Post #641431 by Dr. Zarkov on Sat, Jun 23, 2012 6:31 AM

Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: June 20, 2012

On today’s show we engaged in another extrarodainarious and entropical exploration of exotica in all its effluvial effervescence.

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1. “Kazango” by Austin, Texas-based 8 1/2 Souvenirs from their album: Happy Feet, featuring Chrysta Bell on Vocals; Oliver Giroud on Vocals & Electric Guitar; Glover Gil on Vocals, Piano & Kazoo; Todd Wulfmeyer on String Bass; and Adam Berlin on Drums & Percussion.

2. “Jungle Drums (Canto Karabali),” the 1961 recording by Esquivel & His Orchestra from the collection: The History of Space Age Pop, Vol. 2: Mallets in Wonderland.

3. “Venus” by Mark Murphy from his 1959 LP: Hip Parade, featuring The Jud Conlon Singers With Gloria Wood on Backing Vocals; Pete & Conte Candoli on Trumpet; Jimmy Rowles on Piano; Bob Gibbons on Electric Guitar; Mel Lewis on Drums; and Joe Mondragon on String Bass.

4. “Beautiful Kauai” taken from the anthemic anthology: Don Ho’s Greatest Hits.

5. “Mirage” from the CD: Voodoo! – The Exotic Sounds of Robert Drasnin.

6. “Leis of Jazz” from the 1959 LP of the same name by Arthur Lyman, featured on Vibes, Marimba, Congas and other instruments along with Alan Soares on Piano & Celeste; John Kramer on String Bass & Percussion; and Harold Chang on Drums & Percussion. Recorded in 1959 at the Henry J. Kaiser Aluminum Geodesic Dome, Honolulu.

7. “Nuts,” the 1950s side waxed in Paris by Roy Eldridge from the CD Box Set: Little Trumpet Jazz Giant, with Mr. Eldridge on Trumpet, Gerald Wiggins on Piano, Pierre Michelot on Baritone Sax & Kenny Clarke on Drums.

8. “The Bagdad Blues” by pianist Horace Silver from his 1959 LP: Blowing the Blues Away, including Blue Mitchell on Trumpet; Junior Cook on Tenor Sax; Gene Taylor on Bass; and Louis Hayes on Drums.

9. “Rum and Coca Cola,” the 1940s hit song composed by Lionel Belasco and Lord Invader, later stolen by and unfairly credited to Morey Amsterdam, performed by clarinet master Ken Peplowski on his CD: In Search Of..., accompanied here only by Joe Ascione on Drums.

10. “Out of This World” by Ann Hampton Callaway from her CD: Bring Back Romance, accompanied on Piano by Bill Charlap.

11. Berimbau” by Les Baxter Orchestra & Chorus From his 1966 LP: Brazil, Now.

12. “Correnteza,” the song composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim & Luiz Bonfa, performed by Karrin Allyson on her CD: Imagina – Songs of Brasil, featuring Ron Fleeman on Acoustic Guitar; David Finck on String Bass; and Todd Strait on Drums.

13. “Rio After Dark” by Lalo Schifrin on his 1962 LP: Piano, Strings and Bossa Nova.

14. “Rumba Timbales” by Tito Puente from his 1960 album: Tambo’

15. “Xlao Tshao” (Bob Holroyd Remix)/Kalahari Bushmen of the Qwii Music Arts' Trust Khoi San Music from the anthology: Feet – A Global Dance Party.