Arthur Lyman

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Arthur Lyman was an American jazz vibraphonist and bandleader best known for popularizing the exotica music style in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bandleader
exotica musician
human
jazz vibraphonist
musician
activePeriod 1950s
1960s
associatedAct Arthur Lyman Group NERFINISHED
Martin Denny NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
ethnicGroup Hawaiian American
familyName Lyman NERFINISHED
genre exotica
jazz
lounge music
givenName Arthur NERFINISHED
hasGenreCharacteristic Latin and Polynesian rhythmic influences
easy listening sound
influenced later lounge and tiki revival artists
instrument marimba
percussion
vibraphone
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement exotica music
name Arthur Lyman NERFINISHED
notableFor popularizing exotica music style in the 1950s and 1960s
notableInstrumentalRole leader of the Arthur Lyman Group
notableWork Pearly Shells (recording) NERFINISHED
Taboo (album) NERFINISHED
Yellow Bird (recording) NERFINISHED
occupation bandleader
percussionist
vibraphonist
partOf mid-20th-century American popular music scene
placeOfActivity Hawaii NERFINISHED
recordLabel HiFi Records NERFINISHED
Liberty Records NERFINISHED
style tropical-themed arrangements
use of bird calls and nature sounds in music

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Les Baxter influenced Arthur Lyman