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 features the persuasive percussion of Terry Snyder and the All-Stars, the Sergio Mendes Trio, the exotic sounds of Martin Denny and Stolen Idols, plus Mel Torme and the Mel-Tones! -
The Retro Cocktail Hour serves up some unreleased music by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, along with the "Steve and Eydie of jazz", Frank Sinatra's favorite drummer and the exotic sounds of Bob Romeo's Jungle Sextet and the jetsetter jazz of Nutty. -
This week's Retro Cocktail Hour features new sounds by the Waitiki 7 and the Tikiyaki Orchestra, plus the bongos, flutes and guitars of Los Admiradores and the Hollywood Film Noirchestra. -
On this week's Retro Cocktail Hour, you'll hear Arthur Lyman's classic Leis of Jazz, plus Exotic Themes for the Silver Screen by Michael Giacchino, Frank Sinatra's "Come Fly with Me" and the Mambo King meets rock'n'roll. -
You'll hear tiki tunes by Skip Heller's Voodoo 5, Bo Axelzon's Exotic Orchestra, Arthur Lyman and Mark Riddle on this week's Retro Cocktail Hour. Also, the blazing Latin brass of Nick Perito and pianist Marion Miller performs at the Mainlander in St. Louis. -
This week's all-new Retro Cocktail Hour serves up passionate percussion by The Mallet Men, private eye jazz by the Hollywood Film Noirchestra and the new exotic sounds of the Black Olive Jazz Band. -
This week's Retro Cocktail Hour features the new exotic sounds of the Enchanted Tiki Cats, Ixtahuele and the Bahama Soul Club, plus David Seville's classic "Witch Doctor" and Big Kahuna's Copa Cat Pack. -
On this week's all-new Retro Cocktail Hour you'll hear the new exotic sounds of the Quiet Villagers, the Tikiyaki Orchestra and Skip Heller's Voodoo 5. Also, Dick Schory's Percussion Pops plays Duke Ellington! -
Here's an all-new bonus episode of The Retro Cocktail Hour, with new music by the M-Squad Hollywood Soundtrack Quintet, the Whatitdo Archive Group and With a Twist. Also, Brigitte Bardot sings and the unreleased Les Baxter. -
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