Cesar Romero and Ethel Merman. The tap dancing Indians are Steve and Frank Condos, who are legendary in tap dance circles.
Well, you lost that bet because they're the Condos Brothers. The Nicholas Brothers were amazing as well, but there's no mistaking them for the Condos Brothers. They're so unique...
Frickin' awesome. I'd love to hear/see some present-day musicians perform the RSQ material; Stallings' adaptations are nice, but a faithful performance of the originals would be great.
on the album Suspended Animation Mike Patton has used samples from songs by WarnerBros Cartoon Soundtrack guy Carl Stalling, and that guy used and 'remixed' lots of Raymond Scott tunes in his work. So indirectly Patton kinda latched on to it a bit.... i guess
the Metropole Orchestra has put out a couple cd's of stuff including some more obscure tracks, like his advertising jingles. i've only heard some clips but i like what i've heard.
And I totally forgot about The Beau Hunks. A Dutch band that plays lots of early American jazz and soundtrack tunes. Like to get their whole catalog, really.
Scott's music would transcribe so well to theatre organ. I bet Niche2000 or Jim Reeves could do it! allright youtubers, someone ougth to be able to do that! (idunno how to play yet)
It has been done at least once. Search Myspace music for "Mundelein Starship" and you will find that Dave Rhodes has recorded "Powerhouse" on the Mundelein Wurlitzer in 2007. Of course, someone should do a whole album of Scott's music on theatre organ... that would certainly be interesting. I know the music is available because I have copies of some of it (piano editions from the 1930s and 40s). I'm not sure if band charts were published for more than two or three of his tunes.
Thanks for that! I just listend to it and a stellar pieace it was. I would love to have a theatre organ album of Scott's music also.. I wonder if there are any recordings of Jean-Jacques Perrey at the WurliTzer.
Doesn't say that. Anytime there's the (name) (number)et(te), it implies that number of people. This is just wrong, obviously supposed to be the Raymond Scott Sextet. Though he was a weird guy, maybe he didn't count himself and that's why he called it that.
It's because "sextet" sounds too much like sex! It's distracting!
No, really, I'm not kidding. That's why Raymond Scott (or at least he claimed) called them a quintette, he didn't want to distract people from his music. He also thought it sounded "crisper".
The music certainly has humor and genius. This 'indian' presentation is minstrelsey, which, contrary to first impression, often contains some measure of respect - marionetted stereotypes, if you will.
Raymond Scott was on good with his Quintette. Thats where all his hits came from, when he was with his quintette. When he went with his electrical music it sucked.
and my late father, Milt Holland, also played drums with Raymond Scott both recording and on the road. He also played with John Williams (John on piano) so small world is right!
WHOA! That explains why his "Cantina Band" music in Star Wars is reminiscent of Scott! He probably grew up listening to that stuff courtesy of his dad!
ilovetortillas, you should go out and buy one, my friend had not been playing the clarinet since he was a kid but when we started out our band playing analouge synthesizers together he decided to pick up the clarinet again and despite we play kind of electronic music we use the clarinet in almost all of our songs nowadays, ITS THE BEST! and so is this truly inspiring song, i wish they did more musicvideo-footage to their "Dinner for a pack of hungry cannibals"!
Raymond Scott was remarkably consistent in his quirkiness. Yes, it was really a sextet but Scott much preferred the word "quintette" so he went with that instead!
That was the brilliance of Stalling, that he recognized the genius of Scott. This is AMAZING! I never knew of any footage either, thank you so much for posting it! I might even have to revive my old Raymond Scott Kazoo Project band. Anyone game? All you need is a passionate love of Raymond Scott's music, a good ear, and well, a kazoo. It was a BLAST though! And what a workout....
"haha! The sun ra of the 30s" I totally agree and this performance is absolutely stunning! Not only is it a great musical performance but also shot with cinematic skill ( at least the first half ) more musicvideos should look like this ( and sound like this(!)) But always have in mind that tap dancing is satans gift to humanity!
Movie data: Happy Landing (1938) "War Dance for Wooden Indians" (RS Quintette) - Group performs on camera, then does slow version to accompany Condos Brothers tap dance routine. RSQ also accompanies Ethel Merman singing "You Appeal To Me" (comp. Walter Bullock and Harold Spina). Starring Sonja Henie, Don Ameche, Cesar Romero. Re-released by FoxVideo 1995
Hi. I came across this by searching for Raymond Scott on YouTube on a whim. He is one of my all-time favorite composers and this is the first time I've ever actually seen footage of him play. This is absolutely golden, the sort of thing that YouTube was meant for. Thanks so much for posting this. It's something that should be preserved for all time!
Lol. I came here from the robin video.
Drew6187 18 hours ago
Not sure where the tap dancing Native Americans sit in the spectrum of political correctness but Scott's band and arrangements were amazing here as always. JOHNNY WILLIAMS is the amazing drummer, never short on chops or swing, kicking it out here for all he's worth.
XylophoneNoir 20 hours ago
a six person quintette... you don't see that everyday.
nickpelkey 2 weeks ago
@nickpelkey
Raymond was a performer but did not include himself as a 'performer' in his ensemble thus the quintette!
rhythmaniacs 2 weeks ago
The dancers are Steve and Nick Condos as the Condos Brothers, 1938.
ColonelFain 1 month ago
groovin'
animeslowdown 3 months ago
these guys (and of course Raymond Scott the composer/leader) are so phenomenal, this is as good as it gets, and it's sooooo goooooood!!!
chunkyricesushi 6 months ago
The music is incredible and I just can't get over the skill of the tap dancers! Such technicality on so tiny a platform. Amazing!
AtmaStrife 6 months ago
i just shat myself - sp%ky as fuck
rankthis 7 months ago
Is that Scott on the drums?
zackrasner9000 7 months ago
@zackrasner9000 no, he plays piano. It might be Johnny Williams.
jwellingtonwimpy1 7 months ago
@zackrasner9000 Yeah It is Johnny Williams. Looking at the two of them they both can pass for brothers.
nachoisone 6 months ago
2:27 FTW!
eenurj 9 months ago
umm... i think i'm gonna start punching babies to. wow.
americangil 9 months ago
It's sp good I see six musicians instead of five!
professortiki 9 months ago
though it has nothing to do with native americans this music is wonderful
Unbihexium 11 months ago
I play the violin...I saw the sheet music to this song...no way! Its so fast and complex as sheet music...paticularly the Sax solo. when you saw the man playing the Sax...that was sheer skill and practice. The timing of the quintette is flawless. Only a handfull of songs have been made since that could come close to the raymond scott quintett. Reckless nights and Turkish twilights FTW!!
MrEcliptor 1 year ago 2
Raymond Scott was amazing. We have absolutely nobody today who can compare with him. You cannot possibly be depressed listening to him, Cab Calloway, or Spike Jones. All geniuses in my book!
xplodinggrrrl 1 year ago 4
Not a heavenly host, but nearly holy ghost
KrisForges 1 year ago
How can anyone not like this. My 20 something son sent this to me a few years ago and I revisit it often.
Consider that it was probably recorded and shot live with a limited amount of takes and editing. Camera angles to compliment ever aspect of the bands delivery...AND NO AUTOTUNE. Just a brilliant perfomance!
rolffz 1 year ago 3
@rolffz that depends on what you mean by "shot live". all on-screen musical performances from that era were - how do you say it(?) - "lip synced". the musicians had to try to memorize their own studio recordings which usually shows when a drummer plays a solo out of sync, though Johnny Williams was such a genius that it doesn't show on this film. tap dancers couldn't perform with their taps because the shiny floors that they always danced on would get scuffed up before the end of the first take.
jedirhythm 11 months ago
WOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHYEEAHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The most exciting music I've heard in years! Raymond Scott is the Anti-Bieber!!!
MrStrangediva 1 year ago
Don't ya just love an old-fashioned '40s Art Deco style nightclub, with the tables all laid out so neatly and a huge penthouse window overlooking the city, and everyone so suave and sophisticated and cool in their tuxes and gowns? The band silhoutted against the night sky? That shot of the drummer in the half-light just kills me. Ah!
StormsongK 1 year ago 2
Why did YouTube lead me here when I clicked on "Klaus Wunderlich Mix" 40 videos ???
Arthur60 1 year ago
they had wfmu tv??????
mecasohoy 1 year ago
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zimbadaboom 1 year ago
This is clearly the best thing ever.
ollismid 1 year ago
I have this song on a phonograph record! and I like this a lot!
Fulop2009 1 year ago
The root of all ADAM ANT?
isfahani 1 year ago
the fathers of invention!
nicomadriz 1 year ago
hahaha simontempleman that's amazing!!
choiii8 1 year ago
Very innovative. Raymond Scott was a musical genius.
CraigN74 1 year ago
PC is only a "big deal" for those who choose to make it that way. I will not let anyone or any group decide how I can verbally express myself. If they do not like what I say, that is a personal problem problem they must deal with.
JimPicc 1 year ago
ursonate, like I implied and stated before, there is no such reality as "politically incorrect.". PC was created by liberals who feel they have the right to force people to say and do things the way they think they should be said and done. Instead of just exercising their right to free speech they do this to appease others who are thin-skinned, out of an irrational fear of offending them. People may think what they want. That is their right. I, however, will recognize this performance for w
JimPicc 1 year ago
@JimPicc
Political correctness has nothing to do with forcing views upon others. Its more of an idea of what society in general holds to be acceptable in a public sphere.
yonskii 1 year ago 2
@yonskii Yes, the very idea of political correctness is the exclusion of any kind of symbolic violence from discourse.
Unbihexium 2 months ago
does this music sound familiar?
gilraenn29 1 year ago
@gilraenn29 dude, buggs bunny and all them things right there used raymond scott!! its what i grew up on, nowonder them cartoons were soo gud!! :)
MrKimemia 1 year ago
Correction: Peter Pumiglio was my MATERNAL grandfather.
JimPicc 1 year ago
Divertida y compleja, la musica del genio loco Raymond Scott es una buena manera de llenar de energia los lunes.
gabavila 1 year ago
Why don't people commenting on this video just observe the pure talent that these artists possessed instead of relating it to some leftist/liberal mindset about political correctness (which is for cowards who try to appease everyone). These guys were fantastic musicians and the dancers were incredible tap-dancers!
JimPicc 1 year ago
@JimPicc because it *is* politically incorrect *and* they are amazing artists. it's difficult for people to hold conflicting ideas like this in their minds.
ursonate 1 year ago
Actually, jd03150, this was done in 1937, and who cares about being "politically correct"? Political correctness is for liberal leftists who are always trying to appease everyone and afraid of speaking what is truly on their mind for fear of offending those who are "thin-skinned". You can see what Political Correctness has gotten us. It is another way of telling people that they should say things the others want to hear it. Screw that crap!
JimPicc 1 year ago
I have the clarinet you see him playing in this video! I also have his bass clarinet. He was also a great saxophonist!
JimPicc 1 year ago
The clarinetist is, Peter Pumiglio, my maternal grandfather!
JimPicc 1 year ago
USA in 1930's = completely insane
maxLeifermann 1 year ago
that drummer . . .
he's my new idol
GUNINANRUNIN 1 year ago
Totally aside from the music and the dancing, which are both good, I cannot imagine anyone trying to record something like this today. You would have every Native American group in the United States pitching running fits abou the absolute Political Incorrectness of this episode. The notes don't say when this was made -- it has a 1950s look about it to me -- but it is from a world in which being PC was not such a big deal.
jd03150 1 year ago
@jd03150 - or from a time (before the Civil Rights Movement) in which no one listened to anything that minority groups had to say.
josufellis 1 year ago
Raymond Scott represents my musical taste: half swing and bebop, half general insane weird awesomeness.
cholocharile 1 year ago
datz bangin donk
eggpockets 1 year ago
This was used in a few Warners cartoons (the cat flaunting his skunk disguise in 'Odorable Kitty' for example).
baxterfilms 1 year ago
Do you remember "Drip along Daffy"? Great recollection of "The Toy Trumpet" when Porky sets up the little toy soldier :)
solnegrolunaroja 1 year ago
Et 1 Raymond 1 !
wizlaroll22 1 year ago
John Williams Sr. on the drums-Amazing!
johnrobinson 1 year ago
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thejobloshow 1 year ago
condos brothers = life
they are amazing
get it nick and steve
muffinmom57 1 year ago
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da4desigirls 1 year ago
Ironic that Don Byron, who has been first in the clarinet category of all the jazz polls over the past decade or more, submitted his most impressive work as things he transcribed and recordings from Raymond Scott recordings. What was considered novelty and "cartoon" music in the 1930s now gets you acknowledged as an avant gardist of the new millennium. For intricate, difficult, interesting stuff.
caponsacchi 2 years ago 2
@caponsacchi
More people should give the 20s-30s musicians the credit they deserve rather than just write it off as novelty playing and bad tone....compared to todays so serious jazz players.
Their style is not an easy one to duplicate .
snorkelbda03 2 years ago 4
This is phenomenal!!! This was my soundtrack for me whipping up a batch of tasty spaghetti. That's one a spicy meatball!!!
w4r7 2 years ago 2
nick and steve get it again
muffinmom57 2 years ago
Holy Cow! Tap dancing INDIANS!Looks like the Condos brothers have out danced themselves in this film clip!This dance number is the best one the Condos brothers ever did in films!
ashima352 2 years ago
Holy Christ, footage of the Raymond Scott Quintette! On television. In white suits. With tap dancing "Indians." What?
onlinemonikers 2 years ago 21
The dancers are the Condos Brothers
a07002 2 years ago
with his electorium raymond scott was als the grandaddy of electronic music! he predated kraftwerk by decades! what a genius! love his jazz too!
shaneshaky1 2 years ago
I just lost my mind
SitDown314 2 years ago
Long live! <3
lcheckman 2 years ago
This is fuckin' OFF! I love it. Shit hot!
Rolff
rolffz 2 years ago
imagine seeing this live....jesus. i would shit my self and start hrowing tables and chairs around, and punch a toddler in the face....out of sheer joy
simontempleman 2 years ago 82
haha huh i would drool all over my shoes
Ioveasy 2 years ago
simontempleman - thanks, that was perfect!
HerrKielbasa 2 years ago
its an indian danceoff
defect530 2 years ago
i wish this type of music was still popular!
i've made a music video for him in tribute.
FakeCowGod 2 years ago
The dancing is great. The costumes are just plain weird.
jd03150 2 years ago
So is john williams father the drummer here?
thanks for info.
great stuff.
julianvdv 2 years ago
YES! The drummer here is Johnny Williams, father of conductor John Williams.
DrumTchr 2 years ago
cool!
thanks man.
julianvdv 2 years ago
Well, the first half is cool.
twangist 2 years ago
What? Not into tap-dancing Indians?
vanostraniii 2 years ago 4
wow amazing!
MsKootch 2 years ago
thats funny as shit
abokwu 2 years ago
Bus to Beelzebub.
JohnBaxterly 3 years ago
JohnBaxterly
wrong song
Beck436 3 years ago
Ah, you're right. I meant to say "Bus to Beelzebub" for "Powerhouse".
JohnBaxterly 3 years ago
This is so mesmerizing.
paulnaylor 3 years ago
Scott's music - and his incredible quintette - really are remarkable. Incredible precision, drive and swing. If you want to hear Scott's music played by a modern jazz master, run to get Don Byron's Bug Music CD. I discovered Scott through Byron. It's now one of my favorite jazz albums (also has Ellington)
guyswiggins 3 years ago 4
This is soooo fucking awesome! Still fresh after all these years
saladshootavvv 3 years ago 4
I'm sure it's "Authientic American Indaian Tap Dancing!!"
gregoryagogo 3 years ago
It makes me think of Reefer Madness, those tensed faces
Ogaitnas900 3 years ago
My feet and my hand started pounding the floor without me even realising, its incredible
Ogaitnas900 3 years ago
The juxtaposition of the "indians" and all that tap-dancing... it's just-- MY BRAIN CAN'T HANDLE IT.
thegirlnextdork 3 years ago
Surrealism in overdrive.
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Anarchemitis 3 years ago
I knew this from the Don Byron Band's "Bug Music" CD, which is fine. Can't top the originals, though.
whizbang47 3 years ago
in reply to how how they are a quintet it's cause raymond scott band called it that . who's gonna go against em' no body cause thay'll turn water into wine(drink it ) then whoop ur ass till they look like a quintet..
mlittle10 3 years ago
Rhythmically & harmonically, it's just so weird/fun/addictive. I love this!
blakeada999 3 years ago
The cantina band from Star Wars could've been the Raymond Scott Quintette toned down a bit.
blakeada999 3 years ago
Absolutely!
soyvuestrohamster 3 years ago
Seriously... try to keep a straight face while watching this
xxsolid 3 years ago
FUCKIN HOT
timabad 3 years ago 4
Man, is that the Nicholas Brothers as the dancing Indians? Their tell-tale trademark of the splits are missing, but I can't imagine what other dynamo team it could have been in those days? Whoever they are, they are incredible. My money would be on the Nicholas'.
Mischeaux61 3 years ago
apparently it's from a Sonja Henie figure skating movie, "Happy Landings," with Don Ameche, Cesar Romero and Ethel Merman. The tap dancing Indians are Steve and Frank Condos, who are legendary in tap dance circles.
planetqwerty 3 years ago
hey thanks for the info. I have never heard of them before, but will be sure to seek out more info. They really were incredible in this clip.
Mischeaux61 3 years ago
These are the Condos Brothers, not the Nicholas Brothers.
zenbob 3 years ago
Well, you lost that bet because they're the Condos Brothers. The Nicholas Brothers were amazing as well, but there's no mistaking them for the Condos Brothers. They're so unique...
lovestotap 2 years ago
nice
cvwtzhaar 4 years ago
Who knew Indians were such good dancers! It would have been funny if it started raining after they stopped dancing. Get it.... Indian joke.
tk420bro 4 years ago
Tap Dances with Wolves.
mcteeth 3 years ago 2
Great! thanx for postin'
Nerojaal 4 years ago
So damn good. Blows me away.
54spiritedwill54 4 years ago
Frickin' awesome. I'd love to hear/see some present-day musicians perform the RSQ material; Stallings' adaptations are nice, but a faithful performance of the originals would be great.
galaxyhigh73 4 years ago
Actually, I'm surprised that Mike Patton hasn't latched on to this stuff in some form.
LittleRedMenace 3 years ago
on the album Suspended Animation Mike Patton has used samples from songs by WarnerBros Cartoon Soundtrack guy Carl Stalling, and that guy used and 'remixed' lots of Raymond Scott tunes in his work. So indirectly Patton kinda latched on to it a bit.... i guess
tromblor 3 years ago
Cool! I'm not at all familiar with that album - I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the tip!
LittleRedMenace 3 years ago
the Metropole Orchestra has put out a couple cd's of stuff including some more obscure tracks, like his advertising jingles. i've only heard some clips but i like what i've heard.
mcteeth 3 years ago
And I totally forgot about The Beau Hunks. A Dutch band that plays lots of early American jazz and soundtrack tunes. Like to get their whole catalog, really.
So much music, so little money.
mcteeth 3 years ago
Scott's music would transcribe so well to theatre organ. I bet Niche2000 or Jim Reeves could do it! allright youtubers, someone ougth to be able to do that! (idunno how to play yet)
paulbrockenhagen 4 years ago
It has been done at least once. Search Myspace music for "Mundelein Starship" and you will find that Dave Rhodes has recorded "Powerhouse" on the Mundelein Wurlitzer in 2007. Of course, someone should do a whole album of Scott's music on theatre organ... that would certainly be interesting. I know the music is available because I have copies of some of it (piano editions from the 1930s and 40s). I'm not sure if band charts were published for more than two or three of his tunes.
KawhackitaRag 3 years ago
Thanks for that! I just listend to it and a stellar pieace it was. I would love to have a theatre organ album of Scott's music also.. I wonder if there are any recordings of Jean-Jacques Perrey at the WurliTzer.
paulbrockenhagen 3 years ago
How can there be six guys in a "Quintette"?
Heywood35 4 years ago
Same way a baker's dozen has 13...
Dad103 4 years ago
Raymond Scott & the Quintette.
1 + 5 = 6
It took me a couple seconds too.
GolumTR 4 years ago 2
Doesn't say that. Anytime there's the (name) (number)et(te), it implies that number of people. This is just wrong, obviously supposed to be the Raymond Scott Sextet. Though he was a weird guy, maybe he didn't count himself and that's why he called it that.
jazzpsalti 4 years ago
It's because "sextet" sounds too much like sex! It's distracting!
No, really, I'm not kidding. That's why Raymond Scott (or at least he claimed) called them a quintette, he didn't want to distract people from his music. He also thought it sounded "crisper".
mobile513 4 years ago
mobile513 is correct
check out the Raymond Scott web site it's amazing
OnDaAir 4 years ago
I replied to this, but it didn't register as such, look up a few lines.
mobile513 4 years ago
Indeed it does say that in the first few seconds of the video. It's the caption here on youtube that's "wrong.
eoxh 3 years ago
oh shoot lol you're right
it's fake tho (lol)
jazzpsalti 3 years ago
never seen the band with my own eyes before !
amazing !!
thanks a lot !
berthy75 4 years ago
yes raymond scott rules!!! ren and stimpy rules!!!
123anarchy 4 years ago
i want more original footage of Raymond Scott performing!
tromblor 4 years ago
funny/nice/great to see this band perform on stage
leophantaurus 4 years ago
incredible...
thanks for posting this...
squidmotion 4 years ago
hehe pretty cool
tedburn88 4 years ago
Ja!
ponghit 4 years ago
The music certainly has humor and genius. This 'indian' presentation is minstrelsey, which, contrary to first impression, often contains some measure of respect - marionetted stereotypes, if you will.
Bigneebug 4 years ago
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Respect? What Respect? There is no respect in this. It is a mockery of native peoples.
gvhnagewohali 3 years ago
boo hoo, native americans never tapped that good
it was the 30s, take it easy
kirbyd 3 years ago
Thank you so much for uploading this, I've always wanted to see this incredible band THANKS!
mredgarallenpoo 4 years ago
just one more instance in which the whites try to turn us into a joke
gvhnagewohali 4 years ago
You have an excellent point. I give you full permission to make fun of whitey, in return.
emtube 4 years ago
So damn good. Blows me away.
puppetsmetropolis 4 years ago
Raymond Scott was on good with his Quintette. Thats where all his hits came from, when he was with his quintette. When he went with his electrical music it sucked.
rayjoanne 4 years ago
Raymond Scott's drummer was Johnny Williams, father of John Williams, famous movie composer. Small world eh?
sonicdeath10 4 years ago
and my late father, Milt Holland, also played drums with Raymond Scott both recording and on the road. He also played with John Williams (John on piano) so small world is right!
TiqueO6 4 years ago
John Williams' father Johnny Williams on drums here.
neothomist1275 4 years ago
WHOA! That explains why his "Cantina Band" music in Star Wars is reminiscent of Scott! He probably grew up listening to that stuff courtesy of his dad!
KawhackitaRag 3 years ago
music!!
sanchezdot 4 years ago
Puritan Raymond Scott didn't like the "sex" in sextet, quintette seemed more approriate ...
petervermeersch 4 years ago
He said he didn't want his audience distracted by the label SEXtet :)
emtube 4 years ago
It's Raymond Scott AND the quintet. Oh... it's a Quintette? Maybe they're all French then.
CAMODKhru 4 years ago
A Quintet with 6 guys- wow they really must be good.
ChristianOck 4 years ago
he doesnt count himself
inversek 4 years ago
Unbelievable musicianship!
deltasleep 4 years ago
i love love love this. this song makes me wish i still had my clarinet.
ilovetortillas 5 years ago
ilovetortillas, you should go out and buy one, my friend had not been playing the clarinet since he was a kid but when we started out our band playing analouge synthesizers together he decided to pick up the clarinet again and despite we play kind of electronic music we use the clarinet in almost all of our songs nowadays, ITS THE BEST! and so is this truly inspiring song, i wish they did more musicvideo-footage to their "Dinner for a pack of hungry cannibals"!
Scurtulos 4 years ago
Amazing musicianship! I don't care if you like the dancing Indians or not, because they're amazing, too! Yet more proof of Raymond Scott's genius.
philmfan 5 years ago
Dude I want to go to India to learn to dance like that!
qeshi 5 years ago
Raymond Scott was remarkably consistent in his quirkiness. Yes, it was really a sextet but Scott much preferred the word "quintette" so he went with that instead!
nudnick 5 years ago
quintet? looks like 6 folks to me. Raymond Scott was incredible.
acacia70 5 years ago
Nope -- Raymond Scott's music pre-dates Stallings useages in the famous Bugs Bunny cartoons
ponghit 5 years ago
this stuff is just madness. Can't find any video, but the Karl Stalling Project is the precursor to this i believe
toastedmonkee 5 years ago
That was the brilliance of Stalling, that he recognized the genius of Scott. This is AMAZING! I never knew of any footage either, thank you so much for posting it! I might even have to revive my old Raymond Scott Kazoo Project band. Anyone game? All you need is a passionate love of Raymond Scott's music, a good ear, and well, a kazoo. It was a BLAST though! And what a workout....
pimsghost 5 years ago
GREAT music
hate the tapdancing indian tho, thats just plain silly ;) I just shut my eyes and enjoy instead
trolltrumman 5 years ago
FUCKING AWESOME MAN! I wish more people listened to this type of music.
hunarf 5 years ago
Every one knows this is the Condos Brothers right.
4getThefuckaway 5 years ago
ooooh youtube definately needs some more raymond scott!
ilovetortillas 5 years ago
Well Rock My Soul! Wee Haa!
Jcrayst 5 years ago
Is there a video for Twilight in Turkey?
Scurtulos 5 years ago
Anybody got twilight in turkey?
nesomai 5 years ago
"haha! The sun ra of the 30s" I totally agree and this performance is absolutely stunning! Not only is it a great musical performance but also shot with cinematic skill ( at least the first half ) more musicvideos should look like this ( and sound like this(!)) But always have in mind that tap dancing is satans gift to humanity!
Scurtulos 5 years ago
Pantera sucks Phallus, dude.
PerkyCuster 5 years ago
Absolutely stunning!
Movie data: Happy Landing (1938) "War Dance for Wooden Indians" (RS Quintette) - Group performs on camera, then does slow version to accompany Condos Brothers tap dance routine. RSQ also accompanies Ethel Merman singing "You Appeal To Me" (comp. Walter Bullock and Harold Spina). Starring Sonja Henie, Don Ameche, Cesar Romero. Re-released by FoxVideo 1995
emtube 5 years ago
I'd love to see a clip of that second number show up here, even if it's only 1/10 as spectacular as this.
oilyrags 5 years ago
Hi. I came across this by searching for Raymond Scott on YouTube on a whim. He is one of my all-time favorite composers and this is the first time I've ever actually seen footage of him play. This is absolutely golden, the sort of thing that YouTube was meant for. Thanks so much for posting this. It's something that should be preserved for all time!
everyonesvoice 5 years ago
me too. i'm glad this was posted.
dkcot 5 years ago
Bizarre but brilliant
gregwaits 5 years ago