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!
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 🖤
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.
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!!!!
I love hearing all these "Experts" who want to give Dizzie Gillespie advise on how to play ....unbelievable....
That awkward moment when it’s the first time you’ve clicked on a video for some cheeks while not on incognito...
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!
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.
man aside from his cheeks becoming hot air baloons, his neck even swells up. how in the hell did he play like that!
dizzy gillespie is a frog
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.
Saw him in concert in 1978 and years later (1990) I met him in an italian airport and we talked a bit... Thanks Dizzy
Dizzy's family lives in his cheeks
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
When your band teacher tells you to not puff your cheaks.
When he said 🐡 i felt that
Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet, vocal
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 🖤
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.
Band teacher: don’t puff your cheeks
When people can have the range and speed he had then pass judgement Thank you
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.
Is nobody gonna talk about the sick bass solo?
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!!!!