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

Audición

Audition

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Música:
Count Basie and his Orchestra
The midgets  (1959)
Rarities (E)52

Count Basie and his Orchestra: (sextet only in this tune) Joe Newman (tp) Frank Wess (fl) Count Basie (p) Freddy Green (g) Eddie Jones (b) Sonny Payne (d). Broadcast, "Théâtre Beaulieu", Lausanne, February 3, 1959

Tango al borde del abismo

Tango near the abyss

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Música:
Lucio Demare y su Orquesta (canta Horacio Quintana)
Torrente  (1944)
Odeon

Grabado en Buenos Aires, 11 de Octubre de 1944

Raíces africanas

African roots

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Música:
Rubén Rada
Candombe para Gardel  (1997)
Big World BW2017

Rubén Rada (vcl,perc,composer) Hugo Fattoruso (p,acc,arr) David Hopkins (cl) Ringo Thielmann (elec b) Héctor Prendez (d). Recorded in 1997 at Eastside Sound, New York City

Rosita la Victrolera

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Música: (video) [*]
Y siempre igual (1949)
[*] del filme de 1949 dirigido por Julio Saraceni  "Alma de bohemio"

El amasijo

The bundle

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Música:
Edmundo Rivero
El amasijo
Letra: Felipe H. Hernandez (Yacaré) - Versos Rantifusos - 1916

Revoleando la moneda

Flippin' the coin

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Música:
Flip Phillips & Roy Eldridge
Flip and Jazz  (1947)
Live air wave radio recording

Roy Eldridge (tp) Flip Phillips (ts) Mike Colicchio (p) Al Casey (g) Eddie Safranski  (b) Specs Powell (d). From WNEW Saturday Night Swing Session, March 1947

Muelle

Pier

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Música: (video)
Unbeknown street musician @ Pier 39
Unbeknown blues [truncated]