De los tiempos del transporte complicado

From the time of complex transportation

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Música:
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
Happy go lucky local  (1962)
Fantasy F9636

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra: Roy Burrows, Eddie Mullens, Bill Berry, Ray Nance (tp) Lawrence Brown, Chuck Connor, Leon Cox (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl,ts) Russell Procope (as,cl) Johnny Hodges (as) Paul Gonsalves (ts) Harry Carney (bar,cl,b-cl) Duke Ellington (p) Aaron Bell (b) Sam Woodyard (d). New York, May 1, 1962

Del tiempo en que las cosas no tenían sentido

From the time when things made no sense at all

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Música:
Pee Wee Russell (from Portrait of Pee Wee)
It all depends on you  (1958)
Counterpoint CPST562

Ruby Braff (tp) Vic Dickenson (tb) Pee Wee Russell (cl) Bud Freeman (ts) Nat Pierce (p,arr) Tommy Potter (b) Karl Kiffe (d). New York, February 18-19, 1958

La caída (Un acto fallido)

The fall (A Freudian slip)

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Música:
Samson François (p)
Pavane pour une infante défunte
[comp.by Maurice Ravel]

El viejo truco de la soga

The old rope trick

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Música
Ernie Henry Quartet
I've got the world on a string  (1957)
Riverside RLP12-248

Ernie Henry Quartet: Ernie Henry (as) Wynton Kelly (p) Wilbur Ware (b) Philly Joe Jones (d). New York, September 30, 1957


Bonus track: A dedication from John Coltrane to Ernie Henry, who died in 1957 only 31 years old.
John Coltrane with Red Garland Trio
Theme for Ernie  (1958)
Prestige LP7142

John Coltrane with Red Garland Trio: John Coltrane (ts) Red Garland (p) Paul Chambers (b) Art Taylor (d). New York, February 7, 1958

De los tiempos de las almitas heridas

From the times of the wounded souls

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Música:
Roberto Goyeneche
Almita herida  (Wounded little soul) [Tango]
(Enrique Cadícamo/Juan Carlos Cobián)

Vida moderna

Modern living

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Música:
Norah Jones and Marian McPartland [*]
Easy living  (2003)
(at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival)

[*] La maravillosa Marian McPartland tiene 95 años - Wonderful Marian McPartland is 95 years old

Norah Jones (vcl) Marian McPartland (p). August 30, 2003, live  at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival, Massachusetts, USA.

Aníbal

Hannibal

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Música:
Joe Venuti/Eddie Lang Blue Five
Pink elephants  (1933)
Columbia (E)CB-601

Joe Venuti/Eddie Lang Blue Five: Jimmy Dorsey (tp,cl,as) Adrian Rollini (bassax,goofus,hfp,p,vib) Joe
Venuti (vln) Phil Wall (p) Eddie Lang (g). New York, February 28, 1933

Del tiempo de los elefantes

From the time of the elephants

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Música:
Circus polka for a young elephant
(written by Igor Stravinsky in 1942)

Domingo en el parque

Sunday in the park

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Música: Quartetto Cetra
Ba-ba-baciami piccina  (1953)
Cetra DC 5657

Quartetto Cetra: Lucia Mannucci, Virgilio Savona, Tata Giacobetti, Felice Chiusano.

Una nueva y gloriosa nación

Glorious nation

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Música:
Alte kameraden (Viejos camaradas / Old comrades)