Editing Raymond Scott (section)

==Obscurity and rediscovery==
Interest in Scott's work was revived in the early 1990s, after [[Irwin Chusid]] met Raymond and his wife Mitzi at their home in California and discovered a collection of unreleased recordings of rehearsals and studio sessions.<ref>{{cite web |last=Carpenter |first=Brian |title=Imagination and Innovation: The World of Raymond Scott |url=http://www.briancarpenter.net/radio/imagination.html |access-date=10 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402134329/http://www.briancarpenter.net/radio/imagination.html |archive-date=2 April 2015 }}</ref> In 1992, the release of ''Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights'' by Columbia, produced by Irwin Chusid with [[Hal Willner]] as executive producer, was the first major-label compilation by his 1937–39 six-man quintet. A year earlier, Chusid and [[Will Friedwald]] produced an album of quintet broadcasts titled ''The Man Who Made Cartoons Swing'' for [[Stash Records|Stash]]. The director of ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'', [[John Kricfalusi]], began using quintet recordings. In the late-1990s, [[The Beau Hunks]], a Dutch ensemble that performed music written by [[Leroy Shield]] for [[Laurel and Hardy]] movies, released two albums of by Scott's sextet: ''Celebration on the Planet Mars'' and ''Manhattan Minuet'' (both released by Basta Audio-Visuals). Members of The Beau Hunks (reconfigured as a "Saxtet", then a "Soctette") performed and recorded Scott works, sometimes in collaboration with the [[Metropole Orkest|Metropole Orchestra]].

The posthumously released ''[[Manhattan Research Inc.]]'' (Basta, 2000, co-produced by Gert-Jan Blom and Jeff Winner) showcases Scott's pioneering electronic works from the 1950s and 1960s on two CDs (the package includes a 144-page hardcover book). ''Microphone Music'' (Basta, 2002, produced by Irwin Chusid with Blom and Winner as project advisors), explores the original Scott Quintette's work. The 2008 CD release ''Ectoplasm'' (Basta) chronicles a second (1948–49) incarnation of the six-man "quintet" format, with Scott's wife Dorothy Collins singing on several tracks. In June 2017, Basta issued a 3-LP/2-CD set entitled ''Three Willow Park: Electronic Music from Inner Space'', featuring 61 unreleased electronic recordings made by Scott between 1961 and 1971 (Basta, 2017, produced by Gert-Jan Blom, Irwin Chusid, and Jeff Winner).<ref name="Winner"/> AllMusic named the set one of the "Best Compilations of 2017".<ref name="favorite">{{cite web |title=Favorite Compilations and Reissues {{!}} AllMusic 2017 in Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/year-in-review/2017/favorite-compilations |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=17 December 2018 }}</ref>

[[Devo]] founding member [[Mark Mothersbaugh]], through his company [[Mutato Muzika]], purchased Scott's only (non-functioning) Electronium in 1996 with the intention of restoring it.<ref name="laweek"/><ref>{{cite web |last=Kirn |first=Peter |title=Raymond Scott's Electronium, 50s-vintage Automatic Composing-Performing Machine, Sits Silent |publisher=Create Digital Music |date=2006-07-28 |url=http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/07/28/raymond-scotts-electronium-50s-vintage-automatic-composing-performing-machine-sits-silent/ |access-date=2008-01-12 }}</ref>

[[J Dilla]] sampled "Lightworks" and "Bendix 1: The Tomorrow People" for the track "Lightworks" and "Sprite: Melonball Bounce" for the track "Workinonit" on his final album ''[[Donuts (album)|Donuts]]''.

In 2023, Scott received a posthumous [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination in the Best Instrumental Composition category for "Cutey and the Dragon." The work was begun on paper by Scott in 1982 and completed in 2022 by [[Gordon Goodwin]] (who also received a nomination as co-composer). Its debut recording appears on the 2023 album ''Raymond Scott Reimagined'' by [[Quartet San Francisco]], [[Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band]], and [[Take 6]].<ref>[https://www.grammy.com/news/2024-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list Best Instrumental Composition, "Cutey And The Dragon," Gordon Goodwin & Raymond Scott, composers; Quartet San Francisco Featuring Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band] at Grammy.com</ref><ref>[https://stageandcinema.com/2023/06/18/raymond-scott-reimagined-review/ "Highly Recommended Album: ''Raymond Scott Reimagined'' by Quartet San Francisco, Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band & Take 6"], at StageandCinema.com. ("Goodwin ... introduces an entirely brand new composition, 'Cutey and the Dragon,' which was crafted from an unfinished sketch Scott made in 1982 with Goodwin completing the composition in a manner that honors the great composer’s style and verve."</ref>