The Unexpected [Import]

Raymond Scott | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 4, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Basta Records
• ASIN: B0001Z4PJQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #274,062 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Waltz of the Diddles

2. Temptation

3. And the Cow Jumped Over the Moon

4. A Message from Where

5. In the Beginning

6. Someone to Watch Over Me

7. March of the Diddles

8. Night and Day

9. And the Dish Ran Away With the Spoon

10. Quiet Entrance

11. Jill

12. Over the Rainbow

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Shhh... it's a secret!, May 4, 2004

By 

Lethan W. (Happyland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Unexpected (Audio CD)

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Now the truth can finally be told... This late-'50s album by the amazing Raymond Scott boasts a truly ALL-STAR jazz supergroup line-up:

Elvin Jones

Milt Hinton

Kenny Burrell

Eddie Costa

Sam "The Man" Taylor

Harry "Sweets" Edison

"Wild" Bill Davis

Jean "Toots" Thielemans


What else do you need to know? Well, this is one of the wildest & weirdest jazz records of the period it was made -- or ANY period for that matter! Check it out -- even if you've never heard of Raymond Scott -- it's a 1-of-a-kind album! I wish I could give this CD reissue 7-stars -- 1 for each of it's exotic secrets!

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12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars alvin with rabies, May 17, 2004

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smurdge - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Unexpected (Audio CD)

Despite using the services of some well-known jazz musicians, these guys are more in studio mode than jazz mode. Most of the tunes sound like TV show or movie soundtrack cues with some jazz influence but little or no improvisation. It's melodic, well played, and generally much more relaxed than the Scott Quintette pieces from the 30s. Consider it Scott's version of bachelor pad music or whatever they're calling it this year. Toots Thielemans, playing harmonica, is the star, sounding especially nice on "Over the Rainbow".

Then there are those vocal tracks. Dorothy Collins, (Scott's wife at the time and a singing star on "Your Hit Parade"), sings on two songs. Her vocals are double-speeded, like the chipmunks, but sung very intensely, like her head is going to explode. It sounds like Alvin with rabies. It's actually pretty funny in a deranged kind of way, and it's reassuring to know that Scott never stopped being a little bit loony.

It's great that Basta continues to document Scott's music with these reissues. Please do more- he was a true original.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Suprise! The Mystery is Solved . . ., May 4, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: The Unexpected (Audio CD)

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In 1959, Raymond Scott assembled an anonymous all-star band and dubbed them "The Secret Seven." With this group of top jazz musicians he recorded THE UNEXPECTED album in January of 1960. For nearly 45 years the identity of the Secret Seven line-up has remained a mystery, but now you can learn the identity of Raymond Scott's all-star jazz band by visiting a "secret" webpage whose location is revealed in the CD booklet...

This is another CD in Basta's Essential Reissue series, complete with original liner notes, cover artwork, and a newly-prepared booklet featuring historical info and previously unpublished photos...

Correct TRACK LIST:

1. Waltz of the Diddles
2. Temptation
3. And the Cow Jumped Over the Moon
4. A Message from Where
5. In the Beginning
6. Someone to Watch Over Me
7. March of the Diddles
8. Night and Day
9. And the Dish Ran Away With the Spoon
10. Quiet Entrance
11. Jill
12. Over the Rainbow

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