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Portofino by Raymond Scott. 1962. Electric piano, electric bass, percussion. (Conversion-Tool.com 5 = Merlin Vienna)
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D Camp's fictitious chamber orchestra. Composed or re-arranged by D Camp. Enjoy.
I am Mr D Camp. My hobby is composing and arranging tunes using music software. Ever since I could listen to music, I always wished I could re-arrange it. I did not have a group of musicians. Now in the computer age with music software I am able to listen to what I hear in my head. The 178th street chamber orchestra is my fictitious group of virtual musicians who sometimes collaborate with other fictitious groups such as the Bathgate Avenue Boys Choir or the Beneath-the-Expressway Rhythm Kings. I compose original tunes. I re-arrange existing tunes. I try to keep these as short as possible. Two minutes is an epic. Some are easy listening. Some are experimental. I do this for my personal enjoyment but I hope you enjoy too. Thank you.
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Peak #40
Peak in subgenre #4
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March 28, 2022
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MP3 2.8 MB 192 kbps 2:01
Story behind the song
I received the sheet music from Basta Music in the Netherlands. The piano's right hand is from that sheet music note for note. I added the bass, percussion and a bit of the left hand. I recently took a Jazz at Lincoln Center online class "Small groups of the 30s" led by guitarist Justin Poindexter and was exposed to The Raymond Scott Quintette (which actually had 6 members). Scott wrote a tune, Portofino, which is haunting. I am not the only one enchanted by this piece. Basta commissioned 20 contemporary versions of the composition and collected them on The Portofino Variations. http://raymondscott.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-portofino-variations.html Raymond Scott was an American composer, band leader, pianist, record producer, and inventor of electronic instruments. His compositions can be heard on many cartoons: Warner Brothers, Simpsons, Animaniacs, etc. Raymond Scott attended Brooklyn Technical High School. Robert Moog, developer of the Moog Synthesizer, designed circuits for Scott in the 1960s, and considered him an important influence. Moog graduated from The Bronx High School of Science, my alma mater.
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