Dizzy Gillespie - Manteca - 1959

[TheRealMrSlow]

DA FUCK! I nearly disliked because this song is too short! I WANT MORE

[rkdalth]

wow fantastic !!!!!!!!!!!!

[drumspeed2]

at :27 the sax player rolls his eyes. Haha.

[tabhawk5432]

It's the Dizzy 2 step shuffle!

[dilanyaa]

legend

[naimahallwaysbeingme]

the drumer was my grat grandpa

[97nachotv]

@naimahallwaysbeingme Incredible!

[anthony1panz]

1:10- TEDDY STEWART IS NOT AMUSED!!

[KMChams]

That drummers giving him the evil eye -___-

[videomania100]

what do you get when you mix Manteca with Message in a Bottle? A crazy amazing arrangement. ck it out.

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[kazitol67]

it sounds like tequilla ;)

[Psychicxfish]

@kazitol67 Tequila sounds like this ;)

[2015beast]

haha taquila :-)

[blackandtanful]

ﾃﾞｨｼﾞｰ･ｶﾞﾚｽﾋﾟｰは目もクラむような!～～この１分­ちょっとの”マンテカ”に全てが・・・いい映像～ｼﾞｭﾆｱ･ﾏ­ﾝｽがﾋﾟｱﾉだ! #jazzm 

[scotlandboy48]

I feel bad for the person who told Dizzy Gillespie not to puff his cheeks

[KasraGhodsi]

holy shit his cheeks

[Borbatr]

pitolove is right, Dizzy didn't like hard drugs.

But that doesn't mean he couldn't do a song about them.

But in truth, he probabily didn't use any, only joints.

[MrBillyOi9572]

I don't think it's about heroin. It's about big asses. MANTECAAAA!! See! it's catchy lke TEQUILLAAA!!!! And here's my logic. Black and Mescan(myself) homies like big asses. Sue me!!! VATOS LOCOS FOREVER!! :)

[sambasabrosa]

I didn't hear the Manteca melody but did hear Night in Tunisia at the beginning. The rest of the band is playing Manteca though. amiright?

[StonefreeX]

Whatever happened to good old swing music? This stuff was just as awesome to watch as to listen....Especially Dizzy...He's never done two identical versions of this song with the same exact notes,it still eclectically rocks! ...and his cheeks are freakin HUGE!

[dreadtodred]

dizzy could swing

[kfaulk581]

Wow now I know where pee wee got that song from

[MrConormurray]

Lovely.

[dastardlycustard]

I love his dance at the beginning.

[tfed1219]

love love love love

[amschu04]

good lord, look at his cheeks!

[flonga1]

@amschu04

Where have you been lol

[ginaszoo36]

Want a "love" button!

[mancity0987]

3 people went back to Georgia.

[90090655700]

Dizzy Gillespie Live At Ralph Gleason's Jazz Casual TV series.

January 17, 1961.

Trumpet: Dizzy Gillespie

Piano: Lalo Schifrin

Alto Sax: Leo Wright

Bass: Bob Cunnigham

Drums: Chuck Lampkin

[Trumpetlover2010]

In the beginning of the song ....

[Trumpetlover2010]

Does anyone else recognize Tequila, too?

[BrooklynNYC777]

wow look at dizzy and miles

[mbensonj1]

Crab in my shoe mouth

[BlaqMarketProduction]

look @ how big his cheeks get!!

[k0pikolombia]

Yeah.... watch Dizzy do some lil cripwalkin there... gangsta... LOL!

p/s : respect for the man... ♥

[ojasthegreat]

i love his cheeks

[5theend1]

brief but amazing

[thefishermann]

Why dont you put entire playing?

[elangelphoto]

Awesome. Great driving music on top of it all. Thanks.



[jaramillo67]

véanlo echar los pases....

[teddyfreeloader]

Nothing beats his moves

[geetarninja10]

Playing this in jazz band

[tanvo93]

i see where cedric gets his dance moves from (singer from The Mars Volta)

[onceonlyaz]

were playing this in band at my school this song rulesssss

[videomania100]

How cool is he? the coolest!

i just saw a video pf a band that takes this song and fuses it with the police' message in a bottle. atomic!

search manteca in a bottle

cool.

[spraddr]

Ton2as: Thanks for the info about mambo dancing and the Palladium Ballroom! (reposting your original comment):

@spraddr Yeah! That is the true mambo dancing! Remember that Dizzy used to go a lot to the Palladium Ballroom in NY, which was known at that time (1950s) as the "temple of mambo", a place where you could learn how to dance with the best latin big bands of that era, especially Tito Puente, Tito Rodríguez and Machito and his Afro-Cubans.

[ArdenGalaxe]

Like butter indeed!

[doomushroom]

isn't that "Tequila" by The Champs ? :O

[Medalstep]

Manteeeca

[pitolove71]

Manteca is a common word that is used in the spanish culture/streets to identify with Heroin. It's weird that I see Dizzy use this term for his song. The actual meaning of the word is Grease.

Heroin was very popular amongst jazz musicians & it's culture. However Dizzy never used drugs & even disassociated himself from the late, great Charlie "Bird" Parker because of the Bird's notorious addiction to heroin. Fun facts for Jazz aficionados.

[javiikiller]

@pitolove71 Wao :O

[snubbs741]

@pitolove71 pshhh we've all seen Bird haha :p

[piaknowledge]

@pitolove71 The song was co-written by the latin composer Chano Pozo (hence the latin feel) who was a heroin addict. In fact, shortly after this song was written Chano was shot by a drug dealer in new york.

[rayjr62]

@piaknowledge Chano was more of a coke head than a heroin addict. Most of the latin musicians were into cocaine big time. And Chano slapped the drug dealer across the face when confronted with his delinquent payments. So, the deal (true to form) shot and killed him.

[pitolove71]

@piaknowledge Wow, thank you brother. Music is awesome, period. Like food for the soul...but also, knowing about it's rich history, as well as distorted one is always refreshing to know. Thanks a mil...

[solarluna1]

@pitolove71- Manteca is defined as Lard or fat. It's also a city in Northern California, located in the central valley.

[federicofrasisti]

@pitolove71 The actual meaning is "Lard"

[TheMrLautaro]

@pitolove71 i'm argentinian and i've been in spain, the Real translation of the word MANTECA (or mantequilla in some countrys) is BUTTER . not GREASE.

[pitolove71]

@TheMrLautaro Thanks for the correction! (I stand corrected) But in PR manteca is grease & mantequilla is butter. Unfortunately I learned my spanish in Puerto Rico & you know that our spanish is not accurate at all compared to the most accurate, best speaking spanish countries i.e., Spain, Argentina, & Columbia, in my personal opinion. But hey, I speak 3.5 languages: English, Spanish, Hebrew & some Portuguese...

[thelonebassoonist]

anyone know where I can get a hat like that?

[spraddr]

Dizzy's footwork in, like, the first 30 seconds of so are some of THE best moves I've ever seen! Now THAT's what they call cuttin' a rug!

[diederikeggenkamp]

@rumpleforcekin Well this is what I believe to be true but I'm not trying to be all elite here, might be wrong all the same! I'm pretty sure though. And it may have been a teaching technique to indeed scare you into not puffing your cheeks, since it's very important not to creat that habit!

[JimmyPage97]

@rumpleforcekin From my understanding Dizzy did NOT have a disorder causing this. I took a Jazz History class at my college and learned that Dizzy was always told that his style (the chipmunk thing) was 100% bad technique. But being himself, and I guess being a Be-Bop musician (sure thats debatable), Dizzy went on and did his own thing anyways.

I have heard that Jimi Hendrix had extra ligaments or bones in his hands for advanced playing, and I have heard similar with Kenyan runners. Nonsense.

[diederikeggenkamp]

@JimmyPage97 Haha well I never heard that, and on a technical basis Hendrix wasn't that advanced. There had been a lot of boppers with better technique, they just didn't have his X-factor and creativity that made him so respected up until today. But that doesn't matter, just sharing something.

Anyway I find it hard too believe, that must've been excruciatingly painful.. And there is some older footage in which he plays using correct technique! That kinda offsets that possibility..

[JimmyPage97]

@diederikeggenkamp Well I guess I would have to argue the definition of Good vs Bad technique. We have here Two wonderful examples of "BAD" Technique. Jimi Hendrix and Dizzy Gilespee. I don't know what degree of horrible there technique would fall under. Yet despite the horrid technique...the product did not reflect it. If you know where I'm going.

[diederikeggenkamp]

@JimmyPage97 couldn't agree with you more! Being a guitarist, I won't comment on Dizzy any further. But I sure agree on Hendrix' part.

[JimmyPage97]

@diederikeggenkamp Well the legacy alone is enough.

[diederikeggenkamp]

@JimmyPage97 true.

[diederikeggenkamp]

@rumpleforcekin Well actually Dizzy had a certain condition which caused some important muscles in his cheeks/neck to loose strength or something.. Bottom line: he used the right technique but the muscles to keep his cheeks together didn't work properly ;p.. You can read about it to see the details.

[JimmyPage97]

@diederikeggenkamp Links?

[JimmyPage97]

@rumpleforcekin Your saying your friend ended up like Dizzy? or am I reading this wrong?

[JimmyPage97]

Its just just me right? Dizzy starts off with the same thing from the song 'tequila"

[SuperRiceCooker]

lmao hes like a pufferfish

[thanatoutheosJr]

taken from Italian tv!

[Cananalope]

he was a great man, workings towards civil rights reform and a renowned modren jazz drummer.

[Cananalope]

@tadd1 it was a joke; sarcasm, you know? lighten up... take a valium.

[Pudge751]

That trumpet looks like is on Viagra.,.,lol

[amilisom]

Haha, it looks like Leo Wright rolls his eyes at Dizzy's dancing at the beginning!

[Cananalope]

I didnt know martin luther king played drums. wow

[Auntkekebaby]

@Cananalope LOL...you stupid (funny) Look up Grand Puba

[tadd1]

@Cananalope And I didn't there there were still crackers like you who think all people of color look alike !

This is Teddy Stewart, one of the all-time greats.

[Cananalope]

I didnt know martin luther king played drums. wow

[lab42486]

I just realized that manteca is tequila @ 50 sec's just say tequila and the words are similar phonetically

[Auntkekebaby]

@lab42486 No, he said Manteca. He just sampled a little of Tequila.

[lab42486]

@Auntkekebaby you miss understood, I said tequila sampled manteca, manteca is like 10-20 yrs before tequila

[Auntkekebaby]

@lab42486 My bad. I'm aware of the age of Manteca. I'm thinking since this is from 1959, maybe he wanted to play with the tequila song a little. I will go back and listen to the original Manteca.

[DaveDude571]

i just realized thats miles davis in the background

[tadd1]

@DaveDude571 Where do you see Miles Davis in the background?

[DaveDude571]

@tadd1 ok so i rewatched the video to remember and I must have been doing drugs when I wrote that comment he is clearly not there idk WHAT i was thinking! Sorry about that man.

[rchammer90]

those cheeks...oh my god, I want to learn the physiology behind that

[gopb1]

que maravilla

[notmefuckingname]

his checks gt so fucking big

[tenderfootV]

the face of the drummer at 1:16 he is thinking "oh sh** look at his cheeks!"

[BrooklynNYC777]

wow was that miles davis

[awsomedrummer100]

kind of trumpet is he holding

[uprayup]

Thumbs up if you like Dizzie's jaws.

I love them - Yeah!!

[switchfootroxs]

does the sax player roll his eyes? :25-:28 lol

Wish I could have heard more of Dizzy in this one...

[awstrali]

drummer was by far the best mucician there

[rg743]

@awstrali musician*

[camipalermo]

che gance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[davetron22]

the drummer is awesome

[DadukoDave]

Oh, Dizz . . .  you wear my legs thin.

[mikebrockandroll]

his cheeks!!!

[dennyvibes]

You gotta mention Chano Pozo who wrote the song.

[wazzup4u]

This is history Diz with his conjunto cinco with some of the best American jazz musicians ever to join together and to focus rhythms in the Afro-Cuban tradition

[Auntkekebaby]

Tease, tease, tease...oooh this is wicked! If you ain't dancin', ya DEAD!

[Whatisthescore]

Respond to this video... tequilla!

[GoodHumorMan114]

Very sexy, Indeed!

[lechugasnotdead]

More! please!

never seen a crooked trumpet liked that.. expected to see candido too.. a piece of brilliant 1 minute and a half music

[jirotrom]

would really love a link to a longer version anyone?

[congoray1]

This is my Father Teddy Stewart on drums. Looking for more footage of this band if someone has it?

[Raequan2025]

Can you get the longer version? This is such a tease!

[paolopedretti]

@Raequan2025 i teased myself last night

[willy1986tralara]

toma ya! grande dizzy!!

[etherealeyes]

crazy masseters man

[heinie]

so kwel!!!!

i want more!

thanks for sharing.

[Likes2Sketch]

I love his trumpet

[tgteevee]

@Likes2Sketch I love his cheeks

[tgteevee]

@Likes2Sketch I love his cheeks. He could win fluffy bunny every time.

[l4m5aiWin9]

@Likes2Sketch

 it got that way because he either dropped it, or someone knocked over, and it got bent all crazy, and he decided to play it anyway

[MileyCyrusTrueLove]

Oh ya, this is also the riff used by the "Champs" (featuring a young Seals & Croft) in 1958 for their tune "Tequila"

[dbeckster]

Diz often referred to popular songs and classical music with his solos.

[timek21v]

That sounds more like a quote to me, so I think it's the other way around, especially looking at the dates. This is 59, and you're right in that 'tequila' came out in 58. And he doesn't use this same melodic piece in other versions of the tune.

[PERINSON]

@timek21v The original version of Manteca came out in the fortys. So this song came out way before Tequila

[MileyCyrusTrueLove]

Wild drumming! This song was was apparently the inspiration for Bobby Parker's guitar riff in "Watch Your Step", which in turn was the inspiration for the riffs in Sonnie Boy Williamson's "One Way Out" (covered by the Allman Brothers with very similar drumming to this video); the Beatles "I Feel Fine"; & Led Zep "Moby Dick".

[dbeckster]

It's amazing how jazz inspires so many kinds of music.

[opus88888]

This comes from cuban music.

[madarfutty]

Thank you so much!

[MusicTV476]

Very nice!!!!

5*****

[viniguitarjazz]

wow !! very good !! THANKS !!!

[Maryasha33]

ЭТО - ШЕДЕВР!!!!! Спасибо за это видео!!!!!!!!!!!

[Soulnik]

Awesome. ♫♫♫♫♫