Robot

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Música:
Joe Sullivan and his Café Society Orchestra
Oh, lady be good (1940)
(George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin)
Vocalion 5496

Joe Sullivan and his Café Society Orchestra: Eddie Anderson (tp) Benny Morton (tb) Edmond Hall (cl) Danny Polo (ts) Joe Sullivan (p) Freddy Green (g) Henry Turner (b) Johnny Wells (d). New York, February 9, 1940

Viagra

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Música:
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
Hot and bothered (1928)
(Duke Ellington)
Okeh 8623

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra: Bubber Miley, Arthur Whetsol (tp) Joe Nanton (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as,sop) Harry Carney (bar,cl,as) Duke Ellington (p) Lonnie Johnson (g) Fred Guy (bj) Wellman Braud (b) Sonny Greer (d) Baby Cox (vcl). New York, October 1, 1928

Cocaína

Cocaine

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Música:
Memphis Jug Band
Cocaine habit blues (1930)
Victor V-38620

Memphis Jug Band: Hattie Hart (vcl) Ben Ramey (kazoo,vcl) Will Shade (g) Hambone Lewis (jug) . Memphis, Tennessee May 17, 1930

Thriller

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Música:
Ray Miller and his Brunswick Orchestra
Argentine ("Introducing: Way Down South From Caroline")
from "Caroline" (Kunneke / Goodman)
Columbia

Ray Miller and his Brunswick Orchestra: prob. personnel: Earl Oliver, Ray Lodwig (tp) Andy Sindelar (tb) Bernard Daly, Andy Sannella (cl,as) Phil Saxe (cl,ts) Harry Archer, Don Yates (vln) Harry Perrella, Tom Satterfield (p) Ralph Golati, Frank di Prima (bj) Louis Cassagne (tu,b) Ward Archer (d).New York, December 3, 1923.

Mabuse

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Música:
Tuschinky's Berceley's Jazzband
I'm gonna charleston (back to Charleston) (1926)
(Roy Turk / Lou Handman)
Vox (Du)8207

Tuschinky's Berceley's Jazzband: Maurice Gerin (tp) Joseph "Jeff" Candrix (cl,as,ts,bar,ldr) Nico de Rooij (p) Alex Sjorkine (tb) Guillaume "Gommeke" Vanderborght (d) Max Tak (dir). Amsterdam, c. May 1926

Así es la vida

Such is life

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Música:
Jay C. Flippen and his Gang
Baby face (1926)
(Benny Davis / Harry Akst)
Pathe Actuelle 11286

(Por supuesto que sabes quien era Jay C. Flippen, no?)
(Of course you know who Jay C. Flippen was, don't you?)

Jay C. Flippen and his Gang: Jay C. Flippen (vcl) acc by Earl Oliver (cnt) Miff Mole (tb) Dick Johnson (cl) Rube Bloom (p) unknown (bj) Vic Berton (d). New York, September 1926

Tango del Egeo

Aegean Tango

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Música:
Bennett's Swamplanders
You can't be mine and someone else's too (1930)
(J.C. Johnson)
Columbia 14557-D

Bennett's Swamplanders: Walter Bennett (tp) unknown (tb) Albert Socarras (fl) J.C. Johnson (p) Bernard Addison (g) unknown (tu) unknown (vcl). New York, September 25, 1930

Altanera

Tangueando

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Arrogantly doing the tango.

Música:
Joseph C. Smith´s Trio
De Cinq A Sept - Argentine Tango (From Five 'Til Seven) (1923)
(Sentis)
Brunswick 2393

Joseph C. Smith´s Trio: Joseph C. Smith (vln) Hugo Frey (p) unknown (vln,vlc). New York, January 1923.

Señalando

Pointing

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Música:
Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings
A Don't count your kisses (before you're kissed) (1936)
(Ralph Freed / Harry Stride / Bernard Maltis)
Decca 721

Red McKenzie and his Rhythm Kings: Bunny Berigan (tp) Paul Ricci (cl) Babe Russin (ts) Al Philburn (tb) Frank Signorelli (p) Carmen Mastren (g) Sid Weiss (b) Stan King (d) Red McKenzie (comb,vcl). New York, February 5, 1936

Poema

Poem

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Música:
(Delicioso solo en corneta de Bix!) / (Lovely Bix's solo!)
Frankie Trumbauer Orchestra
Krazy kat (Tone poem in slow rhythm) (1928)
(Frankie Trumbauer/Chauncey Morehouse)
Okeh 40903

Frankie Trumbauer Orchestra: Bix Beiderbecke (cnt) Bill Rank (tb) Frankie Trumbauer (c-mel) Bobby Davis (as) Don Murray (cl,bar) Adrian Rollini (bassax) Joe Venuti (vln) Frank Signorelli (p) Eddie Lang (g) Chauncey Morehouse (d). New York, September 28, 1927