DIZZY and DAVID SANBORN

From the shortlived live jazz show sunday night. Hosted by Jools Holland, Dave Sanborn. The resident Sunday Night band -- and what a band! -- consisted of Marcus Miller on bass (also musical director of the show), Omar Hakim on drums, Hiram Bullock on guitar and Phillipe Saisse on keyboards. This show ran in 1988. Dizzy was the main guest.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• dizzy
• gillespie
• jazz
• trumpet
• dave
• sanborn
• alto
• sax

[MaelstromOfGoo]

I've never seen a man with such... ballooney cheeks...

[bfl305]

people fail to see that Dizzy was in fact an awesome trumpet player,let alone a composer.thats coming from a sax player.

[reassert]

It's interesting that Dizzy is old enough to be those guy's grandpa in this clip. Wonderful :)

[vanderbiltsax]

@stutzand000 That's true, he's no Miles or Chuck Mangione as far as tone goes, but tone isn't everything.

[stutzand000]

@vanderbiltsax haha dude, listen to his stuck with bird. he has bad tone. i dont know if its what he wanted or what

[vanderbiltsax]

@stutzand000 he's blown his chops by this age, you should check his early stuff. Same might be said for Sonny Rollins, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Lovano, etc.

[sandrovaro]

yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[stutzand000]

@bfl305 i will never say he is an awesome trumpet player. his tone is near crappy. sure he knows how to solo, but it doesnt sound good

[keyguy13]

Um...what 'people' ever said that Dizzy was NOT an awesome trumpet player? :) That almost made me shit myself laughing... He will ALWAYS be one of the greatest trumpet players of all time. And anyone that knows jazz knows this...

[mrthundaboots]

@sajti83 that's Omar Hakim!

[collinm140]

wow what a sick lineup, too sad it didn't last longer.

[RSBSTEADICAM]

Dizz had a muscle weakness that forced him to play the way he did. Of course it became a visual trademark over his lengthy career. It’s great that YouTube is now around to share yet another generation with his greatness both sonically and visually.