Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge 3-16-16 St. Patty's Day - Tiki Music

DZ Dr. Zarkov Member Joined: Mar 07, 2008 Posts: 644	DZ Dr. Zarkov Posted posted on Wed, Mar 16, 2016 3:00 PM Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: March 16, 2016 On this week’s Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge radio show we chose to mark Saint Patrick’s Day at this special time of year by adopting green as the theme of this week’s show. Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge is broadcast every Wednesday, 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 “Molly Malone,” was waxed in 1940 by the singer Maxine Sullivan accompanied by John Kirby & His Orchestra and is found on her scintillacious CD: Say It With a Kiss. The 1939 recording of “The Green Grass Grows All Around” was taken from the bodacious box set: Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five. “If the Moon Turns Green,” was written by George Cates and Bernie Hanighen and was recorded by Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra in 1952 and was extricated from the bulging German box set: Lady Sings the Blues. “Old Devil Moon,” was composed Burton Lane and E.Y. “Yip” Harburg for their 1947 Broadway musical: Finian’s Rainbow, and this version was sung by Anita O'Day in 1960 with the band arranged and conducted by Bill Holman, featuring Lou Levy on Piano, for her lapidarial LP: Incomparable! “Aquellos Ojos Verdes (Green Eyes)” was recorded in Havana in 1959 by Bebo Valdes and His Orchestra when they were the house band of the Tropicana and appears on their celebratory CD: Cuban Dance Party. “Mountain Greenery” was taken from the 1957 landmark recording: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Songbook, and was written by that duende duo for the 1926 Broadway musical: The Garrick Gaieties, with the orchestra arranged and conducted by Buddy Bregman. “On Green Dolphin Street” was written by Bronislau Kaper and Ned Washington for the 1947 movie of the same name, and was recorded in 1967 live at the Village Vanguard by Bill Evans and was not released until 1982 following his death on the incomparable compact disc: California Here I Come Eddie Gomez on Bass and Philly Joe Jones on sometimes intrusive Drums. “Danny Boy,” performed by Jerry Byrd on his outstanding album: Master of the Steel Guitar, Volume One. The Robert Alex Anderson classic “Soft Green Seas” from the 1959-1963 TV series Hawaiian Eye, found on the slightly misnamed box set: Jazz on Film…Crime Jazz! which actually contains music from various television series from the 1950s and ‘60s. “Green Fire” was composed by Miklós Rózsa for the 1954 Grace Kelly and Stewart Granger movie of the same name and was sung by Ethel Azama on her 1958 LP: Exotic Dreams. “Green Bananas” performed by The Tiki Tones on their 2000 surfalicious CD: The Leisure Experiment, featuring Nash Agnew on Guitar and Cisco Oronoco on Organ. “Palo Verde (Green Stick)” written by Greg Ruby and waxed by the Tacoma, Washington-based band Pearl Django on their able album: Swing 48, spotlighting the multi-layered talents of Michael Gray on Violin, Dudley Hill, Neil Andersson and Greg Ruby on Guitars and Ralph Pena on Bass. “It's Not Easy Being Green,” inked by Joe Raposo for Kermit the Frog to sing, was warbled by Helen Merrill on her 1989 creative compact disc: Just Friends, accompanied by Torrie Zito on Piano. “The Green Country (New England Mood),” composed by Jimmy Giuffre for his 1957 ambitious album: The Jimmy Giuffre 3, where he appears on Clarinet with Jim Hall on Guitar and Jim Atlas on Bass. The Miles Davis composition “Blue in Green” taken from the 1985 recording gathered onto the 2002 copious compilation: Cassandra Wilson Sings Standards, featuring Grachan Moncur III on Trombone.

Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: March 16, 2016

On this week’s Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge radio show we chose to mark Saint Patrick’s Day at this special time of year by adopting green as the theme of this week’s show.

Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge is broadcast every Wednesday, 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

“Molly Malone,” was waxed in 1940 by the singer Maxine Sullivan accompanied by John Kirby & His Orchestra and is found on her scintillacious CD: Say It With a Kiss.
The 1939 recording of “The Green Grass Grows All Around” was taken from the bodacious box set: Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five.
“If the Moon Turns Green,” was written by George Cates and Bernie Hanighen and was recorded by Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra in 1952 and was extricated from the bulging German box set: Lady Sings the Blues.
“Old Devil Moon,” was composed Burton Lane and E.Y. “Yip” Harburg for their 1947 Broadway musical: Finian’s Rainbow, and this version was sung by Anita O'Day in 1960 with the band arranged and conducted by Bill Holman, featuring Lou Levy on Piano, for her lapidarial LP: Incomparable!
“Aquellos Ojos Verdes (Green Eyes)” was recorded in Havana in 1959 by Bebo Valdes and His Orchestra when they were the house band of the Tropicana and appears on their celebratory CD: Cuban Dance Party.
“Mountain Greenery” was taken from the 1957 landmark recording: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Songbook, and was written by that duende duo for the 1926 Broadway musical: The Garrick Gaieties, with the orchestra arranged and conducted by Buddy Bregman.
“On Green Dolphin Street” was written by Bronislau Kaper and Ned Washington for the 1947 movie of the same name, and was recorded in 1967 live at the Village Vanguard by Bill Evans and was not released until 1982 following his death on the incomparable compact disc: California Here I Come Eddie Gomez on Bass and Philly Joe Jones on sometimes intrusive Drums.
“Danny Boy,” performed by Jerry Byrd on his outstanding album: Master of the Steel Guitar, Volume One.
The Robert Alex Anderson classic “Soft Green Seas” from the 1959-1963 TV series Hawaiian Eye, found on the slightly misnamed box set: Jazz on Film…Crime Jazz! which actually contains music from various television series from the 1950s and ‘60s.
“Green Fire” was composed by Miklós Rózsa for the 1954 Grace Kelly and Stewart Granger movie of the same name and was sung by Ethel Azama on her 1958 LP: Exotic Dreams.
“Green Bananas” performed by The Tiki Tones on their 2000 surfalicious CD: The Leisure Experiment, featuring Nash Agnew on Guitar and Cisco Oronoco on Organ.
“Palo Verde (Green Stick)” written by Greg Ruby and waxed by the Tacoma, Washington-based band Pearl Django on their able album: Swing 48, spotlighting the multi-layered talents of Michael Gray on Violin, Dudley Hill, Neil Andersson and Greg Ruby on Guitars and Ralph Pena on Bass.
“It's Not Easy Being Green,” inked by Joe Raposo for Kermit the Frog to sing, was warbled by Helen Merrill on her 1989 creative compact disc: Just Friends, accompanied by Torrie Zito on Piano.
“The Green Country (New England Mood),” composed by Jimmy Giuffre for his 1957 ambitious album: The Jimmy Giuffre 3, where he appears on Clarinet with Jim Hall on Guitar and Jim Atlas on Bass.
The Miles Davis composition “Blue in Green” taken from the 1985 recording gathered onto the 2002 copious compilation: Cassandra Wilson Sings Standards, featuring Grachan Moncur III on Trombone.