Tenor

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Música:
Don Byas Quartet
Cherokee  (1946)
Savoy 609

Don Byas Quartet: Don Byas (ts) Teddy Brannon (p) Frank Skeete (b) Fred Radcliffe (d). New York, May 17, 1946

Soplando

Blowing

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Música:
Count Basie Orchestra (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis tenor sax solo)
Cherokee

Vals para William

Waltz for William

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(El niño verde se va a tomar unos días de descanso pero pronto volverá)
(The green boy will take a little rest for now but he'll be back soon)

Música:
Bill Evans
Waltz for Debby  (1961)
Riverside RLP37


Bill Evans (p) Scott La Faro (b) Paul Motian (d). Live, "Village Vanguard", New York, June 25, 1961

El arco iris cuadrado

The square rainbow

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Música:
Art Pepper
Somewhere over the rainbow  (1979)
Galaxy 16GCD-1016-2

Esta interpretación me pone la piel de gallina/This gives me goose pimples. Oscar 

Art Pepper me provoca esa sensación muchas veces/Art Pepper gives me that feeling many times. El editor

Art Pepper (as) George Cables (p) Tony Dumas (blitz-b) Billy Higgins (d). Live, "Shiba Yubin Chokin Hall", Tokyo, July 16, 1979

Luna llena

Full moon

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Música:
Greta Keller
Blue moon (1935)

Ahoy

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Música:
Philip Seymour Hoffman
(I'd like to get you on a) Slow boat to China (2012)
from the  2012 Paul Thomas Anderson's film "The master"

El niño verde se sube al pez

The green boy goes over the top

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Música:
Miles Davis Quintet
Seven steps to heaven  (1963)
Columbia 4-42853

Miles Davis Quintet: Miles Davis (tp) George Coleman (as) Herbie Hancock (p) Ron Carter (b) Tony Williams (d). New York, May 14, 1963

El pez triste

The sad fish

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Música:
Triste Nro. 4
(compuesto por Julián Aguirre)

En la casa del capitán

Inside the Captains house

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Música:
Della Reese
Come on-a-my house  (1960)
RCA 60996-2

Della Reese (vcl) acc by unknown orchestra: no details except for O.B. Masingill (arr,cond). New York, 1960

En el salón (El mar interior)

Into the parlour (The sea inside)

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Música:
Django Reinhardt
La mer

Entrada

Entrance

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Música:
from the 1968 Carol Reed's film "Oliver!"
Consider yourself

Tomándose el el raje

Running for dear life

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Música:
Emilio Cáceres Trio
Runnin' wild  (1937)
Victor 26109

Emilio Cáceres Trio: Ernie Cáceres (cl) Emilio Cáceres (vln) Johnny Gómez (g). New York, November 5, 1937

El viejo marino

The ancient mariner

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Música:
The Irish Rovers
The drunken sailor  (2012)
Rover Records

The Irish Rovers: George Millar, Wilcil McDowell, Sean O'Driscoll, Ian Millar, Fred Graham, Geoffrey Kelly, Morris Crum, Gerry O'Connor.

Ding-A-Ling

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Música:
Miles Davis Quintet
If I were a bell  (1956)
Prestige LP7129

Miles Davis Quintet: Miles Davis (tp) John Coltrane (ts) Red Garland (p) Paul Chambers (b) Philly Joe Jones (d). Hackensack, N.J., October 26, 1956

Una casa en el bosque

A house in the forest

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Música:
John Coltrane Quartet
Fifth house  (1959)
Atlantic LP1354

John Coltrane Quartet: John Coltrane (ts) Wynton Kelly (p) Paul Chambers (b) Jimmy Cobb (d). New York, November 24, 1959

El niño verde caminó, caminó y caminó...

The green boy walked and walked and walked...

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Música:
Miles Davis Sextet
Walkin'   (1954)
Prestige LP7076

Miles Davis Sextet: Miles Davis (tp) Jay Jay Johnson (tb) Lucky Thompson (ts) Horace Silver (p) Percy Heath (b) Kenny Clarke (d). Hackensack, N.J., April 29, 1954

Bonus track:

Miles Davis Quintet

Walkin'  (1964)

Columbia CL2453

Miles Davis Quintet: Miles Davis (tp) George Coleman (ts) Herbie Hancock (p) Ron Carter (b) Tony Williams (d). Live, "Philarmonic Hall", New York, February 12, 1964

En el camino

On the road

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Música:
Sam "Lightnin’" Hopkins
The lonesome road

from "A portrait of Sam "Lightnin’" Hopkins", guitar and vocal, with performance footage recorded between 1960-1979

Garabateando

Doodling

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Música:
Sarah Vaughan
Doodlin'  (1958)
EmArcy 846330

Sarah Vaughan (vcl) acc by members of the Count Basie Band: Wendell Culley, Snooky Young, Joe Newman (tp) Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell (tb) Marshall Royal (as,cl) Frank Wess (as,ts,fl) Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell (ts) Charlie Fowlkes (bar) Ronnell Bright (p) Freddy Green (g) Richard Davis (b) Sonny Payne (d) Thad Jones (tp,cond). New York, January 5, 1958

Melancolia

Melancholia

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Música:

Duke Ellington
Medley: Melancholia/Reflections in D  (1964)
MusicMasters 65122-2

Duke Ellington (p). "Wollman Auditorium, Columbia University", New York, May 20, 1964

Luna

Moon

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Música:
David Sánchez
Los aretes de la Luna  (1998)
Columbia CK69116

David Sanchez (ts) Edsel Gomez (p) John Benitez (b) Adam Cruz (d) Pernell Saturnino (perc) rest unidentified. New York, November 1998

L'elisir d'amore

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Música:  (video)
Francisco Cafiso aged 9 on Live TV
"Isn't she lovely" & "Take de A train" medley (1998)

Bonus track: (video)
Francesco Cafiso at 15 with Hans Mantel
"Anthropology" & "Red Cross" medley (2004)

More bonuses:
Francesco Cafiso Trio
Sweet Georgia Brown (2006)

La niña

The girl

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Música:Ka
Jascha Heifetz and Milton Kaye
Pièce en forme de Habanera (1944)
(comp. by Maurice Ravel in 1907)

Jascha Heifetz (vln) Milton Kaye (p). New York, October 17, 1944.

Marionettes

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Música:
Debussy plays Debussy
Golliwogg's Cakewalk  (1913)
Children's Corner No. 6 (Claude Debussy)
Welte-Mignon Piano Roll #2733

Conociendo al conejo

Meeting the rabbit

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Música: (video)
Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington Orchestra
Cotton tail (1966)
Live in Italy

Ella Fitzgerald (vcl), Duke Ellington Orchestra: Cootie Williams, Cat Anderson, Herbie Jones, Mercer Ellington (tp) Lawrence Brown, Chuck Connors, Buster Cooper (tb) Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope (as) Paul Gonsalves (ts, solo w/Ella) Jimmy Hamilton (ts) Harry Carney (bs) Duke Ellington (p) John Lamb (b) Skeets Marsh (d). Teatro Lirico in Milan, Italy. January 30, 1966.

Al niño verde le dan de comer

The green boy gets fed

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Música: (video)
Chet Baker
Blue in green  (1988)
Live in Germany

Chet Baker (tp) Frank Strazzeri (p) John Leftwich (b) Ralph Penland (d). Live At Theaterhaus, Stuttgart, Germany, April 1, 1988

El niño verde toca el timbre

The green boy rings the bell

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Música:
Lee Konitz
On green dolphin street

Té y champaña

Tea and bubbly

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Música:
Bud Powell Trio
Tea for two  (1950)
Norgran MGN103

Bud Powell Trio: Bud Powell (p) Ray Brown (b) Buddy Rich (d). New York, June or July 1, 1950