Los Angeles 1959

Percussion Exotique (released earlier as "Voodoo"): Robert Drasnin.

A classy find from my mom's old record collection and a great example of "Exotica" or "Space Age Bachelor" music of the mid 50's and early 60's.

This genre was a self-conscious commercial effort born of Hollywood, Jazz and a rapidly expanding tourism industry in Hawaii after its' annexation in 1959. It was a music that gave Jazz and conservatory musicians who knew very little about world music traditions an excuse to experiment with new sounds and rhythms. There is definitely some "orientalism" going on but it's not as shameful as listening to Deep Forest....


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