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Title: "Malaguena Salerosa" 2 versions: Malka & Joso, Arthur Lyman
Description: A Mexican mariachi love song. Selections: 1) Malka and Joso - 1965 from "Mostly Love Songs" album. Canadian folk duo from Toronto. 2) Arthur Lyman - instrumental from the album "Aloha Amigo". Exotica style. Some collections title the song Aloha Amigo by error - that was the album name. This is also sometimes titled "Malaguena", but Malaguena is a different song.
Title: Hawaiian War Chant - Arthur Lyman
Description: one of the most well known Hawaiian melodies is given a mellow xylophone bachelor pad/exotica treatment with backing percussion
Title: GONTITI and ARTHUR LYMAN the Makai Bar
Description: WOO VINTAGE LIVE SPECIAL GONTITI IN HAWAII (MAKAIBAR/KONA/BIGISLAND) SOUTHERN MAIL BOAT-南方郵便船:GONTITI,ARTHUR LYMAN & NICK KATO
Title: The WAITIKI 7 - Hawaii Music Awards and "Quiet Village"
Description: Presentation by Johnny Kai (Music Foundation of Hawaii) to The WAITIKI 7, winners of the 2009 "Exotica Music" category in the Hawaii Music Awards. Award presentation followed by a performance of Quiet Village with Harold Chang, original percussionist in the Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman groups. "Adventures in Paradise," the WAITIKI 7's debut album has been critically and popularly acclaimed worldwide since its August '09 release. Nate Chinen wrote, "If there's room for a post-millennial exotica revival, this is the band to beat." JAZZIZ praised the group for its "substantial improvisational firepower," and Mother Jones beamed that the music "harkens back to the golden-age of exotica, when lounge music giants Martin Denny and Les Baxter roamed the earth." Learn more about The WAITIKI 7 at their website, www.waitiki7.com. WAITIKI 7 is a project of WAITIKI INTERNATIONAL LLC, known for its internationally-acclaimed artist roster and tiki consulting services, including mixology and event planning.
Title: 12-string Guitar: Yellow Bird
Description: A 19th century Haitian song composed by Michael Mauleart Monton, the lyrics are from a poem written by Oswald Durand. It was rewritten with English lyrics in the 20th century as Yellow Bird. Michael Mauleart Monton, an American-born pianist with a Haitian father and an American mother, composed music for the poem in 1893 appropriating some French and Caribbean fragments to create this tune. Several recording artists sang the song. The most successful was Mr Wunerful, Laurence Welk! Chet Atkins, Arthur Lyman and The Brothers Four actually added Yellow Bird to their albums. Yellow Bird became Lymans signature song.
Title: 2007 reunion UST che63 alumni
Description: change music to audio swap due to copyright
Title: The Exoticism of Taboo (Lecture by Randy Wong)
Description: A ten-minute lecture titled "The Exoticism of Taboo", presented by Randy Wong at New England Conservatory (Boston, MA). Randy Wong is bandleader and co-founder of the modern exotica group WAITIKI. Fans of Arthur Lyman, Les Baxter, Martin Denny, and the song "Taboo" will enjoy this mini-lecture.
Title: The Sound Of Tiki BCD16338
Description: A musical cocktail: The 'Sound Of Tiki'. Travel to distant tropical places in the confines of your living room! Experience the popular myths of Tiki through music! This finely balanced mix of esoteric mood music and swinging lounge songs creates a harmonious yet never boring listening pleasure. Unusual versions of Exotica classics and never before published pieces of Polynesian pop music spell fun for the seasoned vinyl archeologist and for the Tiki novice alike. A 52-page booklet--Do you like 'Exotica'' What is 'Tiki'' And how do the two relate to each other' Ten years after the publication of the 'Book Of Tiki,' with which Sven Kirsten unearthed the forgotten cult of Polynesian pop and defined the Tiki figure as its protagonist, the two genres are conclusively united in this CD.-- Having been fortunate to have met both (and seen perform) the two foremost practitioners of Exotica music, Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman before they joined the Big Luau in the Sky, urban archeologist Kirsten is now applying his vast knowledge of Tiki culture to throw new light on the themes and concepts of Polynesian pop. By assembling a cornucopia of songs and visuals that evoke the time of Tiki, when urban paradises harbored refugees from the grey workaday in almost every metropolis in America, this compilation brings the escapist fantasies of yesterday back to today's much too real world.-- Far from being a dry history lesson, this collection of rare eye candy imagery and wistful ...
Title: History of Yellow Bird - Harry Belafonte, Lawrence Welk, Kingston Trio
Description: Yellow Bird was first recorded in 1957, but existed in other variations before that. Here are some early illustrations. 1) Kingston Trio - Yellow Bird 2) Harry Belafonte - Don't Ever Love Me - 1957 LP "Belafonte Sings Of the Caribbean", and on single with Mama Looka Booboo. 3) Lawrence Welk - Yellow Bird - 1961 hit People say that Harry Belafonte recorded and popularized this song. What has been lost in the years is that he recorded a different variation not titled Yellow Bird, but Don't Ever Love Me. But he worked closely with Norman Luboff, and led him to create the modern version of Yellow Bird in 1957. The Luboff Choir had it on a 1957 LP Calypso Holiday, the first recording of Yellow Bird. And I expect that's the Luboff Choir backing Belafonte here. They were both on RCA. The melody is based on the West Indian song Petit Oiseaux (Little Bird), later to become Choucoune. Apparently Choucoune was on an LP by Nina and Frederick. I haven't heard Choucoune yet. If you have it place it as a video response. Harry Belafonte had everything to do with bringing all this together in the 1950s. Yellow Bird charted three times in the US: The Mills Brothers #70 1959, Arthur Lyman #4 1961, Welk #71 1961.
Title: arthur lyman quiet village
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Title: Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica Mini plays "Phoenix, Goodbye" (original exotica music by Mr. Ho - 2010)
Description: This is from the 4/3/10 show at Shrine World Music venue in Harlem, NYC. Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica Mini performs exotica, tiki, and modern sounds. In addition to classics like Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman, Milt Raskin, and others, Mr. Ho also writes original music for the group. While normally on vibraphone, Mr. Ho is featured on frame drum (lap-style bodhran) and the italian tammorra. Geni Skendo: flute. Kendall Eddy: bass. Noriko Terada is on vibes in this song. Details on the band at orchestrotica.com or friend us on Facebook at orchestrotica.com
Title: Don Ho - The Days Of My Youth
Description: Music video from 1967, as seen on "I Dream Of Jeannie" With Barbara Eden.
Title: WAITIKI archival footage: 2003 Silk Road Gala
Description: The first incarnation of WAITIKI performs the theme from "Adventures in Paradise" with their WAITIKI Wahine Dancers at the 2003 Silk Road Gala in Boston, MA. This was just our 3rd show!
Title: Adventures in Paradise with WAITIKI
Description: WAITIKI performs the theme to "Adventures in Paradise", a 1956 TV show that starred Gardner McKay. WAITIKI is a Boston-based exotic tiki-tainment group specializing in exoitca music from the 1950s and 1960s, once made popular by Martin Denny, Les Baxter, and Arthur Lyman. This performance was at the 2007 edition of The Hukilau in Fort Lauderdale, FL, hosted at The MAI KAI Restaurant. Visit www.WAITIKI.com for more info!
Title: WAITIKI archival footage: "Quiet Village" at the Lizard Lounge (2004)
Description: The #1 exotica anthem, "Quiet Village" is performed by WAITIKI at a live show in 2004. WAITIKI is a Boston-based tiki band specializing in performing classic exotica for modern listeners. Learn more at www.WAITIKI.com.