Singer: Arthur Lyman Title: Hawaiian Sunset Released: 1996 Country: US Style: Easy Listening, Smooth Jazz, Pacific, Space-Age Genre: Jazz / World Folk Country Rating: 4.7 Votes: 295 Formats: AIFF AHX AU AA MPC DTS MP3 MP3 size: 1799 mb
Tracklist
1
Hawaiian War Chant
2
Sweet Leilani
3
Imi Au Ia Oe (King's Serenade)
4
My Tane
5
Whispering Reef Lullaby
6
Song Of The Islands (Na Lei O Hawaii)
7
Hiilawe
8
Island Of Golden Dreams
9
Mapuana
10
Waipio
11
Kawohikukapulani
12
Ke Kali Nei Au
13
Harbor Lights
14
Blue Hawaii
15
Beyond The Reef
16
Quiet Village
17
Aloha-No Honolulu
Credits
Liner Notes
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Otto von Stroheim
Mastered By
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Daniel Caccavo*
Reissue Producer
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Tape Dave Greenberg*
Notes
Tracks 14 through 17 are bonus tracks.
Originally issued on HIFI Recordings in the late '50s and now available on CD for the first time, HAWAIIAN SUNSET has been digitally remastered from the original three-track master tapes and features four bonus tracks culled from Lyman's extensive catalog, recently acquired by Rykodisc. On his third album, HAWAIIAN SUNSET, released in 1959, Lyman explores his Hawaiian heritage while weaving in the cool-jazz elements epitomized by Miles Davis' BIRTH OF THE COOL album. Linking Pacific Rim exotica and American jazz, the album features an array of authentic Hawaiian instruments, including a pa'i, puili and uliuli. Actually a love song and a well-known rhythmic chant, "Hawaiian War Chant" utilizes these native instruments, while "Hilawe" features Lyman himself on slack-key guitar.
The HIFI/Rykodisc rerelease of HAWAIIAN SUNSET features liner notes by Tiki News co-editor Otto von Stroheim, who writes, "Sounds of the sea, trade wind breezes through palm trees and the rainbow coloring of flowers are expressed in songs...Here we have programmed listening pleasure as beautifully simple and relaxing as the islands at sunset." HAWAIIAN SUNSET contains four additional bonus tracks compiled from BAHIA and COLORFUL PERCUSSIONS (two other Lyman titles from the hifi archive), including a version of "Quiet Village," a cover of the cover that launched the exotica craze.