On 2010-12-25 00:03, Otto wrote:
If this is not a historic moment I don't know what is.
Please get out and support Drasnin, Combustible Edison, and new Exotica flag bearers WAITIKI 7
WOW! Thanks Otto for the glowing preview of our festival this coming week. We have been working hard the past several months to make these performances a blast for anyone who loves exotica.
4 hours of live exotica each night for 3 nights... no repeats of tunes and tons of arrangements that probably have not been performed live since their heydays in the '60s. Some [u]90[/u] different tunes will be performed in total.
Since everyone in this forum loves music, let me tell you a bit about each night/theme of the festival:
Dec 29 - The Jazz Sides of Exotica
This is the night for the serious music lover. Discover the intersections of jazz & exotica through hapa-haole, latin, slack-key, bebop, and original tunes. Our arrangements of our favorite songs by Cal Tjader, Lee Morgan, R. Alex Anderson, Queen Liliu'okalani, Nona Beamer, Auntie Alice Namakelua, Arthur Lyman, Bill Fitch, and others... and everything done in a variety of quartet instrumentations. You won't hear most of this stuff performed by any other band, tiki, jazz, or otherwise -- that's how specialized this show is.
Dec 30 - Coronation of the Voodoo Masters
Tonight we hit the classic sounds of exotica that made the genre zoom to stardom. and the first performance of The WAITIKI 7 on the west coast! Our performance of Bob Drasnin's Voodoo material is framed with a guest appearance by songstress Sherry Shaoling (cover model for our "Rendezvous in Okonkuluku" album and Don Tiki's "South of the Boudoir") doing a mini-set of Ethel Azama tunes. "Two Ladies in de Shade of de Banana Tree," anyone? (One of my personal favorites!). Along with a slew of Les Baxter, Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman chestnuts that Waitiki 7 has helped to bring back to popularity and some newly arranged ones... like Japanese Parasols!
Dec 31 - New Sounds of Exotica
And from the old school to the new school. WAITIKI hits like "Ouanalao" (of NPR fame), new tiki cornerstones like "Wet Cave," "Polyamore," and "Flower Humming" (Don Tiki), Cleve & The Millionaire's Combustible Edison picks... everything that will make you dance and party up til the New Year.
Tickets should be purchased in advance, as we expect the shows to sell out -- especially thanks to the buzz we've been receiving from the L.A. Times and yesterday's National Public Radio story (click the 'Listen Now' button here)
Event website: http://DonTheBeachcomberPresentsWAITIKI.com
Direct link to tickets: http://donthebeachcomber.tix.com
Hope to see you there -- please introduce yourself to us if you come!
WAITIKI INTERNATIONAL LLC: Classic Exotica for Modern Listeners
www.WAITIKI.com and also visit The WAITIKI 7
[ Edited by: professahhummingflowah 2010-12-25 01:09 ]
