Arthur Lyman
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Arthur Hunt Lyman was a Hawaiian jazz vibraphone and marimba player. His group popularized a style of faux-Polynesian music during the 1950s and 1960s which later became known as exotica. His albums b
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Exotica (Martin Denny album)
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Exotica is the debut album by Martin Denny, released in 1957. It contained Les Baxter's most famous piece, "Quiet Village", and spawned an entire genre bearing its name. It was recorded December 1956
Arthur Lyman
…the audience started to answer me back with all kinds of weird cries. It was great." These bird calls became a trademark of Lyman's sound. When Denny's Exotica album was released on record in 1957 it became a smash hit, igniting a national mania for all things South Pacific during the lead-up to Hawai'i becoming…
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