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Evenings At The Penthouse-Temptation Whispers

Let me tell you about temptation and how it works.
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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”

Evenings At The Penthouse-Cool People

I remember that moment when I suddenly felt cool and discovered how that felt, I was 14 years old and slipped on my first pair of Rayban Wayfarers and then the magic happened.
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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

Best Of the Best 2025

 
 
It’s been a stellar year for lounge and exotica — a wave of fresh releases keeping the hi-fi world spinning in style. Tonight, we spotlight the cream of the crop: Tikiyaki and The Hawaiiana Brass, Vibeexotica, Tiki Delights, Ixtahuele, and more.
We’ll hear from Andrew Munger of Vibeexotica, Skip Heller on the latest Voodoo 5 record, Matt Spacer on Bond style, Dana Countryman on the return of Cool and Strange Music Magazine, and Richard S. Green on Marketing Mayhem!
Pour yourself something smooth — it’s the Best of the Best 2025, right here on The Cocktail Nation.
 
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Tikiyaki and The Hawaiiana Brass – Weekend in Waikiki
Vibeexotica – An Ocean Away
Tiki Delights – Port of Call Tahiti
Tiki Delights-Midday Mai Tais
Kane Manakoora- Rainbows Over Kaneohe
Mr Moai and The Tikiheads-The Dawn of Tiki 
Mark Riddle- Lahaina Hula (Luau Version)
Voodoo5 – Desolation Center
Ixtahuele – House of the Gods
JG Thirlwell – Copycat
Project K-67 – Atomic Pool Party
Ultra Beaver Lounge – La Playa
Freddy Canoe – Nosedive 
Messerchups – Humanica
 
 
 
 

Evenings At The Penthouse -Night Phone

There was a time when if the phone rang late at night you knew there was a problem ..now there is a good chance it will beep at  3am
 
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Gerald Wiggins Trio- 3 O Clock In The Morning 
Wil Davis Trio-Will Call
Peggy Lee-Riding High
Julie London-Mickey Mouse March
Mel Torme-Tenderly 
Sue Rainy -Something cool 
Lee Morgan-I Remember Clifford
Mary Stallings- Slow Hot Wind
Warne Marsh-Autumn In New York
Gerry Mulligan-Body And Soul
Janet Seidel- I Got Lost In His Arms
James Spencer-Midnight Melancholy
Astrud Gilberto-Misty

Evenings At The Penthouse-Taxi!

Sometimes you just have to tell someone it's time to go home and hope they listen!
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Gerry Mulligan-Go Home
Mary Stallings-Sunday Kind Of Love
Curtis Fuller Quintet-Undecided
Bill Evans-I Should Care
Stan Levy Quintet-What Can I Say
June Christy- Lonely House
Brent Laidler-Keep Me In Mind
Virginia Scheneck-Being Me
Jackie Gleason-Hey There Lonely Girl