Abstract: Disclosed are laser dye liquids, lasers utilized therewith and methods of formulating the laser dye liquids. A laser dye liquid of the present invention comprises a laser dye dissolved in a glycol ether solvent which is substantially free of solubilizing and viscosity altering additives, and which does not substantially interfere with the emission of coherent laser radiation when the laser dye liquid is excited by a pump source. Preferred glycol ether solvents of the instant invention are ethylene glycol phenyl ether (EPH) and propylene glycol phenyl ether (PPH). The laser dye liquids of the present invention are especially suited for use with jet stream dye lasers.