Sven's The SOUND of TIKI CD -preview and discussion - Tiki Music

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sat, Jun 12, 2010 11:49 PM Oh. Yes, good question. Well as I said in the SOT liner notes, the fact that the Kaye siblings are descendant from Hawaiian royalty, and also from a Hapa Haole bandleader, and then started the Vegas Lounge concept makes them Lounge performers that are part of the Tiki sound. So I hope that makes sense. I chose Hilo Boy because it swings the most. A lot of the tunes on their "Our Hawaii" are too slow, or not so original, or too original. like "Pleeza No Peencha Da Hula Girls"!? And though I personally like multi-vocal jazz ensembles like Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, some of the Kaye Trio multi vocal acrobatics seemed to demanding for the average listener to me. Hilo Boy is the most pop. So how does Lounge touch on Tiki? Well, what is Lounge? Essentially it is mid-century Jazz in the popular vein, played by a small combo that could perform in a bar, instrumental or with a vocalist. (The bar location is important, cause lounge rhymes with liquor). For me, the two main "Lounge" instruments are the vibraphone and the piano. Many jazz musicians played those, in lounges, like Cal Tjader and Bobby Troup, but so did Arthur Lyman and Martin Denny. What I am saying is that their sound was very much informed by Lounge jazz, and when they did not employ exotic percussion and sound effects but played standards, they were very "loungey". Paul Page sometimes displays a mixture of three genres: Hapa Haole, Exotica and Lounge (which he played in bars and restaurants). I even would call Don Ho a Lounge act to some degree, that whole interaction with the audience thing is part of the genre.

Oh. Yes, good question. Well as I said in the SOT liner notes, the fact that the Kaye siblings are descendant from Hawaiian royalty, and also from a Hapa Haole bandleader, and then started the Vegas Lounge concept makes them Lounge performers that are part of the Tiki sound. So I hope that makes sense.
I chose Hilo Boy because it swings the most. A lot of the tunes on their "Our Hawaii" are too slow, or not so original, or too original. like "Pleeza No Peencha Da Hula Girls"!? And though I personally like multi-vocal jazz ensembles like Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, some of the Kaye Trio multi vocal acrobatics seemed to demanding for the average listener to me. Hilo Boy is the most pop.

So how does Lounge touch on Tiki? Well, what is Lounge? Essentially it is mid-century Jazz in the popular vein, played by a small combo that could perform in a bar, instrumental or with a vocalist. (The bar location is important, cause lounge rhymes with liquor). For me, the two main "Lounge" instruments are the vibraphone and the piano. Many jazz musicians played those, in lounges, like Cal Tjader and Bobby Troup, but so did Arthur Lyman and Martin Denny. What I am saying is that their sound was very much informed by Lounge jazz, and when they did not employ exotic percussion and sound effects but played standards, they were very "loungey". Paul Page sometimes displays a mixture of three genres: Hapa Haole, Exotica and Lounge (which he played in bars and restaurants). I even would call Don Ho a Lounge act to some degree, that whole interaction with the audience thing is part of the genre.

Post #535905 by bigbrotiki on Sat, Jun 12, 2010 11:49 PM