CAFÉ CULTURE – 100 SONGS TO ENJOY WITH YOUR COFFEE (4cd set)

Artist: VARIOUS ARTISTS
Format: 4CD
Bar-code: 5060324800446
Cat No: NOT4CD044

£10.99

If you’re going into a coffee shop, you may find me in a corner, sipping my cappuccino and putting my thoughts together for a CD note or an article. I loved coffee-bars in the 1960s when they were serving frothy coffee and playing rock and roll. Coffee shops now have a wider choice with many novel ways of presenting the beans. Whoever had heard of an iced coffee in the 1960s? Over their speakers, they may play current releases but they also hark back 50 or 60 years to the records of that period, but this time is different: it is world music as opposed to British and American hits. There is much to enjoy in this collection with Mercedes Sosa (Argentina), Sergio Mendes (Brazil), Leonard Kwan and Sol Hoopii (Hawaii) and Edith Piaf, Charles Aznavour and the world’s greatest guitarist, Django Reinhardt, all from France. To top it all, we have US jazz from Louis Armstrong, Carmen McRae, Art Pepper, Art Tatum and classy pop from Sam Cooke, Julie London and Herb Alpert. Frank Sinatra sings The Coffee Song – join me in a cup and become part of café culture.

DISC 1

1. El Ultimo Café – Vicentico Valdés
2. Moon River (From “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”) – Henry Mancini
3. Come Prima (Tu Me Donnes) – Dalida
4. The Coffee Song (They’ve Got An Awful Lot Of Coffee In Brazil) – Frank Sinatra
5. Stranger on the Shore – Acker Bilk
6. Garota de Ipanema (Girl From Ipanema) – José Baptista Da Silva & His Band
7. Take Five – Carmen McRae
8. Haleakala Hula – Leonard Kwan
9. Soul Bossa Nova – Quincy Jones
10. Boum! – Charles Trenet
11. Guajira Guantanamera – Abelardo Baroso
12. Okosa Bushi – Tokyo Cuban Boys
13. La Mujer Del Peso – Compay Segundo
14. La Zafrera – Mercedes Sosa
15. Nessuno – Mina
16. La Vie En Rose – Édith Piaf
17. De Noche – Celia Cruz & La Sonora Matancera
18. Aqauellos Ojos Verdes – Los Tenientes
19. Tea For Two – Edmondo Ros & His Orchestra
Edmundo Ros and His Orchestra
20. Luz Negra – Baden Powell
21. Desafinado – Joao Gilberto
22. Tema Sem Palavras – Sergio Mendes
23. A Sleepy Lagoon – Alfred Aholo Apaka
24. Bedouin Coffee – The LRC Orchestra
25. When You’re Smiling – Louis Armstrong

DISC 2

1. Acapulco 1922 – Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
2. La Muchacha Del Café (‘a Padrona D’o Café) – José Guardiola
3. Buona Sera – Dean Martin
4. Dinokza – The Elite Swingsters
5. Filiberto – Compay Segundo
6. Kwela No.5 – Little Lemmy And Big Joe
7. Luna De Miel – Gloria Lasso
8. Groove Yard – The Montgomery Brothers
9. A felicidade – Agostinho dos Santos
10. Preludio Y Danza – Eduardo Falú
11. Parking Car – Aron & Pieter
12. Istanbul – The Middle East Ensemble
13. Besito De Coco – Celio González
14. Danchone-Bushi – Chiemi Eri
15. Samba de Orfeu – Luiz Bonfá
16. Ahi Wela – Bob Pauhale Davis, Leonard Kwan
17. Doralice – Joao Gilberto
18. Exactly Like You – The Ramsey Lewis Trio
19. My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua – Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Quartette
20. Outra vez – Sergio Mendes
21. Sangai Bushi – Tokyo Cuban Boys
22. Estrelita – Trio San José
23. Far Away Places – Sam Cooke
24. Samba de uma nota só (One Note Samba) – Sylvia Telles
25. (Theme from) A Summer Place – Percy Faith

DISC 3

1. Sucu Sucu – Alberto Cortez
2. Nuages – Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli
3. Breakfast At Tiffany’s – Henry Mancini
4. Phata Phata – Brown Cool Six
5. You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To – Art Pepper
6. Un Jardinero De Amor – Compay Segundo
7. Fukagawa Kuzushi – Chiemi Eri
8. Perdido – Morgana King
9 Couches dans le foin – Charles Aznavour
10. Llora, Llora, Corazón (Cry My Heart) – Maria Luisa Buchino
11. In Napoli – Dean Martin
12. La Golondrina – Trio Majoco
13. Llora Otra Vez – Jorge Sepúlveda
14. Paris – Édith Piaf
15. Back To The Shelters – Solven Whistlers
16. Embrujo – Enrique Quezada, Gustavo Prado, Los Tres Diamantes And Saulo Sedano
17. Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered – Julie London
18. Beauty Mole – Hassan Abdul Nabi
19. No Puedo Negar – Irma Vila And La Prieta Linda
20. Macanas, Amigo – Mario Visconti
21. Midnight Ska – Reggie Msomi’s Hollywood Jazz Band
22. Todas Las Noches A Las Once – Sara Montiel
23. México – Los Panchos
24. You’re The Cream In My Coffee – Jacy Parker
25. Oriental Bazaar – The Middle East Ensemble

DISC 4

1. Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu) – Domenico Modugno
2. Sous Le Ciel De Paris – Édith Piaf
3. Vaya Con Dios – Los Panchos
4. Black Coffee – Julie London
5. Con La Mayor Elegancia – Conjunto Roberto Faz Y Ovidio Guerra
6. Let’s Slip Away – Cleo Laine
7. Zambra Gitana – José Greco
8. Frenesi – Pepe Jaramillo And His Piano
9. Fly Away, My Sadness – Mark Murphy
10. Sultan’s Dream – The Middle East Ensemble
11. La Mer – Charles Trenet
12. Blue Moon – Art Tatum
13. La Sopa En Botella – Celia Cruz
14. Laure’s Love – Feirouz
15. Involvidable – Hermanas Hernández, Rafael De Paz & His Orchestra
16. Susy Ana E – The Kamaha’os Trio & Leonard Kwan
17. Las Palmeras – Alberto Cortez
18. An Orange Grove In California – Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Quartette
19. Nica’s Dream – Sergio Mendes
20. A Swinging Safari – Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra
21. Tsume – Peggy Hayama
22. Midnight In Moscow – Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen
23. Torna a Surriento – Roberto Murolo
24. Jamaica Farewell – Sam Cooke
25. Garde-Moi La Derniere Danse – Dalida