Adiós 2007

Farewell 2007

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2007

Música:
Count Basie and his All American Rhythm Section
Farewell Blues (1942)
COLUMBIA 36712

Count Basie and his All American Rhythm Section: Count Basie (p) Freddy Green (g) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (d). Los Angeles, July 24, 1942

Compañía

Companionship

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Música:
Rosemary Clooney
Be My Life's Companion
(Hilliard-Delugg)
COLUMBIA 39631

Una Copa

A drink

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Música:
Chicago Black Swans
You Drink Too Much (1937)
CONQUEROR 8780

Chicago Black Swans: Big Bill Broonzy (g,vcl) acc. by Alfred "Mr. Sheiks" Bell (tp) Arnett Nelson or Odell Rand (cl) Black Bob (p) unknown 2nd g-1 and perc. Chicago, January 26, 1937

Blanquita

Snow

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Música:
Claude Thornhill And His Orch
Snowfall (1941)
COLUMBIA 36268

Claude Thornhill and his Orchestra: Rusty Dedrick, Conrad Gozzo, Bob Sprentall (tp) Tasso Harris (tb) Bob Jenney (tb,vcl) Irving Fazola (cl) Dale Brown (cl,as) George Paulson (cl,as) Hammond Russum, John Nelson (cl,ts) Ted Goddard (cl,bar) Claude Thornhill (p,arr) Allen Hanlon (g) Gene Lemon (b). New York, May 21, 1941

Disquietude

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Disquietude: (Pron. Discuaiet'ud = Ansiedad)

Música:
Buddy Johnson And His Orch.
Be Careful (1950)
DECCA 27814

Buddy Johnson and his Orchestra: Frank Royal, Andrew Wood, Calvin Strickland, Willis Nelson (tp) Julius Watson, Donald Cole, Steve Pulliam (tb) Joe O'Laughlin (as) Harold "Geezil" Minerve (as,vcl) David Van Dyke, Purvis Henson (ts) Teddy Conyers (bar) Buddy Johnson (p) Bernard McKay (g) Leon Spann (b) Emmanuel Simms (d) Ella Johnson (vcl). New York, December 19, 1950

Patada

Kick

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Música:
Artie Shaw's Orchestra
I Get A Kick Out Of You (1950)
DECCA 24869

Artie Shaw and his Orchestra: Don Fagerquist, Don Paladino, Dale Pierce, Victor Ford (tp) Sonny Russo, Porky Cohen, Freddy Zito, Bart Varsalona (tb) Artie Shaw (cl) Herb Steward, Frank Socolow (as) Al Cohn, Zoot Sims (ts) Danny Bank (bar) Gil Barrios (p) Jimmy Raney (g) Dick Niveson (b) Irv Kluger (d) Gene Roland (arr). New York, January 3, 1950

Natal

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Música:
Tiger And Gerald Clark
The Rats (1936)
DECCA 17272B

Dinner

Noel

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Música:
Ben Selvin And His Orchestra
Dinner At Eight (1933)
COLUMBIA 2813 D

El Pasajero

The Passenger

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Música:
Roy Eldridge
Wild Driver (1950)
Vogue (F)LD507

Roy Eldridge (tp) Gerald Wiggins (p) Pierre Michelot (b) Kenny Clarke (d). Paris, June 14, 1950

La Mer

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Música:
Fred Hall and his Sugar Babies
On The Night We Did The Boom Boom By The Sea (1928)
OKeh 41112

Fred Hall and his Sugar Babies: Jack Mollick (tp) Eddie Grosso (cl,as) Philip d'Arcy (hca,vln,p) Fred Hall (p) Albert Russo (bj) A1 Morse (tu) Joseph Mayo (d) Arthur Fields (vcl). New York, July 2, 1928

Trío

Trio

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Música:

Pete Johnson's Blues Trio
Some Day Blues (1939)
BLUENOTE BN011

Pete Johnson's Blues Trio: Pete Johnson (p) Ulysses Livingston (g) Abe Bolar (b).
New York, December 19, 1939

Escolazo

Gambling

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Música:
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers
Gambling Jack (1930)
(Morton)
VICTOR 23307

Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers: Ward Pinkett (tp) Sandy Williams (tb) Lorenzo Tio Jr (cl) Jelly Roll Morton (p) Bernard Addison (g) Billy Taylor (tu) Bill Beason (d). New York, October 9, 1930

Te deseamos

We wish you

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Música:
Jazzmanía
Chimen Tabas (2001)
(Rubén González a.k.a. “el editor”)
:e (m) r; MPR 030

Jazzmanía: Rubén “Chivo” González (cl), Nicolás “Cuqui” Polichiso (g), Fernando de la Riestra (b), Pau Ansaldi (dr). Rosario, 9 de diciembre de 2001.

Danza

Shall we Dance

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Música:
Fred Astaire
Shall We Dance? (1937)
(Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin)
BRUNSWICK 7857

Fred Astaire (vcl) acc. by Johnny Green Orchestra: no details. Los Angeles, March 21, 1937

Interior

Interior with a clown

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Música:
Oscar Pettiford and his Orchestra
Empty Bed Blues (1945)
MANOR 1002

Oscar Pettiford and his Orchestra: Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Coleman, Benny Harris + unknown (tp) Trummy Young, Vic Dickenson, Benny Morton (tb) Johnny Bothwell + unknown (as) Don Byas + unknown (ts) Serge Chaloff (bar) Clyde Hart (p) Al Casey (g) Oscar Pettiford (b) Shelly Manne (d) Rubberlegs Williams (vcl). New York, January 9, 1945

Pareja

Couple

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Música:
Glenn Miller & His Orch
We're The Couple In The Castle (1941)
(F. Loesser - H. Carmichael)
BLUEBIRD 11397-B

Glenn Miller and his Orchestra: Dale McMickle, Zeke Zarchy, Johnny Best (tp) Billy May (tp) Glenn Miller (tb) Paul Tanner, Jimmy Priddy, Frank D'Annolfo (tb) Skip Martin (as) Wilbur Schwartz (cl,as) Ernie Caceres (cl,as,bar) Tex Beneke (ts) Al Klink (ts) Chummy MacGregor (p) Bobby Hackett (g) Doc Goldberg (b) Maurice Purtill (d) Ray Eberle (vcl). New York, November 24, 1941

Ambigüedad

Ambiguity

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Música:
The Capitol Jazzmen
Riffamarole (1945)
602 CAPITOL

The Capitol Jazzmen: Bill Coleman (tp) Buster Bailey (cl) Benny Carter (as, arr) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Nat King Cole (p) Oscar Moore (g) John Kirby (b) Max Roach (d). Los Angeles, March 30, 1945.

Derek y Zazu

Derek and Zazu

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Música:
Memphis Slim
Beer Drinking Woman (1940)
(J. Chatman)
BLUEBIRD 8584

Memphis Blues (vcl,p) acc by Leroy Batchelor (imitation-b).
Chicago, October 30, 1940

Vigilia

Disjointment

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“No toda es vigilia la de los ojos abiertos”
Macedonio Fernández (1874-1952)

“It is not always a vigil the one of the open eyes”
Macedonio Fernández (1874 -1952)

Música:
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
Asleep Of Awake (1939)
VICTOR 26210

Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra: Andy Ferretti, Yank Lawson, Pee Wee Erwin (tp) Tommy Dorsey (tb,arr), Ward Silloway, Elmer Smithers (tb) Johnny Mince (cl,as) Fred Stulce (as) Dean Kincaide (ts,arr) Skeets Herfurt (ts) Babe Russin (ts) Howard Smith (p) Carmen Mastren (g) Gene Traxler (b) Dave Tough (d) Jack Leonard (vcl). New York, December 30, 1938

El Sueño del Conejo Blanco

White Rabbit's Dream

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En una habitación a oscuras una chica de los años sesenta se sienta en la cama al lado de un conejo ridículo.
Esto no fue un sueño pero me gustaría haberlo soñado.

In a dark room a nineteen sixties' girl seats on a bed and there is a ridiculous white rabbit next to her.
This was not a dream but I would have loved to have dreamt it.

Música:
Bunny Berigan & His Orch
In The Dark (1938)
(Bix Beiderbecke)
VICTOR 26122A

Bunny Berigan, Irving Goodman (tp) Ray Conniff (tb) Murray Williams, Gus Bivona (cl,as) Georgie Auld (ts) Joe Lippman (p,arr) Hank Wayland (b) Buddy Rich (d). New York, December 1, 1938

El Sueño del Día de los Muertos

The Day of the Dead

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Hace muchos años mi hermana me contó el siguiente sueño: En el día de los muertos, la gente para honrar a sus ancestros, remontaba sus ataúdes como si fuesen barriletes. Los pobres en cambio, por falta de ataúdes, tiraban a sus muertos por el aire con plumas metidas en el culo.
Que no daría por haber soñado yo este sueño Kafkeano!!!

Mi sister told me many years ago of this dream. She dreamt that on the day of the dead, to honour them, the relatives flew the coffins of their dead ancestors as if they were kites. The poor threw the corpses on the air with feathers up their arses.
How I wish I dreamed this Kafkaesque story myself !

Música:
Bessie Smith
I'd Rather Be Dead And Buried In My Grave (1928)
(Bob Fuller)
COLUMBIA 14304 D

Bessie Smith (vcl) acc by Ernest Elliott, Bob Fuller (cl) Porter Grainger (p). New York, February 16, 1928

El sueño de Chaplin

Chaplin's Dream

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Fragmento de un viejo sueño: en un cine lleno creo percibir a Charlie Chaplin sentado dos filas adelante mío.
Oscar

Fragment of an old dream: In a crowded cinema I notice Charlie Chaplin sitting two rows ahead of me.
Oscar

Música:
Ron Godwin And His Orchestra
Limelight
ODÉON 275077

El Sueño de Macedonio

Macedonio's Dream

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Hace dos noches soñé con Macedonio Fernández que contemplaba muy quieto una colección de mates sobre una mesa. (Esto más que un sueño debe haber sido una visión pues ocurrió apenas me dormí y después de leer una memoria de Macedonio por Jorge Luis Borges).
Oscar

I dreamt two nights ago with the Argentinean writer Macedonio Fernandez contemplating very quietly a large collection of “mates” [**] on a table. (This more than a dream must have been a vision because it happened as soon as I put my head in the pillow and after reading a memory of Macedonio by J.L. Borges).
Oscar

[**] A "mate" is a recipient to drink a "tea" from South America called "mate" (Ilex Paraguayensis).

Música:
Duke Ellington
Solitude (1941)
VICTOR 27564

Duke Ellington (p) solo. New York, May 14, 1941

El sueño del boxeador

Boxing Dream

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Estaba en el ring. El árbitro daba instrucciones a un boxeador enorme. ¿Era mi rival? Yo lo miraba de cerca y notaba que sus piernas eran muy flaquitas.

I was in a ring, the referee was giving instructions to a very large boxer. I observed him from close range (was I a contender?) and noticed how skinny his legs were.

Música:
Geechie Wiley
Skinny Leg Blues (1930)
(Geechie Wiley)
PARAMOUNT 12951B

Geeshie Wiley (vcl,prob g) acc by unknown g. Grafton, Wisconsin, c. January/February 1930

El sueño de la gárgola

The gargoyle's dream

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Un sueño banal de la otra noche. Una gárgola me gritaba: "Que estás leyendo?" y yo no le contestaba por vergüenza pues el libro era solamente mi cuaderno de apuntes.
Oscar

A banal dream the night before last. A gargoyle shouted to me: "What are you reading?" and I felt too embarrased to reply that I wasn't reading, that I was only carrying my sketch book.
Oscar

Música:
Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
I Could Write A Book (1945)
RCA 20-1933

Artie Shaw and his Orchestra: Roy Eldridge (tp) Stan Fishelson, Bernie Glow, George Schwartz (tp) Bob Swift, Ollie Wilson, Augustino Ischia (Gus Dixon) (tb) Harry Rodgers (tb) Artie Shaw (cl) Louis Prisby, Rudy Tanza (as) Jon Walton, Ralph Roselund (ts) Chuck Gentry (bar) Dodo Marmarosa (p) Barney Kessel (g) Morris Rayman (b) Louis Fromm (d) Dorothy Allen (vcl) George Siravo (arr). Hollywood, Ca., June 12, 1945

El sueño de Scorsese

Scorsese's Dream

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Hace unas noches soñé que Martin Scorsese (en mi dibujo misteriosamente parecido a Richard Nixon) me decía que no podía ir a “la ceremonia” sin afeitarme. Yo le insinué que en realidad no hacía falta y él insistiendo me apretaba la mejilla para que salgan los pelitos y así poder afeitarme.
Oscar

A few nights ago I dreamed that Martin Scorsese (In my drawing mysteriously looking like Richard Nixon) told me that I couldn't go to the “ceremony” unshaven. I insinuated that I didn't need to shave, he ignored me and proceeded to squeeze my cheek to push the hairs of my beard out.
Oscar

Música:
Johnny Guarnieri
Bobo The Bowery Barber (1947)
MAJESTIC 1189

Johnny Guarnieri (p,vcl) c. 1947

El sueño del gato en pelotas

Naked Cat Dream

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Fuimos al Welcome Institute de Londres a ver una muestra sobre el dormir, en la parte de los sueños había una pintura del famoso “wolfman” (“El hombre lobo”), realizada por un paciente de Sigmund Freud, que como parte de su terapia pintó a unos lobos blancos que miran amenazantes desde las ramas de un árbol en un paisaje nevado.
Como últimamente vengo teniendo unos sueños muy vívidos decidí dibujarlos para tu diversión, o posiblemente para asistir al Doktor Freud en mi terapia.
Hace un par de noche soñé con un hombre de cara felina que viajaba en un autobús lleno de gente semidesnuda que se bajaba los pantalones para mostrarme su pene fláccido.

Oscar

We've been to the Welcome Institute of London to see an exhibition on sleeping, in the section "Dreams" there was a painting by the famous "Wolfman" made for Sigmund Freud to assist him in his therapy. It was a terrifying painting of white wolves looking menacing from tree branches.
Since lately I've been having some very vivid dreams I decided to draw them for your solace, or perhaps to help Doktor Freud with my therapy.
Two nights ago I had a dream about a man with a feline face travelling in a bus with seminaked people, lowering his trousers and showing me a flaccid penis.
Oscar

Pintura del “Hombre Lobo”- Painting by the “Wolf Man”

Cirujano

Surgeon

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Música:
Una Mae Carlisle
You're gonna change your mind (1944)
Joe Davis/Beacon JD7175

Una Mae Carlisle (vcl,p) acc. by Billy Butterfield (tp) Vernon Brown (tb) Bill Stegmeyer (cl) Bob Haggart (b) George Wettling (d). New York, August 30, 1944

Piano

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Música:
Art Tatum
I ain't got nobody (1934)
DECCA 741A

Art Tatum (p) solo. New York, October 9, 1934

Volví ! <===> I Am Back!

The Ritz Brothers

¡Salute!

Aqui estoy de vuelta de I Castelli Animati International Animation Festival en Cinecitta, Roma. A partir de mañana publicaré algunas fotos del evento en Grillomation. La pasamos magníficamente bien y encontramos gente macanuda como ser David Silverman (The Simpsons) y Bruno Bozzetto (Allegro Non Troppo) a quienes podes ver en la foto. También tuve algunas proyecciones y una muestra. Ya voy a contar.
Oscar.

Hiya!

Back from I Castelli Animati International Animation Festival in Cinecitta, Rome. I'll be posting some photos of the festival in Grillomation. We had a great time and encountered some terrific people, such as David Silverman (The Simpsons) and Bruno Bozzetto (Allegro Non Troppo) and also had some film showings and an exhibition.
Oscar.

Monumento

Monument

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Música:
Ink Spots
My Prayer (1939)
DECCA 2790A

Vigilia II

Vigil II

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2007

Música:
Duke Ellington Orch
Rocks In My Bed (1941)
VICTOR 27639

Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra: Rex Stewart (cnt) Wallace Jones (tp) Ray Nance (tp,vln) Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown (tb) Juan Tizol (v-tb) Barney Bigard (cl) Johnny Hodges (as,sop,cl) Otto Hardwick (as,bassax) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bar,as,cl) Duke Ellington (p) Fred Guy (g) Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (d) Ivie Anderson (vcl) Billy Strayhorn (arr). Hollywood, Ca., September 26, 1941

Casa

House

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2007

Música:
(Beautiful playing by Jelly Lord!!)
Jelly Roll Morton
Sporting House Rag (1939)
COMMODORE CMD403

Jelly Roll Morton (p). New York, December 14, 1939