Name: Primitiva
Brand: Martin Denny

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

843563136928

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Colour

Blue

Colour details

Ocean Blue Color Vinyl, 

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Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Reissued by Jackpot Records on limited edition ocean blue color vinyl, 

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2022-04-01

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Think­ Indi­e

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

8435631369288

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / blue

Artist

Martin Denny

Genre US

Easy Listening / Exotica

Label US

Jackpot

Martin Denny, born on April 10, 1911 in New York, was a renowned artist who revolutionized the music industry with his unique blend of Exotica. After touring with big bands in the 1930s and serving in the Army Air Corps during World War II, he found himself in Hawaii in the mid-1950s. There, at the Hawaiian Village Hotel at Waikiki, he formed a quartet featuring Arthur Lyman on vibraphone. Their performances around a pool using unconventional instruments from Hawaii and Asia created Martin Denny's signature sound.

Mr. Denny gained widespread recognition when his recording of Les Baxter's "Quiet Village" reached the Top 5 of Billboard pop charts in 1958. His debut album "Exotica," released in 1959, topped charts for five weeks and became an iconic symbol of stylized Polynesiana during the early cold-war era.

Throughout his career, Martin Denny continued to release albums such as "Forbidden Island," "Afro-Desia," and "Primitiva." These albums provided the soundtrack to the trend for tiki culture and influenced artists like Tak Shindo and Esquivel!. In recognition of his contributions to music, Mr. Denny received a Nā Hōkū Hanohano Lifetime Achievement Award from Hawaiʻi Academy of Recording Arts in 1990.

Originally released in 1958, Primitiva is a rhythmically rich and inimitably exotic Martin Denny experience. Primitiva highlights the burgeoning sound of ’50s exotica music, with Denny’s diverse soundscape ranging from vibraphones and marimbas, to Burmese gongs and Buddhist prayer bowls. This third outing from the father of exotica shines in style with stand-out tracks like “Burma Train”, “M'Gambo Mambo”, and “Jamaica Farewell” spanning from the Caribbean coast, to the South Pacific islands, and beyond. Pairing perfectly with beachside Mai Tais and ornamental umbrellas, Primitivais a hallmark of the mid-century’s lounge music fascination, and is replete with animal cries, pulsing percussion, and enough groovy goodness to keep it a mainstay of your rotation.

Primitiva

Music US

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