Atomic Age Cocktail Party

Jungle Jazz (161)

 
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This time on the program, we’re all about Jungle Jazz--cool and swinging bits of exotica, that genre of that invokes an imagined tropical paradise. Exotica had a huge wave of popularity in the late 1950s and early 1960s with folks like Les Baxter, Martin Denny, and Arthur Lyman. And in the modern era, it has attracted a new generation of musicians and music lovers. So, this week, we're giving you tropical sounds from both classic and modern exotica artists. We’ll hear from Martin Denny, Skip Heller's Voodoo 5, The Waitiki 7, and many more.

Playlist

Title Artist Album
Jacaranda Don Tiare The Music Of Les Baxter
Jungle Drums Arthur Lyman Cotton Fields
Jungle Fantasy Frank Hunter & His Orchestra White Goddess
Flamingo Martin Denny Primitiva
Voodoo Dreams Les Baxter Les Baxter's Jungle Jazz
Brazillian Butterfly Tropicals Urubamba
Caravan Gene Rains Far Across The Sea
Black Orchid Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica Where Here Meets There
Miserlou Skip Heller's Voodoo 5 The Exotic Sounds Of Skip Heller
Tiki The Waitiki 7 New Sounds Of Exotica
Quiet Village The Martini Kings Intoxicating Sounds
Tropical Call Nino Nardini & Roger Roger Jungle Obsession
Tropicalia Chic Francesco Santucci and Enzo Scoppa Italiana Cocktail - Cocktail Music, Kitschy '70s, Exotica, Easy Pop