Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge 5-2-12: Asia Bound - Tiki Music

DZ Dr. Zarkov Member Joined: Mar 07, 2008 Posts: 644	DZ Dr. Zarkov Posted posted on Wed, May 2, 2012 10:14 PM On today’s show we engaged in another extrarodainarious and entropical exploration of exotica in all its effluvial effervescence, with a special empathatical emphasis on music with an Asian tinge. Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge is broadcast on Wednesdays, 5-6 pm EDT at: http://www.radiofairfax.org The show is broadcast live; no recorded shows are archived. Some fans choose to record it on their computers to listen to later. Radio Fairfax also can be heard on Tune In Radio at tunein.com, and streamed on smartphones by downloading the Tunein app. It can be streamed on Roku and Google TV at: http://tinyurl.com/3uqfsz9 “China, We Owe a Lot to You” by the New Leviathan Oriental Fox-Trot Orchestra from their 1975 LP: From New Orleans to Constantinople – On the S.S. Leviathan. “I'm an Occidental Woman in an Oriental Mood for Love” the Gene Austin song sung by Mae West from the 1936 movie: Klondike Annie, taken from her collection: Come Up and See Me Sometime – 30 Original Mono Recordings, 1933-1954. “Hong Kong Blues” by Hoagy Carmichael from the CD: Hoagy Sings Carmichael, from the 1944 Humphrey Bogart-Lauren Becall movie “To Have And Have Not,” including Artie Bernstein on Bass and Spike Jones on Drums. That song was included on the late 1940s LP – which was one of the first long playing record ever produced – assembled from his earlier 78 rpm sides called: The Stardust Road, currently available on the CD: Hoagy Sings Carmichael. “Kickin' the Gong Around” the 1931 song by Cab Calloway & His Orchestra, from the comedical compilation: Marijuana Madness: The Best of Reefer Songs 1927-1947. “Gomen Nasai (Forgive Me)” the 1952 song recorded by Slim Gaillard & His Shintoists from the CD Box Set: Laughing in Rhythm, featuring Slim on Vocal, Ben Webster on Tenor Sax, Cyril Hayes on Piano, Milt Jackson on Drums and Ray Brown on Bass. “Rain in Rangoon,” the 1958 performance of the Vernon Duke song by The Markko Polo Adventurers, appearing on the anthology: The History of Space Age Pop, Vol. 2: Mallets in Wonderland. “Limehouse Blues,” the 1922 song originally written for Gertrude Lawrence by Douglas Furber & Philip Braham, performed here by Esquivel and His Orchestra on his 1960 LP: Infinity in Sound, Volume 2. “Sakura,” a Japanese Folk Song performed by ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro on his 2006 CD: Gently Weeps. “The Japanese Sandman” The 1920 song by Richard A. Whiting & Raymond B. Egan recorded in the late 1930s by Felix Mendelssohn and His Hawaiian Serenaders from the collection: Crazy Rhythm Hawaiian Swing. “Shanghai Surf” by The Supertones from the oceanic collection: War of the Surf Guitars! “Lotus Land” from the crucial compilation: The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny. “The Four Winds and the Seven Seas” the song composed by Hal David & Don Rodney and sung in 1949 by Mel Torme, taken from his recording: Love Me or Leave Me. “Hana Pele,” the classic Charles E. King song performed by Arthur Lyman on his 1955 recording: The Legend of Pele. “Chan” the 1967 version performed by Tito Puente” from the collection: El Rey. “Mountain High, Valley Low” the 1955 recording from the CD: Helen Merrill With Clifford Brown -- Complete Recordings, including Hank Jones on Piano; Barry Galbraith on Acoustic Guitar; Milt Hinton on Bass and Sol Gubin on Drums. By the legendary electronic music pioneer and composer Raymond Scott & Bernie Hanighen for the 1946 Broadway musical: Lute Song, starring Mary Martin and featuring a then-unknown Yul Brynner and future First Lady Nancy Reagan. “Arirang (Mountain of Happiness),” the Korean folk song perfomed by the Hawaiian singer Emma Veary from the collection: The Best of Emma. “Twilight World,” the song written by Marian McPartland and Johnny Mercer performed by the Chicago Jazz pianist and singer Judy Roberts on her CD: Circle of Friends, with Greg Fishman on Tenor Sax & Flute; Stewart Miller on Bass; and Greg Sergo on Drums. [ Edited by: Dr. Zarkov 2012-05-02 22:18 ]

On today’s show we engaged in another extrarodainarious and entropical exploration of exotica in all its effluvial effervescence, with a special empathatical emphasis on music with an Asian tinge.

Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge is broadcast on Wednesdays, 5-6 pm EDT at: http://www.radiofairfax.org The show is broadcast live; no recorded shows are archived. Some fans choose to record it on their computers to listen to later. Radio Fairfax also can be heard on Tune In Radio at tunein.com, and streamed on smartphones by downloading the Tunein app. It can be streamed on Roku and Google TV at: http://tinyurl.com/3uqfsz9

“China, We Owe a Lot to You” by the New Leviathan Oriental Fox-Trot Orchestra from their 1975 LP: From New Orleans to Constantinople – On the S.S. Leviathan.
“I'm an Occidental Woman in an Oriental Mood for Love” the Gene Austin song sung by Mae West from the 1936 movie: Klondike Annie, taken from her collection: Come Up and See Me Sometime – 30 Original Mono Recordings, 1933-1954.
“Hong Kong Blues” by Hoagy Carmichael from the CD: Hoagy Sings Carmichael, from the 1944 Humphrey Bogart-Lauren Becall movie “To Have And Have Not,” including Artie Bernstein on Bass and Spike Jones on Drums. That song was included on the late 1940s LP – which was one of the first long playing record ever produced – assembled from his earlier 78 rpm sides called: The Stardust Road, currently available on the CD: Hoagy Sings Carmichael.
“Kickin' the Gong Around” the 1931 song by Cab Calloway & His Orchestra, from the comedical compilation: Marijuana Madness: The Best of Reefer Songs 1927-1947.
“Gomen Nasai (Forgive Me)” the 1952 song recorded by Slim Gaillard & His Shintoists from the CD Box Set: Laughing in Rhythm, featuring Slim on Vocal, Ben Webster on Tenor Sax, Cyril Hayes on Piano, Milt Jackson on Drums and Ray Brown on Bass.
“Rain in Rangoon,” the 1958 performance of the Vernon Duke song by The Markko Polo Adventurers, appearing on the anthology: The History of Space Age Pop, Vol. 2: Mallets in Wonderland.
“Limehouse Blues,” the 1922 song originally written for Gertrude Lawrence by Douglas Furber & Philip Braham, performed here by Esquivel and His Orchestra on his 1960 LP: Infinity in Sound, Volume 2.
“Sakura,” a Japanese Folk Song performed by ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro on his 2006 CD: Gently Weeps.
“The Japanese Sandman” The 1920 song by Richard A. Whiting & Raymond B. Egan recorded in the late 1930s by Felix Mendelssohn and His Hawaiian Serenaders from the collection: Crazy Rhythm Hawaiian Swing.
“Shanghai Surf” by The Supertones from the oceanic collection: War of the Surf Guitars!
“Lotus Land” from the crucial compilation: The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny.
“The Four Winds and the Seven Seas” the song composed by Hal David & Don Rodney and sung in 1949 by Mel Torme, taken from his recording: Love Me or Leave Me.
“Hana Pele,” the classic Charles E. King song performed by Arthur Lyman on his 1955 recording: The Legend of Pele.
“Chan” the 1967 version performed by Tito Puente” from the collection: El Rey.
“Mountain High, Valley Low” the 1955 recording from the CD: Helen Merrill With Clifford Brown -- Complete Recordings, including Hank Jones on Piano; Barry Galbraith on Acoustic Guitar; Milt Hinton on Bass and Sol Gubin on Drums. By the legendary electronic music pioneer and composer Raymond Scott & Bernie Hanighen for the 1946 Broadway musical: Lute Song, starring Mary Martin and featuring a then-unknown Yul Brynner and future First Lady Nancy Reagan.
“Arirang (Mountain of Happiness),” the Korean folk song perfomed by the Hawaiian singer Emma Veary from the collection: The Best of Emma.
“Twilight World,” the song written by Marian McPartland and Johnny Mercer performed by the Chicago Jazz pianist and singer Judy Roberts on her CD: Circle of Friends, with Greg Fishman on Tenor Sax & Flute; Stewart Miller on Bass; and Greg Sergo on Drums.

[ Edited by: Dr. Zarkov 2012-05-02 22:18 ]

Post #634817 by Dr. Zarkov on Wed, May 2, 2012 10:14 PM