Dizzy Gillespie on The Muppet Show

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Dizzy Gillespie on "The Muppet Show" Performing, "St. Louis Blues" with The Electric Mayhem, in a very groovy way.
This excerpt is from "The Muppet Show", season 4 episode 85. Aired: February 28, 1980. Enjoy

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did kermit really ... ( 2 months ago by TEXASALEXIS)

did kermit really just lie to a government inspector on tv in front of all the kids? looks like sesame street is a little edgy.

he dropped his ... ( 2 months ago by Rigerdaby)

he dropped his trumpet then played it and then liked that sound so theirfore that is why it is bent up

Array ( 2 months ago by HGozzer)

Oh, god...
¡¡¡Look at the size of his cheeks!!!

yeah....its dizzy ... ( 2 months ago by Selsr)

yeah....its dizzy gillespie.

Was that shim sham ... ( 1 month ago by multiph)

Was that shim sham routine he did?

the weird part is ... ( 1 month ago by RAHMYULIS)

the weird part is watching his cheeks go back to their regular size...and the fact that one gets waay bigger than the other. but whatever works, cuz he sounds great.

Amazing talent! ( 1 month ago by sonofthedestroyer)

Amazing talent!

Super cette video ! ... ( 1 month ago by musipass)

Super cette video ! Bravo. 5*****
musipass

There is no way ... ( 1 month ago by Tinypuente)

There is no way those puppets good be playing those INSTruMENtSS!!

every time i see ... ( 1 month ago by riceater87)

every time i see dizzy gillespie it blows my mind how his cheeks are so massive...

Want to know what's ... ( 1 month ago by tailgunner2)

Want to know what's funny? I did a research project on "Dizzy" when I went through school. I discovered he blew into his horn completely wrong. One isn't suppose to puff one's cheeks when playing that horn. Also, that bent horn? Someone damaged it by accident, but between his cheeks and teh damage, his music sounded "just right". Thus a legend was born.
:}

I thought he bent ... ( 1 month ago by stubs13)

I thought he bent his horn upwards so that the sound would disturb the people living in his house when he practiced. It would have had to been intentional because there is a brace that is soldered from the lead pipe to the bell just in case the horn is dropped it doesn't bend out of place.

I mean would not ... ( 1 month ago by stubs13)

I mean would not disturb :) . . .

wow....nothing gets ... ( 1 month ago by t47l22c31)

wow....nothing gets by you

To add to your ... ( 1 month ago by Tinypuente)

To add to your research, I studied gillespie and it turns out also that he even had to have surgery on his cheeks because he had expanded them so much from PlayInG!!

Some say Dizzy's ... ( 1 month ago by vjb007)

Some say Dizzy's technique (puffed cheeks, etc.) betrayed him on certain transitions as he got older, and that looks to be true, but he held up a long time and in his prime was simply spectacular. He was a great musician.

inspiring.. ( 4 weeks ago by jamalb1993sbcglobal)

inspiring..

My God. Something ... ( 3 weeks ago by Desdemona202)

My God. Something you'd never think you'd see
on the muppet show.

i keep thinking his ... ( 2 weeks ago by Reptintula)

i keep thinking his cheeks are going to pop

the horn got bent ... ( 2 weeks ago by slacka75vt)

the horn got bent during travel. . as expensive as they were at the time. . he "dealt" with it. . .

Dizzy's technique ( ... ( 2 weeks ago by slacka75vt)

Dizzy's technique (he invented it) is called "cycling" He takes air in through his nose, stores it in his cheeks (and lungs) and blows it out his horn. It's a shame that you went to a school that calls this "wrong"

at his birthday ... ( 2 weeks ago by lax18xal)

at his birthday party, someone sat on his horn ad bent it upward... he liked the fact that he could have his head slightley down with his sound still shooting straight out, so he had one custom made with a removable bell

I really miss the ... ( 1 week ago by razorSE15)

I really miss the Muppet show. Over the years their was sooooo many famous people that came on the show.

Array ( 5 days ago by Liniud)

!by the gods.
oh ,sorry.

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