Cocktail Nation

weekly musings from Koop!

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Mantovani – Moon River

101 Strings – California Dreamin'

Roger Williams – Days of Wine and Roses

Andre Kostelanetz – I'll Never Fall in Love Again

Hugo Winterhalter – People

Paul Weston – Blue Moon

Hollyridge Strings – Theme from Shaft

Douglas Gamely and Picca – What Makes a Sunset

Stanley Black – Ebb Tide

Denis Farnon – Highballs At Villa Rienza

Morton Gould – Temptation

Les Baxter & The 101 Strings – Love Beat of the City

Ray Conniff – Love Me

Johnny Costa – Holiday for Strings

Percy Faith – Baubles, Bangles and Beads

David Rose – Tenderly

Bert Kaempfert – Where Flamingos Fly

Carlini World of Strings – Plaisir D’Amour

Jackie Gleason – A Thousand Goodnights

Paris Mitchell Strings – Strings Easy to Love

Tonight we are talking Elevator Music as Gary Wells brings brings us another terrific book all about that background music we all love so much 

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Messer Chups – Kiss of the Night

The Cramps – Peter Gunn

Mantovani – Besame Mucho

Angelo Badalamenti – Freshly Squeezed

The Martini Kings – Wives and Lovers

David Fleming – Lake Como

Kenny Sasaki – Ripples

Ixtahuele – Mareld 2021

Tiki Delights – San Francisco Samba

Rob Dixon – Sway

Vibexotica – Humboldt To Raoria

Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited – Mysterious Mr Flynn

Mr Moai and the Tikiheads-Rongo Rongo

Jessica Jones Quartet-Manhattan 

Voodoo 5 – Like Young

Allen Dennard – Octavia

Time to raise that head from the device and see the world around us!

Marty Paich- Look Around

Miles Davis- Flamenco Sketches

John Pizzarelli-Beautiful Maria of My Soul

Janet Seidel- Lonely One

James Morrison- Girl Talk

Gerald Beckett- Broken Wing

Georgie Auld- Room with a View

Conte Candoli Quartet- No Moon At All

Chet Baker- These Foolish Things

Bill Evans- If You Could See Me Now

Beegie Adair-I'm a Fool to Want You

Atlantic Five Jazz Band- The Days of Wine & Roses

Art Pepper-Imagination

Join Kooper for this special series of podcasts where we take a look at the Bon Vivants, Playboys and those who lived a Jetsetter Lifestyle, those tango pirates and just what makes these men who they are. This week Commodus

Clothes are very important. You don't have to spend a lot to look like a million bucks.

John Neal and His  Orchestra-Blue Martini

Jackie Gleason-Blue Velvet

Chet Baker - Blue Thoughts

Marty Paich Trio- Dusk Light

Phineas_Newborn~Love And Marriage

Dexter Gordon-Stairway To The Stars

Helen Merrill-Soft As Spring

Astrud Gilberto-The Shadow Of Your Smile

Anne Phillips-A Stranger In Town

jazz Vibes-Lionel's Blues

Miles Davis-Blue In Green

James Spencer-Here's That Rainy Day From Carnival In Flanders

Henry Mancini- Blue Mantilla

Julie London- I Got Lost In His Arms

This week we take a look at a Tony Rome  in our Words With Wellsy Segment

Welcome to Lounge Life Audio Magazine, where we dive deep into retro culture, literature, and the timeless countercultural movements that shaped the modern world. Today, we're exploring the murky world of the CIA in the mid century.

weekly musings from Koop!

The Lounge specials return for 2025 and this week we look at the life and career of Linda Lawson

A Super Bowl themed stuff segment, world of swank gig guide plus plenty of great new music coming your way 

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Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66- Tim Dom Dom

Buddy Collette and Herbie Mann- Perdido

Linda Lawson-Where Flamingos Fly

Tiki Delights- Barcelona Sea Breeze

Waitiki 7-Yellow Bird

Tikiyaki Orchestra- The Ipcress File

Swongos-UNTRAINED HYPNOTIST

Brent Laidler-Haba Verde

Serge Gainsbourg- Le Talkie-Walkie

Stanley Turrentine-Nothing Ever Changes My Love for You

VibeXotica- Across The Bay

Hypnotiques-Apache

TV Themes-Piano Collection-The Crown Main Theme (Piano Rendition)

Mancini- Charade 

Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker- Reunion