Cocktail Nation Lounge music podcast

koopkooper · Sep 8, 2013

Cocktail Nation 281 Codename Carter

Some spy action this week as we catch up with a new band to the show Codename Carter, news on the home of some the worlds greatest songs with the Brill Building, sad news on the passing of Marian Mc Partland from NPR plus our world of swank gig guide and the swankiest tunes from across the globe as we broadcast from Sydney's home of Lounge …the Penthouse.

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Dom Mariani 4 in the Mornin

Kenny Sasaki Fly Me To The Moon

Codename Carter Perfect Clarity Perfect Cut

Elmer Bernstein Thinking Of Baby

David Carbonara A Beautiful Mine

Duke Ellington Anatomy Of A Murder

Enoch Light Autumn In New York

Tiki Delights Sandy Samba

Tiki Joes Ocean Lullaby For Lono

O Som Do Jazz Manha Alegre

Nelson Riddle Your Zowie Face

Mr Ho's Orchestrotica Phoenix Goodbye

Martin Denny Love Dance

Janet Seidel Midnight Sun

koopkooper · Sep 8, 2013

Cocktail Nation 282 Birthplace of Exotica

Imagine being at the birthplace of Exotica at the Hawaiian Hilton when exotica was born, what a moment. Well you can experience that feeling when Waitiiki 7 and Jimmy Borges hit the stage later this year, Randy Wong stops by to talk about this concert, Ive got news on my new automotive purchase and we talk about the lost mansions of LA

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Clouseaux Hunt Of The Savage
Spy Fi Eldorado
Waitiki 7 Voodoo Love
Aaron Diel Generation Y
Hugo Montengro Guaglione
Lex Baxter A Taste Of Honey
Diana Krall Night We Called It A Day
Jackie Gleason-The Girl From Ipanema
Mancini Quiet Village
Oscar Peterson Morten Swing
Tiki Delights Stormy Outrigger
Barbara Lusch So Nice
Si Zentner Walk On The Wild side

koopkooper · Oct 8, 2013

Cocktail Nation 283 O Som Do Jazz

this week I bring you a band that is bringing back that Bossa Nova sound for the Jetset exotics.......some swank advice on how to automate your life so as to allow for more swank activity.
Of course the only lounge and exotica gig guide returns to the airwaves along with th best lounge and exotica from across the big blue planet!

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Combustible Edison Millionaires Holiday

Mr Ho's Orchestrotica Frenesi

OO Som Do Jazz Sambou Sambou

Oscar Peterson I Got It Bad

Tiki Joes Ocean ALoha Amor

Waitiki 7 When First I Love

Blue Dahlia's Brazil

Shelley Mann Daktari

Sergio Mendes Monday Monday

Pink Martini Mar Desconcido

Arthur Lyman Group Colonel Bogey March

Laura Ainsworth Love For Sale

Jimmy Vargas Torchin The El Roco

Aaron Dehil Le Tombeau De Couperin

John Andrew Tartagilla A Day In The Life

Plas Johnson Mean To Me

Jackie Gleason Lover Man

George Melly Roll EM Pete

Kenny Sasaki Rum And Coke

New Gary Burton Quartet Did You Get It

Lea Delaria Call Me

Ella Fitzgerald Useless Landscape

koopkooper · Oct 8, 2013

Cocktail Nation 284 Moon Show

Have you ever thought about how many songs in the world are about the Moon…long before man landed on the moon out obsession with the moon was well and truly formed. This week in the Cocktail Nation we are going to feature songs of Lounge about the moon….and ofcourse the 1969 moon landing and the words of Neil Armstrong. For the fans of Princess Grace I have news of a movie coming your way about her life plus out look at the world of swank with the best parties from across the globe.

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Janet Seidel Moon River
Tony Bennett Blue Moon
Tikiyaki Orchestra Mai Tais On The Moon
Tiki Joe's Ocean Moonlight Moods
Stan Getz Moonlight In Vermont
Love Jones Whisky, The Moon and Me
Mel Torme Swingin On The Moon
Enoch Light Orchids In The Moonlight
Frank Sinatra Fly Me To The Moon
Jackie Gleason Moonglow
Ames Brothers No Moon At All
Morris Stoloff Moonglow
Arthur Lyman Moon Over A Ruined Castle
Chet Baker Moonlight Becomes You
George Dunning Moonglow and Theme From Picnic
Don Tiki Other Side Of The Moon

koopkooper · Oct 13, 2013

Cocktail Nation 285 Church Of Frank Sinatra

Koop Kooper back with Cocktail nation after a two week vacation and ready to go with the best lounge and exotica sitting on the Hi Fi.
Now tell me, would you consider Frank Sinatra a god? Some people have felt that it would be appropriate to build a church around the chairman of the board....we will find out more about that as I speak to head of the Los Angeles church of Frank Sinatra. We have news on the passing of Louis Primas wife and musical partner Gia Maione and some news on the Tikiyaki Orchestra.

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Aaron Diehl The Cylinder
Clouseaux Search For A Vulcan
Frank Sinatra Mr Success
Halford Jetset Tema De Anna
Peggy Lee You're Blase
Tikiyaki Orchestra Mysteria
Don Tiki Jungle Julie
Gia Maione On The Other Side Of Tears
Jimmy Vargas Dahlias Web
David Carbonara Elevator Gossip
Monty Norman Dr No's Fantasy
Kenny Sasaki Jellyfish

koopkooper · Nov 1, 2013

Cocktail Nation 286 Where Here Meets There

Fresh from flying around in my recent purchase of a 1964 Austin Healey it's Koop Kooper lounging about the Sydney penthouse with chilled drinks, taking in the city lights with the lounge soundtrack draping the penthouse in a technicolor glow.
This week Mr Ho of Mr Ho's Orchestrotica stops by to talk about a new release called Where Here Meets There....plus I've got a Sinatra story as told by Tom Selleck

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Nutty Same Old Scat And Song

Metropole Orchestra Jalousie
Mr Ho's Orchestrotica Sansaz

Dean Martin Baby O

Robert Drasnin Tahitian

Frank Sinatra Call Me

Martin Denny Beyond The Reef

Joey Altruda Remembering Jobim

Pink Martini Syracuse
Oscar Peterson Exactly Like You

O Som Do Jazz Secret Paradise

Laura Ainsworth That's The Kind Of Guy I Dream Of

koopkooper · Nov 1, 2013

Cocktail Nation 287 The Rediscovery Of Esquivel

One of the biggest and most important releases for the neo lounge scene was the 1994 Space age Bachelor pad Music Cd which was produced by Irwin Chusid and was a real game changer for the lounge lotharios ...if you love new music we have you covered with some more new tunes from Codename Carter plus the latest Mr Ho's Orchestrotica from the new album Where Here Meets There.

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Tiki Delights Bali Safari

Vic Flick James Bond Theme

Esquivel Surfboard

Frank Sinatra That's Life

Mr Ho's Orchestorica Chiseling Music

Codename Carter Stealth Palmer

Henry Mancini Windmills Of Your Mind

Ixtauhele Brugmansia

Jackie Gleason If He Walked into my Life

Laurie Allyn You're So Bad For Me

James Morrison The Master Plan

Chet Baker Let's Get Lost

koopkooper · Nov 3, 2013

Cocktail Nation 288 The Young Man Of Paris

One of my favourite places is Paris so this week on the show I thought why not honour this marvellous city, this spectacular country with a rich, swank and romantic culture with a playlist of French music and French inspired lounge

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Billie Holiday April In Paris
Mark Copeland I Love Paris
Nelson Riddle C’est Magnifique
Serge Gainsbourg Je T’aime Moi Non Plus
Stereophonic Space Sound unlimited la fille dans le train
Billy May The Poor People Of Paris
Button Down Brass French Connection
Cy Coleman Parisian Women
Dicky Do and The Don’ts Vive L’amour
Joe “Fingers" Carr Under Paris Skies
Laura Ainsworth La Vie En Rose
Andre Popp Musique Mecanique
CLouseax Le Nuit
Pink Martini Sympathique
Les Double Six French Rat Race
Elmer Bernstein Valentina
Henri Reni Petite Fleur

koopkooper · Nov 16, 2013

Cocktail Nation 289 Designing Bond

There is no doubt about it James Bond is one stylish lounge lothario. To me it doesn't matter what era of Bond you are talking about, they all have that factor swank cool.
This week on the show talking to the curator of a Bond exhibition called Designing Bond, we talk the perils of over collecting and details about a tour to check out to experience the marvelous music of Mr Ho's Orchestrotica along with the best gigs from across the globe.

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Spy FI Black Tie Spy
Sally Street Play Your Hands Girls
Leroy Holmes The James Bond Theme
Mr Ho’s Orchestrotica Maracatune For Chalco
Sarah Vaughn Peter Gunn
Acca Daiquiris Witchcraft
David Carbonara How Mable Got Stable Cha Cha Cha
Aaron Diehl Blue Nude
Earl Hagan I Spy
Martini Kings Zou Biscou Biscou
Freddy Cole Waiter Ask The Man to Play the Blues
Ixtahule Gardens Of Mu
Jonah Jones Blue Danube Rock

koopkooper · Nov 30, 2013

Cocktail Nation 290 Disney Frozen In Ice

the franchise that is Disney is one of the best known across the globe, the man who began it all, Walt Disney was a man with vision and that vision continued after his death in 1966, this week we talk to a man who has put together book all about the time after Walts Death.
News on a new book from Beachbum Berry and a new series on Kennedys you might have caught on the box

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Aaron Diehl The Cylinder
Metropole Orchestra Spellbound
Arthur Lyman Leis Of Jazz
Machiniso Percusion Frenzy
Tiki Delights Stay In My Arms
Jimmy Vargas The Girl You Left Behind
Laurie Allyn So In Love
Linda Lawson Mood Indigo
Narco Lounge Combo Squizy Tahini
Nelson Riddle Your Zowie Face
Oscar Peterson My Heart Belongs To Daddy
Pink Martini Mar Desconocido
Stan Getz Charade
Jackie Gleason Darn That Dream

koopkooper · Nov 30, 2013

Cocktail Nation 291 Tiki Iniki

I love it when a new Tiki Bar opens and keeps the Aloha spirit alive, this week I talk to the manager of a new Tiki Bar when has opened on the big Island called Tiki Iniki …continuing on the big island news of a legal battle that Brad Tiki shark Parker has been plunged into and whilst many of us who are into the fifties and sixties culture dress in vintage clothes, collect furniture and drive classic cars this week I will bring you a story of a couple who have gone back…way back to the turn of the century.

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Cocktail Inn Dragnet

Ricki Derek Rio

Tiki Joe’s Ocean Quiet Voyage

Ray Conniff Caravan

Paris Mitchell Strings Dream

Ixtahuele Dengue Fever

Neal Hefti Cherry Point

Seth MacFarlane It’s Anybodys Spring

Sergio Mendez Girl From Ipanema

101 Strings Cha Cha Italiano

Laura Fygi Perfidia

Tiki Lounge Crew Hipsters Lair

Jerry Costanzo Penthouse Serenade

Cal Tjader A Night In Tunisia

koopkooper · Nov 30, 2013

Cocktail Nation 292 Shelley Berman

A couple of years ago I had the pleasure of speaking to the great Comedian Shelley Berman, well he's back on the show to talk about a book of poetry he's has written along with extraordinary ability to adlib. I've got a free vintage online magazine to check out, and a nice box set for you in time for Christmas

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David Carbonara A Beautiful Mine
Cocktail Inn Brief And Breezy
Enoch Light Bingo Bango Bongo Baby
Mancini Brothers Go To Mothers
Ixtahuele Rarohengen Dance
Morton Stevens Hawaii Five O
Mr Ho’s Orchestrotica Would You like Bongos With That Fugue
Nutty Back In Black
Plas Johnson Mean To Me
101 Strings A Man And A Woman
John Barry 7 Underground Lair
Count Basie April In Paris

koopkooper · Dec 7, 2013

Cocktail Nation 293 American International Pictures

this week on the show we take a look at one of the smallest players in the movie making machine of Hollywood of the fifties that just happened to be one that packed a really big punch…news on the demise of the Hukilau event in Florida plus the best lounge and exotica from across the globe along with the best parties to end the year with.

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Clouseaux Search For a Vulcan
Tiki Lounge Crew Suburbia 62
Reg Owen Everyday
Percy Faith Theme From A Summer Place
Octobop Jazz Goes To Siwash
Tiki Joe’s Ocean Night Of The Jungle
Martin Denny Exotica
Janet Seidel Miami Beach Mambo
Barney Mcall Mysteriss
Sir Julien You Only Live Twice
O Som Do Jazz Nanna
Nina Simone Wils Is The Wind

koopkooper · Dec 14, 2013

Cocktail Nation 294 Potions of The Caribbean with Jeff Beachbum Berry

Jeff Beachbum Berry has got a brand new book out that will blow your mind about the history of tiki drinks. For those in Los Angeles I have a very cool hang out for you plus a very groovy newsletter to sign up for which I can guarantee you won't regret when it drops into your inbox each week.

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Tony Bennett With Plenty Of Money And You
Aaron Diehl Moonlight In Vermont
Si Zentner From Russia With Love
Mr Ho’s Orchestrotica Ritual Mallet Dance
Percussion For Playboys Angel Eyes
Metropole Orchestra Third Man Theme
Martin Denny Rain
Pink Martini and Saori Yuki Mayonka No Bossa Nova
Dave Bruebeck Broadway Bossa Nova
Frank Sinatra I Wish I Were In Love Again
Sally Street When In Rome
Peggy Lee From Now On
Clouseaux Paraiso

koopkooper · Dec 30, 2013

Cocktail Nation 295 Best Of The Best 2013

What a year it had been here at the Cocktail Nation with the show being added to more and more stations across the globe....look out Ryan Seacrest, I'm coming to get you. The podcast was enhanced, we got a new website and I bought a 1964 Austin Healey! But ofcourse the show needs great guests and great music and we have had plenty of that. Each year I like to highlight the best of the best of the year and that's sometimes difficult in a one hour show so for you some of the most stand out releases of the last twelve months.

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Mr Ho’s Orchestrotica Chiseling Music
O Som Do Jazz Sambou Sambou
Metropole Orchestra My Blue Heaven
Ixtahuele Stone Gods Of Bimini
Codename Carter Stealth Palmer
Aaron Diehl The Cylinder
Molly Ringwald Don’t You Forget About Me
Narco Lounge Combo Caravan
Laura Ainsworth Necessary Evil
Tiki Delights Twist Of Lyman

koopkooper · Jan 18, 2014

Cocktail Nation 296 Julie London, Lady Liberty

Show number one for 2014 as we kick off the year in fine style talking about the wonderful Julie London and a fantastic book. Speaking of books we will talk about a book you need on your shelf to improve your swank life and we have all the swank parties linked up in our world of swank gig guide.
Standby for an announcement on a new segment plus we will have a laugh with Don Rickles.

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Nathan Haines Lament
David Carbonara The Twenty Third Foor
Julie London Must Be Catchin
Cal Tjader Meditcao
Sally Street All I Do Is Dream Of You
Chet Baker I Fall In Love To Easy
Lee Presson and the Nail Coax Me A Little
Pink Martini But Now I’m Back
Warren Barker Hawaiian Eye
Gerry Mulligan Night Lights
Stacey Kent Waiter Oh Waiter
Royal Crown Revue Deadly Night Call

koopkooper · Jan 26, 2014

Cocktail Nation 297 Don Adams Comedy

Starting our new monthly feature of the classic comedy of the golden age and this week we kick of with the stand up comedy of Don Adams.
Some news for the purists that hang out here, news that I think will pleas a lot of people who like authenticity when it comes to lighting the pad.

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Larry Gelb Trio Love Walked In

Barbara Levy Daniels Mean To Me

Hugo Montenegro Get Smart Theme

Buddy Greco Thats Why The Lady Is A Tramp

The Lounge Lizards The Hanging

O Som Do Jazz Brisa Do Nordes

Nathan Haines Cocktails

The New Gary Burton Quartet Did You Get It

Al Hirt And Ann Margaret Everybody Loves My Baby

Ixtahule Orust Luau

Bobby Darin When Day Is Done

Jackie Gleason Brazil

Si Zentner Charade

koopkooper · Feb 4, 2014

Cocktail Nation 298 The Encounter Restaurant

the lounge sounds are ready to go as we set the needle on the vinyl up high in the sydney penthouse and thus week we take a look at an an architectural giant of the the US landscape…The Encounter Restaurant at the Theme Building in LAX…news on the release of a very noir book to pick up and some news from me when your swank life goes slightly awry!

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Useless Playboys Caravan
Cocktail Inn Brief And Breezy
Frank Sinatra Nothing But The Best
Don Baker Trio Dansero
Jimmy Vargas A Blue Negligee
Project Pimento Star Trek
Reg Owen Dancing On the Ceiling
Sonny Lester Salome’s Veil
Tito Puente Ritual Drum Dance
James Bond And His Sextet You Only Live Twice
James Morrison The Master Plan

koopkooper · Feb 16, 2014

Cocktail Nation 299 The Left Arm Of Buddha

we head to Belgium to find out about a brand new exotica band called The Left Arm of Buddha, if you are in the market for a new retro styled watch we have something you will just love. There’s a new literary segment for the lounge lotharios and the best lounge and exotica from across the globe.

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Octobop Jazz Goes to Siwash

Don Sebesky Orchestra Samba With Some Barbecue

The Left Arm Of Buddha A Monkeys Affair
Clifford Brown You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To

Blossum Dearie Manhattan

Aaron Diel Generation Y

Larry Gelb Monica

Arthur Lyman Midnight Sun

Ricki Derek Rio

Martini Kings Theme From A Summer Place

Jackie Gleason Ghost Of A Chance

koopkooper · Feb 16, 2014

Cocktail Nation 300 Cocktail Time

There is nothing better than a nice relaxing Cocktail Bar. Everybody has their favourites and I thought that his week we should talk about some of the cool cocktail bars for the jetset to visit across the globe along with the origins of the worlds most famous cocktails plus the history of cocktailian culture
An all cocktail theme this week along with the look at the world of swank and all the retro news you count on the Cocktail Nation team to bring you

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Billy May Cocktails For Two

Xavier Cugat Daqiuri.
New Morty Show Blue Martini

Kenny Sasaki Rum and Coke

Stacey Kent Waiter, Oh Waiter

Mark Copeland Drinking Again

Raph Flanagan Hot Toddy

Art Van Damme Cheers

Lenny Dee Tequila

Buster Poindexter Knock Em Down Whisky

Tiki Lounge Crew Martini Nova

Nathan Haines Cocktails

Jimmy Vargas Cocktail Noir

Tikiyaki Orchestra Maitais On the Moon

Ruth Cameron Something Cool

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