Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge 1-18-17 Pop & Exotica - Tiki Music

DZ Dr. Zarkov Member Joined: Mar 07, 2008 Posts: 644	DZ Dr. Zarkov Posted posted on Wed, Jan 18, 2017 4:38 PM Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: January 18, 2017 On this week’s Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge show we will once again engage in an multiversal exploration of pop and exotica music in all its glomming glory. 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 “Here in This Enchanted Place” was composed by Grant Hill and sung by Emma Veary on her fond look back: The Best of Emma, conducted and arranged by Jack De Mello. Recorded in the late 1940s, the dance titled “Otamu” was drawn with swizzle sticks from the pounding production: Vintage Hawaiian Treasures, Volume Three – Tahitian Drums & Dances Performed by Toti’s Tahitians. Toti started in Tahiti and then moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, to perform at Don the Beachcomber’s club there, later moving to Ft. Lauderdale where he performed at the Mai-Kai Restaurant until his retirement in 1982. “Bamboo Ben,” a tribute to the famed designer & builder of Tiki bars Ben Bassham, was performed by The Crazed Mugs on their Alameda-ish album: Find Forbidden Island, and features Pablus on lead vocal and Ukulele, with backing vocals by The Amber Love Goddess and Maddy Mango and Bass plucked by “Tiny Bubbles” Berlin. “Beautiful Kahana,” written by Charles E. King was plucked by Jerry Byrd and found on his scintillacious CD: Master of the Steel Guitar, Volume One. “My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii,” inked in 1933 by Tommy Harrison and Bill Cogswell, was waxed by June Christy in 1947 when she was the featured singer with the Stan Kenton band, accompanied here by Frank De Vol’s Orchestra and featured on her righteous retrospective: Day Dreams. “Taboo Tu” was performed by the native Hawaiian vibraphonist extraordinaire, band leader and Exotica pioneer Arthur Lyman, and came from the scholarly CD: Sven A. Kirsten Presents: The Sound of Tiki. “River of Dreams” was composed, arranged and conducted by Les Baxter in 1963 and included on his loud-ish LP: The Soul of Drums. “On Green Dolphin Street” was written by Bronislau Kaper and Ned Washington for the 1947 movie of the same name and was sung for us by Tony Bennett in 1964 and is included on his incomparable collection titled: Jazz, strongly supported by Conductor Ralph Sharon on Piano, Hal Graylor on Bass and William Exner on Drums. “Flamingo,” the 1941 song by Ed Anderson and Ted Grouya, was assayed on the 1962 liquidic LP: Rains in the Tropics: Songs and Sounds of Far Away Lands, conducted and arranged by Vibes Master Gene Rains, featuring Byron F. Peterson on Piano. “Mon Idéal,” was performed by Les Primitifs du Futur on their soigne CD: Tribal Mussette, with Dominique Cravic on Vocal and Guitar, and spotllighting Jean-Jacque Milteau on Harmonica and Jean Michel Davis on Vibes. “Singing Bamboos” was composed by Madeline Lamb and came from Martin Denny’s 1958 limber LP: Exotica II, with Mr. Denny on Piano, Arthur Lyman on Vibes, Jack Shoop on Alto Flute and Baritone Sax, Bernard Miller on Bass, and Augie Colon on Bongos, Congas, Latin Percussion Effects and Bird Calls. “Day In, Day Out” is the 1939 song by Rube Bloom and Johnny Mercer, sung in 1961 by Mavis Rivers on her eponymous album entitled: Mavis, arranged and conducted by Marty Paich, who also played Piano, along with Jack Sheldon on Trumpets, Stu Williamson on Valve Trombone, Bud Shank on Alto Sax, Bill Perkins on Tenor Sax, Bill Hood on Baritone Sax, Vince DeRosa on French Horn, Red Callendar on Tuba, Joe Mondragon on Bass and Mel Lewis on Drums. “Early-Bird Whirly-Bird” was dangerously derived from the 1960 peripatetic production: The Sound of Speed, composed and arranged by Bob Thompson, with the Orchestra Dei Concerti di Roma conducted by Paul Baron. “Children of the Night” was drawn from Cassandra Wilson’s incomparable compact disc: Blue Light ‘Til Dawn, featuring Brandon Ross on Guitar, Charlie Burnham on Violin and Kenny Davis on Bass. “The Collector” comes from the auditorial album: Lua-O-Milo – The Exotic Sounds of Skip Heller, which includes Marc Sherman on Flute, Keith Barry on Viola, DJ Bonebrake on Vibes, Fernando Guitarrez on Accordion and the aforementioned Skip Heller on Piano. “Wild Is Love” was written by Ray Rasch and Dottie Wayne in 1960 for Nat King Cole and was sung for us by Shirley Horn on her amorous albumic effort: Loads of Love, featuring Hank Jones on Piano, Kenny Burrell on Guitar, Milt Hinton on Bass; and Ossie Johnson on Drums. Sonny Bono’s “The Beat Goes On” and Paul Simon’s “Feelin' Groovy” are melded together by the singer Liz Callaway – the sister of Ann Hampton Callaway -- on her syncopated and sympathetic CD also titled: The Beat Goes On, spotlighting the talents of Trey Henry on Bass along with Alan Rybeck on Piano, Grant Geissman on Guitars, Dennis Farias and Darrell Gardner on Trumpets, Bob Carr and Phil Feather on Reeds, Gary Tole on Trombone, Amy Wilkins on Harp, Stephanie Mijanovish and Jean Marinelli on French Horns, and Ed Smith on Drums.

Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: January 18, 2017

On this week’s Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge show we will once again engage in an multiversal exploration of pop and exotica music in all its glomming glory.

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

“Here in This Enchanted Place” was composed by Grant Hill and sung by Emma Veary on her fond look back: The Best of Emma, conducted and arranged by Jack De Mello.
Recorded in the late 1940s, the dance titled “Otamu” was drawn with swizzle sticks from the pounding production: Vintage Hawaiian Treasures, Volume Three – Tahitian Drums & Dances Performed by Toti’s Tahitians. Toti started in Tahiti and then moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, to perform at Don the Beachcomber’s club there, later moving to Ft. Lauderdale where he performed at the Mai-Kai Restaurant until his retirement in 1982.
“Bamboo Ben,” a tribute to the famed designer & builder of Tiki bars Ben Bassham, was performed by The Crazed Mugs on their Alameda-ish album: Find Forbidden Island, and features Pablus on lead vocal and Ukulele, with backing vocals by The Amber Love Goddess and Maddy Mango and Bass plucked by “Tiny Bubbles” Berlin.
“Beautiful Kahana,” written by Charles E. King was plucked by Jerry Byrd and found on his scintillacious CD: Master of the Steel Guitar, Volume One.
“My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii,” inked in 1933 by Tommy Harrison and Bill Cogswell, was waxed by June Christy in 1947 when she was the featured singer with the Stan Kenton band, accompanied here by Frank De Vol’s Orchestra and featured on her righteous retrospective: Day Dreams.
“Taboo Tu” was performed by the native Hawaiian vibraphonist extraordinaire, band leader and Exotica pioneer Arthur Lyman, and came from the scholarly CD: Sven A. Kirsten Presents: The Sound of Tiki.
“River of Dreams” was composed, arranged and conducted by Les Baxter in 1963 and included on his loud-ish LP: The Soul of Drums.
“On Green Dolphin Street” was written by Bronislau Kaper and Ned Washington for the 1947 movie of the same name and was sung for us by Tony Bennett in 1964 and is included on his incomparable collection titled: Jazz, strongly supported by Conductor Ralph Sharon on Piano, Hal Graylor on Bass and William Exner on Drums.
“Flamingo,” the 1941 song by Ed Anderson and Ted Grouya, was assayed on the 1962 liquidic LP: Rains in the Tropics: Songs and Sounds of Far Away Lands, conducted and arranged by Vibes Master Gene Rains, featuring Byron F. Peterson on Piano.
“Mon Idéal,” was performed by Les Primitifs du Futur on their soigne CD: Tribal Mussette, with Dominique Cravic on Vocal and Guitar, and spotllighting Jean-Jacque Milteau on Harmonica and Jean Michel Davis on Vibes.
“Singing Bamboos” was composed by Madeline Lamb and came from Martin Denny’s 1958 limber LP: Exotica II, with Mr. Denny on Piano, Arthur Lyman on Vibes, Jack Shoop on Alto Flute and Baritone Sax, Bernard Miller on Bass, and Augie Colon on Bongos, Congas, Latin Percussion Effects and Bird Calls.
“Day In, Day Out” is the 1939 song by Rube Bloom and Johnny Mercer, sung in 1961 by Mavis Rivers on her eponymous album entitled: Mavis, arranged and conducted by Marty Paich, who also played Piano, along with Jack Sheldon on Trumpets, Stu Williamson on Valve Trombone, Bud Shank on Alto Sax, Bill Perkins on Tenor Sax, Bill Hood on Baritone Sax, Vince DeRosa on French Horn, Red Callendar on Tuba, Joe Mondragon on Bass and Mel Lewis on Drums.
“Early-Bird Whirly-Bird” was dangerously derived from the 1960 peripatetic production: The Sound of Speed, composed and arranged by Bob Thompson, with the Orchestra Dei Concerti di Roma conducted by Paul Baron.
“Children of the Night” was drawn from Cassandra Wilson’s incomparable compact disc: Blue Light ‘Til Dawn, featuring Brandon Ross on Guitar, Charlie Burnham on Violin and Kenny Davis on Bass.
“The Collector” comes from the auditorial album: Lua-O-Milo – The Exotic Sounds of Skip Heller, which includes Marc Sherman on Flute, Keith Barry on Viola, DJ Bonebrake on Vibes, Fernando Guitarrez on Accordion and the aforementioned Skip Heller on Piano.
“Wild Is Love” was written by Ray Rasch and Dottie Wayne in 1960 for Nat King Cole and was sung for us by Shirley Horn on her amorous albumic effort: Loads of Love, featuring Hank Jones on Piano, Kenny Burrell on Guitar, Milt Hinton on Bass; and Ossie Johnson on Drums.
Sonny Bono’s “The Beat Goes On” and Paul Simon’s “Feelin' Groovy” are melded together by the singer Liz Callaway – the sister of Ann Hampton Callaway -- on her syncopated and sympathetic CD also titled: The Beat Goes On, spotlighting the talents of Trey Henry on Bass along with Alan Rybeck on Piano, Grant Geissman on Guitars, Dennis Farias and Darrell Gardner on Trumpets, Bob Carr and Phil Feather on Reeds, Gary Tole on Trombone, Amy Wilkins on Harp, Stephanie Mijanovish and Jean Marinelli on French Horns, and Ed Smith on Drums.