Enfermedades transmisibles

Transmissible diseases

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Música:
Lee Morse
Careless love (1938)
Decca 1737A

Lee Morse (vcl) undisclosed rest. New York, March 2, 1938.

Mesa

Table

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Música:
Art Farmer Quartet
Stablemates   (1958)
Contemporary C3554

Art Farmer Quartet: Art Farmer (tp) Hank Jones (p) Addison Farmer (b) Roy Haynes (d). New York, April 19, 1958

Cuerdas vocales

Vocal chords

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Música:
Slam Stewart Trio
Hop, skip and jump  (1945)
Manor 1012

Slam Stewart Trio: Erroll Garner (p) Slam Stewart (b) Harold "Doc" West (d). New York, September 7, 1945

HA HA HA HA!

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Música:
Harry Owens and his Royal Hawaiians
The laughing song
V-Disc 340A2

Madame & Mademoiselle

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Madame & Mademoiselle... Characters for a book I am illustrating.

Música:
Eddie South and his Orchestra
Pardon, Madame ! 1940)
Clolumbia 35633

Eddie South and his Orchestra: David Martin (p) Eddie South (vln) Eddie Gibbs (g) Ernest Hill (b). New York, June 10, 1940

La pista

The ring

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Música:
James Moody
It might as well be spring  (1954)
Prestige 903

Dave Burns (tp) William Shepherd (tb) James Moody (ts) Numa "Pee Wee" Moore (bar) Jimmy Boyd (p) John Latham (b) Clarence Johnson (d). Hackensack, N.J., September 29, 1954

Pegando una ojeada

Keeping an eye

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Música:
Betty Hutton
My fickle eye
RCA 20-1915

14-18

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Música:
Peerless Quartet
I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier  (1914)
Columbia A1697

Peerless Quartet: Albert Campbell (first tenor), Henry Burr (second tenor), Arthur Collins (baritone)and John H. Meyer (bass). New York, December 1914.

Seaside woman

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Música:
Dinah Washington
Ask a woman who knows  (1955)
Mercury MG20623

Dinah Washington (vcl) acc by Clark Terry (tp) Jimmy Cleveland (tb) Paul Quinichette (ts) Cecil Payne (bar) Wynton Kelly (p) Barry Galbraith (g) Keeter Betts (b) Jimmy Cobb (d) Quincy Jones (arr,dir). New York, March 17, 1955

En los tiempos de Scheherazade

In the times of Scheherazade

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Música:
Slim Gaillard Trio
Arabian boogie  (1947)
MGM 10017

Slim Gaillard Trio: unknown p, Slim Gaillard (g,vcl) Bam Brown (b,vcl). Los Angeles, February 11,1947 

Little Indian

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Música:
Chet Baker
Indian summer (1959)
Jazzland JLP18

Chet Baker (tp) Renato Sellani (p) Franco Cerri (b) Gene Victory (d). Milan, October 6, 1959

Relojes

Watches

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Música:
Bud Shank with Len Mercer Strings
Someone to watch over me (1958)
Music (It)LPM2052

Bud Shank with Len Mercer Strings: Giulio Libano (tp) Glauco Masetti (as) Bud Shank (as,fl) Appio Squajella (fl) Eraldo Volonte (ts) Fausto Papetti (bar) Bruno de Filippi (g) Don Prell (b) Jimmy Pratt (d) unknown strings & harp, Len Mercer (pseudonym for Ezio Leoni)(arr,cond). Milan, April 4-5, 1958

Tipografía

Newsprint

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Música:
Fats Waller and his Rhythm
Headlines in the news  (1941)
Bluebird B11188

Fats Waller and his Rhythm: John Hamilton (tp) Gene Sedric (cl,ts) Fats Waller (vcl,p) Al Casey (g) Cedric Wallace (b) Slick Jones (d). New York, May 13, 1941

Liebre roja

Red hare

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Música:
Mound City Blue Blowers
Red hot ! (1924)
Brunswick 2602

Mound City Blue Blowers: Red McKenzie (comb) Dick Slevin (kazoo) Frankie Trumbauer (c-mel) Jack Bland (bj). Chicago, March 14, 1924

Bárbaros

Barbarians

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Música:
David Rose and his Orchestra
Holiday for strings (1943 )
V-Disk 60B

David Rose and his Orchestra: undisclosed personnel. New York, October 1943

Cortarse la nariz para insultar a la cara

Cutting off the nose to spite the face

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Música:
Ozie Ware acc. by The Whoopee Makers
Hit me in the nose blues  (1929)
Cameo 9039

Ozie Ware (vcl) acc. by The Whoopee Makers: Arthur Whetsol (tp) Joe Nanton (tb) Barney Bigard (cl) Duke Ellington (p) Fred Guy (bj) Wellman Braud (b) Sonny Greer (d) New York, c. January 1929

Beso

Kiss

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Música:
Benny Carter and his Orchestra
Prelude to a kiss   (1945)
Capitol 40048

Benny Carter and his Orchestra: Louis Gray, Wallace Jones, Dupree Bolton, Idrees Sulieman (tp) Al Grey, Charley Johnson, Johnny Morris, Alton Moore (tb) Benny Carter (as,tp) Porter Kilbert, Joe Epps (as) Bumps Myers, Harold Clark (ts) Willard Brown (bar,as) Rufus Webster (p) James Cannady (g) Thomas Moultrie (b) Percy Brice (d) Frank Comstock (arr). New York, December 12, 1945

Tango en la cuerda floja

Tightrope Tango

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Música:
Mozelle Alderson
Tight in Chicago (1930)
Supertone S2222

Mozelle Alderson (vcl) acc. by Judson Brown (p). Chicago, April 17, 1930

Reinoceronte

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Música:
Ben Webster and his Orchestra
The horn  (1944)
Circle CLP42

Ben Webster and his Orchestra: Hot Lips Page (tp) Ben Webster (ts) Clyde Hart (p) Charlie Drayton (b) Denzil Best (d). World Transcriptions, New York, February 8, 1944

Elefante al amanecer

Elephant early in the morning

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Música:
Billie Holiday with Bill Stegmeyer and his Orchestra
Good morning heartache (1946)
Decca 23676

Billie Holiday with Bill Stegmeyer and his Orchestra: Billie Holiday (vcl) Gordon Griffin, Joe Guy (tp) Bill Stegmeyer(as) Hank Ross, Bernie Kaufman, Armand Camgros (ts) Joe Springer (p) Tiny Grimes (g) John Simmons (b) Sidney Catlett (d) + four unknown strings. New York, January 22, 1946

Cuando la gola se va

When the voice is gone

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"Y es que la gola se va y la fama es puro cuento..."
"When the voice is gone, reputation means nothing..."
(from the tango "Vieja Viola" ["Old Guitar"])

Música: (live en video)
stadler quartett
Helicopterquartet (2003)
(Karlheinz Stockhausen)

La vida es una milonga... (O algo parecido)

Life is like a tango... (Or something like that)

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Música: (en video)
"Pa' que bailen los muchachos" y "Silbando"
Anibal Troilo (bandoneón) y Roberto Grela (guitarra)