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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Gente piola

Cool folks

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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

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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

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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

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Música:  (video)
Denis Novato
Can Can

Theseus y el Minotauro

Theseus y el Minotauro

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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?)

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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

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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.