Artist: Xavier Cugat & His Orchestra
Album: Cugi's Cocktails
Genre: Big Band, Easy Listening
Label: Verve Reissues
Released: 1963/2005
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Tracklist:
- Cuba Libre (Gurarcha) 02:39
- One Mint Julep (Cha-Cha Twist) 03:05
- Old-Fashioned (Beguine) 03:21
- Daiquiri (Bossa Nova) 02:54
- Cocktails For Two (Cha-Cha) 03:06
- Rum & Coca Cola (Mambo) 02:35
- Cugi's Cocktail (Hully Gully Cha Cha) 02:29
- Grasshopper (Rhumba) 02:35
- Blue Champagne 02:18
- Zombie (Bolero) 02:31
- Manhattan (Cha-Cha) 02:21
- Singapore Sling (Rhumba) 02:18
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Contrary to the title, Cugi's Cocktails is no sleepy album of "cocktail music." It has all the elements a listener would expect of Xavier Cugat's first great stereo album: an agreeable theme, a dash of exotic flair, and all the bombast of the preceding half-decade of experimenting with high-fidelity stereo recording. "One Mint Julep" would have made Twist With Cugat. Also of note are the bossa nova "Daiquiri," Hal Mooney's "Cugi's Cocktail" (a "hully gully cha cha"), and "Singapore Sling." Cugat's composition "Zombie" is exotic and wonderful, and only "Old-Fashioned" is dismissible. With fun, metaphor-laden liner notes and better than average artwork, Cugi's Cocktails makes a fine addition to any record collection or bar.
This is absolutely joyous stuff! Orchestration, sound, infectious rhythm. If you have any feeling for music, you’ll have to hear this! Most likely, you’ll be pulled out of your chair and will start responding to the infectious sound. Listening alone isn’t enough. You’ll have to dance.
Review by Tony Wilds