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One man's strange is another man's normal!

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Alan Pasqul - I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good

Chris Standring - How Insensitive 

Allison Kraus- This Time The Dreams On Me

Beegie Adair-The Last Time I Saw Paris 

Betty Carter-Some Other Time

Billy Eckstine - Remembering

Chris Standring - Night & Day 

Chet Baker-Every Time We Say Goodbye  

Dave Trolley- Best Time of My Life

Emile-Pandolfi-Somewhere In Time

George Shearing- Changing With the Times

Henri Rene- For the Very First Time

Jackie Gleason- Time

James Spencer The Start Of Our Affair

Tiki Delights-Cocktail Time

Jim Altamore - Summer Wind

Ryan Christopher- Where Or When

Koop is on vacation and this week bringing you a Twilight show as we delve into the archives. 

New shows return Feb 8

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Can you read between the lines.

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Fred Jacobs- If You Could See Me Now

Chet Baker-Look For the Silver Lining

Virginia Schenck-Another World

Plas Johnson-Mean to Me

Janice Borla Group You Dont know what love is

John Finbury-All The Way To The End

Nathan Haines- Lament

Bobby Christian - Blue Star

Bill Evans- What Is This Thing Called Love

George Shearing-Insensitive

Time to sit down and write you a letter.

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Johnny Mandel- Letter Writing Sequence

Charles Fox - A Moment to Share

The 5th Dimension- One Less Bell To Answer

Marcos Valle- The Answer

Diahann Caroll -Don't Answer Me (Ti Vedo Uscire)

Melanchrino Strings-Answer Me My Love

Polly Bergen -All Alone

Beegie Adair-Let's Get Lost

Dianne Reeves- Social Call

Eliane Elias- Call Me

Dean Martin- I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself A Letter)

Jeri Southern- My Letters

Chet Baker- Crazy She Calls Me

James Spencer- Love Letters

Jackie Gleason- Love Letters In The Sand

Larry Newcombe- Essential Messengers

MPS- Lost in Modulation

What a year, some great music, some great books and this week in our Best Of The Best show we take a look at 2024 

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The Aloha Caftan Society Theme-Walter Goes Shopping

Hypnotiques-Apache

Tiki Delights-Samba At The Reef

The Swongos – Untrained Hypnotist

Tikiyaki Orchestra- A Spy Medley

Mr Moai and the Tikiheads-Señor Moai

Dubbelorganisterna- Hubble

MesserChups- Pink Pantheratu

Voodoo5-Surrender

Ìxtahuele - The Hookah Parlor

Martini Kings -Smile  

Project K-67 – The Cat And The Cream

David Fleming-Lake Como

The allure of the Bad Boy...seems to work every time.

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Milt Jackson-Can’t Help Loving that Man

Paul Reves -Strolling with Style

Lyn Stanley -Hhow about me 

James Moody -Yesterdays

Angelica- Pure Imagination

Melanchrino Strings Ahh the sweet mystery of life. 

Mel Lewis -Grey flannel.

Marty Paich Trio -Dusk light.

Octobop- Thinking out loud.

André Previn -Blame it on My Youth

Beegie Adair Autumn in New York. 

Roger Williams-Deep Purple

Bill Charlup-One Morning In May

Dexter Gordon I Was doing alright. 

Light her up, just make sure the wood is dry!

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 Jackie Gleason-By The Fireside 

 Melanchrino Strings-My One and Only Love

Julie London- Snuggled on Your Shoulder Make Love to Me 

Marilyn Monroe-Kiss 

 Dolores Gray-Penthouse Serenade Warm Brandy

Al Hibbler-Nightfall 

Danny and Denny Gugliemi-Firelight Reverie 

Beegie Adair-Snowfall 

James Spencer-Street of Dreams 

Bobby Short-Tenderly 

Claude Bolling-Amoureuse 

Jack Jezzro-Embraceable You 

Emile Pandolfi-All The Things You Are

Relaxing Piano Crew-Hold My Glass

Laura Fygi  I Love You for Sentimental Reasons

Shirley Horn-You’re Nearer

Last show before our best of the best next week as we finish this season of the Cocktail Nation

This week Gary Wells talks about The Thin Man and one of the greatest pulp writers in history and find out what Koop thinks about organisations who won’t answer the phone.

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Project K-67 - The One That Almost Got Away

The Swongos - Untrained Hypnotist

Keith Williams and His Orchestra- The Thin Man

The Aloha Caftan Society - Sun Hat

Naughty Ones-Azure Te

Tim Mayer - Merman Main Theme

Honolulu Transport- Marvellous

Morricone 90-Lounge Music #2

Cy Coleman-Playboy's Theme

Tiki Delights-Samba At The Reef

Ixtahuele- The Hookah Parlor

Mr Moai and The Tikiheads-Tahitian Twilight

Manakooras- Hale'iwa Hustle

Martini Kings- Agua De Ber

Yes being with people is great but sometimes you just need alone time.

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Kenny Dorham - Alone Together

Sarah Vaughan - Misty – Live at Tivoli Garden, Copenhagen

Cannonball Adderly - Love For Sale

Evan Drybread - Blackball

Ute Lemper - Crimes Of The Heart

Aya Fukiage - I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good 

Octobop - Playboy Theme

Dave Valentin - Morning Light

Jerry Goldsmith - New York Skyline

Chet Baker - Hollywood Tonight

Anne Phillips - Lonelyville

Johnny Greenwood - Spencer

Some of us like to dream and you could say that those of us who are the great creators!

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Astrud Gilberto - Dreamer

Stacy Kent - I Know I Dream

Alison Kraus - This Time The Dreams On Me

Beverly Kenny - Its Magic

The Voices of Walter Schumann - That Old Black Magic

Monica Mancin - Dreamsville

Melanchrino Strings - Dream a Little Dream of Me

Chet Baker - Deep In A Dream

James Spencer - Three Coins In The Fountain

June Hutton - Dream

David Benoit - Generations

Jeremy Pelt - Soundtrack

Paul Desomond-Suicide Is Painless

Pat Martino - Lament

Beegie Adair -Days of Wine and Roses