American pianist, composer, and arranger (1911–2005)
Martin Denny
Born
(1911-04-10)April 10, 1911 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died
March 2, 2005(2005-03-02) (aged 93) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Genres
Exotica, lounge music
Occupation(s)
Musician
composer
arranger
bandleader
publisher
Instrument(s)
Piano
marimba
vibes
bongos
congas
timbales
Burmese gongs
Labels
Liberty Records
Musical artist
Martin Denny (April 10, 1911 – March 2, 2005) was an American pianist, composer, and arranger. Known as the "father of exotica,"[1] he was a multi-instrumentalist and could play a number of percussion instruments. In a long career that saw him performing up to 3 weeks prior to his death, he toured the world popularizing his brand of lounge music which included exotic percussion, imaginative rearrangements of popular songs, and original songs that celebrated Tiki culture.
^Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2001). All Music Guide: The Definitive Guide To Popular Music, 4th Edition. Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-0-87930-627-4.
MartinDenny (April 10, 1911 – March 2, 2005) was an American pianist, composer, and arranger. Known as the "father of exotica," he was a multi-instrumentalist...
performed by Les Baxter in 1951 and an instrumental album from 1959 by MartinDenny. In the liner notes to his album, Ritual of the Savage (Le sacre du sauvage)...
Exotica is a musical genre, named after the 1957 MartinDenny album of the same name that was popular during the 1950s to mid-1960s with Americans who...
Hypnotique is the fifth album by MartinDenny. Released on Liberty Records in 1959, it was recorded in 1958 at the Kamehameha Schools auditorium and at...
escapism into American Jazz. Other early pioneers included Arthur Lyman and MartinDenny, who played live at Don the Beachcomber and other venues. The new theme...
international orchestral easy listening (exotica) versions by musicians such as MartinDenny and Arthur Lyman. Dale's surf rock version was heard in the 1994 film...
traditions around the world. Exotica from such artists as Les Baxter, MartinDenny, Arthur Lyman, and The Three Suns sold millions of records during its...
reflections, absent in Austen's novel. George Wickham and his friend Captain MartinDenny, with Wickham's young wife Lydia (née Bennet), in a horse drawn chaise...
percussionist in the exotica genre. He came to national fame as a member of MartinDenny's band in the 1950s and was the voice behind the bird calls and jungle...
the second album by MartinDenny, released in 1958. "Soshu Night Serenade" (Ryōichi Hattori) – 2:08 "Island of Dreams" (Laine, Denny) – 2:53 "Japanese Farewell...
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cover girl on MartinDenny's 1957 album Exotica, which reached no.1 in the Billboard charts, and on the album's first 11 sequels. Denny recalled, "She...
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have included: Jimmy Carl Black (1938-2008) Denny Walley Ike Willis Mike Keneally Ray White Robert Martin Ed Mann Bunk Gardner Don Preston Napoleon Murphy...
the third man of Exotica, behind MartinDenny and Arthur Lyman. Although he did not achieve the level of renown of Denny or Lyman, Rains' albums nonetheless...
what its members saw as a canon of works by Esquivel, Henry Mancini and MartinDenny. Said Trouser Press, "As the band that poured the first shot in the Cocktail...
Primitiva (LRP-3087/LST-7023) was the fourth album by MartinDenny. Released in August 1958, it was recorded at Liberty Studios in Hollywood and released...
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