Cocktail Nation

Evenings At The Penthouse-Hanging With Cool People

You know the kind, they wear shades at night!
Frank Bennett – You're Too Hip Baby
Stan Kenton – Once In A While
The Metro Strings – Vacation Time
Anita O'Day – Angel Eyes
Frank Pourcel And His Orchestra – Italia Romantica
Hugo Winterhalter – People
Jack De Mello And His Imperial Strings – Makalapua
Julie O’Hara Sextet – Angel Eyes
KPM – Piano At The Plaza
John Coltrane-When Lights Are Low
Hampton Hawes -Hamptons Pulpit
Bill Evans-All Of You
Les Baxter & The 101 Strings – Love Beat Of The City
Robby Poitevin – Jazz Cave

Evenings At The Penthouse-Temptation In Your Ear

What is it for you...chocolate maybe?
 
Morton Gould – Temptation
Angie Hubbard – Black Coffee
Chet Baker – The Touch Of Your Lips
Frank Sinatra – The Way You Look Tonight
Janet Seidel – Baltimore Oriole
Julie London – I Got Lost In His Arms
Liberace – I Hear A Rhapsody
Mancini – The Windmills Of Your Mind
Paris Mitchell Strings – Easy To Love
Plas Johnson – Tanya
Sally Street – Teach Me Tonight
Lavay Smith-Gee Baby. Ain’t I Good To You
Shirley Moon-Solitary Moon
Dexter Gordon Le Coiffeur
Tiki Delights – Scorpion Rider
Tito Rodríguez – Theme From “The Apartment”

TV History

Tonight on Cocktail Nation, television history changed forever.
A decision that would create the modern TV rerun.
Hidden oil derricks secretly pumping beneath Los Angeles.
A daring World War II prison escape under moonlight.
Laurel and Hardy spark near-riots in an English village pub.
The strange movement that wanted engineers to run society.
Exotica, tiki culture, vintage legends, and lounge mysteries.
New music from across the world of cool and cocktail jazz.
Pour a drink… the night train is leaving the station
 
 
Eddie Singers- Harlem Nocturne
Joshua Cipolla-The Midnight Sea
Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet- I Love Lucy
Kurt Elling   Los Angeles 
Rebecca Rafla-What A Difference A Day Makes
Magic Sands- Vaquero
Mark Riddle- Uncharted
Clousaaux- Reum With A View
Combustible Eddison -Vertigogo
Martini Kings- The Lonely Bull
Magic Sands -Vaquero
Mr Moai- Pool of Love

Evenings At The Penthouse-An Ivory Tower

I've been accused of living in an Ivory Tower, and yes that is true. 
Tito Rodríguez - Theme From The Apartment
Tiki Delights - Scorpian Rider
Sally Street - Teach Me Tonight
Robby Poitevin - Jazz Cave
Plas Johnson - Tanya
Paris Mitchell Strings - Easy To Love
Mancini - The Windmills Of Your Mind
Liberace - I Hear A Rhapsody
Julie London - I Got Lost In His Arms
Janet Seidel - Baltimore Oriole
Frank Sinatra - The Way You Look Tonight
Chet Baker - The Touch Of Your Lips
Angie Hubbard - Black Coffee
Lee Morgan -I Remember Clifford
Stan Kenton - Once In A While
Morton Gould - Temptation

Lounge Special-Annie Ross

A Lounge Special this week as we look at the life of Annie Ross plus lots of new music.
It is the Cocktail nation on syndicated stations around the world and on iheart radio …   
Codename Carter-Botched Op
The Exotic lounge- Coronavirus
Theodore Shapiro- Labor of Love
Jorge Garcia- This One’s For Richie
Kenny.Sasaki-Quiet Lagoon
Ana Gasteyer- I’m Hip
Tiki Lounge Crew- Crime De Menthe
Brent Laidler- City By The Bay
Holly Cole-Viva Las Vegas
Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited- Your Move Ms Drake
Irving Joseph- April in Brownsville
The Swongos – Curious Tourist – Grab the Loot
Blue Martinis- Blue Martinis Theme