Abuelita

Granny

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Música:
Nelly Omar
Agüelita, ¿que hora son? (1953)
(Granny, what time is it?)
Odeon 55855

Nelly Omar (vcl) con Roberto Grela y sus guitarras. Buenos Aires, 20 de noviembre de 1953

Papusa

Papooose

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Música:
Art Tatum
Cherokee  (1954)
Pablo 2310-791

Art Tatum (p) solo. Los Angeles, Ca., April 22, 1954

Bonus track:
Carlos Gardel
Che papusa, oí  (1928)
Odeón 18242

Carlos Gardel (vcl) José Ricardo y Guillermo Barbieri (guitarras). Buenos Aires, 26 de Junio de 1928

La consagración de la primavera

The rites of spring

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Música:
Ernesto Acher
La consagración de la vida color de rosa (1987)
(The rites of la vie en rose)
Microfón 80343

Remembrance of times past

A la recherche du temps perdu

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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

El espiante

The escape

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Música:
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

Cosas que pasan cuando no estás alerta

Things that happen when you're not alert

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Música:
Art Pepper Quartet
Everything happens to me  (1952)
Savoy SJL1170

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

La bendición

The blessing

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Música:
Gonzalo Rubalcaba
The Blessing [Full Album-Highly recommendable listening!]  (1991)
Tracklist (number between paraentesis indicate the beginning of the song in the time line)
01. Circuito (00:00)
02. Sandino (5:36)
03. Besame mucho (10:35)
04. Giant steps (18:18)
05. Sin remedio, el mar (23:44)
06. Silver hollow (28:10)
07. The blessing (34:54)
08. Blue in green (41:55)
09. Sunpunto y contracopa (48:45)
10. Mima [solo piano] (53:51)        
Blue Note CDP7.98291

The Blessing: Gonzalo Rubalcaba (p) Charlie Haden (b) Jack DeJohnette (d). Toronto, May 12-15, 1991

Ciego en la noche

Blind man in the night

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Música:
Blind Blake
Chump man blues  (1929)
Paramount 12904

Blind Blake (vcl,g)  acc. by Charlie Spand (p). Richmond, Ind., August 17, 1929

Blue monk and blue monkeys (Now in colour)

(Ahora en colores)

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Música:
The Bee Gees
Giant steps

Monk and monkeys

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Música:
Thelonious Monk Quartet
Blue Monk  (1957)
Blue Note 35174

Thelonious Monk Quartet: Thelonious Monk (p) John Coltrane (ts) Ahmed Abdul-Malik (b) Shadow Wilson (d). Carnegie Hall, New York, NY. November 29, 1957

Posiciones incómodas

Unconfortable positions

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Música:
Joe Pass
Relaxin' at Camarillo  (1964)
Pacific Jazz CDP 35222

Mike Wofford (p) Joe Pass (g) Jim Hughart (b) Colin Bailey (d). Los Angeles, February 6, 1964

En los tiempos de Scheherazade

In the times of Scheherazade

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Música:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Frederick Martin “Fritz” Reiner (conductor)
Scheherazade op.35
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (composer)
Studio recording. Chicago February 8, 1960

Cimarrón (Una excursión a los Indios Ranqueles)

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Música:
Blas Rivera
Ranquel  (2003)
Danza y Movimiento 014447

Blas Rivera (ts) Eduardo Janibelli (p) Ana de Oliveira (vln) Oldimar Cáceres (bandoneón) Leonardo Sánchez (g) Roberto Tormo (b) Neuza Abbes (perc). Río de Janeiro (Brasil), 2003

Cuarteto

Jazz Festival (acoustic quartet, no microphones)

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Música:
Jackie McLean Quartet
I hear a rhapsody  (1957)
New Jazz NJLP8231

Jackie McLean Quartet: Jackie McLean (as) Mal Waldron (p) Arthur Phipps (b) Art Taylor (d). Hackensack, N.J., February 15, 1957

Días de vodka y rosas

Days of vodka and roses

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Música: (video)
Jimmy Smiths's Trio
Days of wine and roses (1969)
from the Danish TV Show "Jazzorgel" dir prod: Per Møller Hansen

Jimmy Smith (org) Nathen Page (g) Grady Tate (d). Denmark 1969

Bailando en Stepanchikovo

Dancing in Stepanchikovo

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Música:
Foma Fomic
Goodbye Laika

Músico sordo

Deaf musician

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Música: (video)
Julian Bream plays for Igor Stravinsky  (1967)
from the video  "Stravinsky at 85" (DVD)
VAI Catalog #4500

La danza de Sonia

Sonya's dance

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Música:
Agustín Magaldi
Nieve  (1936)
(música: Agustín Magaldi, letra: Manuel Ferradás Campos)
RCA Victor 37965 93244

Agustín Magaldi (vcl) acompañado por las guitarras de Centeno, Ortiz, Francini y Carré. Buenos Aires, 15 de Julio de 1936

Billar de rodillas

Kneeling Billiards ("Fast" Eddie Felson)

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Música:
Kenyon Hopkins
The Hustler suite [*] (1961)
Kapp 1264

[*] from the 1961 Robert Rossen's film "The Hustler"

Kenyon Hopkins (comp,arr,cond) Bernie Glow, Doc Severinsen, Joe Wilder, Tony Miranda (tp) Jimmy Cleveland, Frank Rehak, Richard "Dick" Hixson (to) Phil Woods, Phil Bodner, Jerome Richardson, Romeo Penque (reeds) Hank Jones or Bernie Leighton (p) Barry Galbraith (g) Osie Johnson (d) Joe Venuto (perc). prob New York, c. early 1960's

Escena doméstica

Domestic scene

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Música:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor
Symphonia Domestica op 53  (1944)
composed by Richard Strauss in 1903

1. Movement "Thema I, Bewegt Thema II, Sehr lebhaft Thema III, Ruhig"
2. Movement "Scherzo, Munter"
3. Movement "Wiegenlied, Mässig langsam"

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor. Recorded in Berlin during the war, Staatsoper, Unter den Linden. January 12,1944

Taconeando

Heel's game

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Música:
Aníbal Troilo y Roberto Grela
Taconeando   (1955)
TK SF 3011

Aníbal Troilo bandoneón) Roberto Grela (guitarra) Edmundo Zaldívar (guitarrón) Enrique Kicho Díaz (contrabajo). Buenos Aires, 1955

Percha

Coathanger

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Música:
Carlos Gardel
Viejo smoking  (1930)
(Música: Guillermo Barbieri / Letra: Celedonio Flores)

Carlos Gardel canta acompañado con las guitarras de José Mª Aguilar, Guillermo Barbieri y Ángel Domingo Riverol. Buenos Aires, 1 de Abril de 1930.

Metafísica

Metaphysics

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Música:
George Russell Sextet
Stratusphunk  (1960)
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

Reptilicus

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Música:
King Oliver and his Creole Jazz Band (beautiful clarinete playing by Johnny Dodds)
Alligator hop  (1923)
Gennett 5274

King Oliver and his Creole Jazz Band : King Oliver, Louis Armstrong (cnt) Honore Dutrey (tb) Johnny Dodds (cl) Stomp Evans (c-mel) Lil Hardin (p) Johnny St. Cyr (bj) Baby Dodds (d). Richmond, Indiana, October 5, 1923

Residuos del imperio

Left overs of the empire

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Música:  (video)
Yuja Wang
La valse 
Composed  for orchestra in 1919-20 by Maurice Ravel
This version transcribed for one piano also by Maurice Ravel

Yuja Wang (p). International Music Festival, Verbier (Switzerland), July 2008

El largo viaje al hogar

The long voyage home

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Música:
Clifford Jordan All Stars
Beyond the blue horizon  (1957)
Blue Note BLP1565

Clifford Jordan All Stars: Lee Morgan (tp) Curtis Fuller (tb) John Jerkins (as) Clifford Jordan (ts) Ray Bryant (p) Paul Chambers (b) Art Taylor (d). Hackensack, N.J., June 2, 1957

En los tiempos de Carlota Brontë

In the times of Charlotte Brontë

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Música:
London National Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Herrmann (composer and conductor)
Music from Great Film Classics
Jane Eyre (1970) [*]
Decca Eloquence 480 3784

[*]  from the Robert Stevenson s  film "Jane Eyre"  [1943] writers: Charlotte Brontë (by), Aldous Huxley (screen play); starring Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Margaret O'Brien.

London Philharmonic Orchestra: Bernard Herrmann (cond.). Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, UK, February 1970

Etérea

Ethereal

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Música:
Erik Satie (composer)
Gymnopédies No. 1
Performed by George Nascimento