Te me vas a la cabeza

On the road

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Te me vas a la cabeza (La aparición de Aparu)

On the road (You go to my head)

Música:
Lou Donaldson / Clifford Brown Quintet
You go to my head  (1953)
Blue Note 1622

Lou Donaldson / Clifford Brown Quintet: Clifford Brown (tp) Lou Donaldson (as) Elmo Hope (p) Percy Heath (b) Philly Joe Jones (d). New York, June 9, 1953

Calzado

Footware

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Música
Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra
Shoe shine boy  (1935)
Decca 672

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp,vcl) Louis Bacon, Leonard Davis, Gus Aiken (tp) Harry White, Jimmy Archey (tb) Henry Jones, Charlie Holmes (as) Bingie Madison, Greely Walton (ts) Luis Russell (p) Lee Blair (g) George "Pops" Foster (b) Paul Barbarin (d) . New York, December 19, 1935

Basin Street

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Música:
Miles Davis Quintet
Basin Street blues  (1963)
Columbia CL2106

Miles Davis Quintet: Miles Davis (tp) George Coleman (as) [out in this tune] Victor Feldman (p) Ron Carter (b) Frank Butler (d). Los Angeles, Ca., April 16, 1963

Tinta roja

Red ink

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Música:
Fats Waller and his Rhythmn
Jealous of me (1937)
Victor 25864

Fats Waller and his Rhythmn: Herman Autrey (tp) Gene Sedric (cl,as) Fats Waller (p,vcl) Al Casey (g) Charles Turner (b) Slick Jones (d,vib). New York, October 7, 1937

A la luz de las estrellas

By starlight

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Música:
Chet Baker Sextet
Stella by starlight  (1954)
Pacific Jazz PJ15

Chet Baker Sextet: Chet Baker (tp) Bob Brookmeyer (v-tb) Bud Shank (bar) Russ Freeman (p) Carson Smith (b) Shelly Manne (d). Los Angeles, September 9, 1954

¡No te oigo, Tracy!

I can't hear you, Tracy!

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Música:
Billie Holiday and her Orchestr
Do nothin' till you hear from me  (1956)
Verve MGV8329 

Billie Holiday and her Orchestra: Billie Holiday (vcl) Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp) Ben Webster (ts) Jimmy Rowles (p) Barney Kessel (g) Joe Mondragon (b) Alvin Stoller (d). Los Angeles, Ca., August 14, 1956

Shitland

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Música:
Thelonious Monk Septet
Crepuscule with Nellie (1957)
(takes 4/5)(stereo alt take)
OJC CD084-2

Thelonious Monk Septet: Ray Copeland (tp) Gigi Gryce (as) Coleman Hawkins, John Coltrane (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Wilbur Ware (b) Art Blakey (d). New York, June 26, 1957

Interrogatorio

Interrogation

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Música:
Rusty Draper
Held for questioning (1956)
Mercury 70818

Precinto

Precint

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Música:
Charlie Parker Sextet
Quasimodo (1947)
Dial 1015

Charlie Parker Sextet: Miles Davis (tp) Jay Jay Johnson (tb) Charlie Parker (as) Duke Jordan (p) Tommy Potter (b) Max Roach (d). New York, December 17, 1947

Llegada

Arrival

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Música:
Charlie Parker's All Stars
Constellation (1948)  [*]
Savoy 45-313

[*] El Lockheed Constellation G-AHEK fue el avión de línea mas rápido de su tiempo. Así como lo era Charlie Parker tocando el alto.

[*] The Lockheed Constellation G-AHEK was the fastest airliner of it's time. So was Charlie Parker playing alto saxophone.

Charlie Parker's All Stars: Miles Davis (tp) Charlie Parker (as) John Lewis (p) Curly Russell (b) Max Roach (d). New York, September 18, 1948

Tomar al toro por las astas

In the horns of a dilemma

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Música:
Fred "Sugar" Hall and his Sugar Babies
I'm wild about horns and automobiles (1928)
Okeh 41152

Fred Hall and his Sugar Babies : Mike Mosiello (tp) Eddie Grosso (cl,as) Philip d'Arcy (hca,vln,p) Fred Hall (p, and prob. 2nd voice -scat vcl-) Albert Russo (bj) A1 Morse (tu) Joseph Mayo (d) Arthur Fields (vcl). New York, November 12, 1928

Historiae Animalium

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Humildemente dedicado a Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Humbly dedicated to Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

Música:
Ethel Merman
It's the animal in me  (1935)
Brunswick 7491

¿Sos vos, Maureen?

Is that you, Maureen?

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Música:
Henry "Red" Allen and his New York Orchestra
It should be you  (1929)
Victor V38073

Henry "Red" Allen and his New York Orchestra: Henry "Red" Allen (tp,vcl) J.C. Higginbotham (tb) Albert Nicholas (cl) Charlie Holmes (sop,cl,as) Luis Russell (p,celeste) Will Johnson (g,bj,vcl) Pops Foster (b) Paul Barbarin (d,vib). New York, July 17, 1929

Una noche de garufa

A night of debauchery

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Música: (en video)
Una noche de garufa (tango)
Duo de bandoneón y piano
(intérpretes desconocidos)

Vida de simio

Ape's life

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Música:
Joe Venuti Orchestra
Chant of the jungle (1929)
Okeh 41320

Joe Venuti Orchestra: Andy Secrest, Charlie Margulis, Harry Goldfield (tp) Bill Rank (tb) Izzy Friedman (cl,prob ts) Charles Strickfaden (as,bar) Rube Crozier (ts,oboe) Joe Venuti (vln) Lennie Hayton (p,celeste) Eddie Lang (g) Joe Tarto (tu,arr) Stan King (d) Smith Ballew (vcl). New York, October 16, 1929

El viejo almacen de los animales

Animal's tavern

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Música:
Firehouse Five Plus Two
There's a tavern in the town  (1950)
Great Time Jazz 30

Firehouse Five Plus Two: Danny Alguire (cnt) Ward Kimball (tb) Clarke Mallory (cl) Frank Thomas (p) Harper Goff (bj) Ed Penner (b, bassax) Monte Mountjoy (d). Los Angeles, October 7, 1950

Kamo no Mabuchi

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Música:
Eddie Lawrence
The old philosopher   (1956)
Coral 61671

Walpurgisnacht

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Música:
June Christy
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered  (1959)
Capitol T1308

June Christy (vcl) acc. by Frank Rosolino (tb) Jim Decker (fhr) Bob Cooper (ts,oboe,dir) Buddy Collette, Bud Shank, Norman Beno, Chuck Gentry (reeds) Joe Castro (p) Red Callender (b) Mel Lewis or Stan Levey (d) Kathyrine Julye (harp). Los Angeles, 1959

Skeleton dance

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Música:
Original Dixieland Five
Skeleton jangle  (1936)
Victor 25524

Original Dixieland Five: Nick LaRocca (cnt,ldr) Eddie Edwards (tb) Larry Shields (cl) J. Russell Robinson (p) Tony Sbarbaro (d). New York, September 25, 1936

Prudencio Navarro y La Demoiseille D'Avignon

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Prudencio Navarro y La Demoiseille D'Avignon (la textura del fondo es de una foto de una pared en la casa de Jorge Sarraute).

Música:
Ted Heath and his Music
On the bridge [Sur le pont d'Avignon, french folksong, arr. Heath] (1953)
 De (E) Fl0177

Ted Heath and his Music: Bobby Pratt, Duncan Campbell, Stan Reynolds, Ronnie Hughes (tp) Wally Smith, Don Lusher, Ric Kennedy, Jimmy Coombes (tb) Les Gilbert, Roy Willox (as) Danny Moss (ts) Henry Mackenzie (ts,cl) George Hunter (bar) Frank Horrox (p) Johnny Hawksworth (b) Ronnie Verrell (d) Ted Heath (ldr,arr). London, September 4, 1953

Le vélo fantôme

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Música:
Joe Candullo and his (New York Frolic) Orchestra
Phantom blues (1927)
Pathe-Act 36693

Joe Candullo and his (New York Frolic) Orchestra : 2 tp, tb, Izzy Friedman (cl,as,ts) unknown as/ts, ts, p, bj, tu, d, Joe Candullo (vln,vcl). New York, July 1927

Melancolía

Melancholia

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Con este dibujo quiero mandarle un cariñoso y postrero saludo al Negro Caloi. El Negro era uno de los amigos que recibía estos envíos. Seguiré mandándoselos hasta que la familia me pida que deje de hacerlo.Oscar

Música:
Thelonious Monk Trio
Mood indigo  (1955)
Riverside RLP12-201

Thelonious Monk Trio: Thelonious Monk (p) Oscar Pettiford (b) Kenny Clarke (d). Hackensack, N.J., July 21, 1955

Coreografía (El tango de Abelardo y Eloísa)

Choreography (Abelard and Heloise's tango)

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Música:
Red Norvo Orchestra
Arthur Murray taught me dancing in a hurry (1942)
Columbia 36557

Red Norvo Orchestra: Jack King, Jimmy Salko, Bob Kennedy (tp) Abe Noel, Eddie Bert, Leo Connors (tb) Freddy Artzburger, Sal Dettore (as) Mickey Folus, Jimmy Gemus, Sammy Spumberg (ts) Red Norvo (xyl) Bob Kitsis (p) Freddy Sharp (g) Joe Kawchak (b) Frank Vesely (d) Mildred Bailey (vcl) .New York, March 5, 1942

Bici

Cycle

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Música:
The Chordettes with Archie Bleyer's Orchestra
No wheels (1959)
Cadence 1366-B