Perro y niño

Dog and child

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Música:
The Singing Dogs
Medley (1957)
(Pat-a-cake Pat-a-cake, Three Blind Mice, Jingle Bells, Oh Susanna & Rock around the dogs)
Pye Nixa Records 
NEP 24029 

Los mareados

The drunken ones

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Música:
Héctor Mauré
con la orquesta de Jorge Dragone
Los mareados  (1963)
Music Hall

Bonus track:
Astor Piazzolla y el Octeto Buenos Aires
Los mareados  (1957)
Disc Jockey DIS 15001

Astor Piazzolla, Leopoldo Federico (bandoneones) Atilio Stampone (piano) Enrique Mario Francini y Hugo Baralis (violines) José Bragato (cello) Juan Vasallo (contrabajo) Horacio Malvicino (guitarra). Buenos Aires, 1957

Humo

Smoke

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Música:
René Urtreger
Dance of the infidels  (1955)
Barclay (F)84003

René Urtreger (p) Benoit Quersin (b) Jean-Louis Viale (d). Paris, February 24, 1955

Serenade

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Música:
Fritz Kreisler
Poor butterfly  (1917)
Victrola 64655

Fritz Kreisler (vln) and orchestra directed by Josef Pasternack. Camden (New Jersey). March 1, 1917

Trinkle tinkle

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Música:

Thelonious Monk Trio
Trinkle tinkle   (1952)
Prestige PRLP7027

Thelonious Monk Trio: Thelonious Monk (p) Gary Mapp (b) Max Roach (d). New York, December 18, 1952

Cool Tango

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Música:
Astor Piazzolla y su Orquesta Típica
Dedé  (1951)
TK S5036

La payanca [*]

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[*] Payanca is a children's game

Música:
Orquesta Típica Eduardo Arolas
La payanca  (1917) [**]
Victor 69584

[**] A curious and very early example of a sang tango accompanied by an orchestra.

Orquesta Típica Eduardo Arolas: Eduardo Arolas (director, bandoneón) C. Lombardo, R. Tuegolo (violines) L. Ricardi (piano) Francisco N. Bianco [seudónimo Pancho Cueva] (vocalista) Existe la posibilidad de un violoncello en el conjunto, pero de ser así se desconoce su identidad. Grabado el 15 de Mayo de 1917. Buenos Aires, Argentina

Crepuscule with Nellie

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Música:
Thelonious Monk Quartet
Crepuscule with Nellie  (1963)
Columbia CL2038

Thelonious Monk Quartet: Charlie Rouse (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) John Ore (b) Frankie Dunlop (d). New York, March 29, 1963

¡Manos arriba!

Stick 'em up!

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Música:
Osvaldo Fresedo y su Orquesta Típica
canta Roberto Ray
¡Araca la cana!  (1933)
Victor 37415-A

King's Road

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Música:  (video)
Box Tops
The letter (1967)
Bell Records 6011

Box Tops: Alex Chilton (vocals), Danny Smythe (drums), Russ Caccamisi (bass), John Evans (keyboards) and Richard Malone (guitar). Recorded at American Recording Studios Inc., Memphis, Tennessee. May 1967.

Pierrot Lunaire

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Música:
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra (Antal Dorati, conductor)
Studies on Themes of Paul Klee (composed by Gunther Schuller)
No. 4. Die Zwitschermaschine [The Twittering Machine]
Mercury MG 50282

Recorded at Northrop Memorial Auditorium, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. 16 & 17 April 1960

La Commedia d'Adamo ed Eva

The comedy of Adam and Eve

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Música:
Henry "Red" Allen & his New York Orchestra
It should be you  (1929)
Raretone 24006/7

Henry "Red" Allen & his New York Orchestra: Henry "Red" Allen (tp,vcl) J.C. Higginbotham (tb) Albert Nicholas (cl) Charlie Holmes (sop,cl,as) Luis Russell (p,celeste) Will Johnson (g,bj,vcl) Pops Foster (b) Paul Barbarin (d,vib). New York, July 17, 1929

Nariz

Nose

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Música:  (video)
Gene Kelly and Donald O´Connor [*]
"Moses Supposes" number
from the film "Singin' in the Rain"
Musical comedy film directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen in 1952

[*] Diction coach in the number: Bobby Watson (uncredited in the film)
Music composed by Nacio Herb Brown and lyrics by Arthur Freed.

Rerum Novarum

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Música:
Josquin des Prez
Motetto - Praeter rerum seriem

A René Crevel

To René Crevel

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Música:
Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy
Jérôme Kaltenbach (conductor)
3 Gymnopedies
Erik Satie (composer)
Gymnopedie No.1
Gymnopedie No.2
Gymnopedie No.3
Arranged for Orchestra by Claude Debussy
Naxos 8.554279

Recorded at La Salle Poirel, Nancy, France. September 5-6, 9 and 10, 1997.

The Kiss

Rodin?... Bah! ... Klimt?... Baah! ... Grillo's "The Kiss"!

© Copyright Oscar Grillo 2015

Música:
Chet Baker
As time goes by  (1986)
Timeless (Du) CDSJP251/252

Chet Baker (tp,vcl) Harold Danko (p) Jon Burr (b) Ben Riley (d).  Monster, Holland. December 1986

Matecito

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Música:
Aníbal Troilo y su Orquesta Típica

El bulín de la calle Ayacucho  (1941)

RCA Victor 39318

Aníbal Troilo y su Orquesta Típica: Aníbal Troilo (bandoneón y dirección) Francisco Fiorentino (vcl). Buenos Aires, 17 de Junio de 1941

Milonga putañera

Whorish Milonga

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Música:
Charlo
Milonga de mis amores

La novicia rebelde

The sound of music

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Música:
Stan Getz with Hershey Kay and his Orchestra
I'm late - I'm late   (1961)
Verve V/V6-8412

Stan Getz with Hershey Kay and his Orchestra: Stan Getz (ts) Gerald Tarack, Alan Martin (vln)
Jacob Glick (viola) Bruce Rogers (cello) unknown woodwinds, p, John Neves (b) Roy Haynes (d) Hershey Kay (cond) Eddie Sauter (arr,comp). New York, July 14, 1961

Dances of the 19th century

La Guaracha

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Música:
Los de Akino
La guaracha del trenecito

Piloto

Flyer

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Música:
Esquire Metropolitan Opera House Jam Session
Flying on a V-Disc pt. 2  (1944)
Drum duet (re, Hampton and Catlett only)  (1944)
V-Disc 674

Esquire Metropolitan Opera House Jam Session: Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge (tp) Barney Bigard (cl) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Lionel Hampton (vib,dr) Art Tatum (p) Al Casey (g) Oscar Pettiford (b) Sidney Catlett (d). "Metropolitan Opera House", New York, January 18, 1944

Pianissimo

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Música:
Gérard Souzay
En sourdine
(Gabriel Fauré/Paul Verlaine)