Basin Street

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Música:
Miles Davis Quintet
Basin Street blues  (1963)
Columbia CL2106

Miles Davis Quintet: Miles Davis (tp) George Coleman (as) [out in this tune] Victor Feldman (p) Ron Carter (b) Frank Butler (d). Los Angeles, Ca., April 16, 1963

Tinta roja

Red ink

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Música:
Fats Waller and his Rhythmn
Jealous of me (1937)
Victor 25864

Fats Waller and his Rhythmn: Herman Autrey (tp) Gene Sedric (cl,as) Fats Waller (p,vcl) Al Casey (g) Charles Turner (b) Slick Jones (d,vib). New York, October 7, 1937

A la luz de las estrellas

By starlight

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Música:
Chet Baker Sextet
Stella by starlight  (1954)
Pacific Jazz PJ15

Chet Baker Sextet: Chet Baker (tp) Bob Brookmeyer (v-tb) Bud Shank (bar) Russ Freeman (p) Carson Smith (b) Shelly Manne (d). Los Angeles, September 9, 1954

¡No te oigo, Tracy!

I can't hear you, Tracy!

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Música:
Billie Holiday and her Orchestr
Do nothin' till you hear from me  (1956)
Verve MGV8329 

Billie Holiday and her Orchestra: Billie Holiday (vcl) Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp) Ben Webster (ts) Jimmy Rowles (p) Barney Kessel (g) Joe Mondragon (b) Alvin Stoller (d). Los Angeles, Ca., August 14, 1956

Shitland

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Música:
Thelonious Monk Septet
Crepuscule with Nellie (1957)
(takes 4/5)(stereo alt take)
OJC CD084-2

Thelonious Monk Septet: Ray Copeland (tp) Gigi Gryce (as) Coleman Hawkins, John Coltrane (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Wilbur Ware (b) Art Blakey (d). New York, June 26, 1957

Interrogatorio

Interrogation

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Música:
Rusty Draper
Held for questioning (1956)
Mercury 70818

Precinto

Precint

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Música:
Charlie Parker Sextet
Quasimodo (1947)
Dial 1015

Charlie Parker Sextet: Miles Davis (tp) Jay Jay Johnson (tb) Charlie Parker (as) Duke Jordan (p) Tommy Potter (b) Max Roach (d). New York, December 17, 1947

Llegada

Arrival

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Música:
Charlie Parker's All Stars
Constellation (1948)  [*]
Savoy 45-313

[*] El Lockheed Constellation G-AHEK fue el avión de línea mas rápido de su tiempo. Así como lo era Charlie Parker tocando el alto.

[*] The Lockheed Constellation G-AHEK was the fastest airliner of it's time. So was Charlie Parker playing alto saxophone.

Charlie Parker's All Stars: Miles Davis (tp) Charlie Parker (as) John Lewis (p) Curly Russell (b) Max Roach (d). New York, September 18, 1948

Tomar al toro por las astas

In the horns of a dilemma

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Música:
Fred "Sugar" Hall and his Sugar Babies
I'm wild about horns and automobiles (1928)
Okeh 41152

Fred Hall and his Sugar Babies : Mike Mosiello (tp) Eddie Grosso (cl,as) Philip d'Arcy (hca,vln,p) Fred Hall (p, and prob. 2nd voice -scat vcl-) Albert Russo (bj) A1 Morse (tu) Joseph Mayo (d) Arthur Fields (vcl). New York, November 12, 1928

Historiae Animalium

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Humildemente dedicado a Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Humbly dedicated to Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

Música:
Ethel Merman
It's the animal in me  (1935)
Brunswick 7491