Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge 7-29-15 Birthdays - Tiki Music

DZ Dr. Zarkov Member Joined: Mar 07, 2008 Posts: 644	DZ Dr. Zarkov Posted posted on Wed, Jul 29, 2015 5:04 PM Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: July 29, 2015 On this week’s show we celebrated the birthdays of just a modicum of the fine musical artists who joined us on this earth in the jubilantic month of July. 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 “Waimea Cowboy” by our Birthday Boy, the Slack-Key Guitar Master Sonny Chillingworth in this 1964 recording included on the festive disc: Pau Hana Party (“Pau” means to finish, “Hana” means work). “E Pili Mai,” composed by Peter Moon and Larry Lindsey Kimura, taken from The Peter Moon Band’s 1982 sweet and hot album: Cane Fire! featuring our Birthday Boy Martin Pahinui on Bass, his brother Cyril Pahinui on Vocal and Slack-Key Guitar and Mr. Moon on Ukulele. “Na'ali'i,” written by Samuel Kuahiwi, found on our Natal Notable’s last album recorded just before his death in 1966: Hawaiian Legends 2: Extraordinary Kui Lee, with Stuart Scharf on Acoustic Guitar. “Dinah,” composed by Harry Akst, Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young for the 1923 Eddie Cantor musical: Kid Boots, recorded in the late 1930s or early 1940s by the Benny Goodman Band, with Goodman on Clarinet, Lionel Hampton on Vibes and our Birthday Celebrant, the Electric Guitar Pioneer Charlie Christian, found on his sympathetic CD of radio transcriptions: On the Air. “Early in the Morning,” recorded in the late 1940s by our July Birthday Boy and found on his Bodacious Box Set: Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five. “I'm Checkin' Out, Goo'em Bye,” the Duke Ellington song performed by our Birthday Celebrant Ivie Anderson in 1939 with the Ellington orchestra on her righteous retrospective: I've Got the World on a String, with fellow July celebrant Cootie Williams on Trumpet. “The Jeep Is Jumpin'” the song composed in 1938 by Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges, referring to Hodges’ nickname of Jeep, waxed in 1952 by our Birthday Boy, legendary drummer Louis Bellson and his band, The Just Jazz All Stars, including Wardell Gray on Tenor Sax, Clark Terry on Trumpet, Juan Tizol on Valve Trombone, John Graas on French Horn, Willie Smith on Alto Sax, Harry Carney on Baritone Sax and Wendell Marshall on Bass, found on the bulging box set: The Wardell Gray Story. “When the Sun Comes Out,” the 1941 song by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler, sung by our July Natal Notable Lucy Ann Polk with the Marty Paich Sextet on her 1957 LP: Lucky Lucy Ann, featuring Mr. Paich on Arrangements and Piano, Tony Rizzi on Electric Guitar, her husband Dick Noel on Trombone, Bob Hardaway on Tenor Sax, Buddy Clark on Bass and Mel Lewis on Drums. “I Remember You,” composed by Victor Schertzinger and Johnny Mercer for the 1942 movie: The Fleet’s In, sung by our Birthday Girl Helen Merrill on her 1958 labial LP: The Nearness of You, arranged and conducted by David Carroll with Mike Simpson on Flute, Dick Marx on Piano, Fred Rundquist on Electric Guitar, Johnny Frigo on Bass and Jerry Slosberg on Drums. “I Dig,” recorded by Les Baxter on his 1959 adolescent album: Teen Drums, featuring our Birthday Celebrant and Tenor Sax Master Plas Johnson. “Anything You Wanna Do (I Wanna Do With You),” the song composed by Phil Medley and Ray Passman, sung by our July Birthday Boy Billy Eckstine on his 1960 outstanding album: Once More With Feeling, conducted and arranged by Billy May, with Jimmy Rowles on Piano, Benny Carter on Alto Sax, Justin Gordon on Tenor Sax and Red Callender on Bass. “I've Waited So Long,” by Jerry Lordan, found on our Birthday Boy, the Vibes Legend Cal Tjader’s classic 1957 Latinesque LP: Black Orchid, featuring another July Celebrant, Vince Guaraldi on Piano with Eugene Wright on Bass, Luis Kant on Congas and Bayardo Velarde on Timbales. “Save It, Pretty Mama,” composed by Joe Davis, Paul Denniker and our Birthday Boy Don Redman, played on piano by Dave Frishberg on his 1977 auspicious album: Getting Some Fun Out of Life, with Bob Findley on Trumpet, Marshall Royal on Alto Sax, Larry Gales on Bass and Steve Schaeffer on Drums. “Shall We Dance?” with lyrics inked by our Birthday Boy Oscar Hammerstein II, drawn from the scitillacious CD from the singer Stacey Kent: In Love Again – The Music of Richard Rodgers, accompanied by David Newton on Piano, Colin Oxley on Acoustic Guitar and Simon Thorpe on Bass. The classic song, “Close Your Eyes,” written in 1933 by Bernice Petkere, performed by our Natal Notable Hank Jones on Piano and taken from his 1993 album titled: When There Is Love, which he shared with the singer and fellow July celebrant Abbey Lincoln, who was not heard on this instrumental track. The song also is known for its use as a main motif in the 1971 Vincent Price movie: The Abominable Dr. Phibes. “Lush Life,” composed by Billy Strayhorn and sung by our Birthday Boy Johnny Hartman, found on the 1963 landmark LP: Johnny Hartman and John Coltrane, with McCoy Tyner on Piano; Jimmy Garrison on Bass and Elvin Jones on Drums.

Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: July 29, 2015

On this week’s show we celebrated the birthdays of just a modicum of the fine musical artists who joined us on this earth in the jubilantic month of July.

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

“Waimea Cowboy” by our Birthday Boy, the Slack-Key Guitar Master Sonny Chillingworth in this 1964 recording included on the festive disc: Pau Hana Party (“Pau” means to finish, “Hana” means work).
“E Pili Mai,” composed by Peter Moon and Larry Lindsey Kimura, taken from The Peter Moon Band’s 1982 sweet and hot album: Cane Fire! featuring our Birthday Boy Martin Pahinui on Bass, his brother Cyril Pahinui on Vocal and Slack-Key Guitar and Mr. Moon on Ukulele.
“Na'ali'i,” written by Samuel Kuahiwi, found on our Natal Notable’s last album recorded just before his death in 1966: Hawaiian Legends 2: Extraordinary Kui Lee, with Stuart Scharf on Acoustic Guitar.
“Dinah,” composed by Harry Akst, Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young for the 1923 Eddie Cantor musical: Kid Boots, recorded in the late 1930s or early 1940s by the Benny Goodman Band, with Goodman on Clarinet, Lionel Hampton on Vibes and our Birthday Celebrant, the Electric Guitar Pioneer Charlie Christian, found on his sympathetic CD of radio transcriptions: On the Air.
“Early in the Morning,” recorded in the late 1940s by our July Birthday Boy and found on his Bodacious Box Set: Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five.
“I'm Checkin' Out, Goo'em Bye,” the Duke Ellington song performed by our Birthday Celebrant Ivie Anderson in 1939 with the Ellington orchestra on her righteous retrospective: I've Got the World on a String, with fellow July celebrant Cootie Williams on Trumpet.
“The Jeep Is Jumpin'” the song composed in 1938 by Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges, referring to Hodges’ nickname of Jeep, waxed in 1952 by our Birthday Boy, legendary drummer Louis Bellson and his band, The Just Jazz All Stars, including Wardell Gray on Tenor Sax, Clark Terry on Trumpet, Juan Tizol on Valve Trombone, John Graas on French Horn, Willie Smith on Alto Sax, Harry Carney on Baritone Sax and Wendell Marshall on Bass, found on the bulging box set: The Wardell Gray Story.
“When the Sun Comes Out,” the 1941 song by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler, sung by our July Natal Notable Lucy Ann Polk with the Marty Paich Sextet on her 1957 LP: Lucky Lucy Ann, featuring Mr. Paich on Arrangements and Piano, Tony Rizzi on Electric Guitar, her husband Dick Noel on Trombone, Bob Hardaway on Tenor Sax, Buddy Clark on Bass and Mel Lewis on Drums.
“I Remember You,” composed by Victor Schertzinger and Johnny Mercer for the 1942 movie: The Fleet’s In, sung by our Birthday Girl Helen Merrill on her 1958 labial LP: The Nearness of You, arranged and conducted by David Carroll with Mike Simpson on Flute, Dick Marx on Piano, Fred Rundquist on Electric Guitar, Johnny Frigo on Bass and Jerry Slosberg on Drums.
“I Dig,” recorded by Les Baxter on his 1959 adolescent album: Teen Drums, featuring our Birthday Celebrant and Tenor Sax Master Plas Johnson.
“Anything You Wanna Do (I Wanna Do With You),” the song composed by Phil Medley and Ray Passman, sung by our July Birthday Boy Billy Eckstine on his 1960 outstanding album: Once More With Feeling, conducted and arranged by Billy May, with Jimmy Rowles on Piano, Benny Carter on Alto Sax, Justin Gordon on Tenor Sax and Red Callender on Bass.
“I've Waited So Long,” by Jerry Lordan, found on our Birthday Boy, the Vibes Legend Cal Tjader’s classic 1957 Latinesque LP: Black Orchid, featuring another July Celebrant, Vince Guaraldi on Piano with Eugene Wright on Bass, Luis Kant on Congas and Bayardo Velarde on Timbales.
“Save It, Pretty Mama,” composed by Joe Davis, Paul Denniker and our Birthday Boy Don Redman, played on piano by Dave Frishberg on his 1977 auspicious album: Getting Some Fun Out of Life, with Bob Findley on Trumpet, Marshall Royal on Alto Sax, Larry Gales on Bass and Steve Schaeffer on Drums.
“Shall We Dance?” with lyrics inked by our Birthday Boy Oscar Hammerstein II, drawn from the scitillacious CD from the singer Stacey Kent: In Love Again – The Music of Richard Rodgers, accompanied by David Newton on Piano, Colin Oxley on Acoustic Guitar and Simon Thorpe on Bass.
The classic song, “Close Your Eyes,” written in 1933 by Bernice Petkere, performed by our Natal Notable Hank Jones on Piano and taken from his 1993 album titled: When There Is Love, which he shared with the singer and fellow July celebrant Abbey Lincoln, who was not heard on this instrumental track. The song also is known for its use as a main motif in the 1971 Vincent Price movie: The Abominable Dr. Phibes.
“Lush Life,” composed by Billy Strayhorn and sung by our Birthday Boy Johnny Hartman, found on the 1963 landmark LP: Johnny Hartman and John Coltrane, with McCoy Tyner on Piano; Jimmy Garrison on Bass and Elvin Jones on Drums.