Jorobado

Hunchback

 

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Jorobado: ¿Rigoletto?... ¿Richard III?.... ¿Quasimodo?... Elegí el que más te guste.

Hunchback: Rigoletto?... Richard III?... Quasimodo?... take your pick.

Música:
Chick Webb [*] and his Orchestra
Who ya hunchin' ?  (1938)
Decca 2231

[*] El maravilloso Chick Webb era jorobado. Descubrió a una aspirante a la danza de dieciseis años que se llamaba Ella Fitzgerald y la convenció que como era muy grandota sería mejor si se dedicaba al canto.

[*] Wonderful drummer Chick Webb was a hunchback. He discovered a sixteen year old singer called Ella Fitzgerald.

Chick Webb and his Orchestra: Mario Bauza, Bobby Stark (tp) Taft Jordan (tp,vcl) Sandy Williams, George Mathews, Nat Story (tb) Garvin Bushell (cl,as,bar) Hilton Jefferson (cl,as) Ted McRae (cl,ts) Wayman Carver (ts,fl,arr) Tommy Fulford (p) Bobby Johnson (g) Beverley Peer (b) Chick Webb (d) Van Alexander (arr). New York, August 18, 1938

La convidada de piedra

The unwanted guest

 

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Música:
John B. Sebastian Sr. with Russ Case and his Orchestra
(apologies to Mozart, arranged by Sebastian and Case)
Stompe a la turca (Rondo from Sonata #9) (1948)
RCA Victor 20-2062-A

John B. Sebastian Sr.(har) Norris Shawker (dr) Russ Case and his Orchestra (no details). Recorded 1948

De gustibus non est disputandum!

 
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"De gustibus non est disputandum!"
de "Los monólogos de la vagina"  Escena IX Acto IV

from "The vagina monologues" Scene IX Act IV

Música:
Mound City Blue Blowers
She's a latin from Manhattan (1957)
Vocalion 2957

Mound City Blue Blowers: Bunny Berigan (tp) Al Philburn (tb) Eddie Miller (cl,ts) poss Gil Bowers (p) Nappy Lamare (g) poss Harry Goodman (b) Ray Bauduc (d) Red McKenzie (comb,vcl). New York, May 9, 1935

Bonus Track:
Manny Albam Orchestra
Latined fractures  (1957)
Coral CRL57173

Manny Albam Orchestra: Nick Travis, Art Farmer (tp) Bob Brookmeyer (v-tb) Phil Woods (as) Zoot Sims (ts) Al Cohn (ts,bar) Gerry Mulligan (bar) Hank Jones (p) Milt Hinton (b) Osie Johnson (d) Manny Albam (arr,dir). New York, April 4, 1957

La catrera

The sack

 

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Música:
Lonnie Johnson
Mean old bed bug blues  (1927)
Okeh 8497 

Lonnie Johnson (vcl,g). New York, August 11, 1927

Things ain't what they used to be

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Música:
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
Things ain't what they used to be (1943)
V-Disc 315

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra: Rex Stewart (cnt) Wallace Jones, Taft Jordan, Harold Baker (tp) Ray Nance (tp,vln) Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl,ts) Johnny Hodges (as,sop) Otto Hardwick (as) Elbert "Skippy" Williams (ts) Harry Carney (bar,cl,b-cl) Duke Ellington (p) Fred Guy (g) Junior Raglin (b) Sonny Greer (d). New York, November 9, 1943

Panza

 
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Música:
University Six
Dustin' the donkey  (1925)
Harmony  143-H

University Six: Chelsea Quealey (tp) Bobby Davis (cl,sop,as) Sam Ruby (ts) Herb Wingfield (tb) Adrian Rollini (bassax,goofus) Irving Brodsky (p,arr) Tommy Felline (bj) Stan King (d,kazoo). New York, December 1, 1925

Tristes figuras

Sad countenances

 

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Música:
Art Tatum/Ben Webster Quartet
Gone with the wind  (1956)
Barclay (F)74033

Art Tatum/Ben Webster Quartet: Ben Webster (ts) Art Tatum (p) Red Callender (b) Bill Douglass (d). Los Angeles, Ca., September 11, 1956

Nunca creas lo que lees en los diarios

Never believe what you read in the papers

 

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Música:
Fred Astaire and Jane Powell
How could you believe me when I said I loved you when you know I've been a liar all my life (1951)
MGM 30316A

Juguemos en el bosque

Let's play in the woods

 

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Música:
Frankie Laine
Girl in the woods (1951)
Columbia 39799

Frankie Laine (vcl) acc. by Paul Weston and his Orchestra. No details. Released in 1951.

Viejo circo

Old circus

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Música:
Charles Mingus
The clown (1957)
Atlantic LP1260

Jimmy Knepper (tb) Shafi Hadi [real name Curtis Porter] (ts) Wade Legge (p) Charles Mingus (b) Dannie Richmond (d,tamb) Jean Shepherd (nar). New York, February 13, 1957