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Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge 10-1-14 5th Anniversary

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Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: October 1, 2014

On this week’s show we celebrated the contemporaneous completion of five years of this show’s weekly erstwhile existence on Radio Fairfax, which was initially inaugurated on the auspicious date of September 30, 2009.

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

  1. “Knee Drops” from the combustive collection: Louis Armstrong, Volume 4: Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines, composed by Lil Hardin who later became Louis Armstrong’s wife, which was recorded in 1928 by Armstrong & His Hot Five, including Earl “Fatha” Hines on Piano, Fred Robinson on Trombone, Zutty Singleton on Blocks & Drums, Jimmy Strong on Clarinet and of course Pops on Trumpet.

  2. The 1931 recording of “I Found a Million Dollar Baby (In a Five and Ten Cent Store),” written by Billy Rose, Mort Dixon and Harry Warren and found on the Binglish Box Set: Bing Crosby – Easy to Remember.

  3. “Four or Five Times,” the 1928 song by Byron Gay and Marco H. Hellman performed by Trummy Young and His Guys From V-Discs in 1945, taken from the combative compilation: V-Disc All Stars – With the Singers, featuring Trummy Young on Vocal and Trombone, Sergeant Buck Clayton on Trumpet, Bill Stegmeyer on Alto Sax, Don Byas on Tenor Sax, with Sergeant Ken Kersey on Piano, Mike Bryan on Guitar, Bob Haggart on Bass and Private Jimmy Crawford on Drums.

  4. The 1939 magniloquent magnum opus preserved for eternity by Raymond Scott & His Quintette on wax and titled “The Quintet Plays Carmen,” taken from the anthracitic anthology: The Music of Raymond Scott – Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights.

  5. “Stone Cold Dead in the Market,” recorded in 1945 by Louis Jordan and Ella Fitzgerald and found on the plainly named Box Set: Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five.

  6. “Five Minutes More,” from the 1946 movie: The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi, performed by The Glenn Miller Orchestra with Tex Beneke on Vocal and Tenor Sax, taken from the rigorous retrospective: I've Heard That Song Before: Songs of Jule Styne.

  7. The 1945 recording of “Scuttlebutt” by the legendary clarinetist Artie Shaw & His Gramercy Five featuring master trumpeter Roy Eldridge and found on his bulging Box Set: Little Trumpet Jazz Giant.

  8. “Five Guys Named Moe,” composed by Jerome Bresler and Larry Wynn taken from the 1981 Joe Jackson LP “Jumpin’ Jive,” with Mr. Jackson on Vocal and Vibes, Nick Weldon on Piano, Dave Bitelli on Tenor Sax, Raul Olivera on Trumpet, Graham Maby on Bass and Larry Tolfree on Drums.

  9. “King Edward the Flatted Fifth,” composed by Ralph Burns, who plays Piano on this 1949 cut from the antic anthology: Serge Chaloff – The Baritone Sax Master, including Gert Goodspeed on Trombone, Charlie Mariano on Alto Sax, Gait Preddy on Trumpet and Pete De Rosa on Drums, arranged by Frank Vacarro.

  10. “I Come From Jamaica,” recorded in 1952 by Chris Powell & The Five Blue Flames, with Clifford Brown on Trumpet, Duke Wells on Piano, Eddie Lambert on Electric Guitar, Vernon Wilson on Alto & Tenor Sax, James Johnson on Bass and Osie Johnson on Drums, rescued for posterity on the righteous retrospective: Brownie Speaks -- A Proper Introduction to Clifford Brown.

  11. “Cha Cha King,” based on Edvard Grieg’s In the Hall of the Mountain King from Til Eulenspiegel, recorded by the Latin Jazz Quintet and Eric Dolphy in 1960 or ‘61, with Dolphy on Flute, Arthur Jenkins on Piano Felipe Diaz on Vibes, Bobby Rodriguez on Bass, Tommy Lopez on Congas and Louie Ramirez on Timbales taken from the barely known historical album: Eric Dolphy – Complete Latin Jazz Sides.

  12. “Blues Five Spot,” referring to the famed New York City jazz club, from the 1962 landmark LP: Monk’s Dream, with composer Thelonious Monk on Piano, Charlie Rouse on Tenor Sax, John Ore on Bass and Frankie Dunlap on Drums.

  13. “Five Spot After Dark,” also referring to the same club, found on the 1959 LP: Brass Shout by Trumpeter Art Farmer, joined by Lee Morgan and Ernie Royal on Trumpets, Curtis Fuller, Jimmy Cleveland and Wayne Andre on Trombones, James Haughton on Baritone Horn, Julius Watkins and Bob Northern on French Horns, Don Butterfield on Tuba, Bobby Timmons on Piano, Percy Heath on Bass and Phillie Joe Jones on Drums.

  14. “Preciso Aprender A Ser Só,” selected from the serendipitous CD: Pure Bossa Nova – A Vew on the Music of Sylvia Telles, with the Sylvia Telles on Vocal, the Tamba Trio and the Quintetto Villa-Lobos Wind Quintet, composed by Marcos Valle, Paulo Sérgio Valle and Tania Bellanca.

  15. “Ran Kan Kan,” the Tito Puente classic rendered by Thunderball Vs. Fort Knox Five on the Washington, DC, group Fort Knox Five’s 2007 CD: Reminted.

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