Niñez

Childhood

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From 2009

Música:
Ivie Anderson and her Boys from Dixie
All God's chillun' got rhythm  (1937)
Variety 591

Ivie Anderson and her Boys from Dixie (in fact the Duke Ellington Orchestra): Ivie Anderson (vcl) acc. by Rex Stewart (cnt) Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams (tp) Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown (tb) Barney Bigard (cl,as) Otto Hardwick (as, bassax) Johnny Hodges (as,sop) Harry Carney (bar,cl) Duke Ellington (p) Billy Taylor (b) Sonny Greer (d)  Rex Stewart, Harry Carney, Hayes Alvis (vcl trio). New York, June 8, 1937

Marechiare

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Quanno spónta la Luna a Marechiare

Música:
Claudio Villa
Marechiare

I am coming, Virginia

The road to Damascus

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Música:  (Bix plays here a majestic solo, real beauty, it sounds like a prayer )
Frankie Trumbauer Orchestra
I'm coming, Virginia  (1927)
Okeh 4084

Frankie Trumbauer Orchestra: Bix Beiderbecke (cnt) Bill Rank (tb) Frankie Trumbauer (c-mel) Jimmy Dorsey (cl,as) Doc Ryker (as) Irving Riskin (p,arr) Eddie Lang (g) Chauncey Morehouse (d). New York, May 13, 1927

Escena callejera

Street scene

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Música:
Chet Baker (trumpet solo)
Smog  (1962)
from the 1962's Franco Rossi movie "Smog" with music composed by Piero Umiliani

Futurism

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Música:Luigi Russolo
Veglio di una città  (1913)
(from "Die Kunst der Geräusche")

Bonus track:
Pierre Boulez
La symphonie mécanique  (1955)
(musique concrète for a film by Jean Mitry)

Buitre

Buzzard

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Música:
Bud Freeman and his Windy City Five
The buzzard  (1935)
Decca 18112B

Bud Freeman and his Windy City Five: Bunny Berigan (tp) Bud Freeman (cl,ts) Claude Thornhill (p) Eddie Condon (g) Grachan Moncur (b) Cozy Cole (d). New York, December 4, 1935

Los hijos del desierto

Sons of the desert

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Música:
Laurel & Hardy
Honolulu baby  (1933)
from the 1933's William A. Seiter movie "Sons of the desert" starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy

Bonus track:
Laurel & Hardy
On the trail of the lonesome pine (1937) [*]
from the 1937's James W. Horne movie "Way out West" starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy

[*] At the end of the song, Stan Laurel's voice switches to a deep bass and then a high falsetto. These parts were dubbed by two of his co-stars, Chill Wills and Rosina Lawrenc.

Pegaso

Pegasus

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Música:
Astor Piazzolla con la Orquesta de Cuerdas de París y Martial Solal
Picasso  (1955)

Astor Piazzolla (band, comp,dir) Martial Solal (p) Orquesta de Cuerdas de París. Paris, 1955.

Le Cowboy D'Avignon

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Música:
Axel and Raymond
Sur le Pont d'Avignon (Traditional French)

Perro decapitado

Headless dog

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Hoy tengo mucha fiaca para "scannear" un dibujo., aquí va la foto de un perro sin cabeza que saqué hace un par de días. La parte borrosa de la foto es una gota de lluvia que cayó en el lente. Oscar

I am to lazy to scan a drawing today, here is a photo of a headless dog I took few days ago. The fuzzy bit is a drop of rain in the lens of the camera. Oscar

Música:
Teddy Wilson
You go to my head (1953)
Clef MGC156

Teddy Wilson (p). New York, September 8, 1953

El Baile de San Vito

Saint Vitus dance

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Música:
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Saint Vitus dance (1994)
Philips 446717-2

Dee Dee Bridgewater (vcl) acc. by Stéphane Belmondo (tp) Lionel Benamou (ts) Thierry Eliez (p) Hein van de Geyn (b) André Ceccarelli (d). Paris, December 1994

El espiante

La fuite

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Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra
Stampede (1937)
Vocalion 3534

Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra: Dick Vance, Russell Smith, Emmett Berry (tp) George Washington, Ed Cuffee, J.C. Higginbotham (tb) Jerry Blake (cl,as) Hilton Jefferson (as,cl) Williams, Chu Berry (ts,cl) Fletcher Henderson (p,arr) Lawrence Lucie (g) Israel Crosby (b) Walter Johnson (d). New York, March 22, 1937

Bonus track:
Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra
The stampede (1926)
Columbia 654-D

Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra: Rex Stewart (cnt) Russell Smith, Joe Smith (tp) prob Luke Smith (tp) Benny Morton (tb) Buster Bailey (cl,as) Don Redman (cl,as,goofus,arr) Coleman Hawkins (cl,ts,bassax) Fletcher Henderson (p) Charlie Dixon (bj) Ralph Escudero (tu) Kaiser Marshall (d). New York, May 14, 1926

Aire fresco

Fresh air

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Música:
Jazz Quinteto Nº6
Fair weather  (2007)

Jazz Quinteto Nº6: Pablo Roux (saxos y dirección musical) Marcos Cobo (trp) Gabriel Nuñez (p) Lichi Sandes (b)  Diego Carrillo (dr). Festival " San Vicente Jazz ", Godoy Cruz, Mendoza Argentina, verano de 2007.

Monsieur Butterfly

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Música:
Benny Goodman Sextet
Poor butterfly (1940)

Benny Goodman Sextet: Benny Goodman (cl) Lionel Hampton (vib) Johnny Guarnieri (p) Charlie Christian (el-g) Artie Bernstein (b) Nick Fatool (d). Broadcast, "Cocoanut Grove", Los Angeles, April 27, 1940

De la vida porcina

Life with pork

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Música:
Peter King
Medley: My foolish heart - My girl  (1989)
Blanco y Negro (G) BYN19

Peter King (as) Damon "The Doctor" Butcher (p,el-p,synt) Steve Pearce (el-b) Stephen Sanger (d) Martin Ditchman (perc). London, March 4-9, 1989

En los viejos tiempos

In the old days

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Música:
Bill Murray
In the good old summertime

Extraños cowboys

Peculiar cowboys

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Música
John Scofield and the Metropole Orkest
Peculiar  (2010)
EmArcy

John Scofield (g,comp) Vince Mendoza (cond,/arr) Metropole Orkest (Netherlands)

El comboy de brazos largos, su caballo comestible y Jeronimito

The long armed cowboy, his edible horse and Jeronimito

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Música:
Ed Bruce
Last cowboy song  (1980)

La señora Bella y el señor Bestia en su hogar

Mrs. Beauty and Mr. Beast at home

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Música:
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
Suburban beauty  (1956)
Columbia CL967

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra: Clark Terry, Willie Cook, Cat Anderson (tp) Ray Nance (tp,vln) Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, John Sanders (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl,ts) Johnny Hodges (as) Russell Procope (as,cl) Paul Gonsalves (ts) Harry Carney (bar,cl,b-cl) Duke Ellington (p) Jimmy Woode (b) Sam Woodyard (d). New York, August 7, 1956

Manuela Saenz & Herman Melville

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Manuela Saenz, amante de Bolívar y el joven Herman Melville en el puerto de Paita.
Manuela Saenz and young Herman Melville in Paita

Música:
Burl Ives
Moby Dick  (1957)
Decca DL 8587

Burl Ives (g,vcl) undisclosed rest. Recorded 1957.

Pater Noster

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Música:
Guillermo Klein y Los Guachos
Niños (2012)
Sunnyside Records SSC1286

Guillermo Klein y Los Guachos: Richard Nant (trp, perc) Ben Monder (g) Miguel Zenón (as,fl) Sandro Tomasi (trb) Taylor Haskins (trp) Chris Cheek (ts,bar) Jeff Ballard (dr) Fernando Huergo (eb) Guillermo Klein (p) Bill McHenry (ts) Diego Urcola (trp,solo). New York, May 8, 2012

CIA

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CIA (de Septiembre de 1978. Parte de una serie llamada "Charlie's Angels")
CIA (From September 1978. Part of a series called "Charlie's Angels"

Música:
Lalo Schiffrin Orchestra
"Mission impossible"
TV show theme song  (1966)
(comp. by Lalo Schiffrin)

Lalo Schiffrin Orchestra : pers incl. Lalo Schiffrin (p,arr,comp,cond) Shelly Manne (d). Los Angeles, 1966

Descenso

Descent

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Música: (video)
Art tatum´s explained by Dick Hyman
Lessons: Descending pentatonic scales

Celebración

Celebration

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Música:
Harry Roy and his Bat Club Boys
My Girl's Pussy (1931)

Living room

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Música:
James Moody
Easy living  (1969)
Prestige PR7625

James Moody (ts) Barry Harris (p) Bob Cranshaw (el-b) Alan Dawson (d). New York, February 14, 1969

Duelo entre minotauros

Duelling minotaurs

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Artistic collaboration between Francesca and Oscar Grillo.\
Sardinia, 1991.
 
Música: (video)
John Wayne [*]
Tengo una vaca lechera (1971)
(comp. by Fernando García Morcillo)

[*] From the film "Big Jake" a 1971 Western film, filmed on location in Durango, Mexico, starring John Wayne, narrated by George Fenneman, and directed by George Sherman.