Series: The Retro Cocktail Hour
Produced by Kansas Public Radio
winging bachelor pad music, exotica, bossa nova and groovy movie soundtracks.
The Retro Cocktail Hour is actually TWO hours -- a weekly hi-fi highball of vintage "bachelor pad" music, exotica, private eye jazz and eccentric pop of the 1950s, '60s and '70s.
The show's spiced with everything from obscure Italian B-movie soundtracks and bossa nova to contemporary bands like Don Tiki, Big Kahuna and the Copa Cat Pack, the Tokyo Panorama Mambo Boys, the Italian Secret Service, Balanco and others.
Featured artists: Les Baxter, Martin Denny, Perez Prado, Raymond Scott, Juan Esquivel, Arthur Lyman, Tito Puente, Pete Rugolo, Dead Ringer, Nelson Riddle, Dick Schory's New Percussion Ensemble, Dean Elliott, The Blue Hawaiians, etc.
Availability: 13 2-hour shows, with one :30 optional cutaway per hour.
27 Pieces
- Added: Sep 30, 2008
- Length: 01:57:54
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Aug 13, 2008
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Jul 18, 2008
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Jul 15, 2008
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Jun 25, 2008
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Jun 16, 2008
- Length: 01:58:00
Bought by WKMS and 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station
- Added: Jun 09, 2008
- Length: 01:57:59
- Purchases: 2
Bought by 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station
- Added: May 06, 2008
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 1
Bought by 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station
- Added: Apr 18, 2008
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 1
Bought by 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station
- Added: Apr 04, 2008
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 1
Bought by WKMS and 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station
- Added: Mar 25, 2008
- Length: 01:57:53
- Purchases: 2
Bought by WKMS and 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station
- Added: Mar 11, 2008
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 2
Bought by WKMS and 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station
- Added: Feb 29, 2008
- Length: 01:57:57
- Purchases: 2
Bought by KSJD, WKMS, and 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station
- Added: Feb 20, 2008
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 3
Bought by WKMS and 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station
- Added: Feb 12, 2008
- Length: 01:57:33
- Purchases: 2
Bought by WKMS and 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station
- Added: Feb 01, 2008
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 2
Bought by WKMS and 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station
- Added: Feb 01, 2008
- Length: 01:57:33
- Purchases: 2
Bought by WKMS and 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station
- Added: Feb 01, 2008
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 2
- Added: May 16, 2006
- Length: 01:57:59
- Purchases: 1
- Added: May 09, 2006
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 1
