Cocktail Lounge
- I'm A Fool To Care-Les Paul & Mary Ford (I hear elements of Cass Elliot's voice in Mary Ford's vocals.)
- Ponteio-Astrud Gilberto with Stanley Turrentine (A beguiling uptempo, Brazilian-style stew of vocals, saxophone, rhythm section, and Toots Thielemans on harmonica.)
- Somewhere In The Night-Cal Tjader (Presenting the cooler, jazzier side of easy listening--with Tjader on the vibraphone.)
- Percy's Song-Fairport Convention (A strong cover of the Bob Dylan tune about an unjust sentence, featuring some of the group's best Sandy Denny-led vocal harmonies.)
- Tangerine-Coleman Hawkins & Ben Webster (Two renowned tenor saxophonists carry off an excellent midtempo rendition.)
- Before And After-Chad & Jeremy (An effective lyrical contrast in a person when he was with someone and when he wasn't. Pop music lost a bit of its wide-eyed sincerity when it stopped sounding like this.)
- In The Rainforest-Part 1-David Sun (A diverse array of bird songs, with calls and responses.)
- Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85: I. Adagio-Moderato (London Symphony Orchestra/Sir John Barbirolli, conductor; Jacqueline du Pre, cello) (If you're seeking dramatic, gripping swells of sound, this is your movement.)
- Arianita-Quantic & Combo Barbaro (World Lounge would also be an accurate categorization of this appealing number with its percolating piano underscoring. This could segue with the Gilberto/Turrentine tune, "Ponteio," reviewed in the Cocktail Lounge section.)
