The Oranj Symphonette is an experimental jazz-rock quintet from San Francisco, USA, formed from members of Tom Waits' band.
[1] The band was formed by musicians who played for Tom Waits.
They met while recording Waits' score for the Jim Jarmusch film Night On Earth.
Joined by Scott Amendola, they debuted at San Francisco's Radio Valencia in 1994.
In 1996, they added Hammond organ/accordion player Rob Burger and Pat Campbell replaced Amendola on drums for an album of music by composers including Mancini, Quincy Jones, Elmer Bernstein, Duke Ellington, Marvin Hamlisch, Burt Bacharach, Jimmy Webb, and John Barry.