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The Raymond Scott Orchestrette - Pushbutton Parfait

Also mentioned here previously, the Raymond Scott Orchestrette's first album, Pushbutton Parfait, has been available for a while now. Dedicated to reworkings of the late Raymond Scott's compositions, this acoustic septet delivers with lovingly tweaked renditions of such classic Scott numbers as Powerhouse and The Penguin. Not content with the old Quintette repertoire, they also tackle such later material as Mountain High, Valley Low and the originally electronic Little Miss Echo. Will Holshauser is the RSO's accordion man and sometimes arranger. The music is not particularly accordion-centric, but there is much good playing to be heard. The Penguin is perhaps notable for two accordion parts, with Holshauser joined by Brian Dewan (usually on the zither), for this number.

Posted by M.Ace at 06:39 PM, March 27, 2003