Bossa Nova

Some classics from Frank Sinatra (actually one more than listed here, but we'll leave that as a surprise), and Shirley Bassey.

Bossa Nova

It's a Bossa Nova weekend, with music from Astrud Gilberto, Stan Getz, Sergio Mendes and Walter Wanderley. We'll probably be bringing more Bossa Nova music in as time progresses.

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Hope you're having a great weekend!

New Tracks

Stan Getz - Desafinado

Astrud Gilberto - Stay

Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Watch What Happens

Frank Sinatra - Ring-A-Ding Ding

Shirley Bassey - The Greatest Performance of My Life

Walter Wanderley - Por Causa De Voce, Menina

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

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

Star Trek & the Laurie Johnson Orchestra

Hope everyone has had a great week, getting ready for friday!

According to This story drive-thru food can lead to aggressive behavior, either that or wendy's is a terrible place to work!

Some new music for the start of your weekend, friday counts as the start, doesn't it? including a really wild rendition of the Star Trek theme, as well as some really hoppin' music from the Laurie Johnson Orchestra and Jack Hawkins.

New Tracks

• Joanie Sommers - You Can't Go Home Again
• The Brass Impact Orchestra - The Japanese Sandman
• Chaquito and the Quedo Brass - Brazil
• Piero Piccioni - Easy Lovers
• Mel Torme - Hi-Fly
• Garry Blake Orchestra - Change Feet
• The Singers Unlimited - Put Your Dreams Away
• Mitchell Ayers Orchestra - Mimi
• Laurie Johnson Orchestra - Baubles, Bangles and Beads
• Jack Hawkins, His Orchestra - Hawaii Five-0 Theme
• Cy Pane and his Orchestra - Star Trek

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

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

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

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

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

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

Coming Home Baby - When Toddlers ask why

Science demonstrates that when toddlers ask why, they're not just trying to tax your time. They really want to know!

New Tracks

I'm sure you'll love Marian McPartland's version of Coming Home Baby.

• Stanley Turrentine - Mild Is The Mood
• Enoch Light - Lover's Concerto
• Ray Flowers - Czech-a-nova
• Toronto Starlight Orchestra - You've Made Me So Very Happy
• Marian McPartland - Coming Home Baby

The Incredible Shrinking Brain!

In evolutionary news, the human brain is shrinking, about 10% over the past 5000 years.

Some more from Morgana King with "Lady Is A Tramp".

Some music of Brazil, a bit of Space Age Pop and New York, New York. Enjoy!

New Tracks

• Big Band & Percussion - New York, New York
• Morgana King - Lady Is A Tramp
• Tak Shindo - Stumbling
• Brazil Inc. - So Tinha de Ser Com Voce

Finally! some updates

Been a LONG time since we did an update, this was largely due to multiple, major technical problems (seems everything happens at once..). Sorry it took so long, hopefully things will work now.

• Brazil Inc. - Fotografia
• Marcela Mangabeira - Sing
• Hugo Montenegro - Cottontail
• Pearl Bailey - Alfred Hitchcock Presents
• The Agents - Goldfinger

Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee and more!

If you tickle your fuel tank with a feather, can it store more hydrogen? we look into feathers being used for storage.

Some music from Novabossa, Wave. Peggy Lee sings "Just One Of Those Things", Lionel Hampton comes at us with Liftie Girl Blue and Frank Sinatra on the perils of being a Prisoner of Love - enjoy!

New Tracks

• Novabossa - Wave
• Peggy Lee - Just One Of Those Things
• Lionel Hampton - Liftie Girl Blue
• Frank Sinatra - Prisoner Of Love

Astrud Gilberto - The Puppy Song

Cows aren't always peaceful and placid, triviacompanion explores, when good cows go bad and what you can do to protect yourself.

Irene and her Latin Jazz Band sings about it being Too Darn Hot. Lionel Hampton with Eubie's Boogie, Astrud Gilberto sings about how she wishes she had a puppy, Alvino Rey with Blues In the Night and Peggy Lee with You do something To Me - Enjoy!

New Tracks

• Irene and Her Latin Jazz Band - Too Darn Hot
• Lionel Hampton - Eubie's Boogie
• Astrud Gilberto - The Puppy Song
• Alvino Rey - Blues In The Night
• Peggy Lee - You Do Something To Me

Tony Bennett and the good life!

Tony Bennett tells us all about The Good Life, an awesome sax version of "The Look of Love" by Novabossa and keep the werewolf on a chain, Gerard Carelli sings a song about the Old Devil Moon.

Coffee drinkers in a hurry may wish to know about this interesting coffee delivery system, I'll give you a hint.. hold the cream and sugar!

New Music

• Gerard Carelli - Old Devil Moon
• Novabossa - The Look of Love (sax version)
• Tony Bennett - The Good Life

New tunes and important news for wi-fi users!

Easier to use, live365 no longer required!

You now have an alternative to Live365! anyone who has had problems should check it out! We're going to give it a trial run, if it pans out, we'll be leaving live365.

If you've had trouble in the past, the new provider doesn't require you to have an account, doesn't rely on flash and it'll actually work without a web browser. Pretty cool eh?

I'd really like to hear from anyone using a Wi-Fi, to find out how it works.

Among other things, you should be able to hear us with your iPhone, tivo and most Wi-Fi capable radios.

We're in the shoutcast directory, keyword "triviacompanion"

(Current live365 users can still hear us on live365.) this is extremely new, and some quirks may appear but it seems to be working just fine.

Tunes for your Beach Samba

• Dean Elliott - Gotta Be Hot or Cold
• Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five
• Bob Thompson - Star Fire (Jet Plane)
• Astrud Gilberto - Beach Samba

Oh no! it's the Latin Bombers!

Several new tracks for you to enjoy, including a few songs from the Latin Bombers, The Polite Jazz Quartet, some more from the Toronto Starlight Orchestra, Rick Michel joins use with Niel Diamond and some really interesting stuff from Piero Umiliani. Enjoy!

New Tracks

• Latin Bombers - Tropical (acoustic Version)
• Latin Bombers - Cant Stop Loving You
• The Polite Jazz Quartet - Speak Low
• Toronto Starlight Orchestra - Limbo Rock
• The Polite Jazz Quartet - Satin Doll
• Toronto Starlight Orchestra - Something Stupid
• Rick Michel - I Am I Said
• The Polite Jazz Quartet - Black Orpheus
• Piero Umiliani - You Tried to Warn Me (Theme - Bos Nova)
• Piero Umiliani - To Be a Woman