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grizzletoast (July 18, 2008 at 5:05 am)
He is the greatest ever, because he was the FIRST to make it a solo classical instrument. Maurice and everyone else, as great as they were and are, follow Raphael. IMHO
canarerock (July 5, 2008 at 8:24 am)
big WOW
polinidream45 (June 30, 2008 at 3:32 am)
ahhh these old films have the best sound quality
jglsd1 (June 3, 2008 at 1:35 am)
That's how I do it.
cheesheadman (May 28, 2008 at 2:25 am)
You don't actually need to circular breath, a great trumpet player I know and the people in his section all say the same thing: practice with air enough and you will have enough to last until a breath with some left over. Also, music is meant to have spaces so to circular breath actually defeats some of the finer points of music playing, as a well timed breath can be just as important as a good crescendo in the professional world. Or so I have heard.
theawesomeone5 (May 13, 2008 at 1:01 am)
well, da da gah is sometiems advised against becasue it can make a sloppy sound, and, the one reccomended by arban ins tee tee kee.
theawesomeone5 (May 13, 2008 at 1:00 am)
yeah, I rememebr reading that, it is awesome (the embochure thing, not the door, lol). I think he is defenitely one of the best. although Wynton Marsalis is my favorite. along with Harry James.
stuartmack18 (May 11, 2008 at 11:39 pm)
rafael mendez is not the best trumpet player in the world... but did you know that he got a door shoved into his trumpet while he was playing and that he could switch embochours if his lips were getting tired
breaksjunky (May 6, 2008 at 4:34 am)
oh yea just for the record...for tripple tounging i use tu tu ku...lol never heard of da da gah,,might try that for jazz...hmmm...later folks
breaksjunky (May 6, 2008 at 4:30 am)
just wanted to say thanks for posting these vids...my father was taught to play trumpet by Mendez so ill be sure to tell him about these videos being available...he will love them!! take it ez | 
