On the fiddle

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Música:
Annette Hanshaw
Fit as a fiddle (1932)
Perfect 12866

Annette Hanshaw (vcl) acc by Mannie Klein (tp) Jimmy Dorsey (cl) Harry Hoffman, Matt Malneck (vln) Fulton McGrath (p,celeste) Carl Kress or Dick McDonough (g) Artie Bernstein (b) Chauncey Morehouse (d,vib). New York, December 2, 1932

Clavos y cuervos

Nails and crow

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Música:
Count Basie and his Orchestra & Stan Getz
Nails (1954)
Roulette RE126

Count Basie and his Orchestra: Reunald Jones, Thad Jones, Wendell Culley, Joe Newman (tp) Bill Hughes, Henry Coker, Benny Powell (tb) Marshall Royal (as,cl) Ernie Wilkins (as,ts) Frank Wess (ts,fl) Frank Foster (ts) Charlie Fowlkes (bar) Count Basie (p) Freddy Green (g) Eddie Jones (b) Gus Johnson (d) Stan Getz (ts) added. "Birdland", New York, December 16, 1954

Cepeda y Leguizamón

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Música:
Glenn Miller and his Orchestra
The gaucho serenade (1940)
Bluebird 10570

Glenn Miller and his Orchestra: Leigh Knowles, Clyde Hurley, Dale McMickle, Johnny Best (tp) Glenn Miller (tb) Paul Tanner, Al Mastren, Frank D'Annolfo (tb) Hal McIntyre, Wilbur Schwartz (cl,as) Jimmy Abato (as,bar) Tex Beneke, Al Klink (ts) Chummy MacGregor (p) Richard Fisher (g) Rollie Bundock (b) Maurice Purtill (d) Ray Eberle (vcl) Jerry Gray (arr). New York, January 6, 1940

Poor Yorick

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Música:
Bessie Smith
Cemetery blues (1923)
Columbia 13001-D

Bessie Smith (vcl) acc by Jimmy Jones (p). New York, September 26, 1923

Los elefantes nunca olvidan

Elephants never forget

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Música:
Art Tatum/Buddy DeFranco Quartet
Memories of you (1956)
Verve MGV8229

Art Tatum/Buddy DeFranco Quartet: Buddy DeFranco (cl) Art Tatum (p) Red Callender (b) Bill Douglass (d). Los Angeles, Ca., February 6, 1956

Serenata

Serenade

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Música:
Woody Herman and his Orchestra
Sleepy serenade (1941)
Decca 3693

Woody Herman and his Orchestra: Steady Nelson (tp) John Owens, Cappy Lewis (tp) Neal Reid, Jerry Rosa, Vic Hamann (tb) Woody Herman (cl,as) Herb Tompkins, Eddie Scalzi (as) Saxie Mansfield, Mickey Folus (ts) Tommy Linehan (p) Hy White (g) Walter Yoder (b) Frank Carlson (d) Jiggs Noble (arr). New York, March 11, 1941

Carta

Letter

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¡Aquí vengo Burbank! / Burbank, here I come!

Música:
Charles Mingus
Open letter to Duke (1959)
Columbia CL1370

Willie Dennis (tb) John Handy (as) Shafi Hadi (as) Booker Ervin (ts) Horace Parlan (p) Charles Mingus (b) Dannie Richmond (d). New York, May 12, 1959

Saturno

Saturn

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Música:
Billie Holiday and her Orchestra
The moon looks down and laughs (1938)
Vocalion 4216

Billie Holiday and her Orchestra: Billie Holiday (vcl) Charlie Shavers (tp) Buster Bailey (cl) Babe Russin (ts) Claude Thornhill (p) John Kirby (b) Cozy Cole (d). New York, May 11, 1938

Rapé

Snuff

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Música:
Hi-Flyers
Old Tobacco Mill (1937)
Vocalion 4093

Navaja

Razor

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Música:
Billie Holiday with Tony Scott and his Orchestra
No good man (1956)
Verve MGV8099

Billie Holiday with Tony Scott and his Orchestra: Billie Holiday (vcl) Charlie Shavers (tp) Tony Scott (cl,arr) Paul Quinichette (ts) Wynton Kelly (p) Kenny Burrell (g) Aaron Bell (b) Lennie McBrowne (d). New York, June 6 , 1956