Cocktail Nation

Some classic comedy for you this week with the great Shelley Berman and a very funny bit all about having a hangover we’ve also got some new music from the Billy Lester trio and our look at the world ...

18 Jul 20251h

It's all about trios tonight..if you have more than thee people in your band you are OUT. www.cocktailnation.net George Shearing Trio – Midnight on Cloud 69 DJ Bonebrake Trio – Bernstein 007 Bill Evan...

16 Jul 20251h 1min

So I have been accused of loving my car more than my lover! Could it be true? www.cocktailnation.net Herbie Mann – Theme From “This Is My Beloved”  Stanley Black – Bidin’ My Time Mastersounds – I’ve N...

14 Jul 202559min

This week on the Cocktail Nation, we slip into the shadows of midcentury history with one of the most intriguing unsolved mysteries of the 1950s a puzzling UFO sighting over McMinnville. In Lounge Lif...

11 Jul 20251h

I save a lot of money on power bills here in the penthouse as the place always has the lights now low. www.cocktailnation.net Marty Paich-Dusk Light Kenny Dorham - My Ideal Jonny Greenwood- Spencer Ch...

9 Jul 20251h 1min

It was Jack Kerouac who said “The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or s...

8 Jul 20251h

Do they ever go away or are you still holding a torch?   Dave Bruebeck- That Old Feeling Airbenders-Weaver of Dreams Theodore Shapiro- Labor of Love Jorge Garcia-You Fascinate Me So Brent Laider- Sund...

6 Jul 202559min

Late last week we got the news of the passing of Lalo Schifrin. Unfortunately I didn't have time to include this in the Cocktail Nation last weekend ...so coming up this week a shift in our programmin...

4 Jul 20251h