Las cosas de la vida

The things of life

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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

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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

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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

Abuelito

Grandpa

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Música:
Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
Grandpa's spells  (1926)
Bluebird B10254

Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers: George Mitchell (cnt) Kid Ory (tb) Omer Simeon (cl) Jelly Roll Morton (p) Johnny St. Cyr (g) John Lindsey (b) Andrew Hilaire (d). Chicago, December 16, 1926

Mongo

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Música:  (video)
Mongo Santamaría
Afro blue  (1984)

Mongo Santamaría (cga,ldr) Eddie J. Allen (tp) Sam Furnace (bar) Tony Hinson (ts) Bob Quaranta (p) Eddie Resto (b) Bobby Sanabria (d) Sal Santamaría (perc), New York, 1984

Pescado

Fish

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Música:
The Horace Silver Quintet
The Cape Verdean blues  (1965)
Blue Note BLP4220

The Horace Silver Quintet: Woody Shaw (tp) Joe Henderson (ts) Horace Silver (p) Bob Cranshaw (b) Roger Humphries (d). Englewood Cliffs, N.J., October 1, 1965

Lae máscara de Dimitrios

The mask of Dimitrios

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Música:
Astor Piazzolla y su Orquesta
Canta María de la Fuente
Fugitiva  (1952)
Música: Astor Piazzolla Letra: Juan Carlos La Madrid
Sello TK Nro.?

Piano Bar

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Música:
Ahmad Jamal
It´s magic  (2007)
Dreyfus Jazz FDM 46050182

Ahmad Jamal (p) James Cammack (b) Idris Muhammad (d) Manolo Badrena (perc). Downtown Studios, Strasbourg (France), December 25, 26, 27 and 28, 2007

La cámara de torturas

The torture chamber

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Música:
Hal McKusick
Blues half-smiling  (1957)
Prestige PRLP7135

Billy Byers (tb) Hal McKusick (as,ts) Eddie Costa (p) Paul Chambers (b) Charlie Persip (d) Bobby Scott (arr). Hackensack, N.J., December 27, 1957

El gato de cola corta

The short tailed cat

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"El gato de cola corta" o "Escenas del tiempo en que la gente no le temía al tercer Reich"

"The short Tailed Cat" or "Scenes from the time when people wasn't afraid of the third Reich"

Música:
Orquesta: Félix Guillán - Canta: Carlos Mayel 
"Marcha de los almaceneros" (The Grocer's Anthem... Yes... It is true!!)
Letra y Música de Eduardo B. Portas
Arreglo de Orquestación Daniel Lomuto

Luna en Poisonville

Moon in Poisonville

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Música:
Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra
Deep Henderson  (1926)
Victor 20081

Coon-Sanders' Original Nighthawk Orchestra: Joe Richolson, Bob Pope (tp) Rex Downing (tb) Harold Thiell, John Thiell (cl,as) Floyd Estep (as) Joe Sanders (p) Russ Stout (bj) Pop Estep, Elmer Krebs (tu) Carlton Coon (d) unknown 2nd piano added. Chicago, Ill., March 9, 1926

Escena callejera

 Street scene

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Música:
Street Scene - An American Opera
Music by Kurt Weill, lyrics by Langston Hughes
Act I. No. 13 "Moon-faced, starry-eyed"  (1991)
London Records 433371

Duet: Mary Munger [as Mae Jones] and Philip Gould [as Dick McGann]. Scottish Opera Orchestra and Chorus: John Mauceri (cond). Glasgow (Scotland), 1990.

Nubes pesadas

Heavy clouds

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Música:
Django Reinhardt et ses Rythmes
Nuages  (1953)
Blue Star (F)6830

Django Reinhardt et ses Rythmes: Maurice Vander (p) Django Reinhardt (g) Pierre Michelot (b) Jean-Louis Viale (d). Paris, March 10, 1953

Dígalo con flores

Say it with flowers

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Música:
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
The perfume suite (1957)
CBS 88653

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra: Willie Cook, Cat Anderson, Ed Mullens, Harold Baker (tp) Ray Nance (tp,vln) Lawrence Brown, Lou Blackburn, Chuck Connors, Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, John Sanders (tb) Russell Procope (as,cl) Johnny Hodges (as) Jimmy Hamilton (ts,cl) Paul Gonsalves (ts) Harry Carney (bar,cl,b-cl) Duke Ellington (p) Aaron Bell, Jimmy Woode (b) Sam Woodyard (d). New York, December 2, 1957

La vida es breve

Life is short

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Música: (video)
John Williams and Julian Bream
La vida breve
(comp. by Manuel de Falla

Gallo muerto

Dead rooster

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Música:
Horacio Salgán y su Orquesta Típica
Gallo ciego  (1950)
RCA Victor 68-02228-A

Horacio Salgán y su Orquesta Típica: Abelardo Alfonsín, Ernesto Baffa, Roberto Di Filippo, Leopoldo Federico, Ismael Spitalnik (bandoneones) Víctor Felice, Mauricio Mise (violines) José Ángel Alegre (contrabajo) Horacio Salgán (piano y dirección). Buenos Aires, 29 de Diciembre de 1950.

Aguiluchos

Kitty hawks

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Música:
Hawk on flight
Brothers  (1980)
Amar Records #22

Hawk on flight:  Ulf Wakenius (g) Hakon Graf (keyb) Matz Nilsson (b) Nisse Nordin (d). Denmark, 1980.

La danza de las loras

Lizard's two step

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Música:
Amilcare Ponchielli
Danza delle ore [*]

[*] (Dance of the Hours). Short ballet in Act III Finale of the opera La Gioconda composed by Amilcare Ponchielli