Rafael Mendez - The Girl From Chihuahua

[GORPINKTV]

just insert: DEJAN PETROVIC u Svilajnac.......and watch world champion in trumpet!

[PalabraViva3]

Arguably, the best trumpeter, but not by far.

[VinePest]

Ahhhh always these awe-inspiring musical events with an annoying movie around it which features boring people and their problems who don't give a damn about the amazing music in the background :D

[cesays16]

vean al mejor trompetista del mundo!!! y es mexicanooooooo!!!! arturo sandoval solo es su hijo... aprendan de cultura

[MrParangaricutirimi]

@cesays16 por que los mexicanos creen que ellos y su cultura es mejor que los demás..?¿... nadie quita que Rafael Mendez fue un genio musical, sin embargo eso no implica que tú y muchos otros mexicanos sean unos completos ignorantes, asi como este genio hay muchos otros y de diferentes nacionalidades, asi que no vengas con tus estupideces de los mexicanos son mejores, por que a demás, eso no es cierto. en todo país hay distintas clases de personas.

[TheEzSkittles]

The trumpet is so cool.

[TheGhoulardi]

Wow! Mr. Menez in his "natural" setting ! Fabulous. Thanks for posting.

[Nabokov50]

I've heard of Rafael Mendez, but not the movie The Girl From Chihuahua. We may have just seen the best clip from the whole film.

[MrDanielBrisk]

@Nabokov50 yeah, probably!!! lol

[shadowphoenix137]

@Nabokov50 Actually, the song is titled that; the movie itself is called "Holiday in Mexico," as the video showed.

[dafofnofo]

Compositor: Quirino Mendoza, el nombre de la cancion es Jesusita en Chihuahua o Chuchita en Chihuahua. El mismo compositor de Cielito Lindo.

[93motorista]

Atualmente é dificio encontrar trompetista desta categoria.

Rafael Mendez pra mim é um dos melhores trompetista que ja vi no You tube.

Uma duvida que eu tenho ele ainda esta vivo?

[mrbriti]

@93motorista lógico que não... mas hoje o melhor é Arturo Sandoval e está vivo

[Jabob75]

Best thing ive ever heard

[LoLRaider]

unbeatable 

[manuelcm48]

dafofnofo: esta es una muy conocida polka mexicana: "Jesusita en Chihuahua", se ha convertido en una infaltable pieza del folklor mexicano, con ella se hacen bailes regionales en Chihuahua y otros Estados y hasta en otros países. Así se llama también una película filmada en los años cuarenta del siglo XX protagonizada por Pedro Infante... No sé si eso responde tu pregunta

[doctorwholordotime]

.....oh my god..... im a trumpet plaer in 8th grade..... i know what im doing for the next 90+ years of my life.... :D

[dafofnofo]

!Simplemente el mejor del siglo XX !

alguien sabe como se llama la cancion ?

[gerryboi81]

To be 100% honest the ARBANS book should be renamed to the MENDEZ method.

This guy could play the ARBANS. Everyone who starts to play the trumpet should listen to this guy first to sharpen their skills then go into different styles if they desire so..

[YaBoyCH4S3]

Who gives a fuck about the movie Mendez is a straight beast. I just want to hear him.

[daynelmarzo]

BEST 54 SECONDS OF MY LIFE!!! AMAZING.

[4FunSoGood]

cool!

[SuperFrench123]

Rafita con toda mi admiración fuiste o res muy kbroon pala trompee!!!

[t4to]

Excelente musico.

Saludos a Mexicooo.

[polimnita]

Rafael Mendez?

Sí muy bueno para música de circo..

Por favor, give me a break!

[Fir503]

@polimnita Ojo, no soy Mejicano, pero al César lo que es del César; De acuerdo con los expertos en la trompeta y/o trompetistas, este señor es Uno de los más grandes de todos los tiempos. ( No hay trés latinos en ese grupo )  Que viva la buena música Paz y amor

[Valerio960]

listen Crazy funky by minicillo

[awesomefrank1]

god damn mexicans. they nice for no reason lmao

[ivantpt89]

Mendez, truly virtuos.

[TrumpetThunder17]

sound is off

[ZAVOCAD]

The best, the unic, and the great Rafael mendez,orgullosamente mexicano.

[daynelmarzo]

PEOPLE....Stop wasting your time arguing..and enjoy the damn video...At least that's what i do, i just enjoy and amaze myself.

[homohemuli2]

PERKELE SUOMEA ARKIMEDEET

[varscht]

I don't understand all the "this trumpet player is better than that trumpet player" crap. Really, two people could argue for hours over whether Rafael Mendez or Clifford Brown was better, but while you're arguing, I'll be sitting back listening and enjoying and respecting them all. More fun than arguing IMO

[TPDR08]

@varscht Rafael or Clifford... gese man, I could argue with myself for hours over a question like that!

[killbread1]

@varscht mendez is better cuz hes mexican

[blackmanchris]

@killbread1 it dosent matter if he is mexican.im MEXICAN and i dont play as good as he does.louis armstrong is black and he is a awsome trumpet player

[ivandadog]

@killbread1 im better than both of them... jus sayin

[Beadwindow2020]

@varscht It all boils down to style. When I sat in front of Maynard at the Blue Note, he was the best. When I played with Doc on his tours in the early sixties and so on. I'm with you. You walk out and say, man, that guy is the best. They're like salsa, they all taste the same, but they're all different.

[Alertsprez12345]

@varscht you're wrong.

[davisismail1comcast]

@varscht Thank you Mr. Varscht for bringing some civility and wisdom into the atmosphere, I could not have said it better.

[zeusjeke]

@varscht and I don't understand that I so often see someone reacting on these fights, and I also don't understand why I react on that

[rmls11]

By far the best trumpet player ever.

[jmholi]

I SPANISH IS VERY GOOD

[VarOS86]

he is mexican

[ccruz996]

YOU ENGLISH NOT SO GOOD

[acabaoglu]

I have been watching this over and over for 5 years!

that's more than amazing

[guitarplayer245]

lol!!!!

[drkauffman74]

Ya Phil Driscoll!

[smoothbv]

:10 just hitting D octave like it was nothing then coming back to hit Eb, man the full control he just sends me chill other his opening lick

[AwesomeRicky]

rafael mendez is a god on trumpet

[Bleh107]

yay mexicans :D like me :D

[almartinez94]

wooot! go mexicans

[Bleh107]

lol yea! mexicans rule! but it sucks im not going to mexico now cause of the swine flu :O

[almartinez94]

no! i hope i go in the summer! but who knows

[Bleh107]

Yes it sucks for me cause i live in the Rio Grande Valley way down south of Texas and the swine flu has gotten to the county next to us, which is not that far, i hope it doesnt come to our school :O

[almartinez94]

that would suck=(

[Bleh107]

yea :(

[rosasdivinas]

the song he is playing is called "Jesucita En Chihuahua" ;)

[ALEXSUGO]

super y es mexicano! (o era, no lo sé)

[dreadss64]

omg the note at 0:22 so STRONG!

[00Jose00]

I WANNA PLAY LIKE HIM! O_O

[echovarde]

Where have all the great music people gone... why don't we get to hear music like this today on the radio or in Hollywood films or TV? Mucho gracais for loading this onto YouTube for us to see in 2009. Cheers

[DarkHeartedMusician]

Rafael Mendez is a gift from God.

[XMusic93]

Nice.

1946?

Good quality!

[micahj]

Everytime I hear a Mendez clip I remember why I play the trumpet. Wow!

[MASA92190]

He is unsurpassed technically for the most part, but I really think his tone and sometimes his dynamics are not suited for more classical pieces. Regardless, he is the best mariachi-style player ever. I know that I will be "thumbs-downed" for this but I really think it's true.

[jerec576]

you also have to remember that thats not exactly what they sounded. Recordings made then and now have greatly differed in technology. Listen to any other things done before the 50's. Dizzy and Miles sounded nothing like a trumpet. Like what they did later

[fr8593]

Yes gerry is right this song is called Jesusita en Chihuahua

[gerry1976]

The song is called: Jesusita en Chihuahua.

[lobodeschabetado]

inigualable

[mexi53]

its not. read the title. YEA Rafy!! Mah Trumpet idol

[FromTheMarshess]

are you sure this is the Mexican Hat Dance?

[1mkf2]

so lovely!

yes Yd

[rafaelzx]

my name is the same of this guy o.O

[quesoburger]

wow

[car2052]

Wynton did play the moto perpetuo by paganini just like mendez did, but would never reach the talent of mendez no matter what.

[hadley12656]

actually, wynton plays it in 2 takes, mendez did it in 1.

[MrRodrigostrumpet]

hey do not understand what you mean. like that rafael 1 and 2 takes to mean making. but maybe if I call it otherwise.

[Nabokov51]

Please tell me who in the trumpet playing world could compete with that? There isn't a Marsalis or Nakariokov, or my favourte Hirt, who could.

[griffball69]

amen! He Is unsurpassed Technically, and plays with SO much emotion!

[iluvsystemofadown]

technique wise arturo wont "kick his ass". range wise, definitely. but if looked at techniques then mendez wins hands down.

[jesusfreak072]

i just got 1 thing to say...mendez powns all

[ilovesalsa2]

Arturo Sandoval can kick his ass!

[shirkenXCCR]

theirs no o

[SraMagui]

maravilloso<!!!! que lastima que no lo dejaron tocar mas rato un verdadero orgullo mexicano!!!!!!!! si senor!!!!!

[SraMagui]

maravilloso<!!!! que lastima que no lo dejaron tocar mas rato un verdadero orgullo mexicano!!!!!!!! si senor!!!!!

[castrewq]

Mendez is the BEST that there ever was!!

[Originaldemanzanillo]

Sandoval y Guillespy, Clifford

[thykapow]

No way man. Clifford plays with originality. Clifford=Clifford.

Also this has nothing to with Rafael Mendez (who is freakin awesome by the way).

[miradormex]

El nombre verdadero del tema que interpreta de manera magistral el gran Rafael Méndez, es 'Jesusita en Chihuahua'. Lástima que los estereotipos en que nos encasillan los estadounidenses, los haya llevado a disfrazar a Méndez de no sé qué cosa en esta escena; parece un híbrido entre traje de torero y de bailador de guaracha cubana, pero traje de charro no es.

[fito65]

Hola.

Soy de Chihuahua y coincido contigo.

Lo bueno es que Don Rafael (QEPD), demostró a EE.UU y al mundo la clase de gran talento que tiene nuestro país. Un verdadero Maestro !!

[jesemus33]

HAAAAA all of you bounch of desertors, he's proud of mexico fking POCHOS he play this really mexican music

[iluvsystemofadown]

vizzuti is amazing also, but rafael is.. just better =p

[geniousyo]

HECHO EN MEXICO

[fito65]

For many people, Rafael Mendez is the best in the History.

[Argeniano]

Wooo que viva méxico cabrones!

[rickdangerwood]

mexico- good place to score some bennies...

[sergio1989o]

hahaha fucking gringos!!!!

[iluvsystemofadown]

8-22 I LOOVE IT!!

[violaplayer1995]

when did he pass awy?

[dle462]

september 15, 1981

[perikoguevara789]

maestro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[exxzxxe]

Unexcelled; there will never be another of this talent!!

[vohehuli]

He's really good but can be rivaled. Ever heard of allen vizzutti?

[Fortebugler]

rivaled but not beaten

[caguengue5]

orgullosamente mexicano

[castrewq]

rafael mendez is the best ever by far...

[musicfreak115]

jezz wut an awsome intro

[100374ZER]

just amazing,"jesusita en chihuahua"the real name of that song

[falconsmb]

orgullosamente mexicano

Lastima q nos lo quitaron los gabachos

[impashu]

empezaré a tocar la trompeta sólo por este amigo o _ o... me quedé pasmado

[trumpet38416]

lol how the hell does he move like that while playing... i find it interesting hes playing the high Ds open, wonder why. anyway, great player, mendez is a god of trumpet.

[Nuust]

holy crap. such as band in the background! :D

[chocolatedrip]

Im in tears over here. I feel so unaccomplished when i listen to him

[laraVanHorn]

Ya quisieramos muchos tocar la mitad de lo que él es capaz!! je je je...

[goatrek]

I worship my fucking cock. only weak americans need a higher power to rely on in ahrd times. amagadamagadamagadamagadamagad nice trumpet guy but he looks very ugly. yep yep yep

[crayola50]

exactly that..since you are into personal slurs, if you're going to insult me, at least get your basic fucking grammar right. It's, ' You're stupid, not your stupid ' you ignorant prick.

[exactlythat]

its the internet fag. so unless its school etc. related i dont really care how i spell. go buy some ovams bitchs.

[GrandeChoeur]

haha. that's funny!

[Stonetrumpet]

Listening to a player like Mendez shouldn't 'make' you quit. It should do just the opposite :)

[crayola50]

Mendez was so powerful, he pretty much made me give up on the trumpet. Which is my fault; just because I can't beat someone doesn't mean I should quit. Bet I'm not alone.

[exactlythat]

crayola.

your stupid

[slipknotlyrics]

you shouldnt put any god before the GOD and you cant worship anyne other than the God so yea but all in all i think he is a highly skilled trumpet player i wish i could play that fast im good but im not that good JESUS LOVES ALL OF YOU EQUALLY

[thekent]

dude... not everyone worships the same god. what if that guy was atheist? that dude was just joking. you give christians a bad name by being ignorant and too overberring. what are you? like, four years old?

[megamanmegaman2]

i worship this guy he is fuckin awesome!

[JokinJoe]

love it

[TrumpetDude12]

0_o amazing, he is one of my inspirations

[symiankrone]

WOW! scary good!

[ZillyBear]

I am in love with his enthusiasm! I couldn't ever be at this level. I enjoy the videos and music!! THANK YOU!

[captaincaveman345]

amazing

[simplenote]

this makes feel like i suck at trumpet

[pacman80500]

dont think that way, be inspired to play more.

[oeppevnvpeb]

hey, walter pidgeon was just about to speak!

[nem0027]

he is a God...

[crayola50]

God-like trumpet playing.