La muchacha en la azotea

The maid in the roof

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
Louis Armstrong and the All Stars
Tin roof blues  (1955)
Decca DL8168

Barney Bigard, the clarinet player, always made me think of animator Marc Davis. Oscar

Louis Armstrong and the All Stars: Louis Armstrong (tp) Trummy Young (tb) Barney Bigard (cl) Billy Kyle (p) Arvell Shaw (b) Barrett Deems (d). "Crescendo Club", Los Angeles, January 21, 1955

Jenny la pirata

Jenny the pirate

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Música:
Nina Simone
Pirate Jenny  (1964)
Philips PHM200-135

Nina Simone (vcl,p,arr) Rudy Stevenson (g) Lisle Atkinson (b) Bobby Hamilton (d). Concert, "Carnegie Hall", March 21, 1964

Centauro y León

Centaur and Lion

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
Yusef Lateef and his Orchestra
The Centaur and the Phoenix   (1960)
Riverside RLP12-337

Yusef Lateef and his Orchestra: Clark Terry, Richard Williams (tp) Curtis Fuller (tb) Josea Taylor (bassoon) Yusef Lateef (ts) Tate Houston (bar) Joe Zawinul (p) Ben Tucker (d) Lex Humphries (d). New York, October 4-6, 1960

Cats

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Música: (video)
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
El gato (1958)

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra: trumpets at front (left to right). Harold "Shorty" Baker, Clark Terry, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance (tp) Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, John Sanders (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (ts) Russell Procope (as) Johnny Hodges (as) Paul Gonsalves (ts) Harry Carney (bar) Duke Ellington (cond) Jimmy Woode (b) Sam Woodyard (d) Nelson Williams (tp, presented but not playing this number). Salle Pleyel, Paris (France), November 20, 1958

Hippocentaur

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Música:
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Black horse blues  (1926)
Paramount 12367

Blind Lemon Jefferson (vcl,g).  Chicago, c. April 1926

¡Saludos de Navidad!

Christmas Greetings!

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Música:  (video)
El Editor y su Combo
Baión de Ana  (2013)

El Editor y su Combo: Nicolás "Cuqui" Polichiso (guitarra), Pau Ansaldi (batería) Carlos "Charly" Samamé (bajo) El editor (saxo alto). Rosario, Argentina, 8 de Septiembre de 2013

Ninfa, Centauro y Equidna

Nymph, Centaur and Echidna

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Música:
Phil Woods (from the album "Greek Cooking")
A taste of honey  (1967)
Impulse A9143

Phil Woods (as) William Costa (accor,mar) Stuart Sharf (g) Chet Amsterdam (el-b) Bill La Vorgna (d) Souren Baronian (d,cymb) Seymour Salzberg (perc) Iordanis Tsomidis (bouzukie) George Mgrdichian (oud) John Yalenezian (dumbeg) Norman Gold (arr).New York, January 31, 1967

La hora de la soda

A pause for soda water

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
Thelonious Monk Quartet
Let's cool one  (1958)
Riverside RLP12-279

Thelonious Monk Quartet: Johnny Griffin (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Ahmed Abdul-Malik (b) Roy Haynes (d). Live, "Five Spot Café", New York, August 7, 1958

Romulus and Remus

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
Romano Mussolini/Tony Scott
Stormy weather   (1973)
TS (It)001/2

Romano Mussolini/Tony Scott: Tony Scott (cl) Romano Mussolini (p) Piero Montanari (el-b) Roberto Spizzichino (d). Rome, March 7, 1973

Domador de rinocerontes

Rhino tamer

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Música:  (video)
Daktari (Serie USA, 1966-1969)
TV Introduction theme
(comp. by Shelly Manne)

Desayuno para campeones

Breakfast for champions

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler (cond)
Look sharp, be sharp [Old Gillette theme]  (1954)
(comp. by Mahlon Merrick , arranged by Russell Bennett)
RCA Victor 104219

El otro lado de la calle

The other side of the street

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
Cook and his Dreamland Orchestra
Sidewalk blues (1926)
Columbia 862-D

Cook and his Dreamland Orchestra: Charles "Doc" Cook (bandleader) George Mitchell, Elwood Graham (cnt) Fred Garland (tb) Jimmie Noone (cl) Joe Poston, Clifford King (cl,as) Jerome Pasquall (cl,ts) Jerome Carrington (p) Robert Shelly, Johnny St. Cyr (bj) Rudolph "Sudie" Reynaud (tu) Andrew Hilaire or Bert Greene (d) the breaks prob. by Hilaire and Noone. George Mitchell (cnt) Jerome Carrington (p) replace Freddie Keppard (cnt) and Kenneth Anderson (p) in this session. Chicago, Ill. December 2, 1926

El idiota y los gigantes

The idiot and the giants

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
Georges Brassens
Le pornographe  (1979)
Philips (F)6679023

Marcel Zanini (cl)  Teddy Martin (vln) Joël Favreau (solo-g) Georges Brassens (rhythm-g) Pierre Nicolas (b) Moustache (dr). Paris, 1979

Mundo flotante

Floating world

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Dibujo estúpido - Stupid drawing

Música:
The Modern Jazz Quartet
Pyramid  (1959)
Atlantic LP1325

Modern Jazz Quartet: Milt Jackson (vib) John Lewis (p) Percy Heath (b) Coonie Kay (d). New York, December 21, 1959

Caminante

Trekker

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
Portsmouth Sinfonia
Also sprach Zarathustra [Op. 31 excerpt beginning]  (1974)
(comp. by Richard Strauss)
Columbia AS 91

Portsmouth Sinfonia: John Farley (conductor) Robert Carter, Russell Coates, Nigel Coombes, Martin Kenny, Stefan Klima, Stephen Luscombe, Imogen Morley, Robin Mortimore, Cherill Smith, Mick Steely, Gary Gunby, Jill Adams, Peter Beresford (violin) Linda Adams, Nigel Watson, Simon Dale (viola) Gary Rickard, Cindy Walker, Sue Evans, Gavin Bryars (cellos) Brian Young, Peter Clutterbuck, Angus Fraser, Ian Southwood (double bass) Utako Ikeda, John Lawrence, Ann Shrosbree, Debi Smith, Brian Watterson (flute) Brian Eno, Gwen Fereday, Tony Talbot, Suzette Worden (clarinet) David Saunders (horn) Steve Beresford, Chris Turner (trumpet) Jeff Steele, Maurice Joyce (trombone) James Lampart (glockenspiel, saxophone, synthesizer) Jennifer Adams, Maggie Wooton, John Ryder (percussion). Royal Albert Hall, London (UK) May 28 1974

Malevo

Tough guy

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
Anibal Troilo y su Orquesta
(canta Ángel Cárdenas)
Te llaman malevo  (1957)
Odeón 52185

La algarabía dil Professore Malpensiero

Foursome

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:  (video)
Paris Perisinakis
Yakety-Yak Sax

Paris Perisinakis (mandolin) Ioannis Rombogiannakis (mandolin) Yannis Playanakos (bass) Yannis Aggelopoulos (drums).

Le témoin

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
Barney Wilen Quintet
Témoin dans la ville  (1959)
Fontana (F)660226HR

Barney Wilen Quintet: Kenny Dorham (tp) Barney Wilen (ts,sop) Duke Jordan (p) Paul Rovère (b) Kenny Clarke (d). Paris, April 1959

El Gato

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
Astor Piazzolla (“El Gato”)
Loca bohemia  (1970)
RCA Víctor AVS 4013 L.P.

Astor Piazzolla (bandoneón). Buenos Aires, Diciembre 1970

Muro

Wall

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:  (video)
John Cotrane and Stan Getz
Hackensack  (1960)

John Coltrane, Stan Getz (ts) Oscar Peterson (p) Paul Chambers (b) Jimmy Cobb (d). Dusseldorf, Germany, March 28, 1960. [European tour billed as “Norman Granz’s Jazz at the Philharmonic Presents Jazz Winners of 1960”]

En el salón (tango & malambo)

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Música:
Osvaldo Pugliese y su Orquesta
Malambeao  (1960)
Stentor

Osvaldo Pugliese y su Orquesta: Osvaldo Pugliese (piano,director) Osvaldo Ruggiero, Julian Plaza, Arturo Penón, Victor Lavallen (bandoneones) Oscar Herrero, Emilio Balcarce, Julio Carrasco (violines) Norberto Bernasconi (viola) Alcides Rossi (contrabajo). Buenos Aires, 20 de Octubre de 1960

El baile de San Víctor

Saint Vitus dance

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
Horace Silver
The St. Vitus dance (1959)
Blue Note BLP4017

Horace Silver (p) Gene Taylor (b) Louis Hayes (d). Englewood Cliffs, N.J., September 13, 1959

Señoritas

Little ladies

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra
Polka dots and moonbeams (1940)
Victor 26539

Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra: Zeke Zarchy, Ray Linn, Jimmy Blake, Bunny Berigan (tp) Tommy Dorsey (tb) George Arus, Dave Jacobs, Lowell Martin (tb) Johnny Mince (cl,as) Hymie Schertzer (as) Fred Stulce (as) Paul Mason, Babe Russin (ts) Bob Kitsis (p) Al Avola (g) Ray Leatherwood (b) Buddy Rich (d) Frank Sinatra (vcl) Axel Stordahl (arr). New York, March 4, 1940

La vereda soleada

The sunny side of the street

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:  (video)
Duke Ellington's Group
On the sunny side of the street  (1964)
Caracol (F)CAR430

Duke Ellington's Group: Rolf Ericson (tp) Lawrence Brown (tb) Johnny Hodges (as) Paul Gonsalves (ts) Harry Carney (bar) Duke Ellington (p) Gilbert Rovère (b) Sam Woodyard (d). "Teatro Ariston", San Remo, March 22, 1964

Tráfico pesado

Heavy traffic

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
Art Pepper
Red car  (1976)
Contemporary S7638

Art Pepper (as) George Cables (p) David Williams (b) Elvin Jones (d). Los Angeles, September 15-16, 1976

Jazz de blancos

Honky's Jazz

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
New York Jazz Quartet
Gone with the wind  (1956/7)
Coral CRL57136

New York Jazz Quartet: Herbie Mann (fl) Mat Matthews (accor) Joe Puma (g) Whitey Mitchell (b).New York, c. 1956/1957

Gente piola

Cool folks

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
Lennie Tristano Trio
Coolin' off with Ulanov  (1947)
Keynote K680

Lennie Tristano Trio: Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) Bob Leininger (b). New York, May 23, 1947

Chicas paseanderas

Strolling girls

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
Professor Sidney Bechet with Dr. Henry Levine and his Barefoot Dixieland Philarmonics
Muskrat ramble  (1940)
Victor 27302

Professor Sidney Bechet with Dr. Henry Levine and his Barefoot Dixieland Philarmonics: Henry "Hot Lips" Levine (tp) Jack Epstein (tb) Sidney Bechet (sop) Alfred Evans (cl) Rudy Adler (ts) Mario Janarro (p) Tony Colucci (g) Harry Patent (b) Nat Levine (d). New York, November 11, 1940

Ratón

Mouse

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
Hazel Scott
The jeep is jumpin'  (1955)
Debut DLP16 

Hazel Scott (p) Charles Mingus (b) Max Roach (d). Hackensack, N.J., January 21, 1955

Can-Can Franciscano

Franciscan-Can-Can

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:  (video)
Denis Novato
Can Can

Theseus y el Minotauro

Theseus y el Minotauro

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
George Russell Sextet
Stratusphunk  (1961)
Riverside RLP341

George Russell Sextet: Alan Kiger (tp) Dave Baker (tb) Dave Young (ts) George Russell (p,arr,comp) Chuck Israels (b) Joe Hunt (d). New York, October 18, 1960

Domador de víboras

Snake tamer

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
Snake rag   (1923)
Gennett 5184

King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band: King Oliver, Louis Armstrong (cnt) Honore Dutrey (tb) Johnny Dodds (cl) Lil Hardin (p) Bill Johnson (bj) Baby Dodds (d). Richmond, Indiana, April 6, 1923

León doméstico

Domestic lion

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
Lord Invader & His Calypso Rhythm Boys
You don't need glasses to see

Lord Invader & His Calypso Rhythm Boys: Lord Invader [real name Rupert Westmore Grant] (vcl), undisclosed acc, group, place and date of recording.

Muchachas felinas

Cat girls

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
Edward "Zez" Confrey
Kitten on the keys  (1921)
Edison Re-Creation 50898-L

Edward "Zez" Confrey (p). New York City, September 21, 1921.

Minitas

Girls

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
Twisted (1959)
Columbia CL1403

Annie Ross canta el famoso solo de saxo tenor de Wardell Gray grabado en 1949.

Annie Ross sings the 1949 Wardell Gray´s  famous tenor sax solo in this track.

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross: Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks, Annie Ross (vcl) acc by Gildo Mahones (p) Ike Isaacs (b) Walter Bolden (d). New York, August 6, 1959

Kurwas

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
Leonard Nimoy
Music to watch space girls by (1967)
Dot Records DLP 25794

Leonard Nimoy (performer)  Charles Grean (arranger and producer). Undisclosed orchestra. 1967

Tráfico en Poisonville [*]

Traffic in Poisonville [*]

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[*] Poisonville or Personville: Ciudad imaginaria situada en el medio oeste norteamericano e "inventada" por Dashiell Hammett

[*] Poisonville or Personville: Imaginary town in the American midwest "invented" by Dashiell Hammett 

Música:
Vincent Lopez and his Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra
Dixie Highway  (1922)
Okeh 462

Vincent Lopez and his Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra: Bob Biers, Bob Effros (tp) Jim Cassidy (tb) Larry Abbott (cl,as) George Napoleon (as) Billy Hamilton (cl,as,ts) Ernest Holst (vln) Vincent Lopez, Joe Gold (p) Frank Reino (bj,g) Hank Waak (tu) Willie Kessler (d). New York, July, 1922

Gordito

Chubby guy

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
Fats Waller
Messin' around with the blues  (1927)
Victor 20655

Fats Waller (org) solo. Camden, N.J., January 14, 1927

6 personajes

6 characters

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
The Modern Jazz Sextet
Mean to me  (1956)
Norgran MGN1076

The Modern Jazz Sextet: Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Sonny Stitt (as) John Lewis (p) Clifton "Skeeter" Best (g) Percy Heath (b) Charlie Persip (d). New York, January 12, 1956

Tortura

Torture

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
Albert Ayler Ensemble
untitled blues  (1968)
Revenant RVN 213 

Albert Ayler Ensemble: Albert Ayler (ts) Call Cobbs (p) Bill Folwell (e.bass) Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (d). New York area, circa late August, 1968

Amores que matan

Killer love

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
Bessie Smith
Careless love blues  (1925)
Columbia 14083-D

Bessie Smith (vcl) acc by Louis Armstrong (cnt) Charlie Green (tb) Fred Longshaw (p). New York, May 26, 1925

Fauno petitero

Cool faun

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
Juan D'Arienzo y su Orquesta Típica
(canta Alberto Echagüe)
Petitero (1956) [tango resentido]
RCA Victor 1A-0981

Juan D'Arienzo y su Orquesta Típica: Juan D´Arienzo (director) Alberto Echagüe (vcl). Buenos Aires, 19 de Julio de 1956

Viejo

Old man

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
Carmen McRae
Old folks  (1976) 
Blue Note LA709-H2

Carmen McRae (vcl) Marshall Otwell (p) Ed Bennett (b) Joey Baron (d). Live, "Great American Music Hall', San Francisco, June 15-16 & 17, 1976

Memorias de La Salada

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
Steps Ahead
Pools  (1983)
Elektra Musician 96.0168-1

Steps Ahead: Michael Brecker (ts) Mike Mainieri (vib) Eliane Elias (p) Eddie Gomez (b) Peter Erskine (d). New York, c. 1983

Jacobo y el ángel

Jakob and the Angel

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:  (video)
Cuarteto 4mil
La muerte del ángel (probablemente año 2009)
(Astor Piazzolla)
arreglo para cuarteto de saxofones: Johan van der Linden

Cuarteto 4mil (cuarteto de saxofones): Emiliano Barri (soprano) Fernando Rosas (alto) Alejandro Bidegain (tenor) Pablo Mosteirin (barítono).

El desierto viviente

The living desert (Coconino County?)

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:  (video)
Phillip Sear
#1 from "Walt Disney's The Living Desert - Three Themes"
Suite for piano. composed by Paul Smith
Arranged for piano by E. Charles Egger

Phillip Sear (p).

La Biblia y el calefón: Susana y los viejos

Dime a dozen Bible: Susanna and the elders

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
Ed McCurdy
O Suzanna [American folk song]  (1958)
Tradition TLP 1027 LP

Ed McCurdy (vcl, g) Billy Faier (banjo acc).Clue Recordings (unknow location), 1958.

Las cosas de la vida

The things of life

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
Orquesta Miguel Caló con Roberto Arrieta
Que cosas que tiene la vida  (1946)
EMI Odeon

Orquesta Miguel Caló: Miguel Caló (director) Roberto Arrieta(vocalista) Julián Plaza, Atilio Corral, Eliseo Marchesse, José Aníbal Appendino, (bandoneones) Alberto Besprovan, Antonio Rodio, Simón Broitman, Gerardo Balinotti -más tarde como reemplazos-, Julián Ortiz, Nito Farace y Manuel Goldfeder (violines) Emilio Paiva (cello) Miguel Nijensohn (piano) Juan Fassio (contrabajo). Buenos Aires, 4 de Abril de 1946

Humo

Smoke

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:
New York Unit
Smoke gets in your eyes  (1992)
Paddle Wheel (Jap) KICJ-108 (CD)

New York Unit: Hannibal Marvin Peterson (tp,vcl) John Hicks (p) Richard Davis (b) Tatsuya Nakamura (d). Tokyo, March 15, 1992

Dos muchachones

Two lads

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2014

Música:  (video)
from the Jerry Lewis´s (directed,co-written and starring) film
"The errand boy" (1961)
Count Basie and his Orchestra
Blues in Hoss flat  (1958)
Roulette RP1004

Jerry Lewis with background music from Count Basie and his Orchestra: Thad Jones, Snooky Young, Wendell Culley, Joe Newman (tp) Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell (tb) Marshall Royal, Frank Wess (as) Billy Mitchell, Frank Foster (ts) Charlie Fowlkes (bar) Count Basie (p) Freddy Green (g) Eddie Jones (b) Sonny Payne (d). New York, March 4, 1958