jueves, marzo 19, 2009

Conquista

Conquest

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Volveré el Lunes. Que pases un buen fin de semana.
I'll be back on Monday, have a good weekend.
Oscar

Música:
Morton Harvey
I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier (1915)
Victor 17716

miércoles, marzo 18, 2009

Lecciones de historia 4

History lessons 4

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La teósofa Annie Besant descubre a su amante Edward Aveling arrastrándole el ala a Eleanor Marx, que bien se hace la mosquita muerta.

Theosophist Annie Besant finds lover Edward Aveling making love to Eleanor Marx.

Música:
Ella Fitzgerald
Make love to me (1941)
Coral 4073

Ella Fitzgerald (vcl) acc by Eddie Barefield (as) Tommy Fulford (p) Ulysses Livingston (g) Beverley Peer (b) Bill Beason (d). New York, November 5, 1941

martes, marzo 17, 2009

Jinete III

Rider

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Herr Marx cabalga a Herr Engels / Herr Marx rides Herr Engels

Música:
Dexter Gordon Quintet
Dexter rides again (1946)
Savoy 623

Dexter Gordon Quintet: Leonard Hawkins (tp) Dexter Gordon (ts) Bud Powell (p) Curly Russell (b) Max Roach (d). New York, January 29, 1946

lunes, marzo 16, 2009

Espiritismo

Spiritualism

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El espíritu de Madame Blavatsky se materializa desde la chimenea de Engels cuando éste escribe "Dialéctica de la Naturaleza".
The spirit of Madame Blavatsky materialises in front of Engels when he is writing "Dialectics of Nature".

Música por ese gran panameño ganador de loterías, Luis Russell.
Music by that great Panamanian lottery winner Luis Russell.

Música:
Luis Russell and his Orchestra
Feelin' the spirit (1929)
Okeh 8766

Luis Russell and his Orchestra: Henry Allen, Bill Coleman (tp) J.C. Higginbotham (tb,vcl) Albert Nicholas (cl,as) Charlie Holmes (as,sop) Teddy Hill (ts) Luis Russell (p,dir) Will Johnson (bj,g) Pops Foster (b) Paul Barbarin (d) Vcl trio by Allen, Higginbotham and Louis Metcalf. New York, September 6, 1929

domingo, marzo 15, 2009

Partida de naipes

Card's game

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En esta reunión vemos a Friedrich Engels (empresario industrial), Louis Adolphus Durhring (dermatólogo, presente por error), Eugen Duhring (filósofo y economista) que hubiera debido estar en lugar del dermatólogo, Karl Heinrich Marx (bon-vivant y filósofo ocasional) y Michail Bakunin (aristócrata retirado) que está ventoseando...

Here are reunited: Friedrich Engels (industrialist) Louis Adolphus Duhring (dermatologist) who was there by mistake, Eugen Duhring (philosopher) who should have been at the table instead of the deramtologist, Karl Heinrich Marx (bon-vivant, sometimes philosopher) and Mikhail Bakunin (lapsed aristocrat) who is farting...

Música:
Phil Harris
Deck of cards (1948)
RCA 20-2821

sábado, marzo 14, 2009

Astroboy


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Música:
Bob Crosby and his Bob Cats
Don't call me boy (1940)
Decca 3431

Bob Crosby and his Bob Cats: Muggsy Spanier (cnt) Floyd O'Brien (tb) Hank D'Amico (cl) Eddie Miller (ts) Jess Stacy (p) Nappy Lamare (g, vcl) Bob Haggart (b) Ray Bauduc (d). Los Angeles, Ca., September 10, 1940

viernes, marzo 13, 2009

Diván

Divan

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Música:
Seattle Harmony Kings
How many times ? (1926)
(Irving Berlin)
Victor 20133

Seattle Harmony Kings: Earl Baker, Marvin Hamby (tp) Bennie Neibaur (tb,vcl) Rosy McHargue (cl,as) Artie Seaberg (cl,as) Eddie Neibauu (cl,ts,dir) Joe Thomas (p) Leon "Sleepy" Kaplan (bj) Swede Knudsen (tu) Richie Miller (d). New York, August 2, 1926

jueves, marzo 12, 2009

Crecimiento reducido

Reduced Growth

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Música:
Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra
Who said Shorty wasn't coming back? (1950)
King 4398

Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra: Jimmy Nottingham, Frank Galbreath, Abdul Salaam, Lamar Wright (tp) Elmer Crumbley, Alfred Cobbs (trb) Burnie Peacock (as) Big John Greer, Seldon Powell (ts) Orrington Hall (bar) Raymond Tunia (p) LaVerne Baker (b) Al Walker (dr) Henry Glover (vcl). Cincinnati, February 23, 1950.

miércoles, marzo 11, 2009

Sheik


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The Sheik of Araby

Música:
Noël Chiboust et son Orchestre (with Django Reinhardt)
Le sheik (1940)
Swing (F)86

Noël Chiboust et son Orchestre: Aimé Barelli (tp) Max Blanc (cl,as) Noël Chiboust, Alix Combelle (ts) Raymond Wraskoff (p) Django Reinhardt (g) Francis Lucas (b) Pierre Fouad (d). Paris, October 22, 1940

Tronco

Log

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Esta es la parte izquierda del dibujo de ayer
This is the left-hand side of yesterday's picture

Música:
Clarence Williams' Blue Five
Pile of logs and stones (called home) (1926)
Okeh 8286

Clarence Williams' Blue Five: Bubber Miley (cnt) prob Charlie Irvis (tb) Otto Hardwick or Don Redman (as) Clarence Williams (p) poss Leroy Harris (bj) poss Bass Edwards or Cyrus St. Clair (tu) Eva Taylor (vcl). New York, c. January 22, 1926