COCKTAIL NATION: EVENINGS AT THE PENTHOUSE

Come join us at the Penthouse for a musical rainbow of color.  Have a listen. 

Adagio is the Italian word meaning slow.  So slow down and unwind from the daily grind.  Grab a cocktail, sit in your favorite  recliner and listen to the latest from Evenings At the Penthouse.  

Sit back, pool or beach side and have a margarita on the rocks with our Casa Cocktail show.

Start your day off well with a little relaxation, mimosas and brunch. Join us at the Penthouse for the choicest music programming. 

Join Jimmy and Koop at the Penthouse tonight for the choicest and most romantic cocktail piano selections by candlelight.  Look for me at the piano in white dinner jacket.   Just cllick to listen. 

Join us at the Penthouse when we celebrate the music of Harold Arlen who wrote some of the most iconic songs of the 20th century. 

Join us for a little fine dining, and intimate conversation at the Penthouse.  Have a listen. 

You have a choice. You can either complain about the Covid 19 quarantine, become a victim and stay in the blame game of what's going on in the world. Or you can choose your own reality,  live a live of comfortable seclusion, light some candles, and join us at the Penthouse for the best escape lounge music on the planet.  As an A-lister you are invited.  it is called self-mastery.  Try  it on.   Listen. 

We are off to Monte Carlo to play the numbers.  I always bet black 13.  I was born on Friday the 13th and enjoy the deliciously wicked power of that number.  Wear your best designer tux or couture gown.  And if you are blonde  I might just let you blow on my dice for good luck.  Have a listen. 

One of the sweetest things in life is programming for COCKTAIL NATION.  Come have a listen maybe with a hot cup of chai and a little gingerbread or your favorite dessert cocktail.  My favorites include: Black Russian, Amaretto on the rocks,  or a little Spanish apricot brandy.   Just click below to listen. 

Today we honor the life of one of my favorite composers:  Johnny Mandel.  So grab a cocktail and have a listen. 

Join us for Victorian London Fog tea and hot scones this Autumn day.   The theme for this Evening At the Penthouse is fog and mist.  Just click the Listen button below.  Don't loose me is the mist. 

An intimate romance awaits at the Penthouse,  Gents, wear your snazzy vintage tux and white dinner jacket; Ladies, haute couture.  The lights are dimmed, the cocktails are flowing.  if you find me in a quiet alcove with a hunky blonde.... do not disturb.  

Home at the Penthouse, with a cocktail and some soft lounge music on the stereo. Join us for a mellow evening at the Penthouse.  Time for some much needed escapism.  Click the listen button. 

Where do you want to jet set off to?   Paris,  Rome, Monte Carlo? Join us on a musical travel around the globe.  We booked your first class ticket.  Join us in the lounge.   Champagne wishes and caviar dreams.  Have a listen.

Join us for our special Koop Kooper Kocktail show where we celebrate the letter K.   Super Kooooooool.   Have a listen. 

Time to unwind from the toxic news media of disaster consciousness and negativity and just relax with a cocktail at the Penthouse. Rejuvenation awaits. Press the Listen button. 

The world needs love during the difficult and challenging year of 2020.  Join us at the Penthouse where we will caress you with the choicest music. Sit back in your easy chair and let the music cuddle you in love.  Listen 

Join us at the penthouse tonight.  Since we all have been quarantined, we will be taking an audio roadtrip through some of the choicest retro music of the 1950s-1960s.  So put on your sun glasses and hop in my 1957 cadillac convertible as we cruise down PCH from Long Beach into Laguna Beach.  Have a listen 

Nostalgia is a powerful drug, especially in the time of quarantine.  Whether it be the memory of a first love, your favorite vacation spot,  or just looking back on some favorite decades of your life... join us tonight at the penthouse for some nostalgic memories.  Just hit the LISTEN button. 

River of Tears is sometimes need to cleanse our body, mind and souls of energy we don't need.  Join us at the Penthouse tonight for a good purging cry.  You'll here the choicest lounge music and will feel much better. Just click the lesson button.  The show is about the begin. 

Jaunty, jiggish, jimp, jingoistic, jocose, jocular, jocund, jovial, jubilant, just,  jolly,  jesting, juicy, jazzy Jimmy Jazz jabbered and jived jokingly and jejunely while listening to Jack Jones on the jade and jet   jukebox in Juietsu, Japan in June and January.  The  theme this week is songs starting with the letter J.  How clever are you with your  alliterations?   Have a lovely long listen! 

You know the kind of week? When bizarre and strange events happen, or people around you just act quirky or neurotic.  The answer?  Time for a cocktail and more chic and classic lounge tunes at Evenings At the Penthouse. Have a listen. 

Do you prefer hot spicy gingers, tempting dark brunettes, or do you have blonde ambition? Come explore the the sexy elite set at the Penthouse Party.  Have a listen.

The world has never seen anything like the Covid 19 pandemic.  During this time of world quarantine we offer you to isolate in your own penthouse or hipster pad and sit by the computer, or stereo to listen to the self-isolation show.  Wishing you and your family safety. 

During this time of quarantine, it is a perfect time to go into self-isolation and listen to the choicest music from Evenings At the Penthouse.  So forget your troubles and all get happy!  

Join us for a late night intimate party gathering.  A little romance,  a little dancing,  intimate conversation, new friends.   Koop is pouring the martinis,  I'm programming the music.   Time to unwind. 

Join us in quarantine for relaxing music from the penthouse and connecting to loved ones, and friends via letters, emails and emojis.   Discuss your favorite retro lounge artists and albums.  See you online or I still love to receive letters from fans via snail mail.   James Spencer, 117 Coronado Ave, Long Beach, CA 90803.

Wear your best vintage couture to the fete at the Penthouse  tonight.  I personally favor vintage YSL, Givenchy and Chanel.  Of couse you are included because the sophisticated, well-educated and successful choose Cocktail Nation as their go-to radio podcast.   Le chic mystique.  See you on the covers of Vogue or Gentlemen's Quarterly.  Au revoir pour maintenant.

Join us at the Penthouse for some soft touch heavy petting 1950s-1960s retro style:  Who would you like to caress? Marilyn Monroe, Kim Novak, Grace Kelly or perhaps Tab Hunter, Rock Hudson or Burt Lancaster?  Join us at the penthouse... just softly touch the easy listening button.   Ah doesn't that feel better? 

A foggy and misty night awaits our listeners at the Penthouse. Come join us for the choicest lounge music program.  I programmed this show from my penthouse on the Long Beach harbor. Cheers.

So where are flying off to now Koop?  Monte Carlo, Rome, London, Paris? One can never tell.  Join us in first class for a cocktail or two as we fly off to another swanky penthouse fete.  See you at the next destination. Cheers. 

Come join us at the Penthouse for a late night party.   Koop is pouring the martinis,  I'm at the piano.  Listen tonight to the choicest lounge music.  Cheers mate!

"Sometimes murder smells like honeysuckle." Join us for a wicked film noir inspired crime scene show at Evenings At the Penthouse. I'm  sure  it will be scandalous.  Just don't shoot the piano player.  And I better stay away from those Bad Blondes  (they are my weakness).  Listen!  (is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?)

Join us at the Penthouse for an Academy Awards party.  What is your favorite movie that won an Oscar?  Wear your best couture gown or designer tux.  Koop is mixing the cocktails.  The awards show is about to start.  Have a listen.

Durning this tense time of world quarantine to prevent the spread of Covid 19, we are taking a rejuvenating, and relaxing audio escape to some of my favorite ports of call.   Since I was born in Florida,  with a great deal of family in the Bahamas, and Key West I have spent a great deal of time in the Caribbean.  Other favorite exotic ports of call include Bora Bora, Hawaii, Fiji, and Bali.  What are you favorite.  Unwind with your favorite tropical cocktail.  Aloha

Evenings At the Penthouse always offers the choicest lounge music from around the globe.  Whether you prefer jazz vocals,  cocktail piano,  easy-listening orchetral, tropical Tiki exotica,  breezy bossa nova, or retro movie soundtracks,  you will surely find the best music for your relaxation and leisure.  You are part of our extended family and we offer you "A Lifetime of Love"  Look for more Evenings at the Penthouse each week. Join your devastating handsome hosts Koop and James on the terrace for a martini or cool glass of iced tea and enjoy the good life. 

Happy February 2020.  For my birthday (Feb 13) and Valentine's Day we bring you this special  Valentine's Day show.  Red roses are indeed my favorite flower and I especially accept them from BLONDE, blue-eyed Aussie, Scandinavian or Germanic billionaires.  Suitors will find my in white dinner jacket at the piano in the penthouse.  Koop is most likely entertaining some gorgeous fem-bot or mixing the martinis.  Have a listen. 

We esacpe for a romantic, and intimate rendezvous in a little quaint cafe. My favorite way to get to know a new love interest.  Maybe sip a cappuccino and nibble on pain du chocolat or a piece of tirimisu. So whether I'm meeting Jean-Jacques in Paris, Giacomo in Roma or Dieter in Berlin, I'm always off to some new intriguing date.  As for Koop as long as he can see his Mustang and meet a delicious dame in Monte Carlo or Nice before rolling the dice in the casino, he is a happy man.  Bon Appetit mes amis.

The 1960s were  ar racih time for movie soundtracks including  Breakfast At Tiffanys and other works by Henry Mancini,  soundtracks by Burt Bachrach, Michel Legrand and others.  Don't look for me I have booked my favorite, Midnight Cowboy  for the night.  The nootrious Aussie James Bond, aka  Koop Kooper is fighting off fembots. 

We all have good and evil lurking inside us. Sometimes this leads to vices of drinking, drugs and sex.  Will you be a refined gentleman or lady, or after a few drinks do you turn into Mr or Mrs Hyde?  Do you have a wickness that turns you into a horny devil?  Come explore your inner demons at the Penthouse.... remember you can always go to  Confession in the morning .  Agnus Dei qui tollis pecata mundi.   Amen . 

I love breakfast in bed especially with a devastatingly handsome blonde.  So I just called for my butler to bring us crepes and mimosas.  I am sure Koop has the same idea and he is entertaining some beautiful doll bedisde in Monte Carlo, or Paris.  Have a listen.

Join Koop Kooper and me at the Sydney Penthouse for our 2019, Candlelit Christmas Special. You'll find me at the piano tinkling the ivories. 

Join Koop Kooper and me on the ski slopes of Europe with this winter lounge music show for Evenings At the Penthouse. Just click the  Listen button. 

Our  1/20/2020 special show is a tribute to the Cocktail Nation family.  We are sending you hugs and kisses for all your support and patronage of the show.  Koop and I would like to thank you for helping to keep classic lounge music alive. We'll see you at the penthouse.   Just click listen. Love Jimmy Jazz. 

HAPPY 2020: For the first Evening At the Penthouse of the New Decade, we will dance ourselves in with glasses of champagne in hand.  Just click the listen button below to join us for the New Year's Festivities at the Penthouse.  Cheers. 

Escape the cold winter storm with another choice episode of Evenings At the Penthouse as programmed by James Spencer. Just click the Listen button. 

"When Love Goes Wrong Nothing Goes Right." Join Lounge Lethario Koop Kooper in the latest Evening at the Penthouse program.  Programmed by James Spencer and Koop.  Love on the Rocks. Pour me another martini. 

The EYES have it.   Come join us at the Penthouse tonight for 2020 Vision.   All songs will have "eyes" in the title. To listen just click the button below.  I will be at the piano.  Just look for the devastatingly handsome gent with the jade green designer Paul Smith eyewear.  HAPPY 2020 hipsters!

In 1995 I had the pleasure of working with one of my favorite composers: Burt Bacharach.  Join us at the Penthouse tonight for our Burt Bacharach special.  You'll find me at the piano playing through some of my favorite Burt Bacharach and Hal David tunes.  Do you have "The Look of Love"?

James Spencer programs for Cocktail Nation: Evenings At the Penthouse radio show (Sydney, Australia). Hosted by Koop Kooper, just click the Listen button to stream this gorgeous show of the choicest jazz and easy-listening pop pianists from around the globe. Cheers you'll find me serenading you at the Steinway. 

James Spencer programs for Cocktail Nation: Evenings At the Penthouse radio show (Sydney, Australia). Hosted by Koop Kooper, just click the Listen button to stream this show dedicated to Broadway of old. So sip a Manhattan and join us at the Penthouse. 

James Spencer programs for Cocktail Nation: Evenings At the Penthouse radio show (Sydney, Australia). Hosted by Koop Kooper, just click the Listen button to stream this sweet and easy show inspired by honey.  See who's buzzin' at the Penthouse. 

James Spencer programs for Cocktail Nation; Evenings At the Penthouse radio show (Sydney, Australia). Hosted by Koop Kooper, just click the Listen button to stream this swanky Gentlemen's Club show. There is a strict dress code so wear a tux or white dinner jacket. 

James Spencer programs for Cocktail Nation: Evenings At the Penthouse radio show (Sydney, Australia). Hosted by Koop Kooper, just click the Listen button to stream this nostalgic show dedicated to my Vintage Vegans world wide. I will be sipping apricot tea with hot a plate of hot scones in my posh Victorian salon. 

James Spencer programs for Cocktail Nation: Evenings At the Penthouse radio show (Sydney, Australia). Hosted by Koop Kooper, just click the Listen button to stream this romantic, relaxing starry-eyed show. I will be tinkling the ivories tonight. Just look for the devastatingly handsome gent in the white dinner jacket at the Steinway. 

James Spencer programs for Cocktail Nation: Evenings At the Penthouse  radio show (Sydney, Australia). Hosted by Koop Kooper, just click the Listen button to stream this elegant show dedicated to songwriter Johnny Mercer.  James Spencer lived in Mercer's hometown of Savannah, Georgia. So settle down on your porch swing with a mint julep and have a listen. Cheers. 

James Spencer programs for Cocktail Nation: Evenings at the Penthouse (Sydney, Australia). Hosted by Koop Kooper, just click the Listen button to stream this romantic and elegant show dedicated to wine and roses. Actually, I'm not a drinker, but love to surround my home in lush frangrant bouquets of roses. Look for me in my Victorian English rose garden sipping tea and enjoying some hot vegan scones with lemon curd. 

James Spencer programs for Cocktail Nation: Evenings at the Penthouse (Sydney, Australia). Hosted by Koop Kooper, just click the Listen button to stream this sexy show from lounge lothario, Koop's little black book. This Gentleman Prefers Blonde!

James Spencer programs for Cocktail Nation: Evenings at the Penthouse (Sydney, Australia). Hosted by Koop Kooper, just click the Listen button to stream this sexy show and fine the names of all those gorgeous dames Koop has collected.  

James Spencer programs for Cocktail Nation: Evenings at the Penthouse (Sydney, Australia). Hosted by Koop Kooper, just click the listen button to stream this sensual exotica, tiki island tinged show, you'll  find me skinny dipping in the Emerald lagoon. 

James Spencer programs for Cocktail Nation: Evenings at the Penthouse (Sydney, Australia).Hosted by Koop Kooper, just click the Listen button to stream this summer sunshine show. You'll find me sunbathing on the terrace of the Penthouse perfecting my tropical bronze tan. 

James Spencer programs for Cocktail Nation: Evenings at the Penthouse (Sydney, Australia). Hosted by Koop Koper, just click the Listen button to stream this tropical  sexy beach side show. This is dedicated to those devastatingly handsome Brazilian gents from my past.  This one is especially for you Guillerme. 

James Spencer programs for Cocktail Nation: Evenings at the Penthouse (Sydney, Australia). Hosted by Koop Kooper, just click the Listen button to stream this elegant Southern gentile show.  This shows goes out to all my Vintage Vegans in Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina. This show also goes out to all my fans that used to see me at Ye Olde Pink, and Chaucer's. I also want to dedicate this show to memory of my good friend THE DOLL, Lady Chablis.. we miss you dearly "but like my Mama, always said two tears in a bucket,  Mother f*** It"

James Spencer programs for Cocktail Nation: Evenings at the Penthouse (Sydney, Australia). Hosted by Koop Kooper, just click the Listen button to stream this bluesy libations show. Join Koop and Jimmy Jazz on the terrace for a glass of blue champagne. I'll be wearing my vintage 1957 blue Yves Saint-Laurent dinner jacket. Cheers hipsters. 

James Spencer programs for Cocktail Nation: Evenings at the Penthouse (Sydney, Australia).Hosted by Koop Kooper, just click the Listen button to stream this springtime show dedicated to my love of Victorian English gardens.  Feel free to sip a Mimosa, or chilled Moscato or if you are non drinker like me maybe enjoy a chilled iced tea with fresh mint to go with those black currant scones with lemon curd. 

James Spencer programs for the Cocktail Nation: Evenings at the Penthouse (Sydney, Australia). Hosted by Koop Kooper, just click the Listen button to stream this breezy sea side show.  I'm currently dining by candlelight on my ocean front terrace looking over Long Beach, harbor. Enjoying some vegan Mexican cuisine and a Cadillac margarita on the rocks. This show goes out to sexy Pisces merman Jett, and my mermaid goddess soul sister Sheri. 

James Spencer programs for the Cocktail Nation: Evenings at the Penthouse (Sydney, Australia). Hosted by Koop Kooper, just click the Listen button to stream this easy-listening jet set show.  This show is honor of all those brilliant, cocky Aquarians out there including: moi, my niece Marina, and my good friends Dale, Jimmy and Billy. 

James Spencer programs for Cocktail Nation: Evenings at the Penthouse (Sydney, Australia). Hosted by Koop Kooper, just click the Listen button to stream this sophisticated New York Penthouse themed show.  You'll find me at my Manhattan penthouse with the likes of Bobby Short, Cole Porter, and Liza Minnelli. I will be at the 1941 Steinway concert grand playing Vernon Duke's "Autumn in New York" 

In honor of James Spencer's 2nd edition international book release bio Les Baxter Companion is this show of some rare Baxter cuts. James Spencer programs for Cocktail Nation: Evenings At the Penthouse (Sydney, Australia), Hosted by Koop Kooper, just click the Listen button to stream this show dedicated to Les, the Father of Exotica and Space Age Bachelor Pad Music. And be sure to pick up my bio on Amazon. 

James Spencer is interviewed by Koop Kooper for the Cocktail Nation: Twilight Show (Sydney, Australia) about the German MPS label and their easy-listening jazz artists. So we are off tonight to Bavaria. Dress warm and join us at the 60s Mod Chalet for a hot toddy by the fire. This show is dedicated to the memory of my good friend Gene Puerling of the celebrated vocal groups: The Hi-los, and Singers Unlimited.  James Spencer also programmed all the music for tonight's show. 

In Honor of James Spencer's book release Jackie Glesaon's Music, James Spencer programs this Cocktail Nation: Evenings At the Penthouse (Sydney, Australia) special. Hosted by Koop Kooper, just click the the Listen button to stream this Jackie Gleason special, for lovers only!  And Awaaaaaay We Goooooo!

In honor of James Spencer's book Jewels of Jazz: The Undiscovered Jazz Singers of the 1950s-1960s (Note: Later included in its entirety in The Lounge Music Companion), James Spencer programs for the Cocktail Nation: Evenings At the Penthouse (Sydney, Australia). Hosted by Koop Kooper, just click the Listen button to hear this show featuring some of the choicest undiscovered  jazz vocalists of the 1950s-1960s.

James Spencer programs for Cocktail Nation: Evenings at the Penthouse (Sydney, Australia). Hosted by Koop Kooper, just click the Listen button to stream this elegant show dedicated to all the beautiful brunnettes out there.  I want to especially dedicate this show to my forever gorgeous mother Dolores Berea Spencer. My parents are celebrating 62 years of marriage this year!  Love you mom! 

James Spencer programs the show Cocktail Nation: Evenings at the Penthouse (Sydney, Australia), Hosted by Koop Kooper, just click the Listen button to stream this show dedicated to the sexy auburn vixens. This show is dedicated to two of my most talented vocal student alumnae, Hayley Cassity Smith and Elaine Hayhurst. I would also like to dedicate this show to my High School amies, Kari Trydahl (Care Bear) and Jennifer Barnicoat (Jen Jen)

The fragrance of lush flowers always reminds me of my old home in Savannah, Georgia. The fragrance of tea roses, star jasmine, and honeysuckle in the air.  James Spencer programs for Cocktail Nation: Evenings At the Penthouse (Sydney, Australia). Hosted by Koop Kooper, just click the Listen button to stream this dreamy, and fragrant floral show. You'll find me sipping a mint julep among my tea roses in the garden. 

James Spencer programs this Exotica Tiki Lounge show for Cocktail Nation: Evenings At the Penthouse (Sydney, Australia). Hosted by Koop Kooper, just click the Listen button to stream this lush escapist show. So grab your Mai Tai or Pina Colada and join us at the Tiki Bar. Mahalo. 

Koop Kooper interviews James Spencer about his book Soundscape: The Space Age Bachelor Pad Music Companion (Later included in Lounge Music Companion). Just click to the Listen button to stream Cocktail Nation episode 486. 

In honor of James Spencer's  book release Soundscape: The Space Age Bachelor Pad Music Companion (later included in the Lounge Music Companion) James programs tonights Cocktail Nation: Evenings at the Penthouse Show (Sydney, Australia). Join our captain host Koop Kooper as we blast off for cocktails on the moon and beyond. This show is dedicated to my dad, Charles Spencer who headed up the Delta Space Launch program for McDonnell Douglas. This show is also dedicated to my brother Peter, who loves everything Sci Fi.  You'll find me in the Love Shack with Logan 5.  RENEW!

Anyone who knows me knows I'm blonde obsessed! Maybe this is because my grandmother Billie, and my 3 sisters, Mary, Anne, and Elizabeth are gorgeous blondes. Or probably more importantly my husband-soul mate (RIP) was a devastatingly  handsome Blonde. James Spencer programs for Cocktail Nation: Evenings At the Penthouse (Sydney, Australia). Hosted by Koop Kooper just click the Listen button to stream this show featuring only blonde singers from the 1950s-1960s.  My favorite JULIE LONDON!   This show is dedicated to the memory of my husband William Whiteley. 

For all my favorite air signs (Gemini, Libras and Aquarius) I programmed a windswept show for Cocktail Nation: Evenings at the Penthouse (Sydney, Australia). Hosted by Koop Kooper, just click the Listen button to stream this breezy cool episode. Make sure you use a can of Aqua Net to get that coif or pompadour perfect. The higher the boufant and pompadour ...the closer to God!

James Spencer drops by the Penthouse to program a sexy midnight rendezvous show.  Join host Koop Kooper by clicking the Listen button to stream the latest Cocktail Nation: Evenings At the Penthouse program. I'm off for midnight rendezvous of my own with German identical twins named Dieter and Dietrich.  Auf Wiedersehen!

In the 1950s, gorgeous blonde bombshells like Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly, Kim Novak, Doris Day, and Jane Mansfield come to mind but you'll find me on the terrace surrounded by those beefy men of perfection: Tab Hunter, Ken Clark, Chuck Connors, and Aldo Ray.  I indeed have blonde ambitions, and programmed this Gentlemen Prefer Blondes show for Koop Kooper's  Cocktail Nation: Evenings At the Penthouse. Oooh got a run, Chuck Connors (The Rifleman) wants to show me his big gun! 

In honor of James Spencer's book release the Cocktail Piano Companion (later included in the Lounge Music Companion), James programs tonight's Cocktail Nation: Evenings at the Penthouse special. Join host Koop Kooper by just clicking the Listen link below to stream the choicest cocktail piano artists from around the world. I'm also performing a track tonight from the album Noir.

James Spencer programs the Cocktail Piano Nation: Evenings At the Penthouse show featuring artists from the Liberty Records label. Join host Koop Kooper by clicking the Listen button to stream the choicest artists starting with Lady Liberty: JULIE LONDON! 

In honor of James Spencer's book Soundscape: The Space Age Bachelor Pad Music Companion (later included in Lounge Music Companion) James programs tonight show for Cocktail Nation: Evenings At the Penthouse.  (Sydney, Australia). Hosted by Koop Kooper, just click the Listen button to stream this space age show. The rocket is blasting off soon...see you on Mars. 

Cocktail Nation show 476 features Koop Kooper interviewing James Spencer about his new book The Cocktail Piano Companion (later included in the Lounge Music Companion). Be sure to pick up your copy of the Lounge Music Companion, at Amazon or book sellers near you. Just click the Listen button below to stream the show. 

In Cocktail Nation episode  472, James Spencer chats with host Koop Kooper about his book Jewels of Jazz: The Undiscovered Vocal Gems of the 1950s-1960s (Later the 2018 the book was discontinued  but included now its entirety in the book Lounge Music Companion). Just click the Listen link to hear the interview and program. 

James Spencer creates a relaxing  "easy living" theme for this evenings' Evenings at the Penthouse show. Join handsome lounge lothario host Koop Kooper and stream by clicking the Listen button below. Come join the bon vivants!  Bon soir mes amis. 

This evening as I listen to the soothing rain storm over my Long Beach harbor home,  I programmed this rainy night theme for tonight's episode of Evenings at the Penthouse. Have a listen by clicking the Listen button below. The swank set is enjoying  hot toddy by the roaring fireplace.  I will be tinkling the ivories. Koop is off chasing some fem bot. Koop Kooper's Cocktail Nation podcast.

Join us at Evenings at the Penthouse tonight for an all cocktail piano show. I will be serenading you at the piano, while devastatingly handsome Sydney penthouse host Koop Kooper will be mixing the cocktails. Just click the Listen button. Taking requests. just leave a tip in the large brandy glass on my Hamburg  Steinway. I do not have change for a $100. 

Married to the devastatingly gorgeous Julie London tonight we join my good friend Bobby at the piano for some cool West Coast jazz with a lemon twist. James Spencer aka Jimmy Jazz programmed the Evenings at the Penthouse show tonight. Koop is mixing the martinis, make mine a black Russian on the rocks.  Just click Listen. (podcast)

While I relax in my blue Hawaiian shirt.I sip a Mai Tai at Don The Beachcomber's in Huntington Beach, California as we are off on a Tiki inspired Exotica show. Join us at Evenings at the Penthouse as I sweep you off to Hawaii and the South Pacific Islands. Aloha. Just click the Listen button to stream. Koop Kooper's Cocktail Nation podcast.

Join us for pianist Roger Williams special as programmed by concert pianist James Spencer for Koop Kooper's Cocktail Nation: Evenings at the Penthouse. Just click listen to stream. 

In episode 451 of Cocktail Nation, host Koop Kooper interviews James Spencer about his book The Cocktail Piano Hour Companion (Note: This book is discontinued but included in full in the book The Lounge Music Companion). Click Listen to stream. 

The life of an entrepreneur can sometimes be lonely, it can be hard for geniuses to find a suitable romantic partner that can match their high IQ, level of sophistication and imagination in the bedroom. Tonight's melancholy show goes out to all the lonely people. We love you, so stop by the penthouse Especially if you are the beefy Tab Hunter or Ken Clark type.  But we love to meet new hipsters.  Streaming Evenings At the Penthouse by clicking LISTEN ! 

A Bacehlor's Pad is not complete without the choicest dames from the little black book. Tonight James Spencer presents some of the rarest cuts of more obscure female jazz vocalists from the 1950s-1960s. Join Koop Kooper as he pours the martinis at Evenings at the Penthouse.  Click Listen to stream. 

As a lyric baritone myself, I wanted to program a special Evenings at the Penthouse program featuring some of the choicest vocal ensemble blends of the 1950s-1960s.  So hum or sing along and join the swanky chorus of retro-chic. We'll let Koop mix the cocktails as he is tone death but plays a sexy mean bongo.  Click Listen to stream. (podcast)

James Spencer discuses his book Les Baxter Companion with Koop Kooper and his friendship with Les. Join us at the Penthouse tonight. Click listen to stream.

James drops by the Cocktail Nation to discuss the Bavarian easy-listening label  MPS with Koop. Join us at the mod chalet for some coffee and streudel before we hit the slopes. 

In Cocktail Nation episode 322 James Spencer discusses his new album Nightfall (currently out of print but now included on the 2018 double album release Noir) Just click the Listen button to stream. 

Cocktail Nation episode 296,  James discusses his book Lady Liberty: The Julie London Handbook (no longer in print)  click Listen. 

James discusses the career of guitar legend Al Viola. Join us by clicking the Listen button.  Cocktail Nation episode 303.

As Southern California and Australia cough through a dangerous fire season, I thought it would be tres amusant to program for Koop an Up in Smoke theme for tonight's  Evenings at the  Penthouse. Personally I find smoking a disgusting habit and refuse to sing in smokey clubs, that is how I maintain my smooth velvety bass-baritone voice. (podcast) Koop Kooper's Cocktail Nation.

It's a Starry and Balmy Night at the Penthouse. Ladies wear your best couture gown, gents your best tux.  I will be on the balcony with Marilyn Monroe, Rock Hudson, Tab Hunter and Grace Kelly.  Click below for your admission. 

Bon Soir mes amis: We are having cocktails in our palais with a view of Paris by Night celebrating the music of Michel Legrand.  Bienvenue. 

Tonight we celebrate the music of Hoagy Carmichael.  Come by the piano and have a listen. 

Tender lovin' kisses and hugs await you tonight at our endearing and sentimental cocktail party .  Come join us on the terrace.  Just click the listen button . 

It is no better time then now to listen to the choicest lounge programming in the world.   Join us at the Penthouse  if you have the "Time" to rejuvenate and unwind.   Cocktails are already available on the terrace.   

Tonight at the Penthouse we celebrate the lyrics of Mitchell Parish.  Click below to listen.