Cocktail Nation

Cocktail Nation

Join Kooper in the Sydney Penthouse as he spins the very best classic and neo lounge along with the most interesting characters of swank join him for a chat on this weekend podcast.During the week Koop posts his music only Cocktail Nation Evenings at the Penthouse show where you can enjoy cocktail jazz at the end of your day. Follow Koop at the offical facebook page @cocktailnationradio

Episodes

October 31, 2025 59 mins

 

 

Tonight on The Cocktail Nation, we’re turning up the intrigue with shaken martinis and double agents in tailored suits. It’s Spyvibe — the soundtrack of secret missions, femme fatales as we head deep undercover with a look at , the spy film that proves even your brother can get a license to thrill, plus, a few stories from the Lounge Life files, including a mysterious man spotted outside the Louvre who is probably one of our ow...

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I dream in technicolour and my sound track has lush strings in Hi Fi!

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Phineas Newborn – Love And Marriage

Dave Lowe – No Time To Die

Nathan Haines – Lament

Ella Fitzgerald – Mood Indigo

Teddy Randazzo – The Countess

Dan Stein – Elegant Manhattan

Marty Paich Trio – Dusk Light

Frank Sinatra – It’s All Right With Me

Denis Farnon – Highballs At Villa Rienza

Pepper Greenwald – Rooftops

Dave Grusin – The Girl From ...

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Let me tell you about a date at a revolving restaurant.

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Calum Upton – Revolving Restaurant

Don Nuzzo – Bonded

Eddie Costa – I’ve Never Been In Love Before

Henry Mancini – The Windmills Of Your Mind

Jazz Singles – Another Cocktail

Joey Altruda – Christy

Joey Altruda – Cocktails With Joey

John Neel – Bury Me Blue

Marlena Shaw – Ahmad’s Blues

Matt Holsen – Plenty Jaunty

Orchestra Superstring – Linonine

Oscar Moo...

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October 27, 2025 60 mins

All modern bands tonight so get out there in your best clothes and see a band tonight!

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Ricki Derek-Night and Day

Octobop-One Note Samba

Seth MacFarlane-Something Good

Tiki Torches-Miserlou

Jennifer Keith - Occasional Man

Tiki Lounge Crew-Bikini Bambini

Laura Ainsworth-Midnight Sun

James Spencer-Quiet Village

Stolen Idols-Sophisticated Savage

Tiki Delights-Fashionably Late Again

Jetset Sweden- A Man and A Woma...

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October 24, 2025 61 mins

 

Tonight on the Cocktail Nation, it’s Words With Wellsy as we dive into The Beach Boys’ lost masterpiece SMiLE — plus, Hitchcock’s banned Disneyland film, Yippie protest theatre, and lounge life highlights from Palm Springs to Honolulu. Pour a martini and join us for everything that is lounge and exotica.

 

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Paul Anka – Smells Like Teen Spirit Drugstore Romeos – Wondrous Place

Martini Kings – Smile Blue M...

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October 22, 2025 59 mins

Let's just sip it slowly.

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Cocktail Inn-Days Of Wine And Roses

Combustible Edison -Lonelyville

Frank Sinatra-Like Someone in Love

Gene Rains-Tiki

George Shearing -I'll Remember April

Henry Mancini-The Summer Know

Jackie Gleason-Mystery Street

Janet Seidel-A Man and A Woman

Nat King Cole George Shearing -A Beautiful Friendship

Nathan Haines-Cocktails

George Shearing-My One And Only Love

Victor Young-When I Fall...

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October 21, 2025 62 mins

Here is a challenge for you if you are up for it.

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Pink Martini -Everywhere

Arthur Lyman -Akaka Falls 

James Spencer -Here’s That Rainy Day From Carnival in Flanders

Jackie Gleason -What’s New

Lyn Stanley -Summertime

Oscar Peterson-Sophisticated lady

Jackie Gleason from Russia with Love

Sue Raney -Blue Tears

Gerry Mulligan go home

Miles Davis-So what

Jen Siukola-l I kissed You Goodbye

Fred Fried-Where Notes Ma...

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October 21, 2025 60 mins

We all have them...lots of questions, what is the meaning of life, what is love, what is the weird freckle and should I be worried about it? 

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James Spencer-What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?

Jackie Gleason- Can This Be Love?

Stanley Black-  Isn’’t It Romantic? 

Natalie Cole- Why Don’t You Do Right? 

Beverly Kenny- Isn’t It A Pity? 

Otto Cesana -WhereAreYouNow?

Julie London- Where are You? 

Stan Kenton ...

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I have a great reason to dress well...it's called influence.

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John Neal and His  Orchestra-Blue Martini

Jackie Gleason-Blue Velvet

Chet Baker - Blue Thoughts

Marty Paich Trio- Dusk Light

Phineas_Newborn~Love And Marriage

Dexter Gordon-Stairway To The Stars

Helen Merrill-Soft As Spring

Astrud Gilberto-The Shadow Of Your Smile

Anne Phillips-A Stranger In Town

jazz Vibes-Lionel's Blues

Miles Davis-Blue In Green

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October 17, 2025 60 mins

A new segment this week born out of some of the weird things I’ve seen on the internet. We talk JFK lovenest and the missing Amelia Earhart plane plus one of the weirdest emails I have received along with the best lounge and exotica from across the globe.

 

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Jetset Unlimited – The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Messerchups – Moonrace

Kenny Burrell – Pin Up

Vibexotica – An Ocean Away

Voodoo 5 – Quizas Quizas Quizas

Thee...

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The spy gear and the romance, that’s what it’s all about tonight.

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Jerry Goldsmith – Never Mind, You’d Love It

Peter Nero – For All We Know

John Neel and Orchestra – Who Is Wendy

Joey Altruda – Cocktails With Joey

Herbie Mann – Theme From Mondo Cane (LP Version)

Piero Umiliani – Lounge Suite

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The ethereal sounds are here as we transcend the 21st century 

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Jeff Goldblum – Lazy Afternoon

Lee Morgan – These Are Soulful Days

Love Boat (Main Theme)

Oscar Pettiford – Laverne Walk

Herbie Mann – Theme From Beloved (LP Version)

Art Pepper – These Foolish Things

Marcus McLaurine – Des...

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October 10, 2025 60 mins

 

Coming up tonight on The Cocktail Nation the comedy of Vaughn Meader and we find out why his career ended so quickly.

I’ve got a letter to the Cocktail Nation and the worlds best Lounge and Exotica.

 

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Jetset Sweden - Music to Watch Girls By

Project Pimento - Black Magic Woman

Tiki ...

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October 7, 2025 60 mins

Today there is world of instagram flexing players ...back in the day the playboy was less obvious and preferred discretion over everything.

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Cy Coleman - Playboy's Theme

Ann-Margret - Bachelor In Paradise

Beatnik Jazz - Jazz Flute

Buddy Collette - Baubles, Bangles & Beads

Dave Valentin - Morning Light

Dizzy Gillespie - Carioca

Frank Wess - Southern Exposure

Herbie Mann - Gospel Truth

Freddie Green - Pin Up

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One for the Lounge Lizards for you!

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Frank Wess - The Lizard

Joe Newman - Low Life

Kenny Burrell - Baubles, Bangles and Beads

Joe Newman - Miss Blues

Freddy Green - Playboy

Sam Most - Devil May Care

Worldwide Harmonics - Bachelor Pad

Jean-Pierre Rampal - Amoureuse

Hollywood Playboy Orches... Music for Playboys to Play By

Gerald Beckett - Flute Vibes

Herbie Mann - Minor Groove

Sam Rivers - Involution

Cy Colem...

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October 3, 2025 60 mins

 

Coming up tonight on The Cocktail Nation—we’ll slip into spy mode with the Spy Vibe Podcast and revisit one of animation’s coolest secret agents. .In Lounge Life Magazine, a shake-up in the Bond universe as the hunt for a fresh-faced 007 begins, plus we’ll explore one of Australia’s most infamous prisons. I’ve got a wild story of Cold War ‘shoe diplomacy’ at the United Nations, new music steeped in Exotica, and of course plenty o...

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September 29, 2025 60 mins

A Lounging Bachelor Spy is in our midst and foreign spies are helpless against his means of persuasion.

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Dave Lowe- No Time To Die

Hugo Montenegro-Thunderball

Sam Rivers- Euterpe 

Denis Farnon- Highballs At Villa Rienza

Baby Grand- Just Drive

Teddy Randazzo-The Countess

Dave Grusin-The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.

James Bond Sextet-Casino Royale

Robby Poietivin-The Syndicate

Robert Short-  The Cairo Connection

Rober...

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September 28, 2025 59 mins

Sometimes I think the 21st century is just a bit too much

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Janet Seidel- Windmills of Your Mind

Hiromi-Uncertainty

Nicholas Masson-Almost Forty

Orchestra Superstring- Haru

Bill Charlap- All Across the City

Jonny Greenwood- Spencer

Dianne Schuur- When October Goes

Vibes On Velvet- Ink Mysterioso 

Daniel Pemberton-Restaurant Undercover

Beegie Adair- I Get Along Without You Very Well

The Martini Kings - Taboo

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September 26, 2025 60 mins

Tonight on the Cocktail Nation, our feature chat this week—Words With Wellsy—dives into the noir depths of Darker Than Amber, plus entertainment reporter Craig Bennett joins us to reflect on the life and legacy of Hollywood’s golden boy, Robert Redford

 

From the pages of Lounge Life Magazine we’re exposing Dean Martin’s favorite Italian comfort food And in our Stuff segment we talk censorship Add in The World Of Swank gig guide p...

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September 24, 2025 60 mins

Jazz flute fills the hallways of the Penthouse this week!

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Beatnik Jazz-Jazz Flute 

Buddy Collette- Baubles, Bangles & Beads 

Dave Valentin-Morning Light 

Dizzy Gillespie- Carioca 

Gerald Beckett- Flute Vibes 

Gerald Beckett- The Soothsayer 

Herbie Mann- Gospel Truth 

Herbie Mann- Minor Groove 

Jean-Pierre Rampal- Amoureuse 

Sam Rivers-Involution 

Yusef Lateef-Nu-Bouk

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