Exotica is a musical genre, named after the 1957 Martin Denny album of the same title, popular during the 1950s to mid 1960s, typically with the suburban set who came of age during World War II. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Martin Denny ( April 10, 1911 – March 2, 2005) was an American piano-player and composer best known as the "father of Exotica. Exotica is the first Album by Martin Denny released in 1957. It contained Denny's most famous song "Quiet Village" and spawned The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 South San Jose (cropjpg||thumb|A suburban development in San Jose California. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The musical colloquialism, exotica, means tropical ersatz: the non-native, pseudo experience of Oceania (Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Southeast Asia, and especially Hawaii). Ersatz is a German word literally meaning substitute or replacement. Polynesia (from Greek: πολύς many, νῆσος island) is a Subregion of Oceania, comprising a large grouping of over Melanesia (from Greek: μέλας black, νῆσος island) means "islands of the black-skinned people" Micronesia, from the Greek mikros (μικρός (meaning small) and nesos (νῆσος (meaning island) is a Subregion The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the While the South Seas forms the core region, exotica reflects the "musical impressions" of every place from standard travel destinations to the mythical "shangri-las" dreamt of by armchair safari-ers. Shangri-La is a fictional place described in the 1933 Novel Lost Horizon by British author James SAFARI was an attempt by the French government under the presidency of Georges Pompidou, to create a centralized database of personal data
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History
Les Baxter's album Ritual of the Savage (Le Sacre du Sauvage) was released in 1952 and would become the cornerstone of exotica. Les Baxter ( March 14, 1922 – January 15, 1996) was an American musician and composer This album featured lush orchestral arrangements along with tribal rhythms and offered such classics as "Quiet Village", "Jungle River Boat", "Love Dance", and "Stone God. Tribal rhythms is a catch-all term for music Rhythms outside of the standard time signatures especially those found in music rooted in non-western cultures for instance African " Ritual is the seminal Exotica record, influencing all that came after it. As the 1950s progressed, Baxter carved out a niche in this area, producing titles in this style for Yma Sumac and Bas Sheva.
In 1956 Martin Denny burst on to the scene with his dreamy Hawaiian rhythms, complete with exotic bird calls. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Martin Denny ( April 10, 1911 – March 2, 2005) was an American piano-player and composer best known as the "father of Exotica. The Oriental and ethnic musical instruments which he favored gave his approach an almost surreal effect. The Orient is a term which simply means the " East " It originated in Western Asia to describe that part of the world In 1957, Denny, with Les Baxter as composer, produced the "Quiet Village", which established the sound of the Polynesian styled music. A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Polynesia (from Greek: πολύς many, νῆσος island) is a Subregion of Oceania, comprising a large grouping of over Soon the new technology of stereo further opened up the musical palettes of Denny and other prominent exotica artists such as Arthur Lyman and Juan García Esquivel. Stereophonic sound, commonly called stereo, is the reproduction of Sound, using two or more independent audio channels through a Symmetrical Arthur Lyman ( February 2, 1932 &ndash February 24, 2002) was a prolific American Jazz Vibraphone and Marimba Juan García Esquivel ( January 20 1918 &ndash January 3 2002) often simply known as Esquivel!, was a Mexican After several years of number one albums, exotica's commercial appeal faded, just as the Tiki fad waned. Tiki culture refers to a mid-20th-century theme used in Polynesian style restaurants and clubs originally in the United States and then to a lesser degree around the world By the mid-1960s, rock and roll supplanted exotica's popularity. Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African
The distinctive sound of exotica relies on percussion: conga, bongos, vibes, gongs, boo bams (bamboo sticks), Tahitian log, Chinese bell tree, bird calls, big-cat roars, and even primate shrieks invoke the dangers of the jungle. The conga is tall narrow single-headed Cuban Drum of African origin probably derived from the Congolese Makuta drums or Sikulu The vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a Musical instrument in the mallet subfamily of the percussion family This article is about the Internet Protocol Television channel The Culture of China (traditional Chinese 中國文化 simplified Chinese 中国文化 is home to one of the world's oldest and most complex Civilizations covering a history Bird vocalization includes both Bird calls and bird songs In non-technical use bird songs are the bird sounds that are melodious to the human ear Jungle usually refers to a dense Forest in a hot climate such as a Tropical rainforest. Though there are some standards which contain lyrics, singing is rare. Abstract, sirenish ululations, chants, vocalized animal calls, and guttural growls are common. [1]
Revival
In the 1990s exotica resurfaced, along with a new category in which to place the genre: lounge. Lounge music is a retrospective description of music popular in the 1950s and 1960s encompassing such genres as Exotica, Easy listening and Space age pop The revival accompanied a related swing revival and general appreciation for tiki culture. The Swing Revival was a late 1990s and early 2000s period of renewed popular interest in swing and Jump blues music and dance from the 1930s and 1940s as A new crop of bands were influenced by the classic albums, and Combustible Edison for one featured songs like "Breakfast at Denny's", a tongue-in-cheek title for a song styled on the music of Martin Denny. Combustible Edison was a group founded in the early 1990s in Providence Rhode Island, and was one of several Lounge music acts that led a brief resurgence of interest
Origin of the term
According to a 1960 promotional EP designed and distributed by Liberty Records for Liberty shareholders, David Seville (of Chipmunks fame), a composer/producer on Liberty, told Julie London that the term "exotica" was coined by Simon "Si" Waronker, Liberty Records co-founder and, at the time, board chairman. Liberty Records was a United States -based Record label. It was started by chairman Simon Waronker in 1955 with Alvin Bennett as president Rostom Sipan Bagdasarian ( January 27, 1919 &ndash January 16, 1972) was an American Pianist, Singer, Chipmunk is the common name for any small Squirrel -like Rodent species of the genus Tamias in the family Sciuridae. Julie London ( September 26, 1926 &ndash October 18, 2000) was an American singer and actress Simon "Si" Waronker (1915 &ndash June 7, 2005) was a Violinist and Record producer from Los Angeles California.
In 1955 Waronker wanted to find a term that would capture the spirit, and also perhaps, help to sell such music as was in Liberty's best interest, considering they had just signed Martin Denny, who was producing and recording this kind of exotic music for his first album with Liberty. This story has it that Si was doodling and had written down the word "exotic" on his pad of paper when he casually added an "a" to the end of the word and the rest is history. He liked the sound of it so much that it went on to become the title of Denny's first album on the Liberty label.
Thus, it may be true to say that no one actually invented the musical genre known as exotica, though Baxter and Denny contributed in its evolution and carrying its musical appeal to hungry ears around the world; while on the marketing and linguistic end of things, Waronker certainly found a brilliantly suiting term that has stuck since 1957.
See also
Exotica itself is highly indebted to and reminiscent of the earlier impressionist movement. The impressionist movement in music was a movement in European Classical music, mainly in France that began in the late nineteenth century and continued into the middle
- The music of American composer Raymond Scott is also recognized as a precursor to exotica, as several of his songs were written with the intent of transporting the listener to exotic locations via novelty instruments and sound effects. Raymond Scott (born Harry Warnow, 10 September 1908 &mdash 8 February 1994) was an American composer band leader pianist engineer
- Korla Pandit – regarded as the "Godfather of Exotica. Korla Pandit ( September 16 1921 &ndash October 2 1998) born John Roland Redd in St "
- Beautiful music
- Light music
External references
- Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica is a live 21-pc big band out of Boston, MA that plays Esquivel music. Beautiful music (sometimes abbreviated as BM, or BM / EZ for beautiful music / easy listening) is a mostly-instrumental music format that Light music is a generic term applied to a mainly British musical style of "light" orchestral music which originated in the 19th Century and had its heyday during
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