Blue sky

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Blue sky (¿Por qué?... porque sí...) / Blue Sky (Why?... Just because...)

Música:
Blue Sky Boys
I'm here to get my baby out of jail (1936)
MontgomeryWard 7017

Blue Sky Boys: Earl Bolick (g.vcl) Bill Bolick (mand,vcl). Charlotte, North Carolina, June 16, 1936.

Poesía

Poetry

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Música:
Fredo Gardoni, Manuel Puig et leur ensemble
Secret d'une nuit (1933?)
Pathé X.98.087

Busking

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Música:
Oscar Pettiford
O.P. (1959)
Jazzline (G)JL20827

Rolf Kühn (cl) Hans Koller (ts) Oscar Pettiford (b) Jimmy Pratt (d). Baden-Baden, June 14, 1959

Sortilegio (Homenaje a Max Ernst)

Sortilege

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Sortilegio (Homenaje a Max Ernst) / Sortilege (Homage to Max Ernst)

Música:
Raymond Scott Orchestra
In a magic garden (1944)
V-Disc 309

Raymond Scott Orchestra: Les Elgart, Charlie Shavers, Melvin "Red" Solomon, Lyman Vunk (tp) S.J. Koty, Henry "Benny" Morton, Billy Pritchard (tb) Artie Baker, Milt Yaner (as) Wolffe Tayne, Ben Webster (ts) Stan Webb (bar) Henry "Billy" Rowland (p) Tony Mottola (g) Israel Crosby (b) Gordon "Specs" Powell (d) Raymond Scott (dir). CBS Broadcast, "Radio Review", New York, early May 1944

Tres emociones simples

Three simple emotions

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El gabinete de guriosidades: Tres emociones simples

Música:
Chet Baker & Art Pepper
Resonant emotions (1956)
Pacific Jazz J1234

Chet Baker (tp) Art Pepper (as) Phil Urso (ts) Carl Perkins (p) Curtis Counce (b) Lawrence Marable (d) Jimmy Heath (comp,arr). Los Angeles, October 31, 1956

Shooting

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Música:
Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra
I'm shooting high (1935)
Decca 623

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp,vcl) Louis Bacon, Leonard Davis, Gus Aiken (tp) Harry White, Jimmy Archey (tb) Henry Jones, Charlie Holmes (as) Bingis Madison, Greely Walton (ts) Luis Russell (p) Lee Blair (g) George "Pops" Foster (b) Paul Barbarin (d). New York, November 21, 1935

Portada

Cover

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Música:
Casa Loma Orchestra
The dance of the lame duck (1932)
Brunswick 6513

Casa Loma Orchestra: Bobby Jones, Grady Watts, Sonny Dunham (tp) Billy Rauch (tb) Pee Wee Hunt (tb) Glen Gray (as) Clarence Hutchinrider (cl,as,fl) Kenny Sargent (cl,as) Pat Davis (cl,ts,fl) Mel Jenssen (vln) Joe Hall (p) Gene Gifford (g) Stanley Dennis (b) Tony Briglia (d). New York, December 19, 1932

Revoleando una moneda

Throwing a coin

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Música:
June Christy
Love is just around the corner (1957)
Hindsight HSR235

June Christy (vcl) acc. by Les Brown and his Band of Renown: no details. c. 1957

Vakulinchuk en las escaleras de Odessa

Vakulinchuk in the Odessa steps

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Música:
Barney Bigard
Step steps down (1944)
Signature 28114

Barney Bigard (cl) Eddie Heywood (p) Shelly Manne (d). New York, January 22, 1944

Muro

Wall

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Música:
Radio Syncopators
I can't sleep in the movies anymore (1929)
Madison 5051-b

Radio Syncopators: Arthur Fields (vcl) undisclosed personnel. New York, August 1929