About this item

American piano player and composer Martin Denny developed a new musical genre in the mid-'50s by combining lounge jazz, Hawaiian music, Latin rhythms, bird calls, and ethnic instruments from around the world (such as koto, gamelans, Burmese temple bells) into a sound that became known as Exotica.

Best known as the "Father of Exotica", Martin Denny was responsible for the genre's biggest hit of all time with his 1956 single version of Les Baxter's 'Quiet Village', the title of the album presented here, and with the single included as a bonus track.

TRACK LISTING

1. Stranger In Paradise
2. Hawaiian War Chant
3. Coronation
4. Sake Rock
5. Paradise Found
6. Firecracker
7. Stardust
8. Misirlou
9. Quiet Village [1956 Version]
10. Martinique
11. My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua, Hawaii Cha Cha Cha
12. Tune From Rangoon
13. Happy Talk
14. Pagan Love Song
15. Laura
16. Quiet Village
17. Manila