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Deep Exotica (Music From Martin Denny’s Lush Lounge)
Martin Denny
- Artist
- Martin Denny
- Label
- Righteous
- Catalog number
- PSALM23:116D
- Released
- 2023
- Country
- UK
- Format
- Compilation · Mono
- Barcode
- 5013929991620
What’s on it
Deep Exotica (Music From Martin Denny’s Lush Lounge) has 59 tracks. Open a track to see who wrote, played on and produced it.
- Exotica
1-1Quiet Village
- Written-By
- Les Baxter
1-2Return To Paradise
- Written-By
- Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington
1-3Hong Kong Blues
- Written-By
- Hoagy Carmichael
1-4Busy Port
- Written-By
- Les Baxter
1-5Lotus Land
- Written-By
- Cyril Scott
1-6Similau
- Written-By
- Arden Clar, Harry Coleman
1-7Stone God
- Written-By
- Les Baxter
1-8Jungle Flower
- Written-By
- Les Baxter
1-9China Nights
- Written-By
- Nobuyuki Takeoka
1-10Ah Me Furi
- Written-By
- Gil Baumgart
1-11Waipio
- Written-By
- Francis Brown
1-12Love Dance
- Written-By
- Les Baxter
- Exotica II
1-13Shoshu Night Serenade
- Adapted By
- Gil Baumgart
1-14Island Of Dreams
- Written-By
- Bob Laine, Martin Denny
1-15Japanese Farewell Song
- Written-By
- Freddy Morgan, Hasegawa Yoshida
1-16Singing Bamboos
- Written-By
- Maddy Lam
1-17The Queen Chant (Li Liu E)
- Written-By
- John Kalapana
1-18The Hawaiian Wedding Song (Ke Kali Nei Au)
- Written-By
- Charles E. King
1-19Escales
- Written-By
- Jacques Ibert
1-20When First I Love
- Written-By
- Martin Denny
1-21August Bells
- Written-By
- Gil Baumgart, Martin Denny
1-22Bacoa
- Written-By
- Les Baxter
1-23Ebb Tide
- Written-By
- Robert Maxwell
1-24Rush Hour In Hong Kong
- Written-By
- Abram Chasins
- Bonus Tracks
1-25Llama Serenade
- Written-By
- Charles Wolcott
1-26The Enchanted Sea
- Written-By
- Frank Metis, Randy Starr
- Exotica III
2-1Jungle River Boat
- Written-By
- Les Baxter
2-2Harbor Lights
- Written-By
- Hugh Williams (2), Jimmy Kennedy
2-3Manila
- Written-By
- Martin Denny
2-4Mama Iti E Papa E
- Written-By
- Eddie Lund
2-5Bamboo Lullaby
- Written-By
- Martin Denny
2-6Ringo Oiwake
- Written-By
- Fujio Ozawa, Masao Yoneyama
2-7Moon Of Manakoora
- Written-By
- Alfred Newman, Frank Loesser
2-8Limehouse Blues
- Written-By
- Douglas Furber, Philip Braham
2-9Beautiful Kahana
- Written-By
- Charles E. King, Mary Jane Montano
2-10Caravan
- Written-By
- Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol
2-11Congo Train
- Written-By
- Les Baxter
2-12Hello, Young Lovers
- Written-By
- Rodgers & Hammerstein
- Quiet Village
2-13Stranger In Paradise
- Written-By
- George Forrest, Robert Craig Wright
2-14Hawaiian War Chant
- Written-By
- Johnny Noble, Prince Leleiohoku, Ralph Freed
2-15Coronation
- Written-By
- Les Baxter
2-16Sake Rock
- Written-By
- Martin Denny
2-17Paradise Found
- Written-By
- Les Baxter
2-18Firecracker
- Written-By
- Martin Denny
2-19Martinique
- Written-By
- Norman Warren
2-20My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua, Hawaii Cha Cha Cha
- Written-By
- Bill Cogswell, Johnny Noble, Tommy Harrison
2-21Tune From Rangoon
- Written-By
- Les Baxter
2-22Happy Talk
- Written-By
- Rodgers & Hammerstein
2-23Pagan Love Song
- Written-By
- Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown
2-24Laura
- Written-By
- David Raksin, Johnny Mercer
2-25Quiet Village
- Written-By
- Les Baxter
- Bonus Tracks
2-26Banana Choo Choo
- Written By
- Gaily, Harper, O'Dell, Wilson
2-27My Tane (My Man)
- Written-By
- August Goupil, Johnny Noble, Richard B. Gump
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Where it came from
Released by the Righteous label in 2023, this collection serves as a modern compilation of the pioneering work of Martin Denny. Denny, often considered the father of the exotica genre, defined a specific sound in the late 1950s that blended jazz-inflected pop with atmospheric tropical soundscapes, bird calls, and unconventional percussion. This record was curated to encapsulate the lush, escapist mood that originally made Denny a fixture of the mid-century lounge circuit.
The release functions as a retrospective of the aesthetic Denny cultivated during his tenure at Liberty Records, where he popularized the genre with albums like 'Quiet Village'. The design and sonic selection aim to preserve the nostalgic, cinematic quality of his original recordings, which were intended to transport listeners to idealized, romanticized landscapes. By bringing these tracks together, the compilation highlights Denny’s influence on subsequent generations of lounge musicians and the enduring popularity of exotica as a stylistic movement.
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