As time goes by

Old Lady

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...¡Y aqui vamos otra vez! El dos mil diez ya se nos cae encima...
¡Trata de sobrevivirlo!
Oscar

Here we go again!
All the best!
Oscar

Música:
(¡¡¡No te pierdas esta maravilla!!!) / (Don't miss this jewell!!!))
Spike Jones and his City Slickers
As time goes by (1943)
V-Disc 125A1

Spike Jones and his City Slickers: Merle ‘Wally’ Kline (tp), John Stanley (tb) Del Porter, Red Ingle (cl, saxes), Carl Gryason (vln) Herman Crone (p) Joe Wolverton (bjo, g & steel g) Country Washburne (tub & b) Beauregard Lee (dr) Nilsson Twins (vcl duo). NBC Studios, Hollywood, November 12, 1943

Desnudo rojo

Red nude

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Música:
Earl Hines
Body and soul (1940)
Bluebird B10642

Earl Hines (Storytone piano) solo. New York, February 26, 1940
Info about the Storytone piano: click here

Uña

Thumbnail

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Música:
Joe Venuti and Russ Morgan
Red velvet (1935)
Columbia (E)3105-D

Joe Venuti and Russ Morgan: Joe Venuti (vln) Russ Morgan (p) duet. New York, September 12, 1935

Desnudo gris

Gray nude

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Música:
Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet
Darling Nellie Gray (1939)
Bluebird B8565

Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet: Willie Johnson (bar voice) Henry Owens (lst tenor voice) William Langford (2nd tenor voice) Arlandus Wilson (bass voice) acc by William Langford (g). New York, December 26, 1939

Desnudo rosa

Pink nude

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Música:
Red Nichols and his Big Ten
I'm tickled pink with a blue-eyed baby (1930)
Victor 23026

Red Nichols and his Big Ten: Red Nichols, Ruby Weinstein (tp) Glenn Miller (tb) Benny Goodman (cl) Sid Stoneburn (as) Babe Russin (ts) Roy Bargy (p) Carl Kress (g) Art Miller (b) Gene Krupa (d) Dick Robertson (vcl). New York, November 18, 1930

Desnudo verde

Green nude

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Música:
Five Harmaniacs
Sadie Green, the vamp of New Orleans (1926)
Victor LPV540

Five Harmaniacs: Claude Shugart (kazoo,vcl) + unknown hca/uke, jug/kazoo/wbd, bj and g. The other four members were Walter Howard, Jerry Adams, Ned Nestor & Wade Hampton-Durand (it is not known which instruments they play). New York, September 17, 1926

Desnudo lila

Lilac nude

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Música:
Count Basie and his Orchestra
Beaver junction (1944)
V-Disc 258

Count Basie and his Orchestra: Harry Edison, Joe Newman, Ed Lewis, Al Killian (tp) Dickie Wells, Ted Donnelly, Eli Robinson, Louis Taylor (tb) Earl Warren, Jimmy Powell (as) Lester Young, Buddy Tate (ts) Rudy Rutherford (bar) Count Basie (p) Freddy Green (g) Rodney Richardson (b) Jo Jones (d). New York, May 27, 1944

Desnudo

Nude

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Música:
Mildred Bailey
It's a woman's prerogative (1946)
Majestic 1040

Mildred Bailey (vcl) acc. by Ted Dale's Orchestra dir. by Eddie Sauter: large band incl. strings + Hank D'Amico (cl) Ellis Larkins (p) Al Hall (b) Gordon "Specs" Powell (d). New York, March 5, 1946

Pussy

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Música:
Patty Andrew and Bob Crosby
Pussy cat song (Nyow! nyot nyow!) (1948)
Decca 24533

Patty Andrew, Bob Crosby (vcl) acc. by Vic Schoen Orchestra (no details). Los Angeles, November 22, 1948

Corazón III

Hearth III

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"El corazón del hombre es muy caprichoso.
No se puede saber si ese nuevo corazón que me ofreces es como el de antes.
Sin embargo, en nuestro pueblo,
sólo la flor de ciruelo huele muy dulce y se mantiene inalterada."
Kino Tsurayuki (868-946)

Música:
Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra
Nobody's sweetheart (1929)
Columbia 2098-D

Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra: Andy Secrest (cnt) Charlie Margulis, Harry Goldfield (tp) Boyce Cullen, Wilbur Hall, Bill Rank (tb) Jack Fulton (tb Chester Hazlett, Bernie Daly, Frankie Trumbauer, Roy Mayer, Irving Friedman, Charles Strickfaden (reeds) Roy Bargy (p) Lennie Hayton (celeste,arr) Joe Venuti, Kurt Dieterle, Mischa Russell, Matt Malneck, Otto Landau (vln) Mike Pingitore (bj) Eddie Lang (g) Mike Trafficante (b) Min Leibrook (tu) George Marsh (d) Paul Whiteman (dir). New York, October 9, 1929

Saludos

Greetings

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Oscar Grillo & Rubén González want to wish very happy holidays to the visitors of this blog (and also to the rest of the world)

Música:
Noël Chiboust et son Orchestre
Noël blues (1940)
Swing (F)97

Noël Chiboust et son Orchestre: Aimé Barelli (tp) Max Blanc (cl,as) Noël Chiboust, Alix Combelle (ts) Raymond Wraskoff (p) Django Reinhardt (g) Francis Lucas (b) Pierre Fouad (d). Paris, October 22, 1940

Muertes y entradas

Death and entrances

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(De las noticias de hoy - 18 Diciembre 2009: "Ha sido robado el signo de la entrada al campo de concentración de Auschwitz", confirmó la policía.)

Música:
Jack Payne and his B.B.C. Orchestra
Entrance of the little fauns (1931)
Columbia DX-273

Jack Payne and his B.B.C. Orchestra: Jack Jackson, Tommy Anderson (tp) Jesse Fuller, Ben Oakley (tb) Dave Roberts (cl,sop,as,bar) Frank Johnson (cl,as,oboe) William Taylor (cl,ts) Bob Easson (cl,ts,vln) Eric Siday (vln) Bert Powell (viola) Bob Busby (p) Bill Scott-Coomber (g,vcl) Bert Groves (tu,b) Bob Manning (d,xyl,vib) Jack Payne (ldr). London, August 7, 1931

Cigüeña

Crane

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Música:
Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
Chickey-mo, craney-crow (1943)
Decca 24673

Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five: Aaron Izenhall (tp) Louis Jordan (as,vcl) Eddie Johnson (ts) Bill Doggett (p,arr) Carl Hogan (el-g) Dallas Bartley (b) Christopher Columbus (d). Los Angeles, Ca., November 24, 1947

Drawing room

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Música:
Django Reinhardt acc par Le Quintette du Hot Club de France
Fleur d'ennui (1943)
Swing (F)176

Django Reinhardt acc par Le Quintette du Hot Club de France: André Lluis, Gérard Lévêque (cl) Django Reinhardt (g) Eugène Vées (g) Jean Storme (b) Gaston Leonard (d). Paris, February 26, 1943

Flecha

Arrow

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Música:
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra
Bird of paradise (1935)
Decca 639

Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra: Sy Oliver (tp) Eddie Tompkins, Paul Webster (tp) Russell Bowles, Elmer Crumbley (tb) Eddie Durham (tb,g) Jimmie Lunceford (cl,as) Willie Smith (cl,as,arr) Laforet Dent (as) Dan Grissom (cl,as) Joe Thomas (cl,ts) Earl Carruthers (cl,as,bar) Edwin Wilcox (p,arr) Al Norris (g) Moses Allen (b) Jimmy Crawford (d,vib) Sy Oliver, Willie Smith, Eddie Tompkins (vcl trio). New York, May 29, 1935

Hacia un mundo mejor

Towards a better world

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Música:
Joe Venuti and his Orchestra
You're my past, present and future (1933)
Banner 32874

Joe Venuti and his Orchestra: Max Kaminsky + 2 other (tp) prob Red Bone (tb) prob Wallace Blumberry, Jimmy Dorsey (cl,as) Bud Freeman (ts) Joe Venuti (vln) unknown p, Dick McDonough (g) unknown (b) Chauncey Morehouse (d) Don Elton (vcl). New York, September 25, 1933

Oso

Bear

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Lenin esta aliviado
De que hayan sacado su estatua de bronce.
En realidad por cincuenta años
Quería yacer en la Plaza Roja
Y escuchar a los Beach Boys.
(Vidas de Grandes Hombres) Inuo Taguchi

Música:
Raymond Scott Orchestra
Tired little teddy bear (1944)
V-Disc 357

Raymond Scott Orchestra: Les Elgart, Charlie Shavers, Melvin "Red" Solomon (tp) S.J. Koty, Henry "Benny" Morton, Billy Pritchard (tb) Artie Baker, Milt Yaner (as) Wolffe Tayne, Dick Harris (ts) Stan Webb (bar) Henry "Billy" Rowland (p) Tommy Kay (g) Israel Crosby (b) Gordon "Specs" Powell (d) Raymond Scott (dir). NBC Broadcast, "For The Record", New York, October 9, 1944

León

Lion

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Música:
Una Mae Carlisle
Now I lay me down to dream (1940)
Bluebird B1085

Una Mae Carlisle (vcl,p) acc. by John Hamilton (tp) Albert Casey (g) Cedric Wallace (b) Slick Jones (d). New York, August 2, 1940

Gato

Cat

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Música:
Paul Ash and his Orchestra
Japanese Sunset (1923)
Brunswick 2517

Compañía

Company

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Música:
Ben Selvin & his Orchestra
Just Friends (1932)
Columbia 2618 D

Armonía

Harmony

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Chouwa (Armonía / Harmony)

Música:
Mary Lou Williams' Girl Stars
Harmony grits (1946)
Victor 20-2174

Mary Lou Williams' Girl Stars: Marjorie Hyams (vib) Mary Lou Williams (p) Mary Osborne (g,vcl) June Rotenberg (b) Rose Gottesman (d). New York, July 24, 1946

Camino

Road

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"Camino
sin viajeros-
Anochecer de otoño"

Música:
Woody Herman and his Orchestra
Early autumn (1948)
Capitol 57616

Woody Herman and his Orchestra: Stan Fishelson, Bernie Glow, Red Rodney, Ernie Royal (tp) Shorty Rogers (tp) Bill Harris, Earl Swope, Ollie Wilson (tb) Bob Swift (b-tb) Woody Herman (cl,as) Sam Marowitz (as) A1 Cohn, Zoot Sims (ts) Stan Getz (ts) Serge Chaloff (bar) Terry Gibbs (vib) Lou Levy (p) Chubby Jackson (b) Don Lamond (d) Ralph Burns (arr). Hollywood, December 30, 1948

Gatos

Cats

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Música:
Benny Goodman Sextet
Wholly cats (1940)
Columbia 35810

Benny Goodman Sextet: Cootie Williams (tp) Benny Goodman (cl) Georgie Auld (ts) Count Basie (p) Charlie Christian (el-g) Artie Bernstein (b) Harry Jaeger (d). New York, November 7, 1940

Búho

Owl

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Búho!
Borra ese ceño de tu rostro-
lluvia de primavera
Issa (1762-1826)

Música:
George Shearing Quintet
September in the rain (1949)
MGM 10426

(Spring is in September in the southern hemisphere)

George Shearing Quintet: Marjorie Hyams (vib) George Shearing (p) Chuck Wayne (g) John Levy (b) Denzil Best (d). New York, February 17, 1949

Rana

Frog

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Recitados continuamente,
los poemas de las ranas
tienen demasiadas palabras
Eiji

Música:
Rosetta Crawford
I'm tired of fattenin' frogs for snakes (1939)
Decca 7584

Rosetta Crawford (vcl) acc. by James P. Johnson's Hep Cats: Tommy Ladnier (tp) Mezz Mezzrow (cl) James P. Johnson (p) Teddy Bunn (g) Elmer James (b) Zutty Singleton (d). New York, February 1, 1939

Ocaso

At sunset

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Música:
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
Sultry sunset (1946)
Musicraft 466

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra: Taft Jordan, Shelton Hemphill, Cat Anderson, Francis Williams, Harold Baker (tp) Ray Nance (tp,vln) Lawrence Brown, Claude Jones, Wilbur DeParis (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as,sop) Russell Procope (as,cl) Al Sears (ts) Harry Carney (bar,cl,b-cl) Duke Ellington (p) Fred Guy (g) Oscar Pettiford (b) Sonny Greer (d). New York, November 25, 1946

Conejo

Rabbit

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Música:
Wynonie "Mr. Blues" Harris and his All-Stars
Mr. Blues jumped the rabbit (1946)
Aladdin 171

Wynonie "Mr. Blues" Harris and his All-Stars: Wynonie Harris (vcl) acc by Pat Jenkins, Joe Newman (tp) Tab Smith (as) Allen Eager (ts) Larry Belton (bar) Bill Doggett (p) Mary Osborne (g) A1 McKibbon (b) Walter Johnson (d). New York, November 30, 1946

Escriba

Scribe

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Música:
Stan Getz
'Tis autumn (1952)
Norgran MGN1042

Stan Getz (ts) Duke Jordan (p) Jimmy Raney (g) Bill Crow (b) Frank Isola (d). New York, December 12, 1952