#exotica

Ended the weekend and welcomed the week after a walk with The Subtle Sound Of David Snell by David Snell released on Decca in 1966. David Snell (born 12 May 1936) is a British harpist, composer and conductor who has worked across a wide range of genres, from jazz, pop and soundtracks through to library music and classical concert works. - Wikipedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wR5wbJDUsw&list=PLcydzjelTJojUhKHsWL76ZnG4svMOzAcg&index=1 #DavidSnell #Harp #EasyListening #Jazz #Lounge #SpaceAgePop #Exotica #Music

Breeze from the East is a 1964 album by vibraphonist Cal Tjader, arranged by Stan Applebaum. The album features jazzy lounge music with a quasi-Asian sound. Stephen Cook reviewed the album for Allmusic and described the album as combining "the vibist's [Tjader's] Latin lounge style with kitschy Asian touches" describing the songs "Sake and Greens," "Cha," and "Shoji" as sounding like "'60s-era James Bond on a wild chase through the heart of Tokyo". Cook concluded by feeling that "The ultra-smooth Latin jazz sound Tjader favored has always been more infectious than demanding and Breeze from the East's commercialized mod/eastern elements only end up expanding the pop exotica mix". - Wikipedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maVRdqauFTQ&list=RDmaVRdqauFTQ&start_radio=1 #CalTjader #Vibraphone #Lounge #Exotica #Jazz #VerveRecords #Music

Several Shades of Jade is a 1963 album by Cal Tjader arranged by Lalo Schifrin. Stewart Mason reviewed the album for Allmusic and wrote that of Tjader and Schifrin's collaboration that it was "...no more traditional Asian music than Tjader's similar albums from this period are traditional Latin American music, but the pair wisely avoids the standard clichés of Asian music (no smashing gongs after every musical phrase or melodies that sound like rejects from The Mikado). Instead, Schifrin frames Tjader's meditative vibraphone solos in arrangements that strike a cool balance between western kitsch and eastern exotica, never tipping too far in either direction. ...Several Shades of Jade is actually an interesting experiment that succeeds more often than it fails." - Wikipedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LbK4H5GLxQ&list=PLdl1y1w4PGIogOo26AmJmFsNR56C1aaxY&index=1 #CalTjader #Vibraphone #LaloSchifrin #Jazz #Exotica #Music #VerveRecords

Ended Tuesday and welcomed Wednesday after a swim with East To West by Paul Mark and His Orchestra released on Imperial in 1961. Ambient Exotica wrote: "There is no Exotica album like Paul Mark's East To West..no other act or orchestra can unchain the same multiplicity of Lounge, Space-Age, Exotica and Far Eastern traces... The incessant mixture of Paul Mark's Hammond organ and celeste with the gongs, xylophone, koto and shamisen is awe-inspiring and unique in the Exotica landscape. Some tunes are Rock-like and joyful thanks to the simulation of a fairground organ, others bathe in mystique and darker half-tones. Exotica fans who are fond of the Japanese tonality will be happy to know that East To West features two to three tunes that reappear a bit more regularly in their favorite genre. The rest is excitingly alien and deliciously strange.." http://www.ambientexotica.com/exorev205_paulmark_easttowest/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxoccJKwAUw&list=PLqx8HE-cr3HuxH1xoHvcLOMvsJvoFSkOF&index=8 #PaulMark #Exotica #SpaceAgePop #Music #Lounge

Sorcery! by Sabu And His Percussion Ensemble, released on Columbia in 1958 Ambient Exotica wrote: Sorcery! showcases the fully fleshed out vision of New York-bred conguero and percussionist Louis “Sabu” Martinez (1930–1979) who leads a nonet on this six-track opus congastium. It is released in 1958 on Columbia Records and comprises of anything but unique compositions, or better still, developments and progressions. Each of the concoctions is comparably long by Exotica standards and eminently vivid. Despite the screaming title and the premise of a largely percussion-focused album, the intrinsic darkness that reigns over the majority of the tracks is not intimidating, not even when Oriental tonalities are injected. http://www.ambientexotica.com/exorev306_sabu_sorcery/ ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8KZNe8B-9w&list=RDg8KZNe8B-9w&start_radio=1 #SabuMartinez #Drums #Exotica #Jazz #Music #Congos #Oboe #Flute