Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge 2-25-15 Birthdays - Tiki Music

DZ Dr. Zarkov Member Joined: Mar 07, 2008 Posts: 644	DZ Dr. Zarkov Posted posted on Wed, Feb 25, 2015 11:00 PM Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: February 25, 2015 On this week’s show we once again celebrated the birthdays of just some of the fine musical artists who slid onto this mortal coil during the fabulous month of February. 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, but some listeners choose to record it on their computers to listen later. Radio Fairfax also can be heard on Tune In Radio at tunein.com, and streamed on smartphones by downloading the Tunein app. It also can be streamed on Roku and Google TV at: http://tinyurl.com/3uqfsz9 “12th Street Rag,” the 1914 song by Euday L. and Mary M. Bowman about the red light district in Kansas City, recorded in 1928 by our Birthday Boy Roy Smeck on Steel Guitar, found on the ukesome anthology: With My Little Ukulele in My Hand. “Two Deuces,” composed by our Natal Notable Lil Hardin, who was the first wife of Louis Armstrong, taken from the historical document: Louis Armstrong, Volume 4: Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines, recorded in 1928 and featuring Mr. Hines on Piano, Fred Robinson on Trombone, Jimmy Strong on Clarinet and Tenor Sax, Mancy Carr on Banjo and Zutty Singleton on Drums. “Snowy Morning Blues (Alternate Take)” written and performed by our February Birthday Celebrant from his righteous recording: The Original James P. Johnson – 1942-1945 Piano Solos. “Killin' Myself,” recorded by the singer Ivie Anderson in 1939 with the song’s composer Duke Ellington and his Orchestra on her coloristic collection: I've Got the World on a String, featuring our Birthday Boy Rex Stewart on Cornet along with Cootie Williams on Muted Trumpet. The hopefully ironically titled “For Europeans Only,” composed by Birthday Celebrant Tadd Dameron and the Tenor Sax Master Illinois Jacquet, waxed in 1947 featuring our Birthday Boy Bill Doggett on Piano along with an all-star lineup of Fats Navarro, Joe Newman, Marion Hazel & Miles Davis on Trumpets, found on the bodacious Box Set: The Illinois Jacquet Story. “Little White Lies,” the 1930 song written by our Birthday Boy Walter Donaldson was heard in a 1947 recording by Mel Torme from his creative compilation: Sounds of the 20th Century – Love Me or Leave Me. The George Shearing and David Weiss classic “Lullaby of Birdland, performed in 1959 by our Natal Numinary Arthur Lyman on his album: Leis of Jazz, which was recorded at the Henry J. Kaiser Aluminum Geodesic Dome, Honolulu, featuring Hawaiian native Arthur Lyman on Vibes and Piano, Harold Chang on Timbales and John Kramer on Bass. “Just a-Sittin' and a-Rockin',” the 1941 song by Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn and Lee Gaines, taken from the 1957 album: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, featuring our February Birthday Boy Joe Mondragon on Bass, along with Paul Smith on Piano, Ben Webster on Tenor Sax, Stuff Smith on Violin, Barney Kessel on Electric Guitar and Alvin Stoller on Drums. The 1933 song by our Birthday Boy Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed, “Temptation,” performed by Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra on their 1956 ambitious album issued over the years under a number of titles and now known as Adventures in Sound, featuring another February celebrant Don Fagerquist on the second Trumpet solo after Pete Candoli turned in the first Trumpet solo, along with our versatile Birthday Boy Joe Mondragon on Bass, Claude Williamson on Piano and Barney Kessel on Electric Guitar. “Chilly Winds Don't Blow,” written by Hecky Krasnow and William Lovelock and sung by our Birthday Girl Nina Simone on her copacetic collection: Compact Jazz. “Just Friends,” the 1931 song by John Klenner and Sam M. Lewis was found on the anthemic anthology: Tony Bennett – Jazz, recorded in 1964 with the help of our February Natal Notable Stan Getz on Tenor Sax joined by Herbie Hancock on Piano, Ron Carter on Bass and Elvin Jones on Drums. “Says My Heart,” composed by our Birthday Boy Burton Lane and Frank Loesser for the 1938 Fred MacMurray movie: Coconut Grove, waxed by the dynamic vocal duo Jackie & Roy on their auspicious album: Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most, featuring Roy Kral on Piano, Barney Kessel on Electric Guitar, Red Mitchell on Bass and Shelley Manne on Drums. “Helen's Advice,” performed in 1950 by Helen Humes and found on her combustive collection: Be-Baba-Leba – 1944-52, featuring our Birthday Celebrant Dexter Gordon’s Orchestra, with Mr. Gordon on Tenor Sax, Maurice Simon on Baritone Sax, Vernon “Geechie” Smith on Trumpet, Ernie Freeman on Piano, Red Callendar on Bass and J.C. Heard on Drums. “West Coast Blues,” composed by Wes Montgomery and sung by our Birthday Girl Nancy Wilson in 1964 and included on the resissue of her languorous LP: Yesterday's Love Songs Today's Blues, with Jack Wilson on Piano, Wild Bill Davis on Organ, Joe Pass on Electric Guitar, Jimmy Bond on Bass and Kenny Dennis on Drums. “Winter Tide,” inspired by sight and sounds of the ocean in winter, composed and performed by the Hawaiian Slack-Key Guitar master who shares a birthday this month, Keola Beamer, appearing on his scintillating CD: Moe’uhane Kika – Tales From the Dream Guitar. “The Portland Cement Factory at Monolith, California,” by Takoma Park native and February Birthday Boy John Fahey from his haunting album: Days Have Gone By, Vol. 6.

Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: February 25, 2015

On this week’s show we once again celebrated the birthdays of just some of the fine musical artists who slid onto this mortal coil during the fabulous month of February.

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, but some listeners choose to record it on their computers to listen later. Radio Fairfax also can be heard on Tune In Radio at tunein.com, and streamed on smartphones by downloading the Tunein app. It also can be streamed on Roku and Google TV at: http://tinyurl.com/3uqfsz9

“12th Street Rag,” the 1914 song by Euday L. and Mary M. Bowman about the red light district in Kansas City, recorded in 1928 by our Birthday Boy Roy Smeck on Steel Guitar, found on the ukesome anthology: With My Little Ukulele in My Hand.
“Two Deuces,” composed by our Natal Notable Lil Hardin, who was the first wife of Louis Armstrong, taken from the historical document: Louis Armstrong, Volume 4: Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines, recorded in 1928 and featuring Mr. Hines on Piano, Fred Robinson on Trombone, Jimmy Strong on Clarinet and Tenor Sax, Mancy Carr on Banjo and Zutty Singleton on Drums.
“Snowy Morning Blues (Alternate Take)” written and performed by our February Birthday Celebrant from his righteous recording: The Original James P. Johnson – 1942-1945 Piano Solos.
“Killin' Myself,” recorded by the singer Ivie Anderson in 1939 with the song’s composer Duke Ellington and his Orchestra on her coloristic collection: I've Got the World on a String, featuring our Birthday Boy Rex Stewart on Cornet along with Cootie Williams on Muted Trumpet.
The hopefully ironically titled “For Europeans Only,” composed by Birthday Celebrant Tadd Dameron and the Tenor Sax Master Illinois Jacquet, waxed in 1947 featuring our Birthday Boy Bill Doggett on Piano along with an all-star lineup of Fats Navarro, Joe Newman, Marion Hazel & Miles Davis on Trumpets, found on the bodacious Box Set: The Illinois Jacquet Story.
“Little White Lies,” the 1930 song written by our Birthday Boy Walter Donaldson was heard in a 1947 recording by Mel Torme from his creative compilation: Sounds of the 20th Century – Love Me or Leave Me.
The George Shearing and David Weiss classic “Lullaby of Birdland, performed in 1959 by our Natal Numinary Arthur Lyman on his album: Leis of Jazz, which was recorded at the Henry J. Kaiser Aluminum Geodesic Dome, Honolulu, featuring Hawaiian native Arthur Lyman on Vibes and Piano, Harold Chang on Timbales and John Kramer on Bass.
“Just a-Sittin' and a-Rockin',” the 1941 song by Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn and Lee Gaines, taken from the 1957 album: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, featuring our February Birthday Boy Joe Mondragon on Bass, along with Paul Smith on Piano, Ben Webster on Tenor Sax, Stuff Smith on Violin, Barney Kessel on Electric Guitar and Alvin Stoller on Drums.
The 1933 song by our Birthday Boy Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed, “Temptation,” performed by Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra on their 1956 ambitious album issued over the years under a number of titles and now known as Adventures in Sound, featuring another February celebrant Don Fagerquist on the second Trumpet solo after Pete Candoli turned in the first Trumpet solo, along with our versatile Birthday Boy Joe Mondragon on Bass, Claude Williamson on Piano and Barney Kessel on Electric Guitar.
“Chilly Winds Don't Blow,” written by Hecky Krasnow and William Lovelock and sung by our Birthday Girl Nina Simone on her copacetic collection: Compact Jazz.
“Just Friends,” the 1931 song by John Klenner and Sam M. Lewis was found on the anthemic anthology: Tony Bennett – Jazz, recorded in 1964 with the help of our February Natal Notable Stan Getz on Tenor Sax joined by Herbie Hancock on Piano, Ron Carter on Bass and Elvin Jones on Drums.
“Says My Heart,” composed by our Birthday Boy Burton Lane and Frank Loesser for the 1938 Fred MacMurray movie: Coconut Grove, waxed by the dynamic vocal duo Jackie & Roy on their auspicious album: Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most, featuring Roy Kral on Piano, Barney Kessel on Electric Guitar, Red Mitchell on Bass and Shelley Manne on Drums.
“Helen's Advice,” performed in 1950 by Helen Humes and found on her combustive collection: Be-Baba-Leba – 1944-52, featuring our Birthday Celebrant Dexter Gordon’s Orchestra, with Mr. Gordon on Tenor Sax, Maurice Simon on Baritone Sax, Vernon “Geechie” Smith on Trumpet, Ernie Freeman on Piano, Red Callendar on Bass and J.C. Heard on Drums.
“West Coast Blues,” composed by Wes Montgomery and sung by our Birthday Girl Nancy Wilson in 1964 and included on the resissue of her languorous LP: Yesterday's Love Songs Today's Blues, with Jack Wilson on Piano, Wild Bill Davis on Organ, Joe Pass on Electric Guitar, Jimmy Bond on Bass and Kenny Dennis on Drums.
“Winter Tide,” inspired by sight and sounds of the ocean in winter, composed and performed by the Hawaiian Slack-Key Guitar master who shares a birthday this month, Keola Beamer, appearing on his scintillating CD: Moe’uhane Kika – Tales From the Dream Guitar.
“The Portland Cement Factory at Monolith, California,” by Takoma Park native and February Birthday Boy John Fahey from his haunting album: Days Have Gone By, Vol. 6.

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