Rey en su silla

Seated King

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Música: (video)
Joe Pass
They can't take that away from me (1992)

Joe Pass (g). "JazzBaltica" Opernhaus, Kiel (Germany) October 24, 1992

Oro

Gold

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Música:
Jean Goldkette and his Orchestra
Sunny disposish  (1927)
Victor 20492

Jean Goldkette and his Orchestra: Bix Beiderbecke (cnt) Fuzzy Farrar, Ray Lodwig (tp) Spiegle Willcox, Bill Rank (tb) Danny Polo (cl,bar) Doc Ryker (as) Frank Trumbauer (c-mel) Joe Venuti (vln) Itzy Riskin (p) Howdy Quicksell (bj) Eddie Lang (g) Steve Brown (b) Chauncey Morehouse (d) Lewis James, Charles Harrison, Elliott Shaw, Wilfred Glenn (vcl quartet) Bill Challis (arr). New York, February 3, 1927

Rey (Bastos)

King (Clubs)

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Música:
The King Cole Trio
When I take my sugar to tea  (1947)
Capitol 813

The King Cole Trio: Nat King Cole (p,vcl) Oscar Moore (g) Johnny Miller (b). Hollywood, Ca., August 6, 1947

Rex

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Música: (video)
Henry Red Allen (Rex Stewart on cornet)
Wild man blues (1957)

Henry Red Allen (tp) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Vic Dickenson (trb) Pee Wee Russell (cl) Rex Stewart (cnt) Nat Pierce (p) Danny Barker (g) Milt Hinton (b)  Jo Jones (dr). "The Sound of Jazz" CBS TV Show Seven Lively Arts. New York City, December 8, 1957 (live from CBS Studio 58, the Town Theater at 851 Ninth Avenue)

El largo camino

The long road

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Música:
Chico Hamilton Quintet
Beyond the blue horizon  (1958)
Warner Bros WB(S)1271

Chico Hamilton Quintet: Eric Dolphy (cl) Nate Gershman (cello) Dennis Budimir (g) Wyatt Ruther (b) Chico Hamilton (d). Los Angeles, December 29-30, 1958

Café Cubista

Cubistic Cafe

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Música:
Hugo Del Carril
Muchacho de cafetín (1933)

Vladimir & Estragon

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Música:
Frankie Newton and Orchestra
The world is waiting for the sunrise  (1939)
Bluebird 10176
  

Frankie Newton and Orchestra: Frankie Newton (tp) Mezz Mezzrow (cl) Pete Brown (as) James P. Johnson (p) Albert Casey (g) John Kirby (b) Cozy Cole (d). New York, January 13, 1939

Elsinore

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Música:
Illinois Jacquet  (¡en fagot!)
'Round midnight  (1969)
Prestige PRLP7731

Illinois Jacquet (bassoon) Wynton Kelly (p) Tiny Grimes (g) Buster Williams (b) Oliver Jackson (d). Englewood Cliffs, N.J., September 16, 1969

Vino

Wine

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Música:
Bill Evans Trio
The days of wine and roses  (1980)
Alfa Jazz (Jap)00R2-61-68 (CD)

Bill Evans Trio: Bill Evans (p) Marc Johnson (b) Joe LaBarbera (d). Live, "Keystone Corner", San Francisco, Ca., August 31, 1980

Sin pan y sin circo

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Sin pan y sin circo (Homenaje a Ernesto de la Cárcova)
The Ballad of the Sad Circus (Homage to Carson McCullers)

Música:
Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra [Manchester, UK]
Circus polka for a young elephant
Igor Stravinsky (composer)
Arranged for Wind Band by David Raksin [*}
Clark Rundell  (conductor)

[*} David Raksin composed the standard ballad "Laura"

Hueso, cereza y vino

Bone, cherry and wine

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Música:
Clifford Brown Ensemble
Bones for Jones  (1954)
Pacific Jazz EP4-37

Clifford Brown Ensemble: Clifford Brown (tp) Stu Williamson (v-tb) Zoot Sims (ts) Bob Gordon (bar) Russ Freeman (p) Carson Smith (b) Shelly Manne (d) Jack Montrose (arr). Los Angeles, August 12 or 13, 1954

Auto

Car

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Música: (video)
Emilie-Claire Barlow
You're driving me crazy (2010)

Clave

Key

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Música:
Sviatoslav Richter (p)
The Well-Tempered Clavier Book BWV 846-893
 (Johann Sebastian Bach)

Sacapuntas

Pencil sharpener

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Música:
Chet Baker
Line for Lyons  (1959)
Jazzland JLP18

Chet Baker (tp) Glauco Masetti (as) Gianni Basso (ts) Renato Sellani (p) Franco Cerri (b) Gene Victory (d) Milan, September 25, 1959

Jazz deliciosamente caliente

Deliciously hot jazz

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Música:
The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
Jazz, delicious hot, disgusting cold (1967)

Alguien dijo que esto parece tocado por una banda de gerentes de banco.
Someone suggested that this sound like music played by a band of bank managers.

The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band: for details click here

Curiosidad

Curiosity

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Música: (video)
Dizzy Gillespie & Louis Armstrong
Umbrella Man (1959)
Timex All Stars Jazz Show #4

Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong (tp,vcl) Junior Mance (p,vcl) Les Spann (g) Sam Jones (b) Lex Humpries (d). January 7, 1959.

Fauna

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Música:
Willie "The Lion" Smith [*]
Echoes of spring  (1949)
Royal Jazz (F)730


Willie "The Lion" Smith (p) Wallace Bishop (d). Paris, December 1, 1949
[*] Smith's full name was: William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Bertholoff Smith

Soy un tipo afortunado

I´m just a lucky so and so

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Música:
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
I'm just a lucky so and so  (1945)
Victor 20-1799

Al Hibbler, el cantante, era ciego - Al Hibbler, the vocalist, was blind.
(Albert George "Al" Hibbler-August 16, 1915 – April 24, 2001)

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra: Rex Stewart (cnt) Shelton Hemphill, Taft Jordan, Cat Anderson (tp) Wilbur DeParis, Claude Jones, Lawrence Brown (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl,ts) Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick (as) Al Sears (ts) Harry Carney (bar,cl,b-cl) Duke Ellington (p) Fred Guy (g) Oscar Pettiford (b) Sonny Greer (d) Al Hibbler (vcl). New York, November 26, 1945

Pianisssssimo

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Música:
Claude Debussy
La cathédrale engloutie (1913)

La grabación fue realizada por su autor, Debussy, en pianola (piano mecánico Welte que registraba la ejecución perforando rollos de papel) tres años después de ser compuesta.

The recording is a piano roll recording made by Debussy for Welte in 1913 (just three years after the work was composed)

Fondo rojo

Red background

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Música:
Miles Davis "Birth of the Cool"
Rouge (1949)
Capitol 7-1221

Miles Davis (tp) Jay Jay Johnson (tb) Sandy Siegelstein (fhr) Bill Barber (tu) Lee Konitz (as) Gerry Mulligan (bar) John Lewis (p,arr) Nelson Boyd (b) Kenny Clarke (d). New York, April 22, 1949

Por puntos

By points

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Música:
Danny Polo and his Swing Stars
China boy  (1939)
Decca  (E) F7126

Danny Polo and his Swing Stars: Philippe Brun (tp) Danny Polo (cl) Alix Combelle (ts) Una Mae Carlisle (p) Oscar Aleman (g) Louis Vola (b) Jerry Mengo (d). Paris, January 30, 1939

¡Shhhh!... he vuelto

Shhhh!... I returned

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Música:
Maxine Sullivan
If I had a ribbon bow  (1940)
Columbia 36233

Maxine Sullivan (vcl) acc by John Kirby and his Orchestra: Charlie Shavers (tp) Buster Bailey (cl) Russell Procope (as) Billy Kyle (p) John Kirby (b) O'Neil Spencer (d). New York, August 1, 1940

Descanso

Resting

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Música: (video)
Randy Newman
The world isn't fair (2006)
Jazz Open, Stuttgart, Germany, 26 July 2006

Un día de estos

Some of these days

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Música:
Cab Calloway and his Orchestra
Some of these days  (1930)
Brunswick 6021

Cab Calloway and his Orchestra: R.Q. Dickerson, Wendell Culley, Lammar Wright Sr. (tp) De Priest Wheeler, Harry White (tb) William Thornton Blue (cl,as) Andrew Brown (as,cl,b-cl) Walter "Foots" Thomas (ts,as,bar) Earres Prince (p) Morris White (bj) Jimmy Smith (tu) Leroy Maxey (d) Cab Calloway (vcl) . New York, December 23, 1930

Naricismo

Noseism

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Música: (video)

Louis Armstrong and Jimmy Durante sing
Old man time  (1965)
The Hollywood Palace TV Show

The Hollywood Palace TV Show, Season 2 Episode 30, aired My 1, 1965. Host: Louis Armstrong (saluted for his 50 years in show business and his role as a goodwill ambassador). Hollywood, CA, 1965.

Gato y Luna

Cat and Moon

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Música: (video)
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
El gato  (1959)

Trumpets (left to right): Andres Merenguito, Clark Terry, Cat Anderson and Ray Nance

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra: Clark Terry, Cat Anderson, Andres Merenguito, Ray Nance (tp) Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, Booty Woods (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (ts) Russell Procope (as) Johnny Hodges (as) Paul Gonsalves (ts) Harry Carney (bar) Duke Ellington (p) Jimmy Woode (b) Jimmy Johnson (d). Germany, October 1959