Oscar Grillo

Oscar envía por e:mail diariamente a un grupo de amigos dibujos realizados con notable creatividad y destreza. Habitualmente agrega a esa imagen, un muy breve comentario y música que se escucha “clickeando” sobre el enlace destacado en el nombre del tema.

Every day, Oscar e-mails some of his friends and sends over drawings done with remarkable creativity and dexterity. Usually, he adds to those images a brief comment and music that you may listen to by clicking on the tune’s name.

jueves, diciembre 31, 2009

As time goes by

Old Lady

...¡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

miércoles, diciembre 30, 2009

Desnudo rojo

Red nude

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

martes, diciembre 29, 2009

Uña

Thumbnail

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

lunes, diciembre 28, 2009

Desnudo gris

Gray nude

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

domingo, diciembre 27, 2009

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

sábado, diciembre 26, 2009

Desnudo verde

Green nude

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

jueves, diciembre 24, 2009

Desnudo lila

Lilac nude

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

miércoles, diciembre 23, 2009

Desnudo

Nude

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

martes, diciembre 22, 2009

Pussy

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

lunes, diciembre 21, 2009

Corazón III

Hearth III

"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

sábado, diciembre 19, 2009

Saludos

Greetings

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

viernes, diciembre 18, 2009

Muertes y entradas

Death and entrances

(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

jueves, diciembre 17, 2009

Cigüeña

Crane

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

miércoles, diciembre 16, 2009

Drawing room

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2009

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

martes, diciembre 15, 2009

Flecha

Arrow

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

lunes, diciembre 14, 2009

Hacia un mundo mejor

Towards a better world

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2009

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

domingo, diciembre 13, 2009

Oso

Bear

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

sábado, diciembre 12, 2009

León

Lion

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

jueves, diciembre 10, 2009

Gato

Cat

miércoles, diciembre 09, 2009

Compañía

Company

martes, diciembre 08, 2009

Armonía

Harmony

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2009

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

lunes, diciembre 07, 2009

Camino

Road

"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

domingo, diciembre 06, 2009

Gatos

Cats

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

sábado, diciembre 05, 2009

Búho

Owl

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

viernes, diciembre 04, 2009

Rana

Frog

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

jueves, diciembre 03, 2009

Ocaso

At sunset

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

miércoles, diciembre 02, 2009

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

martes, diciembre 01, 2009

Escriba

Scribe

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

lunes, noviembre 30, 2009

Viejos

Old people

Don Byas Quartet: Don Byas (ts) Teddy Brannon (p,celeste) Frank Skeete (b) Fred Radcliffe (d). New York, May 17, 1946

Manolo (que laburaba en Papini)

Manolo (who used to work at Papini's)

King Oliver's Jazz Band: King Oliver (cnt) Louis Armstrong (cnt) Honore Dutrey (tb) Johnny Dodds (cl) Charlie Jackson (bassax) Lil Hardin (p) Johnny St. Cyr (bj) Baby Dodds (d). Chicago, c. October 26, 1923

domingo, noviembre 29, 2009

Lito (que se las sabe todas)

Lito (who's been around)

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2009

Música:
Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra
I know that you know (1928)
(Vincent Youmans-Anne Caldwell)
Vocalion 1184

Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra: Jimmie Noone (cl,vcl) Joe Poston (cl,as,vcl) Earl Hines (p) Bud Scott (bj,g) Johnny Wells (d). Chicago, May 16, 1928

sábado, noviembre 28, 2009

Angel estúpido

Stupid angel

Jabbo Smith and his Orchestra: Jabbo Smith (tp,vcl) Leslie Johnakins, Ben Smith (as) Sam Simmons (ts) James Reynolds (p) Connie Wainwright (g) Elmer James (b) Alfred Taylor (d). New York, February 1, 1938

viernes, noviembre 27, 2009

Estampida

Stampede

Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra: Rex Stewart (cnt) Russell Smith, Joe Smith (tp) prob Luke Smith (tp) Benny Morton (tb) Buster Bailey (cl,as) Don Redman (cl,as,goofus,arr) Coleman Hawkins (cl,ts,bassax) Fletcher Henderson (p) Charlie Dixon (bj) Ralph Escudero (tu) Kaiser Marshall (d) Don Redman (arr). New York, May 14, 1926

jueves, noviembre 26, 2009

Ruedas

Wheels

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Música:
Bill Hays and his Orchestra
I'm wild about horns on automobiles (1929)
Victor 40055

Bill Hays and his Orchestra: 2 cnt, tb, 3 reeds, p, bj, d, Carson Robinson (g) Sam Fried (vln) Pete Moore (vcl). Camden, N.J., August 3, 1929

miércoles, noviembre 25, 2009

La serpiente

The snake

The Georgians: Frank Guarente (tp,ldr) Ray Stilwell (tb) Johnny O'Donnell (cl,b-cl,as) Harold "Red" Saliers (cl,as,ts) Frank Smith (cl,sop)Arthur Schutt (p) Russell Deppe (bj) Joe Tarto (tu) Chauncey Morehouse (d). New York, March 15, 1923

martes, noviembre 24, 2009

Oruga

Caterpillar

Teddy Wilson (p) solo. New York, August 11, 1938

lunes, noviembre 23, 2009

Hommenaje a Erik Satie

Homage a Erik Satie

Cab Calloway and his Orchestra: Mario Bauza, Dizzy Gillespie, Lammar Wright Sr. (tp) Keg Johnson, Claude Jones, De Priest Wheeler (tb) Andrew Brown (as,bar) Jacinto "Jerry" Blake (as,bar,cl) Chauncey Haughton (as,cl) Leon "Chu" Berry, Walter "Foots" Thomas (ts) Bennie Payne (p) Danny Barker (g) Milt Hinton (b) Cozy Cole (d) Cab Calloway (vcl,ldr). New York, October 17, 1939

domingo, noviembre 22, 2009

Tecnología moderna

Modern technology

Jimmy Johnson and his Orchestra: King Oliver, Dave Nelson (tp) Jimmy Archey (tb) 2 unknown cl/as, Charles Frazier (ts) James P. Johnson [Jimmy Johnson], Fats Waller (p) Teddy Bunn (bj) Bernard Addison (g) Harry Hull (b) unknown d, The Keep Shufflin' Trio (vcl). New York, November 18, 1929

sábado, noviembre 21, 2009

A cuppa

The Benson Orchestra Of Chicago: Walter Zurawski, Herb Carlin (tp) Siegfried Berendson (tb) Dudley Doe (cl,as) Harold Sturr (as,ts,fl) Art Kassel (cl,ts) Myron Fisher (vln) Don Bestor (p,dir) Jack Lundin (bj) Pierre Olker (tu) Herb Quigley (d,xyl). Chicago, April 2, 1924

viernes, noviembre 20, 2009

La Pensée Sauvage

Benny Goodman and his Orchestra: Ziggy Elman, Jimmy Maxwell, Johnny Martel (tp) Red Ballard, Ted Vesely, Vernon Brown (tb) Benny Goodman (cl) Toots Mondello, Buff Estes (as) Jerry Jerome, Bus Bassey (ts) Fletcher Henderson (p,arr) Lionel Hampton (vib) Arnold Covey (g) Artie Bernstein (b) Nick Fatool (d) Eddie Sauter (arr) Mildred Bailey (vcl). New York, October 20, 1939

jueves, noviembre 19, 2009

Vendaje

Band aid

Valaida (Valaida Snow), The Queen of Trumpet with Swing accompaniment: Valaida Snow (tp,vcl) Johnny Claes (tp) unknown tb, Derek Neville (as) Red Dare (ts) Gunn Finley (rn. Günther Freundlich) (p) Norman Brown (g) Louis Barreiro (b) Ken Stewart (d) London, July 7, 1937

miércoles, noviembre 18, 2009

Tap dancing

Harry Roy and his Orchestra: Stanley Bowsher, Bert Wilton, Tom Porter (tp) Jack Collins, Dick Boothroyd (tb) Nat Temple (cl,as) Harry Roy (cl,as,vcl) Joe Arbiter, Harry Goss (bar,cl) Maurice Sterndale (vln) Stanley Black, Norman (Yarlett) White (p) Tommy Venn (g) Arthur Calkin (b) Joe Daniels (d) Harry Roy, Dinah Miller (vcl, tap dancing). London, February 20, 1936

martes, noviembre 17, 2009

El lago de los perros

Dog's lake

lunes, noviembre 16, 2009

Felina en un escritorio rodante

Feline on a rolling desk

Charlie Ventura Orchestra: Stan Fishelson, Johnny Mandel, Dale Pierce, Red Rodney (tp) Bennie Green, Mort Bullman (tb) Bart Varselona (v-tb) Bill Barber (tu) Charlie Ventura (ts,bar,sop) Ray Beckenstein, Frank Socolow (as) Al Epstein (aka Al Young)(ts) Al Cohn (ts) Manny Albam (bar) Lou Stein (p) Barry Galbraith (g) Curly Russell (b) Ed Shaughnessy (b) George Russell (arr,tamb) George Williams (arr). New York, December 28, 1949

domingo, noviembre 15, 2009

Un dibujo

A drawing

Jack Teagarden and his Orchestra: Lee Castle, Charlie Spivak, Carl Garvin (tp) Jack Teagarden (tb) Jose Gutierrez, Mark Bennett, Eddie Dudley (tb) Clint Garvin, Art St. John (cl,as) John Van Eps, Hub Lytle (ts,cl) Ernie Caceres (bar,ts,cl) Jack Russin (p) Allen Reuss (g) Art Miller (b) Cub Teagarden (d) Kitty Kallen (vcl) Fred Van Eps (arr). New York, September 25, 1939

sábado, noviembre 14, 2009

Fantasmas en la sala de baño

Ghosts in the bathroom

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

viernes, noviembre 13, 2009

Desconocido pero indudable

Beowulf

The Goofus Five: [pseudonym on Okeh 40846 as "Russell Gray and his Orchestra"]: Chelsea Quealey (tp) Al Philburn (tb) Bobby Davis (cl,sop,as) Sam Ruby (ts) Adrian Rollini (bassax, goofus) Jack Russin (p) Tommy Felline (bj) Herb Weil (d) Ted Wallace [rn. Ed Kirkeby] (vcl) some of the following musicians may also be present: Roy Johnston (tp) Johnny Rude (cl,as,ts) and/or Max Farley (cl,as,ts). New York, June 15, 1927

jueves, noviembre 12, 2009

Hueso

Bone

Bascom Lamar Lunsford (vcl,bj). Ashland, Kentucky, February 1928.

[*] A rare example of the banjo used in a religious tune. This tune contains references to Enoch (Gen 5:21-24), Paul (Acts 16:25-26), Moses (Exo 3:2) and a strange account out of Ezekiel about walking bones (Ezek 37:1-10), not to mention Eve and "Satan a-tempting me."

miércoles, noviembre 11, 2009

Tres hombres razonables

Three reasonable men of the age

Ivory Chittison and Banjo Joe: Herman Chittison (p) Ikey Robinson (bj,vcl). New York, July 17, 1933

martes, noviembre 10, 2009

Billares

Billiards

Billy Kyle and his Swing Club Band: Charlie Shavers (tp) Eddie Williams (cl) Tab Smith (as) Harold Arnold (ts) Billy Kyle (p) Danny Barker (g) John Williams (b) O'Neil Spencer (d) . New York, March 18, 1937