Cocktail Nation

I dream in technicolour and my sound track has lush strings in Hi Fi! www.cocktailnation.net Phineas Newborn – Love And Marriage Dave Lowe – No Time To Die Nathan Haines – Lament Ella Fitzgerald – Mood Indigo Teddy Randazzo – The Countess Dan Stein – Elegant Manhattan Marty Paich Trio – Dusk Light Frank Sinatra – It’s All Right With Me Denis Farnon – Highballs At Villa Rienza Pepper Greenwald – Ro...

Let me tell you about a date at a revolving restaurant. www.cocktailnation.net Calum Upton – Revolving Restaurant Don Nuzzo – Bonded Eddie Costa – I’ve Never Been In Love Before Henry Mancini – The Windmills Of Your Mind Jazz Singles – Another Cocktail Joey Altruda – Christy Joey Altruda – Cocktails With Joey John Neel – Bury Me Blue Marlena Shaw – Ahmad’s Blues Matt Holsen – Plenty Jaunty Orchest...

All modern bands tonight so get out there in your best clothes and see a band tonight! www.cocktailnation.net Ricki Derek-Night and Day Octobop-One Note Samba Seth MacFarlane-Something Good Tiki Torches-Miserlou Jennifer Keith - Occasional Man Tiki Lounge Crew-Bikini Bambini Laura Ainsworth-Midnight Sun James Spencer-Quiet Village Stolen Idols-Sophisticated Savage Tiki Delights-Fashionably Late Ag...

  Tonight on the Cocktail Nation, it’s Words With Wellsy as we dive into The Beach Boys’ lost masterpiece SMiLE — plus, Hitchcock’s banned Disneyland film, Yippie protest theatre, and lounge life highlights from Palm Springs to Honolulu. Pour a martini and join us for everything that is lounge and exotica.   www.cocktailnation.net   Paul Anka – Smells Like Teen Spirit Drugstore Romeos – Wondrous P...

Let's just sip it slowly. www.cocktailnation.net Cocktail Inn-Days Of Wine And Roses Combustible Edison -Lonelyville Frank Sinatra-Like Someone in Love Gene Rains-Tiki George Shearing -I'll Remember April Henry Mancini-The Summer Know Jackie Gleason-Mystery Street Janet Seidel-A Man and A Woman Nat King Cole George Shearing -A Beautiful Friendship Nathan Haines-Cocktails George Shearing-My One And...

Here is a challenge for you if you are up for it. www.cocktailnation.net Pink Martini -Everywhere Arthur Lyman -Akaka Falls  James Spencer -Here’s That Rainy Day From Carnival in Flanders Jackie Gleason -What’s New Lyn Stanley -Summertime Oscar Peterson-Sophisticated lady Jackie Gleason from Russia with Love Sue Raney -Blue Tears Gerry Mulligan go home Miles Davis-So what Jen Siukola-l I kissed Yo...

We all have them...lots of questions, what is the meaning of life, what is love, what is the weird freckle and should I be worried about it?  www.cocktailnation.net James Spencer-What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? Jackie Gleason- Can This Be Love? Stanley Black-  Isn’’t It Romantic?  Natalie Cole- Why Don’t You Do Right?  Beverly Kenny- Isn’t It A Pity?  Otto Cesana -WhereAreYouNow? Julie L...

I have a great reason to dress well...it's called influence. www.cocktailnation.net 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'...

A new segment this week born out of some of the weird things I’ve seen on the internet. We talk JFK lovenest and the missing Amelia Earhart plane plus one of the weirdest emails I have received along with the best lounge and exotica from across the globe.   www.cocktailnation.net   Jetset Unlimited – The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Messerchups – Moonrace Kenny Burrell – Pin Up Vibexotica – An Ocean Away V...

The spy gear and the romance, that’s what it’s all about tonight. www.cocktailnation.net Jerry Goldsmith – Never Mind, You’d Love It Peter Nero – For All We Know John Neel and Orchestra – Who Is Wendy Joey Altruda – Cocktails With Joey Herbie Mann – Theme From Mondo Cane (LP Version) Piero Umiliani – Lounge Suite The Yuko Mabuchi Trio – Strollin’ in a Morning Sunrise Henry Mancini – The Windmills...

The ethereal sounds are here as we transcend the 21st century  www.cocktailnation.net Jeff Goldblum – Lazy Afternoon Lee Morgan – These Are Soulful Days Love Boat (Main Theme) Oscar Pettiford – Laverne Walk Herbie Mann – Theme From Beloved (LP Version) Art Pepper – These Foolish Things Marcus McLaurine – Destiny`1 George Shearing – Midnight on Cloud 69 Jeff Steinberg – A Martini Built for Two Bill...

  Coming up tonight on The Cocktail Nation the comedy of Vaughn Meader and we find out why his career ended so quickly. I’ve got a letter to the Cocktail Nation and the worlds best Lounge and Exotica.   www.cocktailnation.net   Jetset Sweden - Music to Watch Girls By Project Pimento - Black Magic Woman Tiki Delights - Port of Call-Tahiti Tikiyaki and the Hawaiiana Brass -Weekend in Waikiki) Combus...

Today there is world of instagram flexing players ...back in the day the playboy was less obvious and preferred discretion over everything. www.cocktailnation.net Cy Coleman - Playboy's Theme Ann-Margret - Bachelor In Paradise Beatnik Jazz - Jazz Flute Buddy Collette - Baubles, Bangles & Beads Dave Valentin - Morning Light Dizzy Gillespie - Carioca Frank Wess - Southern Exposure Herbie Mann -...

One for the Lounge Lizards for you! www.cocktailnation.net   Frank Wess - The Lizard Joe Newman - Low Life Kenny Burrell - Baubles, Bangles and Beads Joe Newman - Miss Blues Freddy Green - Playboy Sam Most - Devil May Care Worldwide Harmonics - Bachelor Pad Jean-Pierre Rampal - Amoureuse Hollywood Playboy Orches... Music for Playboys to Play By Gerald Beckett - Flute Vibes Herbie Mann - Minor Groo...

  Coming up tonight on The Cocktail Nation—we’ll slip into spy mode with the Spy Vibe Podcast and revisit one of animation’s coolest secret agents. .In Lounge Life Magazine, a shake-up in the Bond universe as the hunt for a fresh-faced 007 begins, plus we’ll explore one of Australia’s most infamous prisons. I’ve got a wild story of Cold War ‘shoe diplomacy’ at the United Nations, new music steeped...

A Lounging Bachelor Spy is in our midst and foreign spies are helpless against his means of persuasion. www.cocktailnation.net   Dave Lowe- No Time To Die Hugo Montenegro-Thunderball Sam Rivers- Euterpe  Denis Farnon- Highballs At Villa Rienza Baby Grand- Just Drive Teddy Randazzo-The Countess Dave Grusin-The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. James Bond Sextet-Casino Royale Robby Poietivin-The Syndicate Robert...

Sometimes I think the 21st century is just a bit too much www.cocktailnation.net   Janet Seidel- Windmills of Your Mind Hiromi-Uncertainty Nicholas Masson-Almost Forty Orchestra Superstring- Haru Bill Charlap- All Across the City Jonny Greenwood- Spencer Dianne Schuur- When October Goes Vibes On Velvet- Ink Mysterioso  Daniel Pemberton-Restaurant Undercover Beegie Adair- I Get Along Without You Ve...

Tonight on the Cocktail Nation, our feature chat this week—Words With Wellsy—dives into the noir depths of Darker Than Amber, plus entertainment reporter Craig Bennett joins us to reflect on the life and legacy of Hollywood’s golden boy, Robert Redford   From the pages of Lounge Life Magazine we’re exposing Dean Martin’s favorite Italian comfort food And in our Stuff segment we talk censorship Add...

Jazz flute fills the hallways of the Penthouse this week! www.cocktailnation.net Beatnik Jazz-Jazz Flute  Buddy Collette- Baubles, Bangles & Beads  Dave Valentin-Morning Light  Dizzy Gillespie- Carioca  Gerald Beckett- Flute Vibes  Gerald Beckett- The Soothsayer  Herbie Mann- Gospel Truth  Herbie Mann- Minor Groove  Jean-Pierre Rampal- Amoureuse  Sam Rivers-Involution  Yusef Lateef-Nu-Bouk

For über fans here is an extended version of the interview I did with Phillip Roberts about his latest book

ev605 Ode to a Bachelor Pad   Welcome to the penthouse, baby — where the cocktails are crisp, the lights are low, and the bachelor life is in full swing. Tonight, it’s all about the soundtrack to Hef’s empire… bachelor pads, velvet lounges, and music spun for the modern playboy. Slip off that dinner jacket, loosen the tie, and let the night unfold. www.cocktailnation.net Peter Arndell- Bachelor Pa...

  Tonight on the Cocktail Nation we’re diving into some strange but true tales from the past. You’ll hear the story of Alvin ‘Shipwreck’ Kelly—the luckiest fool who cheated death more times than Sinatra had encores. We’ll take a detour with Bertha Benz, the first road-tripper who snuck out with her husband’s brand-new invention. Plus, a peek into bizarre events you’ll swear can’t be real, and a lo...

Direct from the Australian Lounge scene, as lead by lounge Leader Koop Kooper www.cocktailnation.net Paige Delancy - Black Coffee Acca Daiquiris - Cocaine B Sharp Band - Destination Moon Blue Martinis - The Great City Frank Bennett - You're Just Too Hip Baby Grace Knight - You’d Be Home Home To Gregg Arthur - More And More James Morrison - The Master Plan Janet Seidel - Charade Julie O’Hara Sextet...

This week we are  putting on our fedoras and playing detective with some unsolved mysteries of the 1950s—starting with a classic case that’s stranger than fiction.  We’ll peek behind the curtain of some curious stories, from a 1960s dictator’s strange obsession with mangoes to the lost art of the details in a certain classic film. www.cocktailnation.net Cocktail Preachers – Spy Fi Stereophonic Spa...

Ahh the obsession of love..lust and all it commands you to do! www.cocktailnation.net Morton Gould - Temptation  Benny Carter with the Oscar Peterson Trio - Imagination  Dean Martin - The Look  Dinah Washington - I Thought About You Elvis - Ask Me  Frank Sinatra - The Way You Look Tonight  George Shearing - Isn't It Romantic  Jackie Gleason - How Did She Look  John Barry - Look Around Pat Suzuki -...