Encore Presentations...

Had to get the next few weeks' shows ready ahead of time for technical reasons... but, unfortunately, I just didn't have time to do it. So, it's "encore presentations" for the next 3 weeks. Think of it as a opportunity to hear shows you've missed or listen again to a few tunes you may have previously enjoyed.

Here's what's coming up:

•May 29: encore presentation of "Exotic Electronic"
(see playlist July 18, 2006)
•June 5: encore presentation of "Audio Porn"
(see playlist September 5, 2006)
•June 12: encore presentation of "Living Stereo"
(see playlist March 27, 2007)

Enjoy!

Show 49: Trombone Time

Started out wanting to put together a show of all-trombone music but got stuck on the first few trombone records I pulled out. I had such a great time listening to Kai Winding again (it had been awhile) that the whole show became a sort of Kai Winding special... I also threw a few "how-to-play-trombone" clips into the mix.

Here's a link to the offical Kai Winding website.

These tunes are all from a few of Winding's 1960s jazz-pop Verve recordings, by the way. You can dig up a lot of pre- and post-60s straight ahead jazz recordings by Winding, if you're interested.

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Song 1 : : Get Lost
Artist : : Kai Winding
Album : : Kai Winding

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Song 2 : : Mohair Sam
Artist : : Kai Winding
Album : : The In Instrumentals

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Song 3 : : Far Out East
Artist : : Kai Winding
Album : : Kai Winding

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Song 4 : : Simian Theme
Artist : : Kai Winding
Album : : Mondo Cane #2

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Song 5 : : Python
Artist : : Kai Winding
Album : : Mondo Cane #2

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Song 6 : : Only in America
Artist : : Kai Winding
Album : : Kai Winding

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Song 7 : : I Know A Place
Artist : : Kai Winding
Album : : The In Instrumentals

Show 48: Happy Burt-day!

A somewhat belated Burt-day... Burt Bacharach turned 79 years old on May 12, so we're playing some of his tunes today. A big, big jet-set pop/now sound guy (as if you didn't already know). I just love the name of this web-site dedicated to Bacharach... Check it out: A House Is Not A Homepage.

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Song 1 : : South American Getaway
Artist : : Burt Bacharach
Album : : Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid (soundtrack)

Doesn't sound as bossa nova as you would imagine with that title... but it does sound a heck of a lot like The Swingle Singers.

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Song 2 : : After the Fox
Artist : : Oranj Symphonette
Album : : The Oranj Album

Good cover of this fun tune. Why don't these guys get back together and make another record?

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Song 3 : : Walk On By
Artist : : Christopher Scott
Album : : Switched on Bacharach

Wonderful, wonderful Moog mood music!

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Song 4 : : Pacific Coast Highway
Artist : : Burt Bacharach
Album : : Bacharach Bonanza

Parts of this one almost sound like Morricone to me... maybe like something from the soundtrack to My Name is Nobody or The Genius.

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Song 5 : : Make It Easy On Yourself
Artist : : Percy Faith
Album : : Themes for the "In" Crowd

Leave it to Percy Faith to out-easy an easy listening master.

Show 47: Bahia-a-go-go

I've been wanting to put together an all-Brazilian show for awhile. I listen to a lot of this music and it deserves some airplay in the Lounge. Just a small sampling but here you go...

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Song 1 : : Amazonas
Artist : : Walter Wanderly
Album : : Talkin' Verve

The Brazilian-born organist was known for his smooth style and mastery of the Hammond B-3 organ... Born on May 12, 1932 by the way. Here is a short bit of text someone wrote upon discovering his music...

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Song 2 : : Nos E O Mar
Artist : : ?
Album : : Musidisc Bossa Nova

Sorry, I lost track of the artist who performs this version of the Roberto Menescal song... It's from a compilation. If you happen to know who it is, please feel free to let us know. Think I got this from the excellent site Sabadabada at some point.

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Song 3 : : Amelia
Artist : : Eumir Deodato
Album : : Tremendao

Deodato makes some pretty cool music. He's had a long career and he's still at it. Check out his official website here.

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Song 4 : : Chorou Chorou
Artist : : Conjunto De Samba De Balanco
Album : : Samba Do Bom

I really have no information at all about this one... good tune though.

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Song 5 : : Broto Maroto
Artist : : Vinícius de Moraes / Dorival Caymmi / Quarteto em Cy / Oscar Castro Neves
Album : : Vinicius E Caymmi No Zum Zum (Ao Vivo)

Excellent "kind-of-live" album by a group made up of Brazilian greats. "Kind-of-live" because it's an in-studio recreation of a famous live show. If you don't know who these people are, you should, so check out these sites:
-Vinicius de Moraes (Brazilian site in Portuguese & English Wikipedia entry)
-Dorival Caymmi
-Quarteto em Cy (Brazilian site in Portuguese & Some info in English)
-Oscar Castro Neves

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Song 6 : : Vim Da Bahia
Artist : : Quarteto Em Cy & Tamba Trio
Album : : Som Definitivo

Quarteto Em Cy were known as The Girls from Bahia in North America... Tamba Trio also have an official Brazilian site in Portuguese (and here's a little info in English).

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Song 7 : : Berimbau
Artist : : Vinícius de Moraes / Dorival Caymmi / Quarteto em Cy / Oscar Castro Neves
Album : : Vinicius E Caymmi No Zum Zum (Ao Vivo)

Berimbau

Show 46: Cocktails anyone?

Believe it or not, this is Thrifting for Tunes 1 year anniversary on Luxuriamusic.com (though the show concept has actually been around a little longer, on and off, in one form or another, on The Lounge King Show in Montreal)!

What better way to celebrate than with a few cocktails, new background music (Adventures in Paradise by The Islanders), and a new album preview (Creamy Cocktails & Other Delights by Cherry Capri & The Martini Kings)!

Before getting into the serious exotic cocktails, let's start off with a few songs about simple straight up booze...

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Song 1 : : April and its Wine
Artist : : Sciltian Adams
Album : : Sciltian Adams

This record made its way 'round the sharity blogs some time back but no one seems to have any info on the artist. Good record though... great basslines, punchy horns and percussion.

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Song 2 : : Hot Sake
Artist : : Cal Tjader
Album : : Several Shades of Jade

I'm not a sake fan... just don't get it... but I do love this record! An exotic classic that is a departure from Tjader's usual latin sound and features music with more of a Far East influence, arranged by the great Lalo Schifrin.

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Song 3 : : After Six
Artist : : Lee Hazlewood
Album : : The Boots are Made For Walking - The Complete MGM Recordings

Good ol' Barton tries to trade anything and everything for a glass of any kind of booze he can get... the bartender ain't buying though. Lee sings this one on a great Swedish television special called "Love and Other Crimes." I'll play some excerpts from the show some time around Lee's birthday this summer.

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Well just look who's come up with a frothy new mix of songs about cocktails! Why it's Cherry Capri, who I'm sure you all know as an advice columnist, entertainer, artist, style diva, hostess, and all-around ultra modern living hostess! Cherry has teamed up with premiere cocktail band The Martini Kings to bring us Creamy Cocktails & Other Delights... we're pleased to feature a few tracks in the Mauna Loa Lounge today.

Song 4 : : Singapore Sling
Artist : : Cherry Capri and The Martini Kings
Album : : Creamy Cocktails & Other Delights

•1 1/2 ounce gin
•1/2 ounce Cherry Heering brandy
•1/4 ounce Cointreau
•1/4 ounce Benedictine
•4 ounces pineapple juice
•1/2 ounce lime juice
•1/3 ounce grenadine
•dash bitters

Shake with ice.
Strain into an ice filled collins glass.
Garnish with cherry and slice of pineapple.

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Song 5 : : Creamy Cocktail
Artist : : Cherry Capri and The Martini Kings
Album : : Creamy Cocktails & Other Delights

Can I get away with playing this creamy, steamy track...?

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Song 6 : : Tiny Bubbles
Artist : : Cherry Capri and The Martini Kings
Album : : Creamy Cocktails & Other Delights

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