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Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge 1-14-15 Pop & Exotica

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Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: January 14, 2015

On today’s show we once again perambulated the penumbra of pop and exotica music in all its gaseous glory.

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. The Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov tone poem, “Scheherazade” isometrically interpolated in 1958 by The Markko Polo Adventurers and found on the cornucopious collection: The History of Space Age Pop, Vol. 1: Melodies and Mischief.

  2. Also composed by Rimsky-Korsakov, “Song of India” was waxed by Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra in 1937 and is featured on the rapturous retrospective: Bunny Berigan – The Pied Piper, 1934-1940, featuring BB on Trumpet Tommy Dorsey on Trombone and Dave Tough on Drums.

  3. “Magic Island Meringue” performed by Sidney Bechet on his 1939 78-rpm ambitious album titled: Haitian Moods, and intimaciously included on the historical document: The Stimson Collectors Series, with Sidney Bechet on Clarinet, Willie “The Lion” Smith on Piano, Kenneth Roane on Trumpet, Olin Alderhold on Bass and Zutty Singleton on Drums.

  4. “Banana Boy,” was recorded in 1959 and 1960 by the prototypical hippy Eden Ahbez and was included on his 1960 liberated LP: Eden’s Island, featuring Mr. Ahbez on lead vocal, the album’s arranger and former Stan Kenton pianist Paul Moer and the vibrating vibraphonist Emil Richards.

  5. “Coronation” by Les Baxter and His Orchestra, crowns Mr. Baxter’s 1952 rite-thinking record: Ritual of the Savage – Le Sacre du Savage.

  6. “Monos” (or “Monkeys”), taken from the admirable anthology: The Ultimate Yma Sumac Collection, and composed by Ms. Sumac’s canonical spouse: Moises Vivanco.

  7. “Sone’” written by the Mexican composer Mario Ruiz Armengol and featured on the 1962 collaborative LP: Cal Tjader Plays the Contemporary Music of Mexico and Brazil, with Ardeen deCamp on Vocal, Mr. Tjader on Vibes, Album Arranger Clare Fischer on Piano, Laurindo Almeida on Acoustic Guitar, Freddie Schreiber on Bass and Johnny Rae on Drums & Timbales, produced by the legendary Creed Taylor.

  8. “Enquanto Isso” or “Meanwhile,” recorded in 1994 by the Brazilian singer Marisa Monte on her darkly flouristic CD: Rose and Charcoal, composed by Ms. Monte and Nando Reis, who also appears on 12-String Guitar and Craviola, accompanied by Laurie Anderson on Spoken Vocal in English, Marvin Stamm on Piccolo Trumpet, Arthur Maia on Electro-Acoustic Bass, and Jorginho Gomes, Carlinhos Brown and Marcos Suzano on Percussion.

  9. “Midnight Sun,” the classic song composed by Lionel Hampton, Sonny Burke and Johnny Mercer found on the demonically demotic rabble dabble: The Devil’s Best Tunes – The Beatnik Scat of Bob Dorough, with Mr. Dorough on Vocal and Piano, Warren Fitzgerald on Trumpet, Jack Hitchcock on Vibes, Bill Takas on Bass and Jerry Segal on Drums, which originally appeared on the 1956 Doroughesque LP: Devil May Care.

  10. “Interplay for Drums and Brass” composed and performed by Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra on his 1957 LP: Percussion at Work., with Andre Previn on Piano; Larry Bunker on Vibes, Laurindo Almeida on Guitar; Pete Candoli, Billy Childers, Uan Rasey, Ed Leddy & Don Fagerquist on Trumpets; Milt Bernhart, Herbie Harper, Frank Rosolino & Russell Brown on Trombones; Clarence Karella on Tuba; John Graas on French Horn; Joe Mondragon on Bass; Jack Costanzo on Bongos and Shelly Manne on Drums.

  11. “Sans Souci,” written by the singer Peggy Lee and Francis J. Barber, recorded by her in 1952 and found on the righteous retrospective: Peggy Lee – The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection.

  12. “Catch a Falling Star,” composed by Paul Vance and Le Pockriss, who took the title from a John Donne poem, sung in 1959 by Mark Murphy on one of his early efforts, Hip Parade, backed by the Jud Conlon Singers, Joe Mondragon on Bass, Jimmy Rowles on Piano, Larry Bunker on Vibes and Mel Lewis on Drums.

  13. “Mmm, Nice!” from the 1959 lubricious LP of the same name by Bob Thompson.

  14. “Love Me, My Love,” inked by Phil Medley and Vic Abrams and recorded by Dean Martin and the Gus Levene & Orchestra in 1959 and taken from Dino’s Rat Packable compact disc: The Capitol Collectors Series.

  15. “Moonshine Mai Tai,” performed by the Hula Girls on their scintillacious CD: The Curse of the Tiki , with Spike Marble on Guitar; Kevin Bullat on Steel Guitar; Lucas Vigor on Bass & Percussion, and Dominic Tucci on Drums & Percussion.

  16. “The Song Is You,” by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II for the 1932 Broadway musical & 1934 Gloria Swanson movie: Music in the Air, sung 1958 by June Christy with the orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo and found on her concupiscent collection: Spotlight On…

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