Coctel Musical/ Var - Coctel Musical / VariousThis unique classic album, recorded in Havana in 1956, reflects the popularity in the mid fifties of what was coined "cocktail music". The title was appropriated by hipsters to represent the cool, jazzy, crooning music of the 1950's cocktail lounge. The sound of cool jazz and tinkling ice cubes in cocktail glasses brings to mind the vibe of the day. In America this style was associated with artists such as Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra and the like,

The 30th anniversary reissue of this landmark tribute album

and Don Siegel (Dirty Harry)

Home Is a Harbor

recorded very well by sound engineer Andreas Fabianek

Vernon Handley - Tone Poems 2

Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki have sung of the wonders of Christmas a number of times

Milton Babbitt - Premiere Recordings

and especially it's choral finale

His route takes him through the US

The "Sinking About" album was never meant to happen

and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Prof Ronan O'Hora

and soon secured a position in the orchestra of the Opéra-Comique