Playboy Cocktail Mix (2006)

About this title: Playboy has been putting out jazz compilations for some time, but it's surprising that they haven't jumped on the cocktail bandwagon until this release. Cocktail Mix features both original and updated takes on some classic glass-clinkers and manages to present all the songs without any excessive polish. Newer versions of classic cuts (like Tierney Sutton's take on the June Christy staple "Something Cool," or Mancini sax man Plas Johnson's reprise of his ubiquitous "Pink Panther" melody) are faithful to the originals in almost every sense. There are no eight-string bass workouts here, no synth ... read more

Tracks:

1. The Pink Panther Theme [Mancini]
2. As Time Goes By [Hupfield]
3. Guarachi Guaro [Gillespie/Fuller]
4. Something Cool [Barnes]
5. Fever [Davenport/Cooley]
6. The Girl from Ipanema [Jobim/DeMoraes]
7. I Love Paris [Porter]
8. The Look of Love [Bacharach/David]
9. I'm Hip [Dorough/Frishberg]
10. Cast Your Fate to the Wind [Guaraldi]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.