I was visiting family in NYC in '84, was a fat teenager then. Family took me to a jazz club, and Dizzy was playing that night. Had a ball, just entranced by his playing. Sat right up front and I'll never forget Dizzy blowing, looking down at this chubby teen bobbing to his music, and winked at me. Made an already awesome night unforgettable!
Mi profesor de instrumento me decía igual , pero mi profe de teoría me decía toca como te sientas cómodo pero que te entienda la gente al tocar tu instrumento
You know he died in1993 right and you print this in the comments to years ago basically means you have no clue that he’s dead now that he’s been dead for over 20 years
Just came here after reading in my anatomy textbook about cheeks that balloon out due to over stretching of the buccinator muscle and Sir Dizzie was used as an example... my oh my, came for medical research, stayed for the talent 🖤
@@Pedun42 Nothing is "improper". If you find something that works for you to where you can play pretty like dizzy it works. I puff my lips and it works perfectly fine.
@@troutdaddy3600 I would say you can play at a high level with any sort of embouchure but you're doing yourself a disservice if you don't use what's taught as proper form.
@@friedtoes8691 Actually, Glassblowers disease is acquired, it IS because of his puffing that his cheeks now look like that, due to overstretching of the muscle that normally keeps the cheeks retracted(buccinator muscle)...
Growing up in the 80s I was focused on my shred guitar players, and wanted to be on MTV. I've made Jazz my business over the last few years and REALLY gotten into Diz. Man I missed the bus BIG TIME. Had I understood back in my developmental years of music the intricacies of Jazz, and just what a good human, teacher and musician Diz was, I would have gone a TOTALLY different direction and been the player years ago I should be today.
Nothing wrong in my opinion. You didn't miss anything. I was into Yngwie and Frank Gambale in my teens. Loved 80s metal up until now. At the same time I listen to jazz even though I couldn't name a lot and I have to consult my playlist. Fusion too, I'd fire up Pat Metheny from time to time. Then pick up my classical and play some Villa Lobos. Most of what I'm into are older than me, nothing wrong with gravitating to what speaks to us, whatever stage in our lives.
Talked with Diz after his performance at Georgetown's Blues Alley in DC '86 or '87. Shaking hands with Diz; one of my hero musicians since I was able to walk as a toddler in 1962, floored me because he looked so sad; then later I found out he knew he was dying. Diz is alive when we put on a 78, LP, or CD; just like Bird and many others. RIP Diz.
I saw him several times at The Southerland Lounge on the south side of Chicago. Some of the sets were an hour long. He played to the audience and always gave 100%. He also was very friendly and signed many autographs for his fans during intermissions. What a great performer he was. RIP Diz. Your music lives on!!!!
The first jazz performance that I attended at the Swamp Fox Room of the Francis Marion Hotel in June of 1961 starred this man. I was fourteen at the time. I'm 72 now. He was a Master, and always will be.
Dizzy Gillespie - Pure soul within & without... He wrote: “When I encountered the Bahai faith, it all went along with what I always believed. I believed in the oneness of mankind. I believed we all come from the same source, that no race of people is inherently superior to any other.”
It's the most perfectly imperfect form of music that there is! You can do and take it almost anywhere that you want. Say just about anything or nothing at all and just let the music speak for itself. Its brilliant and yet insane at the same time. Cheers!
The music of Faso is an inexhaustible source of sweetness. It allows us to plunge deep inside ourselves and at the same time resonate with our fellow man, Yé Lassina Coulibaly❤❤❤❤❤❤
He appeared once in the Muppet Show and in the end he said to kermit that he admires frogs because they can puff up their cheeks, then he shows his own cheeks. It was very funny. :D (you can search Dizzy Gillespie Muppet Show)
Dizzy Gillespie believed that if you did not fill your cheeks and neck with air, you were restricting air flow and power when you played. He thought that would be harmful the body. If you have ever played a brass or woodwind instrument your cheeks and neck had air in them. Maybe not as much as Dizzy, but it is unavoidable. When you force huge amounts of air from the diaphragm into that little mouthpiece there is a delay as the pressure is maintained. The air pressure has to be held somewhere, or else the sound will die out. The more air the more impressive the sound.
Okay yes he is one of the best players of all time BUT for most us puffing our cheeks will sabotage our playing, so listen to your music teacher about the embouchure. Dizzy is the exception
These trumpets only exist because of dizzy. I don’t remember exactly what happened but some kind of accident happened that made his trumpet look like that, and he liked how it looked like that so he had the rest of his trumpets made that way. Trumpets like these are used in marching band now sometimes
Whoever directed this recording was so smart to point the camera on the (excellent) bass player while the guitarist is soloing on the chord progression :-)
I was visiting family in NYC in '84, was a fat teenager then. Family took me to a jazz club, and Dizzy was playing that night. Had a ball, just entranced by his playing. Sat right up front and I'll never forget Dizzy blowing, looking down at this chubby teen bobbing to his music, and winked at me. Made an already awesome night unforgettable!
Wow! Now that's quite a memory!
Magic
Awesome ❤
Random info about being fat teenager just thrown in there lol
When your band teacher tells you to not puff your cheaks.
Dizzie: “I’ll do it again”
L4G Media, ikr this dude sounds skilled but looks like his cheeks tell an entirely different story
Its a condition called glassblowers disease
Ahahahah
Mi profesor de instrumento me decía igual , pero mi profe de teoría me decía toca como te sientas cómodo pero que te entienda la gente al tocar tu instrumento
@@KP-by4eu I say that but the other way around
I love hearing all these "Experts" who want to give Dizzie Gillespie advise on how to play ....unbelievable....
Try ADVICE. Or Go Back to MIDDLE SCHOOL And Take a SPELLING CLASS.
@@ericmeyers5576 Calm down, Eric. Did someone have a rough day?
eric meyers since when do classes for spelling exist in middle school you dumb fuck
Ha! Apparently, Eric Myers was still taking spelling classes in middle school.
Playing like this screwed dizzy up. I'm pretty sure he had tissue damage cause of this
It amazes me how he seems to play so effortless, any tempo, any impossible lick, any high pitch and being creative at the same time.
7:13
Yep....
As long as it was swung
That effortless is the thing. Full of training and training and training and rehearsel..
@@sommelierramon Saw him here in Italy in 1978...Heart-attack performance....Thanks Dizzy...You won't be forgotten
When he said 🐡 i felt that
Augh
Когда я прочитал твой ник, я почувствовал это
my friend when i showed him dizzy's cheeks: 👁👄👁
Ору
Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet, vocal
Edward Chery - guitar
Michael Howell - bass
Tommy Campbell - drums
Saw him in concert in 1978 and years later (1990) I met him in an italian airport and we talked a bit... Thanks Dizzy
You know he died in1993 right and you print this in the comments to years ago basically means you have no clue that he’s dead now that he’s been dead for over 20 years
Did you even read? He didn’t say he met him yesterday. A few years later could have been anywhere from 1978-1993.
@@Burt472 why are you yelling at mclovin' if he is helping you
Lucky!
@@brockjerred6847 I'm sorry...I was bugged...Now I corrected my post...Thanks for your help...Best
Just came here after reading in my anatomy textbook about cheeks that balloon out due to over stretching of the buccinator muscle and Sir Dizzie was used as an example... my oh my, came for medical research, stayed for the talent 🖤
He had two things causing that. 1: a pre-existing air sac in his neck area called a laryngocele, and 2: puffing his cheeks when playing the trumpet.
Huge brain
Second was obvious tho lol
I knew there had to be a technical explanation! VINDICATED!!!
The cheeks was a medical condition
That awkward moment when it’s the first time you’ve clicked on a video for some cheeks while not on incognito...
lol
💀
😂
man aside from his cheeks becoming hot air baloons, his neck even swells up. how in the hell did he play like that!
Herniated his cheeks and neck with improper form.
@@Pedun42 Nothing is "improper". If you find something that works for you to where you can play pretty like dizzy it works. I puff my lips and it works perfectly fine.
@@troutdaddy3600 I would say you can play at a high level with any sort of embouchure but you're doing yourself a disservice if you don't use what's taught as proper form.
@Conrad Nickelson except the way he played literally negatively affected his health. Severely herniated cheeks and neck.
@Conrad Nickelson and I never mentioned high school level, but high level, so I think you might have misinterpreted what I said a bit.
Dizzy's family lives in his cheeks
Ha!!!
Good one....
Wh-wh… whatchu mean by that?
This dude was so unreal, u can see his muscle flexing on the back on his neck when he blows, there was and is no one ever like him
That’s not muscles that’s a disease you get from constant blowing giving stretching out your cheeks and throat like a frog
thats not his mucles, its an airpocket on his neck bassically
That's air filling up his neck not muscles... it's a disease some musicians develop after years of excessive playing
@@fpsdovah2572 did you also see the short about this?
@@Angel_423 well i did
Band teacher: don’t puff your cheeks
Dizzy: *i am the danger*
Dizzy did advise others to not imitate his cheeks
Those who can do...
I don’t know how he does it I used to play trumpet and if I puffed my cheeks it would hurt after a little
@@tranquilhawk5110 he doesnt puff them he just has glassblowers disease
@@friedtoes8691
Actually, Glassblowers disease is acquired, it IS because of his puffing that his cheeks now look like that, due to overstretching of the muscle that normally keeps the cheeks retracted(buccinator muscle)...
When people can have the range and speed he had then pass judgement Thank you
Thank you‼️ couldnt have said it better myself
Is nobody gonna talk about the sick bass solo?
Growing up in the 80s I was focused on my shred guitar players, and wanted to be on MTV. I've made Jazz my business over the last few years and REALLY gotten into Diz. Man I missed the bus BIG TIME. Had I understood back in my developmental years of music the intricacies of Jazz, and just what a good human, teacher and musician Diz was, I would have gone a TOTALLY different direction and been the player years ago I should be today.
Tbh I don't think you missed the bus, you simply focused on what you felt was right at the moment, and now fate has come back to show you more
Nothing wrong in my opinion. You didn't miss anything. I was into Yngwie and Frank Gambale in my teens. Loved 80s metal up until now. At the same time I listen to jazz even though I couldn't name a lot and I have to consult my playlist. Fusion too, I'd fire up Pat Metheny from time to time. Then pick up my classical and play some Villa Lobos. Most of what I'm into are older than me, nothing wrong with gravitating to what speaks to us, whatever stage in our lives.
Talked with Diz after his performance at Georgetown's Blues Alley in DC '86 or '87. Shaking hands with Diz; one of my hero musicians since I was able to walk as a toddler in 1962, floored me because he looked so sad; then later I found out he knew he was dying. Diz is alive when we put on a 78, LP, or CD; just like Bird and many others. RIP Diz.
I saw him several times at The Southerland Lounge on the south side of Chicago. Some of the sets were an hour long. He played to the audience and always gave 100%. He also was very friendly and signed many autographs for his fans during intermissions. What a great performer he was. RIP Diz. Your music lives on!!!!
The first jazz performance that I attended at the Swamp Fox Room of the Francis Marion Hotel in June of 1961 starred this man. I was fourteen at the time. I'm 72 now. He was a Master, and always will be.
without a doubt my favorite version... Its just so cool, so suave, so hip, and i feel like an alley cat when i snap my fingers to this
Dizzy Gillespie - Pure soul within & without... He wrote: “When I encountered the Bahai faith, it all went along with what I always believed. I believed in the oneness of mankind. I believed we all come from the same source, that no race of people is inherently superior to any other.”
Dizzy is the supreme horn of all time!
Yes he had those cheeks, and you’ll never sound like him, ever.
Everyone talking about his cheecks, but no one noticed those absurdly high cymbals
We noticed them, but those cheeks man
That was the thing back in the day. Times have changed. My arm feels much better when times did change. LOL!
The Masters know nothing. That's what makes them great. ❤
I only want to thank Dizzie and those other wonderful musicians who informed and educated me in my formative years. Such excitement!
Nice Sonny Rollins quote from the bass player. Love it.
Awesome music....I Love JAZZ.
It's the most perfectly imperfect form of music that there is! You can do and take it almost anywhere that you want. Say just about anything or nothing at all and just let the music speak for itself. Its brilliant and yet insane at the same time. Cheers!
First time i see a trumpet like that ! Dizzy plays wonderfully, but I'm even more impressed by his creativity!
Thank you for posting this.
I heard this YEARS AGO on the jazz station here... Wow! So glad you posted this!
That bass solo at the end is phenomenal
Fully agreed....
Good morning bongolicious77! Thank you for posting this bit of wonderful music history Diz is GOATS. Shalom Y'all! from Kentucky.
Love this vibe!
“NoOoOoOo you’re not supposed to puff out your cheeks when you play the trumpet!!” “Shut up, I’m trying to puff out my neck like the master.”
The music of Faso is an inexhaustible source of sweetness.
It allows us to plunge deep inside ourselves and at the same time resonate with our fellow man, Yé Lassina Coulibaly❤❤❤❤❤❤
超カッコいい、、、！
そしてほっぺすごい！！！
Wow. Great musicians all the way around him too, that drummer is sharp, makes it easy like it's supposed to be.
Legendary!
This is really nice, Mr. Gillespie. Great tune.
dizzy gillespie is a frog
Dizzy 'Cheeks of a Toad' Gillespie
He can probably circular breathe very well
Syrgee # he has so much air in his cheeks he doesn’t need to breathe at all
Green Lemon In another universe he became a deep sea diver instead. He located the titanic, in fact
He appeared once in the Muppet Show and in the end he said to kermit that he admires frogs because they can puff up their cheeks, then he shows his own cheeks. It was very funny. :D (you can search Dizzy Gillespie Muppet Show)
Beautiful sounds
One of my favorites!
Dizzy Gillespie believed that if you did not fill your cheeks and neck with air, you were restricting air flow and power when you played. He thought that would be harmful the body. If you have ever played a brass or woodwind instrument your cheeks and neck had air in them. Maybe not as much as Dizzy, but it is unavoidable. When you force huge amounts of air from the diaphragm into that little mouthpiece there is a delay as the pressure is maintained. The air pressure has to be held somewhere, or else the sound will die out. The more air the more impressive the sound.
This dude is a DOPE jazz legend and was one ☝️ of the best!
He sure is.....
All of them masters
There are no others that can play like Dizzy. Not today!
Ich liebe diese Komposition auch in dieser Ausführung.
Okay yes he is one of the best players of all time BUT for most us puffing our cheeks will sabotage our playing, so listen to your music teacher about the embouchure. Dizzy is the exception
Masterpiece!
literally
Genio , mucho mas...
Nothing Better...
I'm Brazilian I just watched the video I loved this trumpeter
I met him in Erie, Pennsylvania around 1978.
The puffiness of his cheeks only makes this more impressive - exactly how much more air do his lungs have to pump to make the same sound as normal?
Tks. much.
An amazing trumpet player
Great trumpet play
RIP 🎺
bass player and guitarist were amazing as well
Oh Crhist I love adore this man so much......
This is just simply beautiful, so many talented people out there!
Genius in music form
Escolhas de instrumentos certos, Boixo fender jazz, Guitarra Gibson, batería dw, e trompeta 🎺 Perfecto.
Never seen a trumpet like this before :O but he is just an amazing musician no doubt ❤
These trumpets only exist because of dizzy. I don’t remember exactly what happened but some kind of accident happened that made his trumpet look like that, and he liked how it looked like that so he had the rest of his trumpets made that way. Trumpets like these are used in marching band now sometimes
@@Oopyirdy if that's true it's cool 😎😎
Have heard many versions by Diz but this is my absolute favorite. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
this is killer
this is awesome
Yes it most certainly is
Maestro de maestros
Anybody going on about "proper form" ever hear of a young man called Jimi Hendrix?
excellent guitars
This is my favorite rendition…. Did you hear that groove….. ❤
All time music ❤👏👍👍👍👍💋❤️
Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brilliant
Saw him that Years with that Band for my first Time at the Volkshaus Zürich.
This live version appeals to me so much more than the recorded versions
El Maestro de maestros...mis respetos...
Yes indeed
Super cool
Extraordinario
Genial Gillespie
Great bass
This man stores air for winter
Dizzy Gillespie for president.
The Greatest bee-bop trumpeter ever.
Now that's Jazz!
My goodness. Idk how he got that sound with those puffed cheeks, but I've always enjoyed his music 🎺🎶
Came here after reading Acid For The Children. What a cheeks, what a band!
I like the music
Whoever directed this recording was so smart to point the camera on the (excellent) bass player while the guitarist is soloing on the chord progression :-)
genio!!
Impressivo Fantasicooo Dizzy
Diz!
It would never get better than this. We know. Its okay , still now. And : fortunate : its also good now , with top top musicians. Dizzy is 1 .
entusiasmante!!
Damn... this is synergy at its finest.. the drums.. the bass.. an dizzie doin' his thing !
🎉🎉❤
1:55 explosive ! This why all the greats play Night in Tunisia separately & together.
Wow