Artist:  The Jazz Sounds of Arthur Lyman

Title:  Leis of Jazz

Date:  1959

Label:  HiFiRecords   SR 607

Cover Photograph By:  Werner Stoy – Camera Hawaii

Notes:  OK, so you've heard Arthur do the lounge, birdcall, tourist thing right? Forget that, this is a different beast here altogether. This is a serious jazz record here folks and Lyman is up to the task in all respects. Not to say that he abandons his usual persona altogether, there's still an island feel and you can hear the surf if you concentrate. The cover photo of the lei upon the sand, the wandering breeze, the sound of the music takes you away. Worth a few spins at least.

Track Listing

Side 1

Leis of Jazz
Trigger Fantasy
The Lady Is a Tramp
Body and Soul
Gypsy in My Soul
Lullaby of the Leaves

Side 2

On the Street Where You Live
My Funny Valentine
The Way You Look Tonight
How High the Moon
Lullaby of Birdland
Aloha Oe