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Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist:: Tribute to Chico O'Farrill

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Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: November 9, 2011

On this week’s show we honored the birthday of the pioneering Cuban jazz musician and composer Chico O’Farrill, born in Havana in 1921, whose career stretched from working with such greats as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Machito and Chano Pozo, To include arranging some of the music on David Bowie's 1993 album: Black Tie White Noise. So pour your preferred potable into your most rhythmic Tiki mug and sit back to savor some of the swankest sounds this side of Varadero Beach.

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 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

  1. “Mambo” by Charlie Parker playing with Machito & His Afro-Cuban Orchestra and Arranged by Chico O’Farrill, from the compilation: Latin Jazz -- La Combinacion Perfecta.

  2. “Perdido” the 1995 recording by Chico O’Farrill from the CD: Ritmo Afro-Cubano (3:53) Performing the 1941 song by Juan Tizol, Ervin Drake & Hans Lengsfelder.

  3. “The Freeway Mambo” by Perez Prado, from the three-CD collection: Space-Age Cocktail Lounge.

  4. “Love Dance” by Les Baxter and His Orchestra from the 1951-52 LP: Ritual of the Savage (Le Sacre du Savage).

  5. “Compositor Confundido” by Ibrahim Ferrer from the anthology: Hecho en Cuba, Volume 3.

  6. “No Es Vida” by Yma Sumac from the collection: Queen of Exotica.

  7. “Pa’la Paloma” by Celia Cruz form the CD Box Set: South of the Border – Greatest Latin Hits, Featuring Tito Puente on Congas.

  8. “Jambero” by the Tadd Dameron Sextet, from the CD Box Set: The Fats Navarro Story, in their September 1948 Broadcast at the Royal Roost in New York City, featuring Chano Pazo on Bongos; Tadd Dameron on Piano; Fats Navarro on Trumpet; Wardell Gray & Allen Eager on Tenor Sax; Curley Russell on Bass; and Kenny Clarke on Drums.

  9. “Fiesta Time” the 1951 recording from the anthology: Chico O'Farrill – The Complete Norman Granz Recordings, featuring Rene Hernandez on Piano; Candido Camero & Joes Mangal on Bongos; Luis Miranda on Congas; and Ubaldo Nieto on Timbales

  10. “Mama Kiyelele” Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca from their recording: Tata Masamba.

  11. “El Guanajo Relleno” by Tiempo Libre from the collection: Feet: A Global Dance Party.

  12. “Taboo” from the collection: The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny.

  13. “Plena Con Sabor” by the Spanish Harlem Orchestra from their CD: United We Swing.

  14. “Con Alma,” the Dizzy Gillespie composition performed by the famed jazz pianist Oscar Peterson with Ray Brown on Bass and Ed Thigpen on Drums from his 1959 LP: The Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson.

[ Edited by: Dr. Zarkov 2011-11-10 08:06 ]

[ Edited by: Dr. Zarkov 2011-11-10 08:06 ]

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