Band,
Jazz
Gene Rains is a vibraphonist and leader of the Gene Rains Group, a jazz quartet from Hawaii that played a musical style known as Exotica. Rains' short career spanned the early to the mid-1960s and consisted of 4 LP recordings released on Decca Records and the Vocalion label. These LPs were released during the golden era of Hawaiian and Exotica music and the Tiki culture in the United States. The Gene Rains Group repertoire featured popular Hawaiian and Polynesian Island melodies as well as popular American tunes of the era.
![]() | Archie Grant b, perc |
![]() | Gene Rains vib, perc |
![]() | Byron L. Peterson p, perc |
![]() | Allen Watanabe dr, perc |
Track list and 30sec audio provided by
Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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The Call Of The Tropics | The Gene Rains Group | 1962 | Compil. |
Rains In The Tropics | The Gene Rains Group | 1962 | Album |
Far Across The Sea | The Gene Rains Group | 1961 | Album |
Lotus Land | The Gene Rains Group | 1960 | Album |