Great cartoon morons: Hijoputo, the dissatisfied little horse

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Música: (video)
Horsey horsey don't you stop

Bestia azul

Blue beast

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Música:
Peter King
Blue Monk  (1989)
Blanco y Negro (G)cBYN19

Peter King (as,ts) Damon "The Doctor" Butcher (p,synt) Steve Pearce (el-b) Stephen Sanger (d) Martin Ditchman (perc). London, March 4-9, 1989

Serenata saxual

Saxual serenade

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Música:
John Basile Quartet
Warm  valley  (1996)
Chesky JD156

John Basile Quartet: Allan Mazquida (as) John Basile (g) David Finck (b) Payton Crossley (d). St. Peter's Episcopal Church, New York, November 26-28, 1996

El Barón Victor Frankenstein le presenta su novia a la criatura

Baron Frankenstein introduces his fiancée to the creature

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Música:
Gene Austin
Ain't she sweet  (1927)

Levante

Pick up

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Música:
The Hardin-Aires
Clip joint  (1961)
Riverside RLP401

The Hardin-Aires: Eddie Smith, Bill Martin, Leroy Nabors (tp) Preston Jackson, Al Wynn (tb) Darnell Howard, Franz Jackson (cl) Lil Armstrong (p,vcl) George "Pops" Foster (b) Booker Washington (d). Chicago, September 7, 1961

Payaso y perrito

Clown and doggie

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Música:
Enrico Caruso
Vesti la giubba
(Il plagliacci - Leoncavallo)

Pianista zurdo

Left handed pianist

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Música:  (video)
Phineas Newborn Jr.
Blues for the left hand only  (1962)
From the TV Show "Jazz Scene USA" hosted by Oscar Brown Jr.

Phineas Newborn Jr. (p) Al McKibbon (b) Kenny Dennis (dr). Los Angeles (CA) October 15, 1962

Cuatro hombres agarrandose los güevos en el medio del camino

Four men grabbing their balls in the middle of the road

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Música:  (video)
Jimmy Fallon & Florence Welch
Balls in your mouth
from the TV show "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon"

Kanonensong

Soldaten wohnen, auf den Kanonen

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Los soldados viven de cañones

Música:
de "La ópera de los tres centavos" (1928) [*]
Libreto: Bertolt Brecht; Música: Kurt Weill
Kanonensong

[*] Título original en alemán: Die Dreigroschenoper

Terror y miseria en el Tercer Reich

Fear and misery in the 3rd Reich

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Música:
Lotte Lenya and Kurt Weill
What Was Sent to the Soldier's Wife? [*]  (1943)
(lyrics by Bertolt Brecht, music by Kurt Weill)

[*] Und was bekam des Soldaten Weib (orig).  (¿Que le mandaron a la esposa del soldado?)

Lotte Lenya (vcl) Kurt Weill (p). Recorded for the Office of War Information (OWI), USA, Spring 1944.

El origen de las especies (para Elisa)

Für Elise (The origin of the species)

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Música:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Para Elisa

Firma

Signature

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Música:
Lester Young with Oscar Peterson Trio
There will never be another you  (1952)
Clef 89027

Lester Young with Oscar Peterson Trio: Lester Young (ts) Oscar Peterson (p) Berney Kessel (g) Ray Brown (b) J.C. Heard (d). New York, November 28, 1952

Grupo mitológico

Mythological group

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Música:
Charlie Parker and the All Stars
Anthropology  (1951)
Charlie Parker Rec CP508

Charlie Parker and the All Stars: Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Bud Powell (p) Tommy Potter (b) Roy Haynes (d) Symphony Sid (mc). Broadcast, "Birdland", New York, March 31, 1951

Lounge lizard

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Música:
Noel Coward
I went to a marvelous party

Circunstancias atenuantes

Extenuating circumstances

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Música:
Charlie Parker All Stars
Klaunstance  (1947)
Savoy 967

Charlie Parker All Stars: Miles Davis (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Duke Jordan (p) Tommy Potter (b) Max Roach (d). Detroit, December 21, 1947

Danse macabre

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Música:
Ray Ventura y su Orquesta de Jazz
Danse macabre  (1942)
(comp. by Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. by Josse Breyre)
Odeon (AR) 45811 A

Ray Ventura y su Orquesta de Jazz: Adrien Terme, Jean d'Arco, Pierre Allier (tp) Jean Mellet, … Guibaud, Eugène d'Héllèmes (tb) Amédèe Charles, Marcel Baudran, Gustave Moulin, Alex Gaia (cl,as) René Santérini, Jean Verrière, Jacques Boullut (vln) Alain Romans (p) Paul Misraki (p) Roger Lucchesi, Henri Salvador (g) Hubert Giraud (hca,accor) Louis Vola (b) Coco Aslan (perc) Max Mirlirot (d) Josse Breyre (arr) Ray Ventura (dir). Buenos Aires, c. 1942

El dueño del caballo

The nag's owner

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Música:
Peetie Wheatstraw
Black horse blues  (1938)
Decca 7568

Peetie Wheatstraw (vcl,p) acc by Lonnie Johnson (g) unknown (d). Chicago, October 18, 1938

Nathan Detroit and friends

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Música: (video) [*]
Framk Sinatra, Johnny Silver and Stubby Hayes
Guy and dolls  (1955)
(music and lyrics by Frank Loesser)

[*] From the 1955 Joseph L. Mankiewicz´s film "Guy and dolls"

Muchacha con una espada de hoja vorpalina

Girl with a vorpaline blade

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Música:
Donovan
Jabberwocky  (1971)
(lyrics: words from Lewis Carroll, music by Donovan)
Dawn Records

Donovan (g, vcl) Mick (vcl) Mike Thomson (bass,organ) John Candy Carr (dr) . London, 1971

Surabaya Johnny

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Música:
Cathy Berberian
Surabaya Johnny  (1977)
(comp. by Kurt Weill)
Wergo 600654

Cathy Berberian (mezzo soprano) undisclosed orchestra and recording data.

Al baile de graduación

To the promenade

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Música:
Mantovani and his Orchestra
Charmaine  (1951) [*]
London Records 1020 [*]

[*] This is a stereo version subsequently published in 1958 by Decca F.9696