Jazz Articles about Stu Brown

Stu Brown: Twisted Toons Vol. 2 (The Music of Carl Stalling, Scott Bradley and more...)

by Roger Farbey
May 29, 2016

Cue the opening titles and the all-too familiar theme of “The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down"; a blast of which at just 23 seconds is enough to place the listener in the mood for the ensuing fifty five minutes of mayhem-inspired melodies. This is Stu Brown's second paean to the great cartoon score composers. His first volume, Twisted Toons -The Music of Raymond Scott (2009) focused on the music of Raymond Scott which was adapted by others for use as ...