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Product DescriptionThis is a classic 2 CD set: KORLA PANDIT - BURIED TREASURE CD #1 includes: The Magnetic Theme, Procession Of The Grand Moghul, Theme Of The Underwater Worshippers, Trance Dance, An Ode To A Lotus Blossom, Turkish Dance, Aicha's Dance, The Hypnotist, Ode To A Desert Love, Kumar, Tabla Tarangua, Strange Enchantment, Babalu, Trestiza, Baia, Orchids In The Moonlight, Begin The Beguine, and The Swan. JUAN ROLANDO - COCKTAIL HOUR CD #2 includes: Spoken intro, Flying Home, Chinatown, Chinatown Take 2 (including Juan's own speaking voice!), Tico Tico (the song he taught Ethel Smith how to play!), Paran Pan Pin, What Is This Thing Called Love, Heat Wave, And The Angels Sing, Marie, I Got Rhythm, Say Si Si, My Blue Heaven, South American Way, Bim Bam Bum, Pepita, Give It To Me Now, A Big Noise From Winetka, Pine Top Smith's Boogie, On The Sunny Side Of The Street,Temptation, Chiu Chiu, Linda Mujer, and Right As The Rain. 1. Magnetic Theme 2. Procession Of The Grand Moghul 3. Theme Of The Underwater Worshippers 4. Trance Dance 5. An Ode To A Lotus Blossom 6. Turkish Dance 7. Aicha's Dance 8. The Hypnotist 9. Ode To A Desert Love 10. Kumar 11. Tabla Tarangua 12. Strange Enchantment 13. Babalu 14. Trestiza 15. Baia 16. Orchids In The Moonlight 17. Begin The Beguine 18. The Swan 1. Intro 2. Flying Home 3. Chinatown 4. Chinatown - Take 2 5. Tico Tico 6. Paran Pan Pin 7. What Is This Thing Called Love 8. Heat Wave 9. And The Angels Sing 10. Marie 11. I Got Rhythm 12. Say Si Si 13. My Blue Heaven 14. South American Way 15. Bim Bam Bum 16. Pepita 17. Give It To Me Now 18. A Big Noise From Winnetka 19. Pine Top Smith's Boogie 20. On The Sunny Side Of The Street 21. Temptation 22. Chiu Chiu 23. Linda Mujer 24. Right As The Rai
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A KORLA PANDIT BY ANY OTHER NAME IS JUST AS GREAT! Henry Penn | Dayton, Ohio | 01/26/2007 (5 out of 5 stars) "In the Hollywood of the Thirties and Forties, the stars were given new names that sounded better or projected a bigger image. When John Roland Redd, keyboard virtuoso, hit Hollywood in 1940, he started wearing a turban and changed his name to Juan Rolando. Juan made fantastic sounds recorded on Cocktail Hour Records heard on this CD - outstanding are Chinatown, Tico Tico (he taught Ethel Smith to play it and she had a best seller with his arrangement!), and Give It To Me Now. In 1948 Juan began playing mood music for a revival of the hit radio serial Chandu The Magician, and with that show came the name and image adjustment to Korla Pandit. Mr. Pandit pioneered Television on KTLA with his own show, but he also pioneered something more lasting, namely EXOTICA! His mystic moods inspired the likes of Martin Denny, and everything he played with an exotic flavor can be heard on this Korla Pandit Buried Treasure CD. Especially haunting are his own Magnetic Theme, Ode To A Desert Love, Tabla Tarangua, and Theme Of The Underwater Worshippers, but really, every number Korla Pandit plays is awesome, and nowhere is he as awesome as on this 2-set CD! Some of this stuff is ancient, having been recorded by Harry Bryant at Radio Recorders in Hollywood beginning in 1943, so the audio is therefore not always up to today's standards, but Brian Friedman mastered beautifully to get the most out of the material at hand (culled from auctions of Korla Pandit's Estate after his demise). Composer/keyboardist and student and friend of Korla Pandit, Verne Langdon, is listed as the producer - job well done, Mr. Langdon (if memory serves, Verne Langdon also produced Remembering Korla Pandit for Dejavu Records). This double CD set is pricey, but well worth it at any cost! If you're the Tiki/lounge type, Korla Pandit Buried Treasure/Juan Rolando Cocktail Hour is for you!"
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Track Listings (18) - Disc #1