Robert Drasnin

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 less