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Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: October 19, 2016

On this week's show we celebrated the birthdays of several of the optimal musical artists who joined us on planet earth during the optimal month of October.

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

  1. “Kauoha Mai (Keyhole Hula),” the 1934 song composed and sung by our Birthday Girl Lena Machado on her auspicious album: Hawaiian Song Bird, recorded in 1935 at the South Seas nightclub in Hollywood and feature Sol Hoopi on Steel Guitar, Harry Baty on Acoustic Guitar and George Piltz on Ukulele. The song is about a woman who visits her lover’s house only to see him through a keyhole making love to another woman.

  2. “Kawohikukapulan,” was written by Helen Desha Beamer and waxed in 1970 by our Birthday Boy Herb Ohta Sr. (also called Ohta-San) on mandolin-style ukulele, taken from the comforting compilation: Legends of the Ukulele – Hawaiian Masters.

  3. “Pupukea,” composed by Henry Machado Sr. and Helena Kalokuokamaile Salazar, describes watching the changing characteristics of the ocean on the North Shore of Oahu viewed from the uplands of the island. It was sung for us by our Birthday Girl Owana Ka’ohelelani Salazar on her self-referential CD: Owana; accompanied by Alan Akaka on Steel Guitar and Al Ka’ai on slack-key guitar.

  4. “King Porter Stomp” written by our Birthday Celebrant Jelly Roll Morton played on the Piano by Dave Frishberg, found on his 1977 laughing LP: Getting Some Fun Out of Life.

  5. “Stomping at the Savoy,” the 1934 song by Edgar Sampson and Andy Razaf (although Benny Goodman and Chick Webb sometimes mistakenly credited with the composition), sung by our Birthday Boy in 1947 and heard on the cracking collection: Real Crazy – A Proper Introduction to Babs Gonzales, supported by Rudy Willliams on Alto Sax; Tadd Dameron on Piano; Pee Wee Tinney on Guitar, Charles Simon on Bass and Art Phipps on Drums.

  6. “(Back Home Again in) Indiana,” The 1917 song by James F. Hanley and Ballard MacDonald, was waxed by the Ike Quebec Quintet, with Mr. Quebec on Tenor Sax, Roger “Ram” Ramirez on Piano, Tiny Grimes on Electric Guitar, Milt Hinton on Bass and our Natal Notable J.C. Heard on Drums, found on the Ike Quebec curious compilation titled Blue Harlem.

  7. “Ride On,” by Benny Carter and Skeets Tolbert, was sung in 1944 by our Birthday Girl Anita O'Day (who was born Anita Belle Colton), accompanied by Stan Kenton & His Orchestra with Kenton on Piano and Stan Getz on Tenor Sax, and comes from the bulging box set: Young Anita.

  8. Tea for Two,” which was inked by Irving Caesar and Vincent Youmans for the 1925 Broadway musical: No, No Nanette, played by the piano genius Art Tatum for his 1953 lapidarial LP: The Art Tatum Solo Masterpieces, Vol. 2.

  9. “On the Sunny Side of the Street” was inked by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh for the 1930 Broadway musical: Lew Leslie's International Revue, was recorded by Birthday Girl, the singer Lee Wiley in 1944 in New York City and appears on the vital CD: Live on Stage at Town Hall, with Ernei Caceres on Baritone Sax and Pee Wee Russell on Clarinet.

  10. The eponymous tune “Thelonious” composed and performed on the piano by our Natal Notable on his rare retrospective: Thelonious Monk -- Genius of Modern Music, Volume One. This session recorded in 1947 at the WOR Radio Studios in New York included Idrees Sulieman on Trumpet; Danny Quebec West on Alto Sax; Billy Smith on Tenor Sax; Gene Ramey on Bass and Art Blakey on Drums.

  11. “Don’t Let the Moon Get Away,” composed by Birthday Boy Johnny Burke and lyricist James V. Monaco, was heard on Mel Torme’s 1960 lunar LP: Swingin’ on the Moon, backed by Russell Garcia’s Orchestra.

  12. “The Song Is You,” written by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II for the 1932 Broadway musical: Music in the Air, was waxed 1953 by the Clifford Brown Quartet, with our September Birthday Celebrant Clifford Brown on Trumpet, Henri Renaud on Piano, Pierre Michelot on Bass and Benny Bennett on Drums, found on the valedictorial production: Brownie Speaks -- A Proper Introduction to Clifford Brown.

  13. “What's New” was composed by our Birthday Boy Johnny Burke and Bob Haggart and comes from the auspicious album: Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the music of Coltrane and Hartman, recorded live at Lincoln Center. Minus Mr. Eling this instrumental shows off the talents of arranger and pianist Laurence Hobgood who was recently let go after spending many years building Mr. Elling’s career. Also present were Ernie Watts on Tenor Sax, Clark Sommers on Bass, Ulysses Owens on Drums and the Ethel String Quartet.

  14. “4-11-44” comes from the 1963 creole recording Gumbo! by Pony Poindexter, who appears on Soprano Sax with our Natal Numinary Booker Ervin on Tenor Sax, Guido Mahones on Piano; George Tucker on Bass and Jimmie Smith on Drums.

  15. “Route 66,” which was composed, sung and performed on piano by our Birthday Boy on his scintillacious CD: Bobby Troup Sings Troup, Mercer and More, with Howard Roberts on Electric Guitar, Bob Enevoldsen on Bass and Don Heath on Drums, recorded in front of an audience in the studio in Pasadena, California, in 1955.

  16. “Lovin' You” was written by Minnie Riperton and is sung here by our October Birthday Celebrant Dianne Reeves on her incomparable compact disc: When You Know, supported by Rumero Lubambo on Acoustic Guitar and Russell Malone on Electric Guitar.

[ Edited by: Dr. Zarkov 2016-10-20 23:10 ]

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