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Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge 6-3-15 Pop & Exotica

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Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: June 3, 2015

On today’s show we once again extroversionized our propensity for pop and exotica music in all its riotous range.

Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge is broadcast on Wednesdays, 5-6 pm Eastern Time (2-3 pm on the West Coast) 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

  1. “Moloka'i Nui a Hina,” performed by the Hawaiian singer Emma Veary on her righteous retrospective: The Best of Emma, conducted and arranged by Jack De Mello.

  2. “An Orange Grove in California,” the 1922 song that was composed by Irving Berlin for the 3rd Music Box Theater Broadway Revue of 1923, recorded in 1933 and found on the anthropomorphic album: Sol Hoopii and His Novelty Quartette – Classic Hawaiian Steel Guitar Performances 1933-34, featuring Mr. Hoopii on Acoustic Steel Guitar.

  3. “Hana Chant,” recorded in the 1940s by John Pi'ilani Watkins & The Hotel Hana Maui Choir, and taken from the clamorous collection: Vintage Hawaiian Treasures, Volume Two – Hula Hawaiian Style.

  4. “Tiare Anani,” drawn from a companion disc: Vintage Hawaiian Treasures, Volume Three – Tahitian Drums & Dances Performed by Toti’s Tahitians, also recorded in the 1940s. Toti started in Tahiti and then moved to Honolulu to perform at Don the Beachcomber’s, later moving to Ft. Lauderdale where he performed at the Mai-Kai Restaurant until his retirement in 1982. Instruments used include Pahus, made from hollowed out logs hit with the hand or a stick, bamboo drums, and Toere, a small wood block hit with a stick. Other instruments are described as nose flute and guitar, although it sounds like the Tahitian ukulele was included, as well.

  5. “Noho Pai Pai (Rocking Chair),” waxed by the Ka’au Crater Boys on their outstanding album: Valley Style, with Troy Fernandez on Vocals, Ukulele and Bass, and Mike Muldoon on Percussion.

  6. “Hawaiian Wedding Song,” which was written by Charles E. King, this version having been found on the superlitatious CD: Jerry Byrd – Master of the Steel Guitar, Volume One.

  7. “Banana Boy,” recorded by Les Baxter and His Orchestra for their 1959 lux LP: African Jazz.

  8. “Nature Boy,” the classic composed by the original Hippy himself, Eden Ahbez, sung by Connie Evingson on her curvaceous compact disc: Gypsy in My Soul, accompanied by Pearl Django from Seattle, who are Neil Anderson on Lead Acoustic Guitar, Greg Ruby on Rhythm Acoustic Guitar, Michael Gray on Violin, Rick Leppanen on Bass and Darryl Boudreaux on Percussion.

  9. “Boy Scout in Switzerland,” found on the scintilatious CD: Celebration on the Planet Mars: A Tribute to Raymond Scott by The Beau Hunks Sextette, with Robert Veen on Tenor Sax, Ronald Jansen Heijtmajer on Clarinet, Menno Daams on Trumpet, Jakob Klaasse on Piano and Celeste, Gert-Jan Blom on Bass and Louis Debij on Drums and Percussion.

  10. “In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee,” sung in 1949 by Buddy Greco accompanied by the Benny Goodman Septet, with Mr. Goodman on Clarinet, Buddy Green on Piano, Doug Mettome on Trumpet, Wardell Gray on Tenor Sax, Francis Beecher on Guitar, Clyde Lombardi on Bass and Sonny Igoe on Drums, taken from the bodacious Box Set: The Wardell Gray Story.

  11. “All or Nothing at All,” the 1939 song by Arthur Altman and Jack Lawrence, performed by Georgie Auld with Jed Conlon’s Rythmaires for the 1958 Latinesque LP: Sax Gone Latin.

  12. “Where Flamingos Fly,” composed by Elthea Peale, John Benson Brooks and Harold Courlander (whose novel “The African” was plagiarized by Arthur Haley when he wrote the book “Roots”), sung by Toni Harper on her 1960 ambitious album: Nigh Mood, with Jimmy Rowles on Piano, Larry Bunker on Vibes, Art Pepper and Bud Shank on Alto Sax, Bill Perkins and Jack Montrose on Tenor Sax, Jack Nimitz on Baritone Sax, Conte Candoli, Stu Williamson, Dick Collins and Al Porcino on Trumpets, Frank Rosolino, Bob Fitzpatrick and Pete Carpenter on Trombones, Red Callender on Tuba, Kathryn Julye on Harp, Joe Mondragon on Bass and Mel Lewis on Drums.

  13. “Mad About the Boy,” which was written by Noel Coward for the 1932 London Revue: Words and Music and the 1939 Broadway musical: Set to Music, recorded in 1958 by the arranger Bob Thompson for his lapidarial LP: Just for Kicks, featuring Ronny Lang on Alto Sax.

  14. “The Boy From Ipanema,” the Bossa Nova classic inked by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes, with English lyrics by Norman Gimbel, sung by Peggy Lee and drawn from the combustive compilation: Wild, Cool & Swingin’ Too/Ultra Lounge Volume15.

  15. “Carbon 14,” by the master guitarist Stephane Wrembel all the way from exotic Brooklyn, found on his 2012 sumptuous CD: Origins, with Koran Hasanagic on Rhythm Guitar, Dave Seranza on Bass and Nick Anderson on Drums and Marimba.

  16. “Urxa” by Honeymunch taken from the collusive collection: Red Martini – La Musique Lounge Moderne Quatre.

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