Betty Page Jungle Girl (Exotique Music) - various artists compilation (jazz/latin)

 

Genre: Jazz, Latin

Style: Samba, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Easy Listening, Big Band, Mambo, Latin Jazz

1 Roger Roger– Rumbanita 2:48

2 Roger Webb– Fly By Night 0:53

3 Igo Kantor & William Loose– Jungle Jazz 2:00

4 Jean-Claude Petit– Dance Of The Insects 2:30

5 Johnny Hawksworth– X Cert 1:58

6 Wilf Edwards– Let's Go 1:43

7 Roger Roger– Bianca Blanca 2:28

8 Igo Kantor & William Loose– Bongo's, Bass'N'Beat 2:07

9 Robert Farnon– Industrial Samba 1:13

10 Eric Delaney– Lucky Mambo 2:55

11 Howard Shaw– Mambonanza 1:28

12 Malcolm Lockyer– Man From Malibu (Latin) 0:28

13 Malcolm Lockyer– Man From Malibu (Ending) 0:48

14 Robert Farnon– Moon Over Rio 3:16

15 Roger Roger– Roger Mambo 2:04

16 Malcolm Lockyer– Breaking Point 2:38

17 Harald Winkler– Crimes 1:00

18 Frank Cordell– Detective Theme 2:01

19 Johnny Hawksworth– Jane Bond Theme 2:54

20 Roger Webb– Softly Sally 3:04

21 John Barry– Swinging City 2:12

22 Camille Sauvage– Attente 1:41

23 John Cacavas– Sweet Danger 2:24

24 Roger Webb– Sun Girl 0:50

Betty Page Jungle Girl

Ultra-Lounge – Volume One - Mondo Exotica (Mysterious Melodies & Tropical Tiki Tunes)

 

Ultra-Lounge is a series of compilation CDs released by Capitol Records, featuring music predominantly from the 1950s and 1960s in genres such as exotica, space age pop, mambo, television theme songs, and lounge.

Mondo Exotica is an excellent introduction into the mysterious world of Exotica and Tiki. If you really want to know more about an amazing genre of music from a bygone era, this is a can't miss starter! 

1 Martin Denny– Swamp Fire 2:36

2 The Out-Islanders– Moon Mist 3:07

3 80 Drums Around The World– Caravan 2:39

4 Martin Denny– Hypnotique 2:43

5 Les Baxter– Atlantis 2:17

6 Webley Edwards– Alika 2:28

7 Martin Denny– Misirlou 2:38

8 Bas Sheva– Lust 3:00

9 Chick Floyd & His Orchestra– Hana Maui 3:16

10 Les Baxter– Voodoo Dreams / Voodoo 5:21

11 Martin Denny– Jungle Madness 3:34

12 Yma Sumac– Babalu 2:50

13 Les Baxter– Simba 2:43

14 Martin Denny– The Girlfriend Of The Whirling Dervish 2:31

15 Tak Shindo– Bali Ha'i2:26

16 Les Baxter– Pyramid Of The Sun 2:34

17 Martin Denny– Quiet Village 3:48

18 Yma Sumac– Wimoweh 2:41

Ultra-Lounge – Volume One - Mondo Exotica

Esquivel And His Orchestra – Other Worlds Other Sounds

 

Mexican bandleader Juan Garcia Esquivel enjoyed a resurgence in popularity and, more importantly, hipness in the ’90s, thanks in large part to a lounge culture revival and his influence on bands like Stereolab. In the exotica pantheon, Esquivel has a unique place, bringing together big band, Latin jazz and space age pop sounds in a big, campy explosion. His music is at times cartoonish, with dramatic brass competing with a silly “zu zu zu” and a Hawaiian guitar that sounds like the opening of a “Looney Tunes” cartoon. That said, it’s an infectious and delightful kind of cartoonish-ness. 

Esquivel sets a space age bachelor pad scene stylishly and with a smirk on Other Worlds, Other Sounds, nicely matching the vixen-in-space cover art with his own set of rocket age mambo and cha-cha. Certainly, his take on “Night and Day” is a bit cheesy, but “That Old Black Magic” is more on the romantic side of the spectrum, and “Nature Boy” actually lives up to the promise of something exotic. 

And since I brought up Stereolab, those lovable kraut-lounge experimentalists actually borrowed elements of “Magic is the Moonlight” on their Dots and Loops album. But perhaps the most impressive piece of all here is the arrangement of “It Had to Be You,” which has the nastiest use of a trombone mute I think I’ve ever heard. Bravo, Esquivel. Bravo. (https://www.treblezine.com/hold-on-to-your-genre-exotica/)

1 Granada 4:10

2 Begin The Beguine 3:12

3 Night And Day 2:40

4 Poinciana 3:05

5 Playfully 2:57

6 Adios 3:08

7 That Old Black Magic 2:36

8 Nature Boy 2:42

9 Magic Is The Moonlight 2:37

10 Speak Low 2:42

11 Ballerina 3:04

12 It Had To Be You 3:10

Esquivel And His Orchestra – Other Worlds Other Sounds

Arthur Lyman – The Exotic Sounds of Arthur Lyman - featuring Yellow Bird and Taboo

 Arthur Hunt Lyman (February 2, 1932 – February 24, 2002) was a Hawaiian jazz vibraphone and marimba player. His group popularized a style of faux-Polynesian music during the 1950's and 1960's which later became known as Exotica. His albums became favorite stereo-effect demonstration discs during the early days of the stereophonic LP album for their elaborate and colorful percussion, deep bass and 3-dimensional recording sound-stage. Lyman was known as "The King of Lounge music."

1 Yellow Bird 2:49

2 Taboo 4:59

3 Quiet Village 3:47

4 Love For Sale 3:01

5 Ye Lai Sian 2:59

6 Moon Over A Ruined Castle 3:21

7 Brazilleros 2:44

8 Dahil Sayo 2:31

9 Hava Nagila 2:36

10 Bwana A 4:38

11 Pele 3:24

12 Sweet Leilani (Queen Seranade) 1:56

13 Aloha Amigo 2:17

14 Polynesia 3:00

15 Taboo Tu 2:09

16 Aphrodisia 2:31

17 Hii Lawe 1:12

18 Tropical Night 2:30

19 Drums Of Hawaii 2:15

20 Honolulu Nites 2:31

The Exotic Sounds of Arthur Lyman

Martin Denny - Exotica (1957) - reissue/remastered edition

 

Martin Denny’s Exotica may or may not have actually coined the genre’s name, but it certainly pushed “exotica” to greater prominence in the late ’50s. This classic collection of lounge-jazz, much of which consists of Les Baxter-penned tunes, is a mellow and cool collection, one perhaps most famous for its cover, which depicts frequent exotica cover girl Sandy Warner peeking through a bamboo curtain. 

Its subtle, mysterious sexuality fits the mood, which is one of inebriated island leisure. That’s not to say it’s a very sexy album necessarily, just one with great atmosphere. In fact, first track “Quiet Village,” a genre standard, kicks off with the squawks of tropical birds, which, by today's standards, sounds just a little silly. But that said, exotica is a genre that wholly embraced camp value, so this is merely par for the course. There are a handful of standouts here, such as “Return to Paradise” and “China Nights,” but on the whole this album breezes by gently and warmly, mostly background music, but quite lovely background at that.

1 Quiet Village 3:41

2 Return To Paradise 2:21

3 Hong Kong Blues 2:18

4 Busy Port 2:53

5 Lotus Land 2:26

6 Similau 2:00

7 Stone God 3:09

8 Jungle Flower 1:50

9 China Nights 2:04

10 Ah Me Furi 2:11

11 Waipo 3:14

12 Love Dance 2:31

13 Quiet Village 3:48

14 Return To Paradise 2:21

15 Hong Kong Blues 2:17

16 Busy Port 2:42

17 Lotus Land 3:48

18 Similau 2:29

19 Stone God 3:16

20 Jungle Flower 2:05

21 China Nights 2:15

22 Ah Me Furi 2:34

23 Waipo 2:53

24 Love Dance 2:32

Exotica