jueves, agosto 31, 2006

Two guitars

Sing Sing Sing

viernes, agosto 18, 2006

Putting on the Ritz




"If you're blue and you don't know

where to go to why don't you go

where fashion sits

Puttin' on the Ritz

Different types who wear a day

coat pants with stripes and cutaway

coat perfect fits

Puttin' on the Ritz

Dressed up like a million-dollar trooper

Tryin' hard to look like Gary Cooper (super duper)

Come let's mix where Rockefellerswalk

with sticks or um-ber-ellasin their mitts

Puttin' on the Ritz"

miércoles, agosto 16, 2006

Sweet Georgia Brown



"NO GAL MADE HAS GOT A SHADE
ON SWEET GEORGIA BROWN,
TWO LEFT FEET, OH, SO NEAT,
HAS SWEET GEORGIA BROWN!
THEY ALL SIGH, AND WANT TO DIE,
FOR SWEET GEORGIA BROWN!
I'LL TELL YOU JUST WHY,
YOU KNOW I DON'T LIE, NOT MUCH:
IT'S BEEN SAID SHE KNOCKS 'EM DEAD,
WHEN SHE LANDS IN TOWN!
SINCE SHE CAME, WHY IT'S A SHAME,
HOW SHE COOLS THEM DOWN!
FELLAS SHE CAN'T GET
MUST BE FELLAS SHE AIN'T MET!
GEORGIA CLAIMED HER, GEORGIA NAMED HER,
SWEET GEORGIA BROWN!
NO GAL MADE HAS GOT A SHADE
ON SWEET GEORGIA BROWN,
TWO LEFT FEET, OH, SO NEAT,
HAS SWEET GEORGIA BROWN!
THEY ALL SIGH, AND WANT TO DIE,
FOR SWEET GEORGIA BROWN!
I'LL TELL YOU JUST WHY,
YOU KNOW I DON'T LIE; NOT MUCH:
ALL THOSE GIFTS THOSE COURTERS GIVE,
TO SWEET GEORGIA BROWN,
THEY BUY CLOTHES AT FASHION SHOWS,
WITH ONE DOLLAR DOWN,
OH, BOY! TIP YOUR HAT!
OH, JOY! SHE'S THE CAT!
WHO'S THAT, MISTER? 'TAIN'T A SISTER!
SWEET GEORGIA BROWN! "

martes, agosto 15, 2006

Jo Jones para Emiliano

In this 1957 Nat King Cole TV show Nat presents Jazz at the Philharmonic. The introductions are done by Norman Granz, the JATP promotor since 1944. In this tune the Oscar Peterson trio sets the pace for Ellington's C-Jam Blues with Roy Eldridge on trumpet, Illinois Jacquet and Flip Phillips on tenors and the magic drums of Jo Jones with one of his classic drumsolos.