More Spy Jazz for fixing servers and/or pumping gas to.

We found a winner! This will be move #3 as far as hosting providers go.

Almost 70 hours of uptime, we hope that random disconnects will be a thing of the past.

If you've had us book marked in winamp or other media player, there is a slight chance those bookmarks will no longer work. (kind of a complicated explanation, having to do with DNS, and the way shoutcast and some directories use IP numbers)

Music in the spotlight

I'm afraid all this fuss with technical issues has distracted us from our primary goal, bringing music into your life.. so how about some new music?

You'll feel like you're at a swank party with Gustav Brom and "Tell it Like It Is", it has the feel of a party in some high-rise building, like you might see on some turner classic movie.

Frank Sinatra tells us about his non-existent relationship with "A Fine Romance", having been on a few dates myself, I'd have to say it's probably just as well. Herb Alpert brings us some excellent driving music with "Slick". I don't really know how to describe this one, it's quite good. Look forward to listening to it while driving some time, thats all I can say.

Roland Shaw with his version of "Our Man Flint", to take you on your spy jazz mission. Do you ever listen to spy jazz while doing dull tasks? I find it can really help make boring things seem exciting. Not to sound like a fuddy duddy, but I could see myself listening to "Our Man Flint" while filling up the old gas tank... except for the odd looks you might get from the store clerk.

Julie London with the classic "Love For Sale" done in only the way Julie London can sing it. Bob Thompson with some bachelor pad music, "All the things you are", and then on to a bit of silliness & fun with Al Hirt's performance of "Java".

Stan Gets with some Bossa Nova with "Bim Bom", and finally finishing it off with Enoch Lights space age pop version of "Whatever Lola Wants".

We hope you enjoy, and we're sorry for all the weird technical issues. It would seem that good hosting is hard to find these days... but I think we found our winner.

Tracks in the Spotlight

Gustav Brom & Sein Orchester - Tell It Like It Is

Frank Sinatra - A Fine Romance

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - SlickRoland Shaw Orchestra - Our Man Flint

Julie London - Love For Sale

Bob Thompson - All the Things You are

Al Hirt - Java

Stan Getz - Bim Bom

Enoch Light - Whatever Lola Wants

Java's Bachelor Pad now streaming on triviacompanion.com

Javas Bachelor Pad is Everywhere!

We're pleased to announce, you can now hear Java's Bachelor Pad on triviacompanion, too.

Tentatively scheduled for Sundays at 23:00GMT, (6:00pm Chicago time) Java's Bachelor Pad has long been known for its mix of space age pop, swanky cocktail jazz and excellent music for your private-eye needs.

So if you missed that episode, don't have access to your iPod or just prefer to hear it in streaming stereo, triviacompanion now carries it for your listening enjoyment.


You may notice is the playlist gadget doesn't work during this program.

Normally, we require meta-data (the technical term for the Artist/Album/Track information) but since the show is recorded live, track information isn't available. We're sorry for any inconvenience this causes, but in this case, it simply can't be helped.

Rest assured, we haven't given up on keeping the playlist updated! we just made an exception for this program.. because it really is that cool!

Everything you've ever wanted to know about this program can be found at this link. (But if you're a triviacompanion listener, I'm sure you've heard of it before!

So tune in and enjoy the smooth lounge sounds of Javas Bachelor Pad!

What kind of music is Count Basie, Enoch Light or Frank Sinatra?

Stereo-Typing?

We need a name for this kind of music! Jetsonian? Martini Music? (even if you don't drink?) now that "Bachelor Pad" is a tv show and "space pop" some-how refers to electronica.

Lounge Music? well, that means electronica too these days. How about we call it electronotica? cave man congo music? music to blog to? (I've been told it's good writing music) you can beat your blogos to the music of Enoch Light and Count Basie.

As I try to get this stream submitted to as many directories as will have it, I'm struck by the realization that most of them don't even have a "Standards" classification (and if they did, well.. what would that mean to people anyway?) let alone a category that really fits this kind of music.

Jazz could mean just about anything, chances are, if it's not rock, country or polka, people classify it as "jazz" (whats worse, some people lump jazz and blues together... as if they sounded anything alike) Now, I might like Canned heat once in awhile... I don't think of Canned heat as quite fitting in with Jazz.

Normally, I wouldn't be concerned about labels, but if you're trying to reach people who are interested in a given subject, categories are rather essential.

Tracks in the Spotlight

• Hugo Montenegro - Lady in Cement
• Billy Vaughn and his orchestra - Theme From A Summer Place
• Count Basie - From Russia With Love
• Enoch Light - Mack The Knife
• Stan Getz - Samba Dees Days
• Frank Sinatra - The Second Time Around

If you've been experiencing any glitches while listening, we'd still like to know about it.

Roberta Flack, spy jazz and more!

Hope you're having a swingin' weekend!

Check out the new website improvements, we've incorporated a voting system, now you can vote on the songs you like, or, vote against the songs you don't!

New Tracks

• Percy Faith - Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You
• Laurie Johnson Orchestra - My Favourite Things
• Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song (Remastered Version)
• King Sisters - Easy To Love
• The Mexicali Brass - Song Of The Volga Boatman
• Enoch Light - Put A Little Love In Your Heart
• John Barry - The James Bond Theme
• Ray Conniff - The Way You Look Tonight
• Nelson Riddle - Magic Moments
• Leonard Nimoy - Mission Impossible
• Pete Moore Orchestra - Mas Que Nada
• Chaquito and the Quedo Brass - Milord
• Ray Conniff - I'll See You In My Dreams

Pink Panther, Spy Jazz & more

Hope everyone is having a great week!

New Tracks

• John Schroeder - Name Of The Game
• Joe Loss & His Orchestra - Soul Bossa Nova
• Piero Piccioni - Amanda's Train
• Bob Crewe Generation - Theme For A Lazy Girl
• Nancy Wilson - Wave
• Fantabulous Strings - Pink Panther
• Andre Previn - Salty Sophie
• John Barry & His Orchestra - The Ipcress File
• Della Reese - Blue Skies.mp3
• International Sudio Group - Singing Surf - Theme to Junkin
• Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - More And More Amor
• Lena Horne - Poka Dots and Moonbeams

Doctor Who for your Bachelor Pad

It's been awhile since the last post, but that doesn't mean we haven't added some music!

New Tracks

Cy Pane and his Orchestra - Dr Who

The Tony Hatch Orchestra - Call Me

Ted Heath and his Music - Love Me Tonight

Joe Loss & His Orchestra - Soul Bossa Nova

Ted Heath & His Orchestra - Cherokee

Cyril Stapleton and his Orchestra - Hello Dolly

Chaquito and the Quedo Brass - A Walk In The Black Forest

Mitchell Ayers Orchestra - Cheek To Cheek

Gerry Mulligan - Feeling Good

The Lou Stein Trio - Glad

Mark Duval And His Music - The Loner

Roy Budd - A Man And A Woman

Mel Torme - Puttin' on the Ritz

King Sisters - Sweet And Slow

Canto Xpresso - Tante Tempo (Romanca vocal jazz mix)

Garry Blake Orchestra - I'm Gonna Walk Out

Music to watch girls by (and watch the weekend approach!)

The week is 1/2 over, good news if you're waiting for the weekend!

Some more groovy spy jazz, including another version of Hawaii Five-0 and a couple tracks from Joanie Sommers. Hope your week is going well!

While I have your attention, please feel free to drop us a line once in awhile, let us know what kind of music you like and, if you're sick of hearing a certain song, let us know! (after-all, how are we supposed to know what your music tastes are if you don't tell us?)

New Tracks

• Les and Larry Elgart - Music To Watch Girls By
• Joanie Sommers - I Could Have Danced All Night
• Leonhardt and his Orchestra - Soul Of A City - Theme to The Unforgettable
• Stephane Grappelli & Yehudi Mehuhin - The Continental
• Ray Anthony - Anne Laurie
• Bill Berry Quartet - Almost Like Being in Love
• Francesco De Masi - Gordon Blues
• Norrie Paramor and his Orchestra - Hawaii Five-0
• Joanie Sommers - Watching The World Go By
• John Schroeder - The Troubleshooters
• The Brass Impact Orchestra - Tequila
• Chaquito and the Quedo Brass - String Of Pearls

More Spy Jazz, Route 66, and a Man and a Woman.

Hope everyone had a good weekend, we had a lot of fireworks going off all directions here. I kind of felt sorry for the rabbits living in my area, not sure what they thought of all this racket!

Continuing with the spy jazz, the Pandora Orchestra brings you "Eurocrat", The Tony Hatch Singers with a nice version of "A Man and a Woman" (with lyrics), a really singing tune from the Brass Impact Orchestra, with Goin' Someplace.

New Tracks

• Tony Hatch Singers - A Man And A Woman
• The Brass Impact Orchestra - Goin' Someplace
• The Pandora Orchestra - Eurocrat
• Ron Goodwin and his Orchestra - Walk On By
• Pete Moore Orchestra - Route 66
• John Gregory - Love Is Blue
• Pete Moore Orchestra - Natalie

Herb Alpert and more spy jazz

Happy Canada Day!! We were going to do something special to celebrate it, but it seems my network setup here sort of had different ideas...

We've had a request for more spy jazz and I couldn't agree more! So we've added another version of Peter Gunn along with Men on the Move, and the F.B.I Theme. Hopefully more spy jazz will surface, but, being spies and all, that type of music is good at hiding!

New Tracks

• Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Casino Royale
• Keith Mansfield - Men on the Move
• John Evans - Gualione
• Ole Jensen And His Music - Daisy Bird
• Pete Moore Orchestra - A Girl Is A Girl
• John Evans and the Big Band - Peter Gunn
• Don Lusher - Moonlight Serenade
• The Brass Impact Orchestra - On My Mind
• Phil Tate and the Windjammers - Lucy
• John Evans and the Big Band - Habanera
• The Brass Impact Orchestra - Let's Get Away From It All
• Norrie Paramor and his Orchestra - F.B.I. Theme

Whichita Lineman, King Sisters and music of Brazil

Ah, good old summer in Minnesota.. hopefully this update will be complete before the next batch of storms forces me to shut everything down and hide in the basement again. (I've been trying to move for some time now.. if you know anyone hiring... outside of Minnesota... drop me a line!)

Some more from the King Sisters, a classic from Herb Alpert and a really up-beat track from the Brass Impact Orchestra. Enjoy!

New Tracks

• Garry Blake Orchestra - La Playa
• Ron Goodwin and his Orchestra - I Say A Little Prayer
• Phil Tate and the Windjammers - Delilah
• King Sisters - Early Autumn
• Lisa Ono - Samba de Verao
• Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - A Banda
• Chaquito and the Quedo Brass - Swiss Miss
• Pete Moore Orchestra - Wichita Lineman
• The Brass Impact Orchestra - Song Of India

Now would-be shallow moms can have beautiful children!

Good news for shallow future mothers who want to have beautiful children, it seems the website BeautifulPeople.com has launched a virtual bank of genetic material, it's a shallow and crazy world out there.

Hope your week is going smoothly, and that if you have children, they are not only beautiful, but actually capable of having a thought, or two.

New Tracks

• Phil Tate and the Windjammers - Sunny
• Laurie Johnson Orchestra - Call Me Irresponsible
• Ron Goodwin and his Orchestra - Do You Know The Way To San Jose
• John Gregory - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
• Chaquito and the Quedo Brass - Witchcraft
• Canto Xpresso - Mas Que Nada (Samba jazz mix)

Monday morning orchestra, have a good week!

Hope everyone had a great weekend, some more music to help you forget you're at work this Monday morning. (or, if you're unemployed, help you forget about it :-) )

New Tracks

• Laurie Johnson Orchestra - Bali Ha'
• The Singers Unlimited - Deep Purple
• Orchestra Copacabana - Solamente Una Vez
• Piero Piccioni - Italia Vista Dal Cielo (Lombardia)
• Mitchell Ayers Orchestra - Put On A Happy Face
• Lisa Ono - Edmundo (In the Mood)
• Joao Donato / Wanda Sa - Minha Saudade

Frank Sinatra ... and more

Some music from Frank Sinatra with Learning the Blues, also some more from Quincy Jones (and several more.)

A cool Brazil tune from Joanie Sommers with "Quiet Nights", the Garry Blake Orchestra with "The Odd Couple" theme, and "Two Note Samba". A musical variation of "Wives and Lovers".

You know, I don't really care for the lyrics of Wives & Lovers, seems a bit sexist for our current enlightened era, but I do like the music behind it and I hope you enjoy it as I do.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

New Tracks

• Orchestra Copacabana - Hernando's Hideaway
• Joanie Sommers - Quiet Nights
• Garry Blake Orchestra - The Odd Couple
• Stephane Grappelli & Yehudi Mehuhin - Puttin' on the Ritz
• Frank Sinatra - Learning The Blues
• Mitchell Ayers Orchestra - Wives & Lovers
• Quincy Jones - Abso-Bleedin'-Lutely
• Garry Blake Orchestra - Two Note Samba

Music from Honey West

Happy Wednesday! finally stopped raining. Hope you like the music from Honey West, here's another track from Joseph Mullendore, &qiot;Bolero".

New Tracks

• Anita Kerr - Love
• Riz Ortolani - Golden Gate Bridge
• Lee Selmoco Orchestra - Blue Media
• King Sisters - You're My Thrill
• Piero Piccioni - I Cavalli
• Billy May & His Orchestra - Once Again
• Joseph Mullendore - Bolero
• Jerry Fielding - It's Not Unusual

Elmer Bernstein and more for Friday

Fred Bongusto with "World Of The Blues" a mellow tune I hope you'll likeas well as I do. More from Mary Rademacher, Elmer Bernstein and Johnny Mann, plus an extremely up-beat tune from the King Sisters.

How about that oil spill.... if you had the chance to talk to the head-cheese at BP,what would you tell them?

New Tracks

• Fred Bongusto - World Of The Blues
• Mary Rademacher - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
• Elmer Bernstein - The Chase
• Johnny Mann - At Last
• King Sisters - Four Brothers

Music from Honey West (and more)

Been a busy month here in trivialand, lots of technical issues to iron out, that sort of thing.

Hope your spring is proceeding nicely and that you don't live in any flooded areas.

New Tracks

• Alvino Rey - How high the moon
• Percy Faith - Goin' Out Of My Head
• Joseph Mullendore - Silk 'N' Honey
• Piero Umiliani - L'uomo e La Citta
• Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - More And More Amor
• Johnny Mann; Simon Zenther - Little White Lies

Oscar Peterson, Herb Alpert and more

Hope everyone had a good easter, spring is in the air!

New Tracks

• Oscar Peterson - Mas Que Nada
• Johnny Mann - Marie
• Ettore Ballotta - Tap 5
• Armando Trovaioli - Decisione
• Catherine Spaak - Notte E' Fatta Per... Rubare
• Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - What Now My Love

Bruno Nicolai, Herb Alpert.

A couple from Bruno Nicolai that I'm sure you'll enjoy. More from Herb Alpert, Johnny Mann and Pecy Faith.

Hope you had a nice weekend, or at least, your weekend was better than this persons weekend, who, apparently, got a little burnt on seeing prostitutes.

New Tracks

• Bruno Nicolai - Autostrada Per Los Angeles
• Bruno Nicolai - Spy Chase
• Johnny Mann; Simon Zenther - Dream
• Percy Faith - For Those In Love
• Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Memories Of Madrid

Ennio Morricone, Herb Alpert stay dry!

Hope you're staying high and dry wherever you are! Some nice mellow music from Luis Enriquez Bacalov, a bit of spacey pop with Alan Hawkshaw, we take a trip out west with some more from Ennio Morricone and back to Paris with Alvino Rey... plus more from Herb Alpert, Gogi Grant and Giancarlo Gazzani.

Enjoy your weekend!

New Tracks

• Luis Enriquez Bacalov - paranagua
• Ennio Morricone - L'Estasi Dell'oro (The Ecstasy Of Gold) (2004 Digital Remaster)
• Alan Hawkshaw - Holiday Commercial
• Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - So What's New?
• Gogi Grant - By Myself
• Giancarlo Gazzani - under drama
• Alvino Rey - I love Paris

Herb Alpert, Percy Faith and More..

Well, it's been a busy month over at HQ, there was a lot going on behind the scenes, in case you wonder what happened.

Some new music to start your tuesday off right, including some Herb Alpert, Percy Faith, Keely Smith and more. Enjoy!

New Tracks

• Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
• Percy Faith - Reza
• Johnny Mann/Simon Zenther - Am I Blue
• Sergio Rafael Orchestra - Moon River
• Keely Smith - I'll Get By