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  • I saw him live with Grover Washington Jr. & Stan Getz at Montecello, NY...6 hour concert...WOW. My hands were black & blue from clapping.

  • very nice

  • nice

  • Great playing, but the first impression was, get a haircut!

  • i play flute i`m going to play it 4th grade

  • Just saw him in San Francisco last week,.... a real cool cat and talented musican

  • What he goes into after around 2:00 is Pedro Flores's immortal bolero 'Obsesion' (Amor es el pan de la vida... Amor es la copa divina... Amor es un algo sin nombre que siente un hombre por una mujer)

  • he has such technique and a gorgeous tone, i wish he'd cut the vocalizing stuff and just play!

  • @salsabluetrane But that's what gives it a jazzy feel to it. I love the multiphonics :D

  • Fantastic!

    I had the pleasure of working as a monitor engineer for him one time.

    Sorry immortalpirate but you'll never be as good as this.

    But keep practicing and use him as an inspiration.

  • amazing talent !!!

  • Murr! This dude has a great ear!

  • he plays it like a damn harp, my god XD

  • 2:05 is bustin a nut to dave lmao...hes feelin it

  • At 2:00 it sounds like he's playing a part from north american train solo, with the flutter tounging and what not, cool though!

  • Hiya,

    Could you send me a link for the North American flutter tonguing? Can't find it on ootoob yeah.

    Bung, out..

  • Awesome. Lol look at the guy on the right at 2:05

  • the end is the best part

  • For anyone who takes a listen. Dave Valentin is undoubtedly the ultimate flautist and consummate musician. He is one artist that pushes and encourages other musicians to give their best when he plays. I am honored that I met and spoke with him, never have I met a musician that works so well with PEOPLE. You must make it to anything that he does live. Even if it is in a community center the energy he feeds to People is a blessing. I have seen him in large venues, clubs, SEE HIM GO SEE HIM!

  • hey, dont you think he's come up with a very different style... he is actually awesome...not the quickness, but the style!!! and its his own!!!

  • What that technique called at 2:00, the bit where he's playing really fast?

  • Its called flutter tounging, I'm not a flute player, but its quite hard when you play actual rythms, but its easy if your just messing around.

  • why is it panned right!

  • damn, Dave Valentin has always been amazing. 1 of my favorite flute players

  • What a solo.

    Love "Masquerade" and "I Want To Be Where You Are" from the b-side of his "Legends"-LP.

    Great upload, but the end of it is pretty weird. ;-)

  • amazing! amazing! sounds like john pardo.. when he played fusion flute with paco de lucia.. chiquita..

    but what's hilarious is the guy in the back on the right hahahahahahahahahah

  • I agree ...amazing.... but the best was that guy hahahahahahaha .... I thought he was having a orgasm....lol

  • great!

    be careful...he is puerto rican!

  • i hope one day i can play this well. it wont be easy

  • hey dat was filmed on my 6th birthday!!

  • WOW!

  • Bravo! Bravo!

  • 1.45 I LOVE IT

  • amazing, i jus bought a flute, how do i become this good! fast!

  • LOL it's really hard to become THIS good really fast. I play flute, have for ten years give or take and I can't even play this well! Best advise: practice as often you can and never give up! Flute may not be the most popular instrument in the world, but you can still play some kick ass music and sound really good doing it. Good luck!! :)

  • LOL 2:08 watch the right back, that afro-american guy is tripping badly ! ahahah

  • hahaha it's like how they act in the sims! :D

  • omg lol thanks-i woulda never noticed that...lmao

  • @stefanvanettinger That afro-american guy is enjoying the flute being played by Mr. Dave Valentine...he is tripping alright, but to the sounds of the flute! Great musician and a master.

  • Unless you have a sever cleft lip playing the flute shouldnt be a problem. One of the reason why music teachers tell you "your lips are too big" ect is because they have to spread people out among the instruments... you cant have 20 flute players in a 40 person ensemble.

    People play out from the side of their mouth just as well as people who play from the center.

    If you want to play flute, dont let anyone discourage you and force you to clarinet or sax!

    Its one of the hardest instruments.

  • its true you cant have 20 flutes in a 40 person ensemble i play flute and in the band i am in there is like 10 flutes of 40 and thats way to much even my band teacher tries to trick us with our assignemnt and change them up other wise we would have to go down to a lower band which niether of us wants to do lol

  • Piccolo is not harder than flute "to play", people only make you think it is. The reason is it easier to play is because the embrasure variant is less on a piccolo and much more varying on a flute especially when playing the bottom register and switching to the top.

    The only thing more "difficult" with playing the piccolo is keeping it in tone when playing the higher notes.

    Any flute player knows that high notes go sharp on flute, and more so on piccolo.

    Piccolo is easier, im telling you.

  • this is true and i am a flute/ piccolo player i play both :)

  • i agree. i play both too. :)

  • If all you can play is 5 notes before having to take a breath something is wrong with your embrasure.

    They key to playing the flute well is knowing what is too much air and what is too little. As you play more and more you will naturally find the balance between the two.

    Too little air and it sounds pinched.

    Too much and its airy with no tone.

  • Piccolo is harder than flute, but you should definitely start with flute, not piccolo. Learn the basics on flute before advancing to piccolo. I guess it is possible to start on piccolo, just harder! By the way, lip shape doesn't really have anything to do with it. Some lip shapes make making an embrochure a little difficult at first, but it doesn't stop you.

  • cut the vid better u dumb

  • You're amazing! I play beginner flute but I'm terrible because I can never get enough air to play more then five notes without taking a breathe.

  • wow. it took me a while to learn vibrato though it happens naturally to me now.

  • you are good, keep playing! :) you have passion and have an own style. i expect great things from you! :)

  • i heard that not everyone can play the flute becouse the shapes of mouths. Is this true

    coz i really wanna learn the piccolo but it would suck if i got it and then couldnt play it.

  • Did anybody notice the guy in the right side of the frame? He looked like he was having some kind of seizure. Valentin is my favourite flute player,

  • WOW

  • WOW! The real flute player from Anchorman

  • lol

  • omg. i play the flute. i could never be that good!!!o_o

  • total mastery of the instrument...

  • Very cool!

  • sounds like a caribe hahahahahaaa

  • DAMN!!

  • All I can say is, "WOW!"

  • Simply "Awsome!"....to say he's creative is an understatement.

    He's used every trick in the book, and I loved it all!...

    Hope to hear more from him!...a real talent!... I wonder what kind of flute he's playing...

  • wow me gusto el solo ._.!

  • what is the name of the song that he is playing?

  • Obssesion

  • Puerto Rico!!

  • I'm Ron Burgandy?

  • I love playing the Flute too!!

  • cool! I play the flute too, :-3 Ur way betta.

  • Rofl 2:08 dude.

  • lol that guy is crazy hahaha

  • very cool!

  • OMG I wished I could play like you!

    AWESOME!!!!

  • haha that guy at 2:08 made lawl

  • sss

  • The black guy in the back at like 2:08 is crazyy!

  • OMG BnanaaFounddu u r right about tht guy in the back LOL, nice eyes nice video tho ^^

  • hahah! made me laugh so hard!

  • good

  • he came to my training period company in Holland today! I came to his workshop and he totally owns!!

  • I don't like it... I mean, he's good and all... but me no likey t3h solo!!!

  • good one

  • well you know what, you're a talentless cock so no one's really going to care what you're saying. This guy's got skills and you don't...

    And oh my god this guy can play with his voice o.o check 1:33 I really want to learn how to play like that...

  • I do have skill, I didn't say he was not a good player. I just said that his solo wasn't musical AT ALL. Never once did I say he wasn't good. And it's easy to play with your voice. Once again I never said he wasn't good and yes I do have talent.

  • how do you define musicality in the first place?cant you hear its all about music he's into.the emotion,indescribable style he has,the techniques and improvisation..its all there.dude youre to young to even talk about this kind of stuff.stay and school and stay clean.

  • totaly sweet!!!

  • He is just fantastic!

  • tremendo dave, terrible estilo y un swing fabuloso

  • nice!

  • lol what is that on the end? his original works?

  • Damn He's the best I've ever seen...

  • he is one of the best i have seen. i play as well i i don't come close.

  • Elizabeth Fisher FTW

  • Dave Valentin is amazing! watching him on a live performance is breathtaking...

  • excellent but ian anderson for the win

  • For those who don't know him, he is a living legend!

  • well he is good !!

  • he looks like borat

  • what a dork

  • my other file on here is final strikex. i wrote alot!

  • i love this style :-) he's awesome.. especially considering the relatively poor quality of the video.

  • gosh i wish that i culd play my flute that well!

  • the stuff he's doing is hard, but it's not the best music in the world... :(

  • That was cool i guess... Didn't make my faves. He's was good tho!

  • Wow. Dude is awesome at harmonics.

  • Damn; I wish I could play my flute that well!

  • i didnt like, i play flute too, it was weird

  • BAD INTONATION! lol i should know, i play the flute.

  • its actually suppose to be like this. It's jazz, and people will actually push it in more than you're suppose to in order to get the flat sound or the sharp by pulling out depending which one you want. It's not bad intonation its the style of the music

  • So do I. Isnt it great?

  • i do too!

  • I agree with Firehaven314. In this world, yes, there ARE different types of music, which require different harmonics and rhythems, JacieMay. I play the flute too, but I'm obviously not as good as this guy, and many other people, of course. I thought it was good. Maybe you should post a video at your "great" flute playing jazz skills.

  • boring :(

  • exelente

  • wow, he is a bad mamma jamma! I love watching the guys in the background gettin' off on it. Especially the man back right*L*

  • Damn great! Good Vibes....

  • Great video; the guy's a great improviser.

    But I gotta ask. What's with that fucking music video at the end? Definitely could have cropped that part out.

  • cant...really...load that well

  • Nice jazz player. ^^

  • U Know what?- this dude was really good. and i am sick of others putting him down. if u are that good, then go on that one show where people try to find bands that are undiscovered or something like that.

  • aiya, the stupid micro keep affecting his tones especially the lower pitches!!!! Without that micro will sounds better man. But other than that, he really rocks!!

  • Practice - Practice - Practice Thanks Dave Valentin - Thanks for the great post.

  • hey i play the flute too...inthe marching band field show band concert band and full orchestra in high school.i am a sophmore...i am really good but i am better at the piccollo on the faster rythems and louder ones too...

    XD

  • weird! I also play the flute, but I am just a freshmen. I am not that good at the piccolo, but I can hold notes for very, very long time, as well as quiver!! It was something I picked up one day. And one day, a friend of my band teacher came and tried to tell all of us to quiver, and he was shocked on how well I could do!!!!

  • I'm worse at the faster rhythms.... I like to take my time on music. ^^

  • i play flute too! i love it. =].

  • ive been playing the flute for 10years...this may sound sad but i await the day i can play that well...u r my new role model! u rock!

  • i love dave valentin!!! this video is great! gotta love his multiphonics. :D

  • i play the flute in band its hard but beautiful

  • incredible.

  • guess i haven't learned to appreciate the flute, cause I find it quite hard to enjoy.

  • Increadable! Did I see Ian Anderson in the audience?

  • LOL

    Musta been sitting on that park bench. ;o)

  • is this like a music club there is a guy with a base to the left of dave

  • I love flutes! It's a proof of the artist being alive!

  • i saw he yesterday on milan filaforum latinoamericando!!

  • lmao @ the crazy guy inthe top right hand couner lmaooo!

    xo

  • The "Flamenco Flutist." LOVE the multi-phonics. Valentin is better than ever.

  • who the fuck is that crazy black guy in the background.

    haha

  • bravazo dave valentin...chevere el solo eh buena maestro

  • he looks like borat lol. good solo

  • its interpretive playing. you need imagination, texture in your tone an utter flexibility to play like that.. im sure you play clearly an fluently. but it takes years to be able to get the dual sound of humming while you play. he actually does the staccato percussive sounds incredibly well. kudos louthejew amazing...

  • go blackninja14!

  • looks like gene simmons lol good playing though

  • ur gay. n i play flute better than u n im 14. o ya. N IM A GGGIIIIIIIIIRRRRRLLLLLLLLLL.

  • ok....soo i play flute better then that to im also 14 but im a boy ;P just because hes not that good dosent mean you have to be rude...

  • well sometimes the truth hurts dude. suck it up n move on.

  • u complete bitch; there are a lot more boys that play better than girls than u think. o yea, and opening ur mouth only shows how ignorant u really r.

  • stfu. n if u think im a bitch, mabe u havent checked the mirror 4 a while.(n personally i dont blame u!) i mean just look @ ur screename. blackninja? wtf.

  • wow, u really don't take advice well. u must have no friends.

  • check out Teodosi Spasov!!!

  • Very cool! But neither Ian nor Dave came up with the technique of singing and playing at the same time. That was Rahsaan Roland Kirk.

  • Fantastic! He reminds me (in his suit) of 'Anchor Man', when he plays YAZZ FLUTE!!! Dave Valentin has amazing warmth of character, which gives live to his beautiful music.

  • man makes me wanna just grab the closet flute to me and practics all day and all night.

  • then u seeeerrrrriiiooooooooooouuuuus­ssssssllllyyyyy need help.....not 2 mention spelling lessons

  • Then lets start now.

    Two.

    t-w-o

  • Oh, alright. If you know so much about spelling, maybe you wouldnt have forgotten about the ' in the word let's. Muy bien, jackass.

  • Yeah! Love Dave Valentin!

  • what is this shit u purve

  • AMAZING... this is so humbling... it makes me want to hit the shed and practice... lol

  • I've never really ventured into Jazz much, but i can tell that's good. i've tried sing and playing simultaniously and it is HARD. it's ok once you know how to do it, though

  • It is more probable that Ian might have taken this tech. from Dave. Dave is obviously more talented than Ian. Check him out, he's played with all the big name jazz cats for MANY years.

  • To 'know this medium, to comment, one must listen to:

    "The Man with the Golden Flute", James Galway. Then know that this guy here is pretty darn good.!

  • He stole Ian Anderson's technique. Interesting. Excellent improvisation though.

  • WOW excellent! WOW WOW!

  • wow, id love to hear you little kids play better than Dave freakin Valentin, goes to show how much you know about jazz!

  • bravo!

  • nahh its actually not that good. so she might actually play better. I think i might also lol.

  • are you listening to that?XD the ryhtmys, how high the notes are, the aritculation, the noises he makes while playing their so freaking hard, to have that kind of control over your sound...i dont think soXD

  • The only reason you could possibly think that is if you really don't have much of an ear for music. Sure you might hear the notes, but apparently thats all you think there is. (Not to mention this was improved, clearly noted by the title of the song "I don't know what I'm going to do")

  • Dave Valentin is one of the world's best flautists, so..... yeah, i doubt that you'd play better. ^^

  • scuse me... bass :) im a horrible speller

  • yeah, my picc isn't hard to play at all... but i looove the sound it makes!!! It drives my mom insane, but i absoloutly adore it! of course, i love my flute too, but the picc has a special place in my heart <3... next im savin up for a base flute! woot!

  • wooo little miss 8th grade i think that was good and i'm on the 2nd so ha!

  • it was okay, but i'm in 7th grade, almost 8th, and i play better than that...

  • I seriously doubt you could play better than him, beings your only an 8th grader and he's a renound flautist. I'll be in 11th grade and in my schools top band, but I can say I'm only half as good as he is, so give credit where credit is due.

  • that's not superb playing, I've heard flutists one year above me that can play way better than tha.(ive been playing for three years and im pretty good... but i know i still have a long way to go)

    those notes were pretty basic. and piccolo isn't somethign to brag about, its simple, though i have no desire to play it. i prefer the flute over anything

  • even if the notes were pretty basic it sounded amazing the sound was perfect, maybe you cant tell the difrence yet it takes more then three years to devlop an year for it, and the jazz sound, and the aritculation it was perfect, the rythms were really tricky. And have you played a picolo? it's pretty hard, and have you even tried that noise thing he does? it's almost immpossible to play that well

    i hate