Notes
Long before the term "World Music" was coined, before the Buddha Bar series mixed cool down tempo lounge music with an "exotic" world vibe, long before "space age bachelor pad" helped to define lounge music's reemergence in the nineties, before funky drum-kit break-beats, before nature sounds started creeping into New Age music, long before Mobile Fidelity Labs made state of the art, audiophile stereo recordings, there was the Hawaiian lounge instrumentalist and vibe player Arthur Lyman. In 1961, Lyman's interpretation of the Haitian folk song "Yellow Bird" stayed in the Billboard Top Ten for 10 weeks, reached number 4 in the USA and the album of the same name reached number 10. Presented here is another popular Lyman instrumental, his interpretation of the Duke Ellington classic "Caravan" recorded in 1958, coupled with Cole Porter's "Love for Sale," recorded in 1963. Newly re-mastered.
