¡Un brindis de año nuevo!

A New Year's toast!

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Música:
Dougie MacLean
Auld Lang Syne  (1999)
Celtic Records DUNCD020

2014

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Música:
John McCormack
It's a long, long way to Tipperary (1915)
(Jack Judge and Harry Williams)
Victor 64476

John McCormack (vcl) rest personnel and recording data, unknown.

Information on tune click here. About the singer click here.

Victor, Elizabeth and the new Prometheus

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Música: (video)
Orquesta RAI Turín
Muerte y transfiguración
(Richard Strauss, 1889)

Mono y esencia

Ape and essence

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Música:
Johnny Dodds ands his Chicago Boys
Wild man blues  (1938)
Decca 2111

Johnny Dodds ands his Chicago Boys: Charlie Shavers (tp) Johnny Dodds (cl) Lil Armstrong (p) Teddy Bunn (g) John Kirby (b) O'Neil Spencer (d,wbd). New York, January 21, 1938

Como una escuela de todas las cosas

Like a school of all things

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Música:
Aníbal Troilo y Edmundo Rivero
Cafetín de Buenos Aires  (1948)
RCA Víctor 60-1643 (83998)

Aníbal Troilo (bandoneón) y su Orquesta, canta Edmundo Rivero. Buenos Aires,  8 de Julio de 1948

Oscar "Santa" Grillo in 1968

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Charlie Parker White Christmas 65 years ago today

Música:
Charlie Parker Quintet
White Christmas  (1948)
Savoy SJL 2259

Charlie Parker Quintet: Charlie Parker (as) Kenny Dorham (tpt) Al Haig (p) Tommy Potter (b) Max Roach (d) "Symphony Sid" Torin (announcer). WMCA radio broadcast live at "Royal Roost" December 25, 1948.

Seconds out (para una navidad sangrante)

Seconds out (for a bloody xmas)

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Música:
Boston Pops Orchestra (Arthur Fiedler, conductor)
Look sharp, be sharp (Gillette March) [*]
RCA Victor 10-4219

[*] La música de la "Cabalgata deportiva Gillette"

Espectáculo

Spectacle

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Música: (video of mechanic piano rolling)
Max Kortlander (aka J. Lawrence Cook)
There's no business like show business
Piano roll QRS XP-221

Piano roll recorded by Max Kortlander (aka J. Lawrence Cook)

Emulsión de Scott

Scott's Emulsion

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Paul Whiteman, "The King of Jazz", was also called for the size of his girth "The Prince of Whales"

Música: Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra
China boy   (1929)
Columbia 1945-D

Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra: Mannie Klein, Bix Beiderbecke (cnt) Charles Margulis, Harry Goldfield (tp) Boyce Cullen, Wilbur Hall, Jack Fulton, Bill Rank (tb) Frankie Trumbauer (c-mel,bassoon) Chester Hazlett, Hal McLean, Rube Crozier, Charles Strickfaden, Roy Mayer, Irving Friedman (reeds) Roy Bargy, Lennie Hayton (p,arr) Kurt Dieterle, Mischa Russell, Matt Malneck, Charles Gaylord, John Bowman (vln) Mario Perry (vln,accor) Mike Pingitore (bj) Min Leibrook (tu) Mike Trafficante (b) George Marsh (d) Bill Challis (arr) Paul Whiteman (dir). New York, May 3, 1929

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Match: girth and others.   girth (gûrth) n. The distance around something; the circumference. Size; bulk: a person of large girth. A strap encircling an animal's body in order to secure a load or saddle on its back; a cinch. tr.v., girthed, girth·ing, girths. To measure the circumference of. To encircle. To secure with a girth. [Middle English gerth, girth strap, from Old Norse gjördh, girdle.] © Houghton Mifflin Company Copyright © 2013 Answers Corporation. All rights reserved. Terms of Use   Privacy Policy   IP Notices   Disclaimer

Baskerville

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Música:
The Cotton Club Original Motion Picture Sound Track
Priscilla Baskerville (soprano)
Creole love call  (1984)
Geffen GEF70260

The Cotton Club Original Motion Picture Sound Track: Priscilla Baskerville (soprano) Dave Brown (tp) Marky Markowitz, Randy Sandke, Lew Soloff (tp) Dan Barrett, Joel Helleny, Britt Woodman (tb) Bob Wilber (cl,as,sop) Frank Wess (as,sop, ts,cl) Chuck Wilson (as,sop,cl) Lawrence Feldman (ts,as,cl) Joe Temperley (bar,as,b-cl) Mark Shane (p) Mike Peters (g,bj) John Goldsby (b) Chuck Riggs (d). Hollywood, CA., 1983-84

Deseos

Wishes

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Oscar Grillo and El Editor te desean a happy christmas y un feliz año nuevo

Música:
Rubén "Chivo" González
Casi lo que quiero decir  (2002)
EMR 30

Nicolás "Cuqui" Polichiso (guitarra) Fernando de la Riestra (compositor, coro y díalogo) Irene Cervera, Mercedes González (coro) Rubén "Chivo" González (clarinetes, clarinetes bajos, arreglo, coro, diálogo y edición). Grabado en Rosario. Abril y Noviembre de 2002 por Theo Figueroa

Las Patricias Mendocinas

The patriotic ladies from Mendoza

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Música:
Néstor Garnica (violín y canto)
Chacarera del violín  (2002)

Un gran dia en la vieja ciudad

A great day in the old city

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Música:
Mississippi John Hurt
A hot time in the old town tonight  (1964)
Genes GCD9906/7

Mississippi John Hurt (vcl,g). Live "Ontario Place Coffee House", Adams Morgan, Washington, D.C., November 27-28, 1964

Tres personajes en búsqueda de Escher

Three characters in search of Escher

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Música:
Aldo Clementi (composer) "Works with Flutes" 
Ouverture (1984)
For 12 flutes (4 piccolos, 4 flutes in C, 4 alto flutes) 
Mode Records 224

Roberto Fabbriciani: All the flutes.

En el barrio

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Música: (video clip)
Flaco Flow & Melanina
De barrio en barrio (2006)
Polizón Records

Flaco Flow & Melanina: Dago Ramos aka Flaco Flow, Hugo Caicedo aka Melanina (vcl). Bogotá, Colombia, 2006.

Jugadores

Players

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Música:
"Match of the day" theme

Amor en el mundo animal

Wild life love

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Música:
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven
Wild man blues  (1927)
Okeh 8474

3:11 minutes of pure genius, one of the greatests moments in the history of world music!

Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven: Louis Armstrong (cnt, John Thomas (tb) Johnny Dodds (cl) Lil Armstrong (p) Johnny St. Cyr (bj) Pete Briggs (tu) Baby Dodds (d) Chicago, May 7, 1927

La tarde del adiós

Everytime we say goodbye

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Música:
Alberto Marino
La tarde del adiós  (1948)
Odeón 30556

Alberto Marino con la Orquesta de Emilio Balcarce. Buenos Aires, 20 de Enero de 1948.

Bonus track:
Julie London
Ev'ry time we say goodbye  (1965)
Liberty LRP3434

Julie London (vcl) acc by Bud Shank (as) Russ Freeman (p,arr) Joe Pass (g) Monte Budwig (b) Colin Bailey (d). Los Angeles, July 12, 13 & 16, 1965

Encuentro casual en Mala Strana (Menší Město pražské)

A chance encounter in Malá Strana

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Música:
Melody Boys
Kleopatra [tango]  (1932)
Telefunken 14231

Melody Boys: Three unknown singers, possibly incl. R.A. Dvorský, with orchestra conducted by Jaroslav Ježek. Prague, late March 1932.

En la costa

By the river

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Música:
Big Bill Broonzy
Mississippi River blues  (1934)
Bluebird 5535

Big Bill Broonzy (vcl,g) acc. by poss. Jimmy Gordon (p). Chicago, March 23, 1934

Esfinge

Sphinx

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Música:
The music of Ornette Coleman
The sphinx (1958)
Contemporary M3551 

The music of Ornette Coleman: Don Cherry (tp) Ornette Coleman (as) Walter Norris (p) Don Payne (b) Billy Higgins (d). Los Angeles, Ca., February 10, 1958

En las jungla de las ciudades

'Tis a jungle out there

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Música:
Ellington – Mingus – Roach
Money jungle  (1962)
United Artists UAJ14017

Ellington – Mingus – Roach: Duke Ellington (p) Charles Mingus (b) Max Roach (d). New York, September 17, 1962

Pin-Up reciclada (Dibujo cursi)

Recycled pin up (Corny drawing)

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Música: (video)
Antonio Carlos ("Tom") Jobim y João Gilberto
Intro + Garota de Ipanema  [*] (1992)

Antonio Carlos ("Tom") Jobim (p) João Gilberto (g,vcl). Río de Janeiro, 1992.

[*] Garota de Ipanema (Chica de Ipanema) es un bossa nova compuesto en 1962, con letra de Vinícius de Moraes y música de Antonio Carlos Jobim, originalmente titulada "Menina que passa". Tanto Jobim como Vinicius no estaban muy conformes con la letra hasta que un día, cuando ambos estaban en el bar Veloso (hoy Garota de Ipanema, en la esquina de Prudente de Morais y Montenegro, actualmente rua Vinicius de Moraes), decidieron rebautizar la canción y dedicar los versos a una muchacha que solía pasar rumbo a la playa. El 19 de marzo de 1963 se realizó la grabación para la discográfica Verve con João Gilberto como solista y Tom Jobim al piano. Treinta años después, la TV Rede Globo presentó un especial llamado JOÂO E ANTÔNIO, en el que Jobim y Gilberto se reunieron para cantar esta inolvidable canción, que ha marcado una época. Desgraciadamente Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim murió prematuramente dos años después en Nueva York, cuando se recuperaba de una operación quirúrgica. Pero hoy, casi dos décadas después su música sigue viva.

Serenata

Serenade

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Música: (video)
Pauline Tinsley and Elizabeth Vaughan [sopranos]
Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Duetto buffo di due gatti  (1996)
(comp.Giacomo Rossini [*])

[*]A pesar de que esta pieza en general es atribuida a Gioachino Rossini, en realidad no fue escrita por él, sino que es una compilación escrita en 1825 que incorpora pasajes de su ópera de 1816 Otello. El autor de la compilación es probablemente el compositor inglés Robert Lucas Pearsall, que utiliza en esta ocasión su seudónimo G.Berthold.

Sentimentalmente

In a sentimental mood

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Música:
Joe Harriot with Stan Tracey Big Brass
In a sentimental mood  (1969)
from the film Love you madly - A salute to Duke Ellington
UK 1969, Terry Henebery (dir, prod).


The Jamaican Joe Harriot died in 1973, the Londoner Stan Tracey died today aged 86.

Stan Tracey Big Brass: Nigel Carter, Tony Fisher, Paul Tungay, Harry Beckett, Hank Shaw (tp) Don Lusher, Keith Christie, Bobby Lamb, Chris Pine, Cliff Hardie (trb) Stan Tracey (p,arr,ldr) Lennie Bush (b) Ronnie Stephenson (d). Soloist: Joe Harriott (as). London, 1949

Blue Tango-Número 2

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Música:
Astor Piazzolla
El choclo  (1967)
Polydor 27142 L

Astor Piazzolla (bandoneón) Osvaldo Manzi (piano) Antonio Agri (violín) Oscar López Ruiz (guitarra) Kicho Díaz (contrabajo) más 12 violines, 4 violas, 4 cellos y vibrafono. Buenos Aires, 1967.

Gatitas

Kittens

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Ellington said that "Warm valley" describes the shapes of the body of a naked woman.
"Tibio Valle", Elllington dice que esta música describe las formas del cuerpo de una mujer desnuda:

Música:
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra (feat. Johnny Hodges)
Warm valley  (1940)
Victor 26796

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra: Rex Stewart (cnt) Cootie Williams, Wallace Jones (tp) Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown (tb) Barney Bigard (cl,ts) Johnny Hodges (as,sop) Otto Hardwick (as,bassax) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bar,as,cl) Duke Ellington (p) Fred Guy (g) Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (d). "Hotel Sherman", Chicago, Ill., October 17, 1940

Pisito que puso Maple

Porcelain cat

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Música: (video)
Libertad Lamarque
A media luz  (1955)

De la película mejicana dirigida en 1955 por Miguel Zacarías "Escuela de música" protagonizada por Libertad Lamarque y Pedro Infante

Felinidad

Felinity

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Música:
Nino Rota (composer)
La bella maninconia  (1960)  [*]
Franco Ferrara (director) Armando Trovaioli (arranger)

[*] Original music from the Federico Fellini's 1960 film "La dolce vita"

Haciéndolo penosamente

Slogging it out

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Música:
Ma Rainey and her Tub Jug Washboard Band
Deep moaning blues (1928)
Paramount 12706

Ma Rainey and her Tub Jug Washboard Band: Ma Rainey (vcl) acc by Herman Brown (kazoo,tubb) Georgia Tom Dorsey (p) Martell Pettiford (bj) Carl Reid (jug,jazzhorn) + band moaning effects. Chicago, c. June 1928

El penúltimo organito

The penultimate organ grinder

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Música:
Carlos Di Sarli y su Orquesta
Organito de la tarde

Automat

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Música: (video)
Shorty Rogers Quintet
Martians go home  (1962)
from the TV Show "Jazz Scene USA"
hosted by Oscar Brown, Jr and directed by Steve Binder

Shorty Rogers Quintet: Shorty Rogers (flh) Gary LeFebvre (fl) Lou Levy  (p) Gary Peacock (b) Larry Bunker (d). Recorded in Los Angeles on 1st October 1962.

Strudeldee & Strudeldam (Un dibujo feo)

Strudeldee & Strudeldam (An ugly drawing)

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Música:
Middle Of The Road
Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum  (1971)
RCA Victor 2110

Middle Of The Road: Sally Carr (vcl) Ian McCredie (g) Eric McCredie (b) Ken Andrew (d).

Creatividad

Creativity

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Música:
Freddie Hubbard
Little sunflower  (1966)
Atlantic LP1477

Freddie Hubbard (flhrn) James Spaulding (fl) Albert Dailey (p) Bob Cunningham (b) Otis Appleton (d) Ray Barretto (bgo). New York October 19, 1966

Punto de sostén

Point of support

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Música:
Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra
Linger in my arms a little longer  (1946)
Victor 20-1912

Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp,vcl) Ludwig Jordan, Ed Mullens, Fats Ford, Wiliam "Chieftie" Scott (tp) "Big Chief" Russell Moore, Adam Martin, Norman Powe, Al Cobbs (tb) Don Hill, Amos Gordon (as) John Sparrow, Joe Garland (ts) Ernest Thompson (bar) Ed Swanston (p) Elmer Warner (g) Arvell Shaw (b) Butch Ballard (d).  New York, April 27, 1946

Naturaleza muerta

Still life

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Música:
Santiago Giaccobe y Rubén Ferrero
Easy living  (2011)
(comp. by Ralph Rainger y Leo Robin)

Santiago Giaccobe (p) Rubén Ferrero (pianica). Buenos Aires, 2011

Pintando con los dedos

Fingerpainting

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Música: (video)
Dick Hyman
Fingerbuster  (1985)
(comp. in 1939 by William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Bertholoff Smith
or his famous name shortened: Willie "The Lion" Smith)

From an excerpt from a british documentary (1985) with Russell Davies in which Dick Hyman demonstrates the evolution of jazz piano styles.

La familia

The family

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Música:
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
Jungle Kitty  (1965)
Reprise R(RS) 6185

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra: Cat Anderson, Howard McGhee, Herbie Jones, Ray Nance (tp) Lawrence Brown, Chuck Connors, Buster Cooper (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl,ts) Russell Procope (as,cl) Johnny Hodges (as) Paul Gonsalves (ts) Harry Carney (bar,cl,b-cl) Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn (p) John Lamb (b) Sam Woodyard (d). New York, March 17, 1965

El holandés errante

The flying Dutchman

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Música:
Illinois Jacquet and his All Stars
Flying home  (1945)
Philo 101

Illinois Jacquet and his All Stars: Russell Jacquet (tp) Henry Coker (tb) Illinois Jacquet (ts) Arthur Dennis (bar) Sir Charles Thompson (p) Ulysses Livingston (g) Billy Hadnott (b) Johnny Otis (d). Los Angeles, July 1945

A hunting we will go

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Música: (video)
1932's Betty Boop Cartoon
A hunting we will go

El convidado de piedra

Il Commendatore

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Música: (video)
W.A. Mozart - Don Giovanni (Royal Opera House )
Commendatore scene  (1988)

Il commendatore: Gwynne Howell; Don Giovanni: Thomas Allen; Leporello: Stafford Dean. Royal Opera House Orchestra: Colin Davis: conductor. Covent Garden, London, 7 July 1988

En la vieja Beluchistán

In old Balochistan

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Música: (video)
Aziz Baloch
Balochi Song Wash Mallay

Gaspard de la nuit et sa famille

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Música:
Martha Argerich
Ondine  [*]
Deutsche Grammophon

[*] 1er. movimiento ("Ondine") de la obra compuesta en 1908 por Maurice Ravel: "Gaspard de la Nuit: Trois Poèmes pour Piano d'après Aloysius Bertrand"

Un día de vida es vida

Letting one's hair down

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Música:
Ivonne Fair
Let your hair down   (1974)
Tamla Motown TMG1013

Yvonne Fair (vcl) Mark Davis, Earl Van Dyke (keyb) Johnny McGhee, Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin, Eddie Willis, Dennis Coffey (g) James Jamerson, Jr. (b) Eddie "Bongo" Brown (bongo,congas) Eddie Greene, James Gadson (d) Julia Tillman, Maxine Willard, Carolyn Willis, Luther Waters, Oren Waters (vcl backgrounds). Recorded 1974

La noche del cazador

The night of the hunter

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Música: (video)
from the film "The night of the hunter" [*]
Leaning on the everlasting arms
Sung a cappella in the scene by Robert Mitchum and Lillian Gish

[*] directed in 1955 by Charles Laughton. Also the uncrediteds Robert Mitchum and Terry Sanders directed some scenes.

Infracción de tránsito

Traffic offence

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Música
Art Pepper Quartet
Tickle toe  (1952)
Discovery 170

Art Pepper Quartet: Art Pepper (as) Russ Freeman (p) Bob Whitlock (b) Bobby White (d). Hollywood, Ca., October 8, 1952