Retro Cocktail Hour
Weekends at 7pm
Kansas Public Radio's Retro Cocktail Hour is our weekly nod to the Space Age Pop revival. Here you'll find vintage recordings from the dawn of the Hi-Fi Era - imaginative, light-hearted (and sometimes light-headed) pop stylings designed to underscore everything from the backyard barbecue to the high-tech bachelor pad. Darrell Brogdon serves up two hours of incredibly strange music on Kansas Public Radio, so grab a cocktail shaker and join us for the Retro Cocktail Hour.
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This week's Retro Cocktail Hour celebrates the life and and music of Henry Mancini for the 100th anniversary of his birth. We'll hear all your favorite Mancini themes from TV and movies, with Peter Gunn, Mr. Lucky, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Charade, Experiment in Terror and more, plus Mancini interpreted by other artists, including Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, Jet Set Sweden, the Intergalactic Contemporary Ensemble, etc. -
There's some "let's go shopping" music on this week's Retro Cocktail Hour, along with the jungle drums of Xavier Cugat; the National Youth Jazz Orchestra plays Mancini; and jungle jazz for the Original Swinger, plus tunes by Julie London, the Trombones Inc. and the George Shearing Quintet. -
This week's Retro Cocktail Hour features a tune inspired by our Underground Martini Bunker, performed by Lawrence's own With a Twist. Also - Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica with the sights and sounds of Esquivel, Les Baxter's Jungle Jazz and the New Rhythm Orchestra of Cuba! -
There's jazz for the urban jungle and mid-century mad pads on this week's Retro Cocktail Hour, plus a bongo party with Les Baxter, the exotic sounds of the Out-islanders and Bob Romeo's Jungle Sextet. -
This week's Retro Cocktail Hour includes some exotic treats from Martin Denny, singer Lisa Ono, the Black Olive Jazz Band and Kinky Waikiki. Also, TV private eye from shows like Staccato and 77 Sunset Strip. -
The jungle roars on this week's Retro Cocktail Hour, with the exotic sounds of Machito and his Afro-Cubans, vibraphonist Mark Riddle's Lahaina Sunset album and Don Tiare's Orchestre Exotique. Also, Juan Esquivel in Stereo Action and an incredibly rare record by Les Baxter from 1950! -
There's some passionate percussion on this week's Retro Cocktail Hour, with tunes by Jack "Mr. Bongo" Costanzo, vibraphonist Bobby Montez and Jack "Bongo" Burger. Also - music for communist party animals! -
This week's Retro Cocktail Hour features the bongos, reeds and brass of the Bob Florence Big Band, plus tunes by the Tokyo Panorama Mambo Boys, The Tikiyaki Orchestra, Martin Denny and Creepxotica. -
There's some wild percussion and "the sound your eyes can follow" on this week's Retro Cocktail Hour, with music by The Three Suns, The Waitiki 7, Don Tiki and Nelson Riddle.
