Días de vino y rosas

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Days of wine and roses
...They are not long, the days of wine and roses:
Out of a misty dream
Our path emerges for a while, then closes
Within a dream.
Ernest Dowson

Música:
Al Dexter And His Troopers
Wine Women And Song (1945)
Columbia 37062

Al Dexter And His Troopers: no recording information.
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Habitación

Room

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Música:
Glenn Miller and his Orchestra
An angel in a furnished room (1939)
Bluebird 10383

Glenn Miller and his Orchestra: Leigh Knowles, Clyde Hurley, Dale McMickle (tp) Glenn Miller (tb,arr) Paul Tanner, Al Mastren (tb) Hal McIntyre, Wilbur Schwartz (cl,as,arr) Harold Tennyson (as,bar) Tex Beneke (ts) Al Klink (ts) Chummy MacGregor (p) Richard Fisher (g) Rollie Bundock (b) Maurice Purtill (d) Ray Eberle (vcl) Joe Lipman, Charles Dixon, E.G. Eberhard (arr). New York, August 1, 1939

Viejo Almacen

Tavern

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Música:
Firehouse Five plus Two
There's a tavern in the town (1950)
Good Time Jazz 30

Firehouse Five plus Two: Danny Alguire (cnt) Ward Kimball (tb) Clarke Mallory (cl) Frank Thomas (p) Harper Goff (bj) Ed Penner (b, bassax) Monte Mountjoy (d). Los Angeles, October 7, 1950

Café

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Música:
Edmond Hall Sextet
Uptown cafe blues (1943)
Commodore 1512

Edmond Hall Sextet: Emmett Berry (tp) Vic Dickenson (tb) Edmond Hall (cl) Eddie Heywood (p) Al Casey (g) Billy Taylor (b) Sidney Catlett (d). New York, December 18, 1943

Estudio

Studio

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Música:
Django Reinhardt
Studio 24 (1942)
Rythme (B)D5017

Django Reinhardt (g) acc by Ivon De Bie (p). Brussels, April 16, 1942

Viejos

Old men

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Música:
Gene Ammons
Old folks (1952)
Decca 28094

Bill Massey (tp) Jay Jay Johnson (tb) Gene Ammons (ts) Sonny Stitt (bar) John Houston (p) Ernie Shepard (b) Bob Wilson (d). New York, March 24, 1952

Tangueando

Altaneros

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Música:
Louis Armstrong
Takes Two To Tango (1952)
DECCA 28394

Louis Armstrong with Sy Oliver's Orchestra: Louis Armstrong (tp,vcl) acc. by Hymie Schertzer, Dick Jacobs (as) Babe Frosk, Melvin Tax (ts) Bill Holcombe (bar) Billy Kyle (p) Everett Barksdale (g) Joe Benjamin (b) Bobby Donaldson (d) Sy Oliver (arr,cond). New York, August 25, 1952

Arriba

Up

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Música:
Lester Young Quartet
Up 'n' Adam (1949)
Clef 8927

Lester Young Quartet: Lester Young (ts) Hank Jones (p) Ray Brown (b) Buddy Rich (d). New York, c. September 17, 1949

Dos caras

Double Face

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Dos caras y una sombra / Two faces and a shadow

Música:
(Para El Turco Quique que hoy cumple 62 años)
Fred Astaire
Let's face the music and dance (1936)
(Fred Astaire/W J.Green)
CBS 66316

Fred Astaire (vcl) acc. by Johnny Green Orchestra: no details. Los Angeles, January 30, 1936

Escalera

Upstairs

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Música:
Manhattan Merrymakers
Maggie! "Yes Ma'am?" [Come right upstairs] (1923)
Victor 19161

Manhattan Merrymakers: Hymie Farberman (trp) Hugo Frey (p,dir) John Helleberg (bass brass, dr) Sam Lewis (trb) unknown bjo,cl,saxes and violins. New York, October 2, 1923.