Dizzy Gillespie - Manteca (Finland, 1982)

[awilliams1179]

is this live session on any of dizzy's albums ?

[42trumpetguy]

Yet to see someone who truly enjoys performing, more than the great Dizzy Gillespie

[tigger032810]

Dizzy has mad Swag ;D

[assquark]

dizzy had thee greatest embouchure of ALL time. anyone who disagrees cOME AT ME BRO

[citywidelawns]

 2:30...Pablo Escobar

[edgarbm95]

when the bass kicks in omg

[MrDAEDALIUS]

Como dijo Gillespie, África es nuestra madre!!!!!!

[fatleader]

a bunch of international jazzists jazzing it up together. sounds like the place to be.

[jerdilcastillo]

we played this song in middle school we got 2nd at the state festival.

[goofy5192]

sandoval is a beast

[pcostel1]

I've heard of YouTube messing with compression but this is ridiculous. *Cues Henson-esque music*

[dtktjtx2]

I played this with my jazz band last year. Soooooo fun

[bluesguitardude]

what happened to his cheeks??? why do they puff out like that???

[666metalMr]

Grrrrrrr.... sexy :P

[ZHMProductions]

HIS CHEEKS

[johnlenin11]

look at those cheeks

[FellowofYellow]

jeez how many middle jazz band people have to play this song?! but no seriously this song is beast (i say beast because i think i am cool)

[drmth59]

very good!!!!!!

[scifidrummergeek]

playing drum set for this piece at Evanston Jazz Festival 2010.

A really great and fun piece.

[rjaverbeck]

great song we played this in highschool this song forced me to learn how to play high notes right

[iplaythedrumz]

Played this in high school too man, it was really fun going between the different feels on the drums!

[Edgerunner10]

JAZZ FLUTE!! HELL YEA

[Pingbo97]

Geez. Our middle- school band teacher is making us play this.....

[kirbyking12345]

hahah you too? some kid in our class always bugs our teacher to play this

[MizzBlackBelt]

@Pingbo97 yeaa same but it's not actually that badd

[Pingbo97]

I know, it's fun to play lead part. The only high note is at the very end on the lead part where you play high G

[bahoss]

I entered the wizard's enchanted forest at 4:24 and exited at 5.49

[litllebeatle]

His solo is awesome :)

[danijanimi]

GETTIN' OFFFFF!!...^_^..reaaalll good stuff..

[tiljazz1]

Esko Rosnell on drums!

[inthefuturepatrick]

i played this piece as well and we had to say i never go back to georgia too lol love the song

[ComTh0m]

Im playing bigband and we were going to play this piece( arrangement ). in the beginning we sang "I never go back to Georgia". quite funny :)

[askoastm2]

Dizzy, what a legend, what a character.

[DadukoDave]

Sensational. JAZZ: another brilliant creation brought to you by the same folks who created the Constitution, Baseball, Ben Stein, and Sonic Youth.

[kdkn92]

Yeah, except sonic youth sucks.

[casespember]

el rey del Bebop!!!

[BLKSNK]

Latin jazz xd

[Twitchman24]

i love this song, why with the small narrow screen?

[codyrum]

Probably my most fav dizzy songs!! can anyone link me to the concert where he played this song while wearing a roman robe? its strange but its SOO funky, cheers

[Fillydawg1]

Actually....yes Dizzy tells the story of how a guy fell over ihis horn while it was sitting in a chair at his wife's birthday party. He picked it up checked it's playability and discovered he could hear himself better with hearing the notes "quicker" with the bell closer to his ear,etc. I have this on one of my many videos of him,etc. I too now have a tweaked Jupiter horn like this and can concuer. Easier to her yourself on a stage when you're not up enough in the monitor system,etc.

[wakanabeotai]

I'm not a trumpeter but i would like to know how much costs a trumpet like yours.i mean it's a "gillespie re issued model" ,if i can say like this?

[Dizzyphan]

Last time I checked, a Dizzy Gillespie style King Silver Flair horn on Ebay went for like $1500.00 with the case. The Jupiter version that I got was much cheaper but also the bent bell angle isn't as high as Dizzy's. I had mine bent a bit more at the Kantstul plant a few years ago but it STILL isn't as high as Dizzy's,etc. This Jupiter one too, comes with two removable bells, one straight and one bent upwards.

[onewiseowl]

wow...what a dude...i want his skill...i love how his cheeks puff out...he is a trumpet god...in comparison, i am a trumpet dust speck

[laquillo]

Watta manteca, watta Guillespi, but the congueros are the ones that gives the manteca taste to this fiery tune, bravisimo.

Que bravos estos congueros chico! ya me los imagino en vivo ahi uno no se puede quedar quieto sentado pues al baile se dijo. buenisimo este tema.

[pedrpk2]

Don't forget. 'Manteca', compossed by Luciano 'Chano' Pozo, cuban, and the best drummer of the world for ever.

[buzgunluk]

I believe "Manteca" is slang for something a little more inappropriate than "lard." Thinking about it, the main theme is a little, uh, jaunty.

[SaxoRamirez]

no, no slang, it means lard.

[GodzRicko]

Its a drug. Who would seriously make a song about butter? Please. Use common sense. Your talking about jazz and latin musicians here lol.

[SaxoRamirez]

firstly, Dizzy Gillespie isn't latin

secondly, the comments were about what Manteca meant, not the song,

and thirdly, you use common sense,

the song is obviously not about Manteca, but named after it, as a reference to it being smooth, like Manteca. Not everything in jazz is about drugs dude.

[sumer39]

rosnell is my relative!!!!!!! i am brian rosnell age 13 ohio, united states!! i am related to him

[musicolorhythm]

Dizzy so

[Out0ftheDarkness]

omg dude we play this song in my jazz band and i thought WE were good, and our music's arranged!!!! omg this is AMAZING! btw what kind of tru,pet is dizzy playing? thats like really wierd its bent lol

[buzgunluk]

He dropped it one day; it still played. Ask your local jazz musician.

[SaxoRamirez]

actually, its more than just that.

some one fell on it at a gig, and it changed the tone, and he liked it. However, he already had the idea in his head because he had previously seen an instrument of similar design, and liked the idea of being able to sight read easier. Then it just became his Trademark.

[Costantino923]

I believe "Manteca" was actually composed by Chano Pozo, but with the Dizzy Gillespie arrangement/interpretation it quickly became a standard in the Afro-Cuban Jazz repertoire, and his version became indelibly linked.

[DocHallux]

this is true. this is one of my favourite sessions of this.

[BrunoJazzmanLeicht]

This is fat indeed. This is the source of Salsa. Stunning stuff!

Thxfor the great upload. Feel free to visit my little jazz site, if you like -- with a few entries about The Diz as well. Link is in my profile.

See you & Cheers,

Brew

[CantolaoTV]

whats the story behind this song? At one point Dizzy said that he composed it after He came back from Cuba

[SaxoRamirez]

its just some research he was doing. Afro-Cuban was getting big, and he went to Cuba to do some studying of the Cuban music style. He also found Arturo Sandoval during the trip.

[DANNYCKY96netzero]

im playing this in my jazz band its awasome

[lawnmower16]

Me too. What do you play?

I'm bass

[stubs13]

me too

My Jazz Band A from Guelph is playing, it's a school band btw

[lawnmower16]

Yeah mine is too. We're going to New Orleans on the 22nd for the crescent jazz festival. And we're playing at the d-day museum, so that should be pretty cool.

[goofy5192]

god i love this song

[iamkellen]

heroin butter or not, this song is hot. I played bass on it with jon faddis last year, so fun, so groove.

music is good.

[xxscarlettrigger]

absolutely.

[omgitsApollo]

abbey the pit bull!

[IWILLTRYTOFIXYOU]

I'll never go back to Georgia

[RainPoetry]

Brilliant music. Thanx for posting. Love it.

[goodchessactor]

What's all the beef? In Puerto Rican slang manteca means heroin. The non-slang translation of manteca is lard. Butter in Puerto Rico is translated "mantequilla". Manteca may have other meanings in other countries so Dizzy may have gotten the title from another source. Saludos....

[alejandrohb19]

I´m from Argentina, don´t teach me spanish. Manteca means the same as mantequilla, but mexicans, spanish (from Spain), and people from central america call it that way. Perhaps in your american movies they use that nickname for heroin, but in south america we don´t. Perhaps the use it in Puerto Rico or some country from central america, but that does not means that is the general use of the word. If you come here and ask for manteca they will give you butter.

[Argentinoylatino]

depende porque en otros paises manteca se le dice a la grasa

[nickycaba123]

fun fact: "Manteca" is spanish for Heroin.

[jerec576]

Really? had been looking for what the hell that meant forawhile. Thanks.

[alejandrohb19]

"Manteca" in spanish means butter. "Heroina" is spanish for Heroin. If you ever go to a spanish speaking region, please take a dictionary, otherwise it could get messy.

[nickycaba123]

MANTEQUILLA, is "butter" in spanish. Second manteca is a nickname for heroin. Not everything in the world is in a book.

[jerec576]

Lol, there are such things as dialects. I learned spanish from my cuban family, i cannot understand mexicans or the spanish dialects being word choice, expression, and grammar even vary

[benwatts]

heroin on toast...the breakfast of champions!

[qbanito86]

Listen Manteca means butter, puerto rican called heroin butter then they tried to transalate in to spanish and named it manteca which is the wrong transalation... learn your facts before insulting one of the greatest musician this plantet has ever seen...

[XGilbertX]

no its not

[gubenski]

he s the best1

[beastdalyricsyt]

dizzy was the man rest in peace!!!!

all you other clowns talking smak on one of the fucking greatest. wtf is wrong with yall

[danylongshaft]

why do people keep complaining about dizzy's embouchure ....

honestly it dosnt really matter

he still players better than you

[acornman37]

@danylongshaft

I don't know how he does it! Playing like that is supposed to automatically make you sound terrible. Maybe he's just showing off that he can play with bad technique and still sound amazing. Or maybe it's a particular style/sound that he gets by doing that for this piece. Or maybe it's because he's playing some weird variant of the trumpet.

[tasogare82]

@danylongshaft exactly.. it was never a bad embouchure: all the muscles are working, just the skin itself became elastic!!

[nestor6174]

@danylongshaft VERY F'N TRU



[carrie0627]

AWESOME!!! He is the best.

[Siavash119]

boom

[skater08824]

looks like every note hurts hime with those cheeks

[joseluis8585]

AND LATIN JAZZ WAS BORN!!!!

[Cdiwins1]

Wow! Look how slim he got for this gig!

[ox092]

Personally i taught myself how to play with great embature. i was very particular with that. It just the right technique and more air. many people don't play with air

[sweethahalol]

agreed, air is key.

[ox092]

I might be able to play this song on my trumpet. lol but i don't think the solo's :P. I once improvised a 24 measure solo but nothing near this much lol...

[detvadet]

look at that mans cheeks!  so cool!

[jccwake9]

strangefate is correct, his muscles collapsed in his cheeks. he got into some medical magazine and it's now called "gillespie pouches". i learned that in my jazz studies class at the U of M.

[Bernerker]

why do his cheeks puff up so big while hes playing? it looks kinda scary

i thought that your not supposed to do that unless youre playing some huge instrument like the tuba

anyways, im playing this song in jazz band

we suck compared to them

they sound great

[DrStrangefate]

muscles in his cheeks tore or something if i remember correctly

correct me if im wrong

but no it's not intentional, it's just what happens to HIM when he plays

[JohnPaulSaylor]

It's because he was never taught the correct way to blow into a trumpet. Look up trumpet embature on google. So after years of playing it incorrectly, his cheeks now did that. When I was learning how to play trumpet I watched a video of this man to show what happens when you don't use the correct embature.

[MaestroPippo]

Thats ridiculous. Unless you can back up your comment, I think you should keep it yourself and not criticize a trumpet master. Poor guy didn't bring that on himself, its a condition that makes your skin elastic. It's not that uncommon, but Diz made his chops work despite it. Who says there one correct way to play anyway,what is most important in he end is product. His was one of the best of all time.

[jerec576]

Actually the muscles in his cheek failed. Our cheeks are actually really stretchy. But the muscles just lost it. His lips and everything was perfectly tight, if anything it was harder to do that.

[Siavash119]

john is right. Dizzy plays using a different technique that he develloped as a kid (can't spell).

[beastdalyricsyt]

your right about the physical disorder, anyone who talk shit on dizzy is an idiot

[illsxofxmodernxman]

Mine did last year...Well a rendition. I wasnt a big fan cause I play trumpet but for the jazz band I play guitar in the rythmn section so I couldnt do anything interesting

[ramonesrocker517]

i played this my 8th grade year in our jazz ensemble (dumbed down of course) and then in my high school jazz ensemble freshman year. i can never stop loving this piece. of course the master plays it 4825904385043 times better than anyone. haha

[davezilla1995]

im at eckstien sr jazz, this song if FUN

[54spiritedwill54]

This shit is so dope

[apc81894]

i'm in eckstein sr. jazz...we got this on monday, I think. it's SO fun to play. I love it.

[edgardobn2]

Manya que antiguo ese video , Dizzy Joven y Arturo en forma...GENIAL!

[drlluc]

dizzy joven?

[jerec576]

Arturo Sandoval sounds the same as everything else he has ever done; loud, obnoxious, and cuban.

[bimmerfun]

Apparently you've never heard him play classical music or BeBop. Your statement couldn't be further from the truth!

[godems123]

eckstein ms sr jazz might play this!!!!

[LuigiGodzillaGirl]

I remember playing this in high school

[mavsfan1000]

We played this tune in Jazz Band at San Jac South. Man I should take another semester of that. Fun stuff to play.

[DrStrangefate]

San Jac South? You must know Bob then!! He's awesome! Came to my old high school for a few performances last year and year before. Waltrip HS.

[mavsfan1000]

Cool. Yeah he is a great trumpet player.

[GoombaNC]

wow he's amazing

but farrr outtt i couldn't puff out my neck and cheeks like that even if i tried

[pedrpk2]

Manteca. Original de Luciano 'Chano' Pozo. Lástima que moriste tan rápido y no nos dejaste casi nada en video.

[bashirov]

wtf with aspect ratio?

[migmarfin]

Don't know. Few months ago Youtube still was able to correct it automatically... Couldn't find any way to complain about it either.

[spewtuba]

Your moms funny looking! (kidding)

Dizzy's band director told him not to puff his cheeks but he wouldn't listen!

[bassoonistsrock]

amazing trumpet player, but funny lookin'

[bananas4horses]

doing this in jazz band

[andyyhitscar]

i bet my jazz band version kicks your ace!

[diamondplayboi]

i'll never go back to georgia! haha i love this song the joe cuba version is good too

[curly5151]

lol he might be an amazing trumpet player but damn does he look like the state puff marshmallow man when he plays

[evosynth]

kien sabe cual es el precio de una trompeta vincent bach stradivarius ?

[alexetan]

i want a trumpet like his

[underdogflip15]

we're doing this song for jazz this year. its pretty fun to play.

[alexetan]

dude so am i what band are u in?

[jspunkw]

me too. im in parsons junior high band from redding, CA, you?

[Megaman915]

my H.S. jazz band is playing it and we are all goiong to end up having to improv.

[margullo]

Pues Manteca se la tarareo Chano Pozo a Dizzy, pues Chano no hablaba ingles, y asi fu como se escribio.

[MrKoffee1212]

This shit is so dope

[tubagirl93]

he sure looks silly

[pirateducky]

Haha, this is a pretty cool version! :) i love the clave rythem...

[austrianfunkhunter]

Great! A very groovy version! Thanks for that post!

[augustoescarpino]

grandioso, sorprendete, !!!!!!

[artualex]

uff uff... este tema si que kema....

[bernardoromer77]

Que banda señores. Un gran expresión del Cubop.

[iamkellen]

I am playing this song with jon faddis!

[eladbarn]

I uploaded a remix to this song made by The Funky Lowlives.

Check it out

[josephferrerosa34]

wow an upright bass would be nicer, but hey you do what cha can. I've heard my school's jazz ensemble and this one is a little better than I remember because they improvise more. Dizzy is still the king of trumpets no denying that, but this Arturo guy is REALLY good too.  But Dizzy scires into the octave and still sustains, truly the king of it all.

[congacabana]

unreal ..awsome... master Dizzy, and Arturo Sandoval solo?

[yvestrembl]

Magnifique!

Manteca de la dope rythmique!

[gato0229]

Cubop at its finest!

[ncodrington]

YEPP!

[person333333333]

nice im also playing this in my schools jazz band

[Zombbg4]

i love when arturo rips through runs and scales, and of course his insane high notes.

[thrasher65]

we're playing this in our schools jazz band, i wish i culd use a stand up bass instead of electric, it would sound so much nicer

[dolemitedoestechno]

That would be fucking awesome

[gangstergandhi]

Our band is also playing this song, and we have a stand up bass, but we still use the electric bass.

[BassmanII]

I don't see why not?? If you're trained on upright, then by all means, use it.

[Gustofdaconquistador]

Probably one of the best backgrounds I've ever heard.

[jimraw1]

I think Remmurds is right - this might be the best version of Manteca I've ever heard - and its amazing to see Arturo at that age - no wonder Diz considered him his friend and successor...

[timbalero85]

hermoso

[mapexdrums]

awesome

[remmurds]

Maybe this is the best version of Manteca. What a amazing intro of this song...

[cferriol1]

Not only Dizzy is awesome. Sandoval is playing many beautifull parts.

[ivandj12]

wow!! the best...

[Screammachin]

Dizzy's a legend! this rocks and swings and....if only there were more like him

[WritingIsMyReligion]

Don't think the Afro-Cuban jazz gets any better than Dizzy and "Manteca."

[sammie101234]

Dizzy is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!