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Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge 9-30-15 Sixth Anniversary

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Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: September 30, 2015

On this week’s program we are going to celebrate completion of the sixth year of this show on Radio Fairfax, which first aired on this station during the last week of September in 2009. Loyal listeners know that Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge was created for Radio Free Burning Man in 2002 and was heard at the 2005 Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland before finding a permanent home here on Radio Fairfax in 2009.

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. “Why My Craf Vex With Me,” recorded in Trinidad in 1938 by Emery Cournard and derived from the historical document: Slidin' on the Frets: The Hawaiian Steel Guitar Phenomenon.

  2. “On a Coconut Island,” the Robert Alex Anderson song waxed in 1936 by Louis Armstrong with able assistance from Andy Aiona and His Islanders, found on the excitable album: Jazz Goes Hawaiian.

  3. “Cockeyed Mayor of Kaunakakai,” warbled by the Andrews Sisters and located on the ample anthology: Broadway’s Gone Hawaii.

  4. “Ullili E” by Dennis and David Kamakahi, taken from the smooth CD: Rough Guide to the Music of Hawaii – Slide and Slack Key Surfing Sounds.

  5. “E Huli Ho’i Mai,” sung by Na Leo on their scinillatng CD: Hula Mai Kakou. The full name of the group is Na Leo Pilimehana, which means “voices blending together in warmth,” and is made up of Angela Morales, Nalani Choy and Lehua Kalima Heine.

  6. “Typical Hawaiian Day” performed by Kulana and gathered onto the copious collection: Hawaiian Style 2.

  7. “Wadada” was surveyed the Waitiki on their retrograde recording: Rendezvous in Okonkuluku, featuring Mr. Ho – Brian O’Neill – on Vibes.

  8. “Espinita” performed by Tito Puente and found on his righteous retrospective: The Complete 78s – Volume 4/1949-55.

  9. “Doin’ the Cha Cha,” recorded sometime between 1959 and 1965 and drawn from the digitable LP: Bongo Rock – The Very Best of Preston Epps.

  10. “Cugi’s Cocktail” came from the 1963 liquidic LP: Cugi’s Cocktails by Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra.

  11. “Itchy Palms” was found on the tabooable album: The Forbidden Sounds of Don Tiki.

  12. “Vereda Tropical” was produced by the Mexican composer and arranger Juan Garcia Esquivel, and was taken from the combustive compilation: Space-Age Cocktail Lounge.

  13. “Club Caballeros” was by the Brazilian guitarist and composer Laurindo Almeida and was mined from the abundant anthology: Ultra Lounge: Bongoland – Spicy Latin Licks – Hot Voodoo Chicks.

  14. “Balinese Bongos” was performed by Les Baxter and His Orchestra on their 1959 luscious LP: African Jazz.

  15. “Hawaiian War Chant” sung by Ella Fitzgerald and drawn from the clamorous collection: Wild, Cool & Swingin’ Too/Ultra Lounge Volume15. Prince Leleiohoku composed the original song in the 1860s as “Kaua I Ka Huahua`I (We Two in the Spray),” referring to two lovers meeting secretly at a waterfall. This version was composed in 1936 by Johnny Noble with lyrics by Ralph Freed.

  16. “Ariñañara,” the composition by the legendary Afro-Cuban drummer Chano Pozo, performed by the conga drums master Poncho Sanchez and the jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard on their tributary CD: Chano y Dizzy, including David Torres on Piano, Rob Hardt on Tenor and Alto Saxes; Ron Blake on Trumpet, Francisco Torres on Vocals & Trombone; Tony Banda on Bass, George Ortiz on Timbales and Joey De Leon, Jr. on Percussion.

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