More Piero Umiliani! (Happy New Year!)

Bringing in the new year with more music. Lets up the 20-teens are better than the first decade, Happy New Year everyone!

A fun tune from Sergio Rafael, "Over the Mountains"

Damita Jo with a jazzy tune that borderlines blues, with "I Found a Brand New Baby".

Some space age pop from Alvino Rey, "Rock me gently".

Another track from Piero Umiliani (Just can't get enough!) with La foresta incantata, and I don't know what it means either, but it sure sounds mellow in that trance like way!

Finally, Abbe Lane with "Nightingale"

Hope your new year is well and that you're keeping warm!

New Tracks

• Sergio Rafael Orchestra - Over The Mountains
• Damita Jo - I Found a Brand New Baby
• Piero Umiliani - La foresta incantata (feat. Wilson Das Neves)
• Alvino Rey - Rock gently
• Abbe Lane/Tito Puente & His Orchestra - Nightingale

Hope the new year is good to you! (phone in your plans!)

Hope your week is good and that you've managed to recover in time to celebrate new years! We'd really like to hear your plans this new years, so we can play them for other listeners, please contact us and phone them in, be a part of the community!

Some interesting organ action from Andy Bautista, choral jazz from Johnny Mann with "Paper Doll", we'll have a little fun with Jerry Fielding and "Spanish Flea".

An oh-so mellow "Live For Life" from Percy Faith, be careful with this one, you'll be liable to melt in your chair, another mellow tune from Buddy Bergman, "Melodyville"

Finally, The Alan Copeland Singers with "Baroque A Nova", not really a good way to describe this, Beach Boys meet Enoch Light meet Bach? sounds like the sort of thing that could easily have been played in a 70's era office building, I quite like it.

New Tracks

• Andy Bautista - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
• Johnny Mann - Paper Doll
• The Alan Copeland Singers - Baroque A Nova
• Percy Faith - Live For Life
• Buddy Bergman - Melodyville
• Jerry Fielding - Spanish Flea

A silly monday (also crooners)

A few new tracks on your sunday going into monday, hope everyone managed to have a swinging holiday season!

A couple crooners, Nick D'egidio and Michael Kaczurak, with "The Best Is Yet to Come" and "Beyond the Sea", Nick D'egidio is a Frank Sinatra impersonator.

Eartha Kitt does a rather silly song with "I'd Rather Be Burned As a Witch", kind of cute and silly at the same time.

Also some more jazzy tunes from Billy May, Alvino Rey and Johnny Mann.

Have a good week!

New Tracks

• Nick D'egidio - The Best Is Yet to Come
• Michael Kaczurak - Beyond the Sea
• Johnny Mann - Undecided
• Billy May - Guys And Dolls
• Eartha Kitt - I'd Rather Be Burned As a Witch
• Alvino Rey - Softly asin morning sunrise

The SG Sound & Doug Ferony

Some cool tracks for your saturday night, hope you're not as snowed in as I am!

Doug Ferony with "My Way", you know, I find it odd there aren't more versions of this song around, perhaps I'm not looking in the right places?

The SG Sound with "The Cantina Band", if you're a "Star Wars" fan, you'll probably love this spacey, retro sounding tune! (You've got to get their album, The SG Sound is nothing short of amazing and an internet stream just doesn't compare to the full quality tracks)

A couple mellow tunes from "The Alan Copeland Singers" and "Keely Smith", and a fun, vocal jazz tune from Johnny Mann.

Enjoy! (By the way, we'd really like to hear your plans for the new year, phone them in!)

New Tracks

• Doug Ferony - My Way
• The Alan Copeland Singers - Wichita Lineman
• Johnny Mann/Simon Zenther - Ol' Man River
• Keely Smith - Lullaby Of The Leaves
• The SG Sound - The Cantina Band

Phone in your new years plans!

We'd really like to hear your plans this new years, it's a community thing, let people know what you're up to! we'd really like to hear your plans and play them for the other listeners. Your chance to contribute without spending any money! You're not shy are you? c'mon, I dare you!

Well, it looks like cold temperatures have returned with the tailing end of the snow. Welcome to winter!

Quite a few tracks today! too many to go through one by one, but I'll just say it's a mixture of vocals, cool jazz, fun music and crazy stuff.

I'm particularly fond of Enoch Light's version of "I Say A Little Prayer", nice choral work there.

New Tracks

• The Alan Copeland Singers - If Love Comes With It
• Buddy Bergman - Wild Party
• Johnny Mann/Simon Zenther - Breezin' Along With the Breeze
• Alvino Rey - Chukkar
• Buddy Bergman - Milliganville
• Kay Starr - Just in Time
• Abbe Lane/Tito Puente & His Orchestra - Too Marvelous for Words
• Urbie Green - The Green Bee
• Percy Faith - Samba De Orfeu
• Jerry Fielding - Downtown
• Enoch Light - I Say A Little Prayer

Some more holiday tracks, including Enoch Light

Well, it's snowing.. and snowing.. and snowing.. and snowing! up here in Minnesota, good weather to stay inside, it seems so pointless to shovel when it'll be covered up in 2 hours anyway.

A note to the people using stream rippers: I admire your effort and I am honored, however, I can't officially condone the practice, I ask that if you're going to do it, at least use a stream ripper that ties up only one connection and hides itself from us a little better.

The problem is that some rippers use extra connections, this wastes bandwidth on both sides, costing everyone money.

Personally, I don't have a problem with someone ripping into hour long mp3 files for later play on their iPod or something, I wish the law allowed us to deliver podcasts, lifting individual tracks is silly though, the quality just isn't the same as napster or amazon. Internet radio is simply not an mp3 delivery service.

Anyhow, on with todays tracks!

You may have noticed we squeezed the Theme from MASH in yesterday, this was a simple oversight, it's an awesome version done by Enoch Light, I can't believe I forgot to mention it!

Also Anita Kerr, Kay Starr, Billy May and some more from Percy Faith. Hope your holiday season went well! (and that you don't have too many decorations to take down..)

New Tracks

• Enoch Light - Theme from MASH
• Johnny Mann/Simon Zenther - It's a Lonesome Old Town
• Kay Starr - I Love Paris
• Anita Kerr - Strangers In The Night
• Percy Faith - Sunny
• Billy May - Old Fashioned Girl

Happy Holidays from the triviacompanion!

Hope your holiday season is going along smoothly, watch out for those Christmas cocktails!

Well, it's snowing up here in the great frosty land known as Minnesota, nice cozy fire is burning and we're bringing you some more tracks.

A lot of choral tracks this time!

First is Johnny Mann with Simon Zenther, their "Serenade in Blue" has a nice choral big band sound.

On the choral theme is Anita Kerr with "Remember When", I'm sure you'll agree they sound absolutely fabulous!

Joni James sings about how much we'll miss her "After You've Gone".

Billy May with "Rich Butterfly", a nice hopping jazz tune.

Percy Faith with "Brand New Morning", be very careful with this song, as it tends to get stuck in your head.

And finally, Serge Gainsbourg with "Du Jazz Dans Le Ravin" and if you can't speak French, you're not alone.. I can't either! but he does have a nice sound, I'm sure you'll agree. (I wonder what the words mean!)

More Tracks

• Percy Faith - Brand New Morning
• Johnny Mann/Simon Zenther - Serenade in Blue
• Billy May - Rich Butterfly
• Joni James - After You've Gone
• Anita Kerr - Remember When
• Serge Gainsbourg - Du Jazz Dans Le Ravin

Do you remember Franklin Hobbs?

Some more from Esquivel, do you remember Franklin Hobbs? I'd really like to hear from you if you do.

Headliners do "Looks Like We Made It", Mary Rademacher with "Girl From Ipanema" (Interesting version) Frank Sinatra sings about his Jealous Lover and a fun jazzy sound track from EA Games of all places!

Hope you have a good holiday season!

Just a friendly reminder that if you subscribe to this blog, you can be alerted when new tracks are added.

New Tracks

• Esquivel And His Orchestra - Time On My Hands
• EA Games Soundtrack - The Saboteur Theme
• The Headliners - Looks Like We Made It
• Mary Rademacher - Girl From Ipanema
• Frank Sinatra - Hey Jealous Lover

Esquivel, Quincy Jones and More

It's weird how 20 degree weather can seem almost tropical when you've spent time in -10 weather isn't it?

Some more from Elmer Bernstein with "Finale", it's the kind of tune you hear and think, I know I've heard this some place, but where?

Quincy Jones with "Enchanted Melody", a nice tune to mellow out with.

Some space age bachelor pad music from Esquivel, "Johnson Rag"

Doug Ferony with "Almost Like Being in Love", you know, I really wish I had the voice of Doug Ferony, but then, I imagine every guy out there does!

Finally, to get in the holiday spirit, "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" from Mark Anderson, some christmas music done on an organ. This one isn't so much added to the playlist, we just play it now and then. (Believe it or not, triviacompanion isn't entirely robot driven, sometimes there's an actual person there)

New Tracks

• Elmer Bernstein - Finale
• Mark Andersen - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
• Quincy Jones - Enchanted Melody
• Doug Ferony - Almost Like Being in Love
• Esquivel And His Orchestra - Johnson Rag

Serge Gainsbourg & Syd Dale

We're coming up on the shortest day of the year, the Minnesota sky is turning dark a lot earlier now, good news, more night time is always a good thing! (Just wish it happened in the summer, so we could go out and enjoy it more)

More from Billy May, with "Perdido", a nice big-band retro sound.

The Headliners do an interesting version of Barry Manilow's "I Write the Songs" and on the mellow track is some more from the Syd Dale Orchestra with "Reminiscing" a track that you'll recognize almost instantly if you listened to AM radio in the 70's.

A couple tracks from Serge Gainsbourg, "Ce Mortel Ennui" and "L'alcool", if you can't speak French, well, you're in good company, neither can I! (and if you can speak French and hear something that isn't "work safe".. please tell me)

New Tracks

• Billy May & His Orchestra - Perdido
• Serge Gainsbourg - Ce Mortel Ennui
• The Headliners - I Write The Songs
• Syd Dale Orchestra - Reminiscing
• Serge Gainsbourg - L'alcool

Billy May, Quincy Jones big band sound

Hope your weekend is going well, here are some more track updates to put a little warmth into your winter.

Terry Gibbs plays the vibes with "Joshua"

Billy May & His Orchestra

Astrud Gilberto and Walter Wanderley with a nice, mellow version of Call Me

Some more groovy big band style music, Quincy Jones and "Cain's Hundreds"

We'd like to know what you think of 56k streams -vs- 128k or 64k, do you listen in an environment where bandwidth is expensive? When I listen to 128k streams, it sounds nicer but there are more network problems. We're considering moving to either 64k or 128k, it should sound slightly better but it could create network hassles. We'd like to know your opinions.

New Tracks

• Billy May & His Orchestra - I Believe In You
• Terry Gibbs - Joshua
• Quincy Jones - Cain's Hundreds
• Astrud Gilberto & Walter Wanderley - Call Me

Oscar Peterson with Nelson Riddle, many more updates

From the land where children learn the dangers of tongues on cold steel and frostie the snowman has to wear a coat, triviacompanion brings you more tunes and more updates.

Carol Lawrence tells us how well she gets along without you, with "I Get Along Without You Very Well"

More from Piero Umiliani with Magical Moonlight, truly amazing stuff, well suited for those days when you're feeling a tad psychotic. You've GOT to hear this one!

Oscar Peterson (and Nelson Riddle) bring us some oh so cool smooth sounds with "Round Midnight".

Syd Dale Orchestra with "Could it Be Magic" and more from La Nueva Banda De Santisteban, with "Nuestro Ayer", don't worry if you don't know what it means... we don't either! but the music sure is good.

Buddy Lester interviews Bob Newhart and George Burns, you'll want to hear their favorite jokes.

Plus new Guinness Book of World records material, including the greatest art robbery, swimming under the ice, the worlds most expensive kidney stone, heavy-weight tongue lifting and how they celebrate the smurfs in Ireland.

Hope your weekend is good!

New Tracks

• Oscar Peterson - Round Midnight
• Syd Dale Orchestra - Could It Be Magic
• Carol Lawrence - I Get Along Without You Very Well
• La Nueva Banda De Santisteban - Nuestro Ayer
• Piero Umiliani - Magical Moonlight

Lena Horne, Piero Umiliani & more

An awesome track from Piero Umiliani, (one of the nice things about a blog in written form is that I don't have to pronounce that!) "Toccata e Samba", I must warn you, it is a highly addictive track, we've been playing it here "in studio" as it were, over and over. Figured it was about time to share it with you!

Also some more from the SG Sound, a 60's retro-pop sound with "The Pleasure Center".

Elmer Bernstein (did he also do the background for MASH?) with "Hallies Jazz".

Finally, Lena Horne with "It Had Better Be Tonight".

New Tracks

• Elmer Bernstein - Hallies Jazz
• Piero Umiliani - Toccata e samba
• Lena Horne - It Had Better Be Tonight (1997 Digital Remaster)
• The SG Sound - The Pleasure Center

Astrud Gilberto & Walter Wanderley

From high atop the iceberg of the mid-west, TriviaCompanion brings you some music sure to transform your shiver into a dance.

Mary Rademacher sings "Zippity Do Dah", in that classic standards kind of way.

A bit of bachelor pad music from Nelson Riddle with "Live and Let Live", which kind of reminds me of walking down a sidewalk on leave it to beaver, if it were some-how possible to jump back in time and do that sort of thing.

A fun, mellow, vocal-free version of "The Girl From Ipanema" done by the Golden Saxophones, I don't know why, but I was never terribly fond of the song, but it does sound good without lyrics.

Astrud Gilberto and Walter Wanderly team up to bring you "Portuguese Washerwoman", I don't think I've ever heard anyone that can match Astrud Gilberto's voice, she is truly one of a kind.

New Music

• Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra - Live And Let Live
• Mary Rademacher - Zippity Do Dah
• The Golden Saxophones - The Girl From Ipanema
• Astrud Gilberto & Walter Wanderley - Portuguese Washerwoman

Tony Bennett - Close Your Eyes and more

Music for your dungeon or bachelor pad, we're pleased to bring you some more from the Low Fidelity Jet-Set Orchestra, a nice flute with hammond organ combo.

Taryn Szpilman with a version of the Carpenters tune "Superstar".

Cal Tjader plays the vibes with Cuchy Frito Man, and a version of "Close Your Eyes" done in only the way Tony Bennett can sing.

Enjoy!

New Tracks

• Cal Tjader - Cuchy Frito Man
• Taryn Szpilman - Superstar
• Tony Bennett - Close Your Eyes
• Low Fidelity Jet-Set Orchestra - Wasabi Sauce

Golden Saxophones, Mary Rademacher & more

From the icebox at the top of the midwest, the triviacompanion shivers under the strain of the mighty snowflake and brings you more cool music.

More standards style female vocals from Mary Rademacher with "I'm Beginning to see the light", which I'm sure you'll enjoy.

Enoch Light with a spaced out version of Mas Que Nada, Hope you're in the mood for a little moog music!

A really fun version of "Calcutta" from The Golden Saxophones, it will pick you up!

And finally, a funky tune from Light Hampton with "Blackout", it's a bit on the rock and roll side that sounds a bit like something of the "James Gang" to me.

Remember kids, don't stick your tongue on any cold steel, because, you don't know where that metal has been!

New Tracks

• Mary Rademacher - I'm Beginning to see the Light
• Enoch Light - Mas Que Nada
• The Golden Saxophones - Calcutta
• Lionel Hampton - Blackout

Doris Day and Mary Rademacher

A day of Doris Day with 12 O'Clock Tonight and after midnight, it's "Today Will Be Yesterday Tomorrow" of course!

Also introducing Mary Rademacher with You Hit the Spot, from her album, "You Hit the Spot". Somewhere in the middle is a tune from Elmer Bernstein, "Kitty" A nice jazzy tune for your background enjoyment.

It seemed a really good chimney cleaning took care of the heat situation, I do hope you're keeping warm, or, cool depending on which hemisphere you're in!

New Tracks

• Mary Rademacher - You Hit the Spot!
• Doris Day - 12 O'Clock Tonight
• Elmer Bernstein - Kitty
• Doris Day - Today Will Be Yesterday Tomorrow

Happy, Happy and Happy.. Feet. (Quincy Jones)

It may sound redundant, but, Minnesota is not the place to be in the winter! The "studio" has icicles from a failing heating system, it's been a challenging past couple days, as I'm sure the rest of the winter will be. (I live in an old farm house with a wood stove..)

Something special for you this time, three versions of Happy Feet by Quincy Jones, it's hard not to smile while hearing them. Also, Elmer Bernstein, Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Williams and some more from Santisteban. Enjoy (and stay warm!)

New Tracks

• Dizzy Gillespie - Summer Samba (Samba De Verao)
• Elmer Bernstein - Doll House
• Charles Williams - Trees, Grass and Things
• Quincy Jones - Happy Feet
  • Instrumental
  • (Vocal)
  • (Reprise)
• La Nueva Banda De Santisteban - Soledad
• Quincy Jones - Theme from "Asphalt Jungle"

Esquivel, Wendy Bradshaw, and some GWR sets

We've added several more wild and pointless GWR sets, including the largest squirrel, super-sized tummy tuck, shortest commercial, some egg-head material and what the eagles have to do to keep up with the jones's when building nests.

These were taken from the Guinness Book of World Records, 2010 edition.

More from Wendy Bradshaw, Esquivel and The SG Sound, also Lee Evans with Cinnamon and Clove.

New Tracks

• Esquivel And His Orchestra - Night and Day
• Wendy Bradshaw , Arthur Hamilton - Cry Me A River
• Lee Evans - Cinnamon And Clove
• The SG Sound - Sirens Of Venus

Shirley Bassey, and the SG Sound pickup.

Hope your monday went well! we've got some new tunes for your tuesday morning, monday night pleasure.

Some more from the SG Sound and an upbeat tune from Shirley Bassey, might want to stand up for that one! Also, Wendy Bradshaw Puts on the Ritz and Marcos Valle with Pepino Beach. (out here.. any beach is well.. I guess you could make an igloo instead of a sand castle..)

Enjoy the music!

New Tracks

• The SG Sound - Palm Springs Overdrive
• Shirley Bassey - Don't Rain On My Parade
• Wendy Bradshaw , Irving Berlin - Puttin' On The Ritz
• Marcos Valle - Pepino Beach

Sarah Vaughan, Les Baxter, Charlie Barnet

Brrr! it's cold in Minnesota, hope it's warmer where you are! a few more tracks for your late sunday night, early monday morning, including more from Charlie Barnet, Sarah Vaughan and Les Baxter. Enjoy!

New Tracks

• Sarah Vaughan - Slow Hot Wind
• Charlie Barnet - Serenade To May
• Les Baxter - Jalaba

Astrud Gilberto - Fly Me to the Moon

Hope your weekend is good so far. We haven't added anything from Astrud Gilberto in awhile, and, well, it's time to do something about that. Also more from Santisteban and the Tikiyaki Orchestra.

New Tracks

• Astrud Gilberto - Fly Me To The Moon
• Xavier Cugat & His Orchestra - Cugi's Cocktail (Hully Gully Cha Cha)
• The Tikiyaki Orchestra - Bali Hai-ball
• La Nueva Banda De Santisteban - Man

The Tikiyaki Orchestra, Les Baxter and More!

A bit more GWR material to amaze your friends with pointless information! We're also trimming down the frequency of the lame-o jokes, we could really use your help! save your fellow listeners, phone your jokes in!

New Tracks

Some more from Esquivel, Santisteban, Les Baxter and a groovy tune from The Tikiyaki Orchestra, enjoy!

• Esquivel And His Orchestra - Guanacoa
• La Nueva Banda De Santisteban - The Suitcase
• Les Baxter - Topaz
• The Tikiyaki Orchestra - Bachelor #3

Continuing with Les Baxter

More from Santisteban, Les Baxter, Hugo Montenegro & Charlie Barnet.

We'd like to hear from you with any suggestions you may have.

Is it snowing where you are? it's freezing here.

New Tracks

• La Nueva Banda De Santisteban - Sabor A Fresa
• Charlie Barnet - Harlem Nocturne
• Hugo Montenegro - Exodus
• Les Baxter - Zebra

More Quincy Jones, Steve Lawrence and More!

Hope your first week of December is swingin', and that things are warm where you are! You know, it's times like these, I wish I lived in the southern hemisphere.

New Tracks

Charlie Barnet's Evergreens and Brazil Inc's Samba De Verao seem to have fallen victim to the "loudness race", but it's not terribly noticeable. (wikipedia has an article on the problem)

• Tim Ballard - Midnight Sun
• Charlie Barnet - Evergreens
• Steve Lawrence - There'll Be Some Changes Made
• Quincy Jones - Bossa Nova
• Brazil Inc. - Samba De Verao