La muchacha en la azotea

The maid in the roof

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

La algarabía dil Professore Malpensiero

Foursome

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Música:  (video)
Paris Perisinakis
Yakety-Yak Sax

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

Le témoin

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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

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

Astor Piazzolla (bandoneón). Buenos Aires, Diciembre 1970

Muro

Wall

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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”]