La vida simple

The simple life

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Música:
June Christy
Give me the simple life  (1957)
Capitol T902

June Christy (vcl) acc. by Milt Bernhart, Herbie Harper, Tommy Pederson, Frank Rosolino (tb) George Roberts (b-tb) Bernie Mattison (vib) Benny Aronov (p) Howard Roberts (g) Red Mitchell (b) Alvin Stoller (d). Los Angeles, July 2, 1957

Lechuza

Owl

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Música:
New Orleans Owls
Throwin' the horns (1927)
Columbia 1261-D

New Orleans Owls: Bill Padron (cnt) Red Bowman (cnt,vcl) Benjie White (cl,as,dir) Lester Smith (ts) Sigfre Christensen (p) Nappy Lamare (bj,vcl) Dan Le Blanc (tu) Earl Crumb (d). New Orleans, October 26, 1927

Aguilas guerreras

Warrying eagles

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Música: (video)
Tenor Battle
Flying home  (1979)

Tenor Battle: Illinois Jacquet, Dexter Gordon, Arnett Cobb, Buddy Tate and Budd Johnson (ts) Hank Jones (p) Gene Ramey (b) Gus Johnson (d). North Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague, Holland, July 15, 1979.

En la noche

In the night

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Música:
Charlie Parker and Hazel Scott
Embraceable you  (1943)
Stash ST260

Charlie Parker (ts) plays along with Hazel Scott (p). "Room 305, Savoy Hotel", Chicago, February 1943

Perro y mono en una galería de arte

Dog and monkey in an art gallery

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Música: (video)
I wanna be like you (arabic version)
I wanna be like you (hebrew version)

From the Walt Disney´s movie "The Jungle Book" (1967)

Figuras melancólicas

Melancholic figures

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Música: (video)
Lee Konitz and Bill Evans
My melancholic baby  (1965)
Jazz pour tous! 1965 - France 1965

Lee Konitz (as) Bill Evans (p) Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (b) Alan Dawson (d). Recorded in November 1965 at the Paris Jazz Festival.

Velada en lo de los Gollipar

Soirée at Gollipar's

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Música:
Lucio Demare
Bien compadre (toma radial)

Pulp fiction

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Música:
Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue  (1936)

El "Valle de la Muerte" al amanecer

Death Valley at sunrise

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Música:
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
Death Valley blues  (1941)
Bluebird B8858 

Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup (vcl,g) acc. by Joe McCoy (imitation-b). Chicago, Ill., September 11, 1941

El espiante

The getaway

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Música:
Chicago Jazz 1923-1929

Arte culinario

Culinary art

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Música:
Slim Gaillard Quartet
Dunkin' bagel (1945)
Bee-Bee 101

Slim Gaillard Quartet: Dodo Marmarosa (out in this tune) Slim Gaillard (p,vcl) Bam Brown (b,vcl) Zutty Singleton (d). Los Angeles, late 1945

Cuervos

Crow

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Música: (video)
Vocal Spectrum
When I see an elephant fly  (2006)

Vocal Spectrum: Tim Waurick (tenor) Eric Dalbey (lead) Chris Hallam (bass) Jonny Moroni (baritone)

Orejicidio

Earcide

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Música:
Terry Wollman
Tulum (from the album "Buddah's ear) (2011)
Ollie Llama Music/Mango Eater Music

Terry Wollman: (vihuela, acoustic, classical, & high string guitars) Luis Conte (perc). Los Angeles, CA, 2011

Calor en el pueblo viejo

Hot time in the old town

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Música:
The Dukes of Dixieland
A hot time in the old town tonight  (1958)
Audio Fidelity AFSD5823

The Dukes of Dixieland: Frank Assunto (tp) Fred Assunto (tb) Jac Assunto (tb,bj) Jack Maheu (cl) Stan Mendelson (p) Lowell Miller (tu,b) Norman "Red" Hawley (d). Chicago, Ill., spring 1958

Francesca y su león

Francesca and her lion

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(From 1991) 

Música:
Willie "The Lion" Smith
Echoes of spring  (1949)
Royal Jazz (F)73

Willie "The Lion" Smith (p) Wallace Bishop (d). Paris, December 1, 1949

La Banda de Pignataro

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Pignataro's Band

Música:
Maurice André
The Carnival of Venice
(Variations by Joseph Jean-Baptiste Laurent Arban)


Maurice André (cnt)

Figuras ciegas

Blind figures

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Música:
Jose Andre Montano Baina
(Blind Bolivian Child Jazz Prodigy) 
New Tang Dynasty (NTD) Television Report

St. Thomas
(Sonny Rollins)

Jose Andre Montano Baina (p) Robert (b) Carlos Zalazar (d)

Cuando los duendes cazan perdices

When the elves hunt partridges

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Música:
Billy Bartholomew's Delphians Jazz Band
Huggable, kissable you   (1929)
Phonycord (G)F1223

Billy Bartholomew's Delphians Jazz Band: Wilbur Curtz (tp) Mike Polzer (tb) prob. Billy Barton (cl,as) Billy Bartholomew (cl,as,ldr) 2 unknown (ts,bar) prob. Edgar Adeler (p) Mike Danzi (bj,g) unknown (b) Charlie Hersdorf (d) unknown and Billy Bartholomew (vcl) prob. vocals. Berlin, October 1929

Homenaje a Jorge González

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Música:
Carlos Gardel
Patadura  (1928)
(Música: José López Ares - Letra: Enrique Carrera Sotelo)
Odeón 18261

Carlos Gardel (voz) con acompañamiento de José Ricardo, Guillermo Desiderio Barbieri, José María Aguilar (guitarras). París (Francia) 15 de Diciembre de 1928

Escenas de la vida en Urano

Scenes from the life in Uranus

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Música: (video)
Yale Symphony Orchestra
Uranus, the Magician
from the suite "The planets" (Gustav Holst)

Yale Symphony Orchestra: Toshiyuki Shimada (cond). New Haven (CT), April 18, 2009

El canillita Barrileto y su fiel compañero Gourmandasio

The newsboy Barrileto and his faithful companion Gourmandasio

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Música:
Tom Waits
Small Change [Got rained on with his own .38] (1976)
Asylum Records K 53050

Tom Waits (vcl) Lew Tabackin (ts). July 15-29, 1976 at Wally Heider Recording, Hollywood, CA.

Ripper

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Música:
Sam Most with Joe Farrell
Samba to remember you by (1979)
Xanadu 173

Sam Most with Joe Farrell: Sam Most (fl, alto-fl), Joe Farrell (fl) Mike Wofford (el-p) Bob Magnusson (b) Roy McCurdy (d) Jerry Steinholtz (perc). New York, January 24, 1979

Alcancía

Moneybox

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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

Il ballo del mattone II

The brick's dance II

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Música: (video)
Rosaria Mannino
Il ballo del mattone
 (Rita Pavone)

Banquito

Bench

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Música:
Phil Woods
Piece for Piazzolla  (1996)
Chesky JD146 (CD)

Phil Woods (cl) Phil Markowitz (synt) Bill Charlap (p) Eric Friedlander (cello) David Finck (b) Duduka Da Fonseca (d,perc). "St. Peter's Church", New York, May 28, 29-30, 1996

La máscara de la muerte roja

The mask of the red death

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Música: (video)
Art Farmer Quartet
Red cross  (1982)
(Charlie Parker)

Art Farmer Quartet: Art Farmer (flh) Fred Hersch (p) Dennis Irwin (b) Billy Hart (d). Live at The Smithsonian, Washington D.C., 1982.

El Coronel Tanzania y su oso Ortodoncio

Colonel Tanzania and his bear Orthodoncio

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Música:
Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra
Jack the bear   (1940)
Victor 26536

Duke Ellington and his Famous 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, Billy Taylor (b) Sonny Greer (d). Chicago, Ill., March 6, 1940

La mano del muerto

Dead man's hand

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Era la "mano" de poker que tenia Wild Bill Hickok cuando lo mataron a balazos en South Dakota

Legend holds that Wild Bill Hickok was shot to death during a poker game in Deadwood, South Dakota, and that the hand he held was two pair, black aces and black eights. The fifth card is not known for certain.

Música:
Francesco Paolo LoVecchio
Dead man's hand  (1961)

Francesco Paolo LoVecchio [Frankie Laine] (vcl).

Billares

Billards

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Feliz Año Nuevo / Happy New Year

Música: (video)
Live Saxophone Workshop
(music directed by Don Grolnick)
The four sleepers / Pools  (1989)

Live Saxophone Workshop: Bill Evans (sop) Ernie Watts(as) Michael Brecker, Stanley Turrentine (ts) Don Grolnick (p) Yoshio Suzuki (b) Adam Nussbaum (d). Live in "Live under the sky" Festival July 29 & 30th, 1989 Yomiuri-Land Theatre East, Tokyo (Japan).