La Carta

The Letter

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2008

Música:
Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
A Bundle Of Old Love Letters (1929)
Columbia 2047 D

Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra: Bix Beiderbecke, 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) Kurt Dieterle, Mischa Russell, Matt Malneck, Otto Landau (vln) Mike Pingitore (bj) Eddie Lang (g) Mike Trafficante (b) Min Leibrook (tu) George Marsh (d) Bing Crosby (vcl) Ferde Grofe, Bill Challis (arr) Paul Whiteman (dir). New York, October 18, 1929

Camellata

Camelcade

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Música:
John Kirby And His Orchestra
Dawn On The Desert (1939)
Vocalion 4653

John Kirby and his Orchestra: Charlie Shavers (tp) Buster Bailey (cl) Russell Procope (as) Billy Kyle (p,arr) John Kirby (b) O'Neil Spencer (d). New York, January 9, 1939

Splash

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Música:
Louis Armstrong And His Hot Five
Gut Bucket Blues (1925)
(Louis Armstrong)
COLUMBIA 36152

Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five: Louis Armstrong (cnt) Kid Ory (tb) Johnny Dodds (cl) Lil Armstrong (p) Johnny St. Cyr (bj). Chicago, November 12, 1925

Magia

Magic

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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

Naturaleza Muerta

Still Life

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Música:
Billie Holiday
Getting Some Fun Out Of Life (1937)
Vocalion 3701

Billie Holiday and her Orchestra: Buck Clayton (tp) Buster Bailey (cl) Lester Young (ts) Claude Thornhill (p) Freddy Green (g) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (d) Billie Holiday (vcl). New York, September 13, 1937

Interior III

Femeia, Eterna Poveste

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Música:
"Mujer, historia sin fin" (Tango Rumano por Titi Botez)
"Woman, never ending story" (Rumanian Tango by Titi Botez)
Femeia, eterna poveste

Fuerza

Strength

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Música:
United States Army Air Forces Band
Three Little Messerschmitts
(Glenn Darwin)
V-DISC 343A

Segundo Baño

Bath 2

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Música:
Leonard Feather and Dan Burley
Bathroom Boogie (1945)
Continental T6007

Leonard Feather and Dan Burley: Leonard Feather, Dan Burley (p) Tiny Grimes (g) Jack Lesberg (b) Morey Feld (d). New York, January 1, 1945

La nave

The Ship

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Música:
Bing Crosby: ("Estoy esperando barcos que nunca vienen")
I'm Waiting For Ships That Never Come In (1940)
DECCA 3257A

Baño

Bath

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2008

Música:
The High Hatters
Singin' In The Bathtub (1929)
(Magidson-Washington-Cleary)
VICTOR 22219B

The High Hatters (prob. and coll. pers): Earl Oliver, Del Staigers (tp) Chuck Campbell (tb) Louis Martin (as) Andy Sannella (cl,as) Clyde Doerr, Abe Schwartz, Jack Pierce (ts) Lou Raderman, Murray Kellner (vln) Milt Rettenberg (p) Dick Schwartz (accor) John Call (bj) Dick Cherwin (tu,b) Joe Green or Bill Dorn (d) Francis Luther (vcl) Leonard Joy (ldr). New York, November 19, 1929

Mate

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Mate en el patio / Mate (*) in the patio.

Música:
Edgar Hayes & His Orch
Just A Quiet Evening (1937)
Variety I513

Edgar Hayes and his Orchestra: Bernie Flood (tp,vcl) Henry Goodwin, Shelton Hemphill (tp) Robert Horton, Clyde Bernhardt, John Haughton (tb) Stanley Palmer, A1 Skerritt (as) Crawford Wethington, Joe Garland (ts) Edgar Hayes (p) Andy Jackson (g) Elmer James (b) Kenny Clarke (d) Orlando Roberson (vcl). New York, March 9, 1937

Note from el editor

(*) Mate:
Stimulating tealike beverage, popular in some South American countries -mainly Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay-, brewed from the dried leaves milled (or crushed) -yerba mate- of an evergreen shrub or tree (Ilex paraguariensis) related to holly.
It contains caffeine and tannin but is less astringent than tea. To brew mate, the dried leaves (yerba) are placed in dried hollow gourds (mates) decorated with silver and covered with near -but not- boiling water and steeped. The tea is sucked from the gourd with a tube, often made of silver, with a strainer at one end to catch leaf particles. Though usually served plain, mate is sometimes flavored with milk, sugar, or lemon juice.

Vida

Life

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Asi Es La Vida / Such Is Life

Música:
Billie Holiday
Laughing At Life (1940)
Okeh 5719

Billie Holiday and her Orchestra: Billie Holiday (vcl) Roy Eldridge (tp) Bill Bowen, Joe Eldridge (as) Kermit Scott, Lester Young (ts) Teddy Wilson (p) Freddy Green (g) Walter Page (b) J.C. Heard (d). New York, June 7, 1940

Tennis

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Anyone for tennis?

Música:
The Whoopee Makers
I've Never Been Loved By Anyone Like You (1929)
(J.Pettis)
VOCALION 15768

The Whoopee Makers: Bill Moore, Phil Hart (tp) Paul Weigan (tb) Jack Pettis (cl,as,c-mel) Jimmy Dorsey (cl,as) Al Goering (p) Clay Bryson (bj) Matt Malneck (vln) Merrill Kline (tu) Dillon Ober (d). New York, January 10, 1929

Pugno

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"Un Pugno in Faccia", aria operística.

Música:
Enrico Caruso
Il Trovatore (Di Quella Pira) (1908)
Victrola 87001

Cuervo

Crow

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Música:
Benny Goodman and his Orchestra
Scarecrow (1941)
COLUMBIA 36180

Benny Goodman and his Orchestra: Alec Fina, Jimmy Maxwell, Irving Goodman, Cootie Williams (tp) Lou McGarity, Cutty Cutshall (tb) Benny Goodman (cl) Les Robinson, Gus Bivona (as) Georgie Auld, Pete Mondello (ts) Bob Snyder (bar) Johnny Guarnieri (p) Mike Bryan (g) Artie Bernstein (b) Dave Tough (d) Buster Harding, Eddie Sauter (arr). New York, February 19, 1941

Shhhh!

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Música:
Count Basie and his Orchestra
Circus In Rhythm (1944)
V-DISC 289

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) Jimmy Rushing (vcl). New York, May 27, 1944

Edificios

Edifices

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Música:
Sweet Violet Boys
There's A Man That Comes To Our House (1937)
VOCALION 3766

Thriller

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Música:
Clarence Williams' Blue Five
Thriller Blues
BLUEBIRD 11368

Clarence Williams' Blue Five: Clarence Williams (p) Grace Harper, Nathan Barlow (g) Wellman Braud (b) Eva Taylor (vcl). New York, October 22, 1941

Un anochecer calmo

A balmy evening

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Música:
Artie Shaw and his Orchestra
In The Still Of The Night (1941)
MUSICRAFT 390

Artie Shaw and his Orchestra: Fred Fox, Jack Kirksmith, James Decker, Harry Parshall (fhr) Harold Lewis (fl) Artie Shaw (cl) Skeets Herfurt, Joe Krechter (as) Herman Berardinelli, Harold Lawson (ts) Chuck Gentry (bar) Gordon Pope (oboe) Jules Seder, Charles Graver (bassoon) Mark McIntyre (p) Dave Barbour (g) Art Shapiro (b) Lou Singer (d) Marshall Sosson, James Cathcart, Morris King, Mark Levant, Joseph Chassman, Vincenzo Pometti, George Barres, Marvin Limonick, James Getzoff, Howard Halbert, Oscar Wasserberger, Eugene Lamas (vln) David Sterkin, Stanley Spiegelman, Harry Rumpler, Alvin Dinkin (viola) Julius Tannenbaum, Fred Goerner, Edgar Lustgarten, Kurt Reher (cello) Nat Gangursky, Manny Stein (b) Gail Laughton (harp) Dick Jones, Lennie Hayton, Sonny Burke (arr). Los Angeles, June 6, 1941

Swing

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Música:
Eddie Davis & his Beboppers
Stealin' Trash (1946)
SAVOY 907

Eddie Davis & his Beboppers: Fats Navarro (tp) Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (ts) Al Haig (p) Huey Long (g) Gene Ramey (b) Denzil Best (d). New York, December 18, 1946

Blind Date

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Música:
Bob Howard & His Orch
If Love Is Blind (1936)
DECCA 862A

Bob Howard (vcl) Bunny Berigan (tp) Babe Russin (ts ?) Paul Ricci (cl) Al Philburn (tb) Frank Signorelli (p) Carmen Mastren (g) Pete Peterson (b) Stan King (d). New York, March 26, 1936

Menage

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Música:
Bud Powell's Modernists
52nd Street Theme (1949)
BlueNote 1568

Bud Powell's Modernists: Fats Navarro (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Bud Powell (p) Tommy Potter (b) Roy Haynes (d). New York, August 8, 1949

Jinete

Rider

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2008

Música:
Jay Mcshann Quartet
Fore Day Rider (1941)
DECCA 8635

Jay McShann Quartet: Jay McShann (p) Gene Ramey (b) Gus Johnson (d) Walter Brown (vcl). Chicago, November 18, 1941

Paseo

Scenic Drive

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Música:
Artie Shaw and his Gramercy Five
Summit Ridge Drive (1940)
(Artie Shaw)
VICTOR 26763-A

Artie Shaw and his Gramercy Five: Billy Butterfield (tp) Artie Shaw (cl,arr) Johnny Guarnieri (harpsichord) Al Hendrickson (g) Jud DeNaut (b) Nick Fatool (d). Hollywood, Ca., September 3, 1940

Rockabilly

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Música:
Bill Haley And His Comets
Mambo Rock (1955)
DECCA 29418

Y todavía mejor: / And better yet:
Boswell Sisters
(Connee -sometimes Connie-, Helvetia -Vet-, and Martha Boswell, vcl)
Rock And Roll (ca. 1931-1936)
(Jimmy Grier, Clare And Whiting)
COLUMBIA 36523

Máscara

The Mask

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2008

Música:
Tito Schipa
L'elisir D'amore (2e Acte) “Una Furtiva Lagrima”
(Donizetti)
GRAMOPHONE DB-1387

Así se baila el tango

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2008

Música:
Louis Armstrong
Takes Two To Tango (1952)
DECCA 28394

Louis Armstrong with Sy Oliver's Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp,vcl) acc. by Hymie Schertzer, Dick Jacobs (as) Babe Frosk, Melvin Tax (ts) Bill Holcombe (bar) Billy Kyle (p) Everett Barksdale (g) Joe Benjamin (b) Bobby Donaldson (d) Sy Oliver (arr,cond). New York, August 25, 1952

Experiencia

Experience

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2008

Música:
(Cricket in spanish means Grillo)
Hot Lips Page
Casanova Cricket
(Carmichael-Markes-Charles)
KING 15198

Hot Lips Page (tp,vcl) Gordon Griffin, James Maxwell, Yank Lawson (tp) Will Bradley, John D'Agostino (tb) Joe Lippman, Bernie Kaufman (as) Hank Ross, Stanley Webb (ts) Henry Rowland (p) Art Ryerson (g) Bob Haggart (b) Terry Snyder (d). New York, June 26, 1952.

Divan

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Música:
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Hotel Biltmore Orchestra
I'm Sitting On Top Of The World (1925)
VICTOR 19845

Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Hotel Biltmore Orchestra: Tommy Gott, Earl Oliver (tp) Chuck Campbell (tb) Owen Bartlett, Morris Payes, Dick Johnson (cl,as) Roger Wolfe Kahn (as,ts,ldr) William Tresize (as,vln) Joe Raymond, Licco Liggy (vln) Raymond Romano (p) Domenic Romeo (bj) Arthur Campbell (tu) Ken Whitmer (d) Arthur Lange (arr). New York, November 13, 1925

La Dama de Rojo

The Lady in Red

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Música:
Louis Prima and his New Orleans Gang
Lady In Red (1935)
BRUNSWICK 7448

Louis Prima and his New Orleans Gang: Louis Prima (tp,vcl) Pee Wee Russell (cl) Frank Pinero (p) Garry McAdams (g) Jack Ryan (b) Sam Weiss (d). New York, May 17, 1935

Año Nuevo

New Year

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Música:
Bing Crosby acc. by Bob Crosby Orch
From "Holiday Inn"
Let's Start The New Year Right (1942)
(Irving Berlin)
DECCA 18429B

Holiday Inn & Blue Skies soundtracks-: Bing Crosby (vcl) acc. by Bob Crosby and his Orchestra: Max Herman (tp) Floyd O'Brien, Elmer Smithers, Buddy Morrow (tp) Matty Matlock (cl) Art Mendelsohn, Arthur Rando (as) Gil Rodin, Eddie Miller (ts) Jess Stacy (p) Bob Haggart (b) Ray Bauduc (d). Los Angeles, Ca., between March & May 1942