Lush Exotica – The Exotic Sound of Arthur Lyman

Four albums from the legend Arthur Lyman who lit the blue touch paper on exotica. From heavy sound effects-led exotica to much simpler soulful jazz all powered by Lyman’s awesome marimba playing.

Key sounds from the incredibly strange world of music for any bachelor pad. Featuring the band’s million-selling debut, Taboo from 1958 acclaimed as an early pinnacle of the genre. The eerie and echoey ‘Bwana A’ taking the listener much further into the jungle. ‘Bahia’ with its added ship’s horns, thunderstorms, parrots, paraquats, rainfall, tinkling marimba, and a lonesome violin. Plus ‘Leis Of Jazz’ in which Lyman revisits his jazz roots and love of Benny Goodman and Lionel Hampton.