Robert Drasnin

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Chant of the Moon 02:31 Tools
Orinoco 02:19 Tools
Voodoo 02:55 Tools
Desirée 02:57 Tools
Warm Night Wind 02:45 Tools
Enchantment 02:45 Tools
Hindara 02:54 Tools
You 02:25 Tools
Mirage 02:58 Tools
Jardin De La Noche 02:36 Tools
Tambuku 03:20 Tools
Paradise 02:32 Tools
East of Xanadu 04:20 Tools
Moorean Moonbeams 04:15 Tools
Polynesian Bolero 03:36 Tools
Habanera In Blue 03:56 Tools
Kahluha Mist 03:56 Tools
Puente Doble 03:52 Tools
Tahitian Dream 03:39 Tools
Siren Song 04:12 Tools
Off And Running 02:30 Tools
La Mer Velours 03:45 Tools
Luz de la Luna 03:07 Tools
Reminiscence 04:01 Tools
Sambalerro 04:10 Tools
Appogiatura Exotica 02:58 Tools
La Mer Azure 02:58 Tools
Anna May Wong 02:03 Tools
Hulabalu 02:03 Tools
Hola Samba 02:03 Tools
Moirage 02:58 Tools
Voyage to Vanuatu 06:32 Tools
Song of the Sulu Sea 02:03 Tools
Farewell to Tuvalu 02:03 Tools
Jobimiana 06:32 Tools
Tiki Idyll 02:03 Tools
Aloha 06:33 Tools
The Dippy Blonde Affair 02:03 Tools
Space Thief / Space Genie (The Thief from Outer Space) 02:03 Tools
The Pop Art Affair 05:19 Tools
The Re-Collectors Affair 06:32 Tools
The Foxes And Hounds Affair 05:19 Tools
The Tigers Are Coming Affair 04:24 Tools
3 Views of Havana 06:33 Tools
Desireé 02:57 Tools
Solo Busanova 02:11 Tools
Apprehension Will Out / Smith Brothers (The Thief from Outer Space) 02:11 Tools
FORBIDDEN WORLD: Space Walk 06:33 Tools
There They Go 02:10 Tools
CURSE OF COUSIN SMITH: Mississippi Shuffle 01:25 Tools
Paradise - Original Mix 01:25 Tools
Outer Baghdad / Salty Sultan (The Thief from Outer Space) 01:25 Tools
The Galatea Affair 02:57 Tools
The Nowhere Affair 01:25 Tools
Little Joe's Yes 01:24 Tools
Arabian Work Song (The Thief from Outer Space) 01:24 Tools
Thieves Cave / Arabian Capture (The Thief from Outer Space) 01:24 Tools
Jardin de la Noché 02:36 Tools
Dark of the Moon / Sultan's Quest (The Thief from Outer Space) 02:36 Tools
Sibling Snit / Wandering Will (The Thief from Outer Space) 02:36 Tools
Back to Back / Work Song No. 2 (The Thief from Outer Space) 02:36 Tools
Orinoco (Original Mix) 02:36 Tools
Samba Con Pollo 02:57 Tools
Fatima / Smith Birds Pt. 1 (The Thief from Outer Space) 02:57 Tools
Masquerade / Sheriff Serenade (West of Mars) 02:57 Tools
La Mar Velours 02:57 Tools
Space Walk 02:36 Tools
Mississippi Shuffle 01:25 Tools
Shish Kabob / The Great Offendi (The Thief from Outer Space) 01:25 Tools
Question Period / Zeno's Exit / Sentimental Smith (West of Mars) 01:25 Tools
Hindara - Original Mix 02:57 Tools
jardín de la noché 02:57 Tools
Tambuk 02:57 Tools
Grand Visier / Sad Sultan (The Thief from Outer Space) 02:57 Tools
Caliph Smith / Asterordinary Situation / Molto Pain / Slave Cave (The Thief from Outer Space) 02:57 Tools
You (Original Mix) 02:57 Tools
Accordion Prelude 02:57 Tools
Zeno's Back in Town (West of Mars) 02:57 Tools
Space Vipers / Crash Landing / After Crash / New Image (West of Mars) 02:57 Tools
RUN FOR THE MONEY: Checkmate/Plot Rock 02:57 Tools
Tambuku - Original Mix 02:57 Tools
Orinoco - Original Mix 02:57 Tools
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Robert Drasnin played alto, clarinet, and flute in the jazz bands of such leaders as Tommy Dorsey and Red Norvo. His status as an artiste, however, rests upon an album that he might have considered as a trifle at the time. Voodoo, issued around the late '50s on the tiny Tops label, closely approximated the exotica sound of Martin Denny -- under, apparently, instructions from the Tops A&R chief himself. Drasnin devised a satisfying approximation of Denny's tropical-Latin-lounge jazz hybrid, in somewhat of a more low-key fashion than Denny himself. Indeed, Drasnin later arranged Denny's Latin Village album. The rare Voodoo LP was reissued on CD in 1996. Robert Drasnin also has a host of television compositions under his belt, including work for Lost in Space, Playhouse 90, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Mission Impossible, and The Twilight Zone. From 1977 until the early '90s, he was the Director of Music for CBS Entertainment. Re-issued on CD by Dionysus during the recent Exotica revivalist movement, exposure to the original Voodoo by a new generation has resulted in overwhelming demand for more. After a unanimously enthusiastic response to a live performance at the Hukilau festival in 2005, Mr. Drasnin was delighted at the opportunity to go back into the studio to create a follow-up to his singular masterpiece, almost five decades later. The CD was relased by Dionysus Records in Spring of 2007, and was performed live at the Hukilau in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on June 15, 2007. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.