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SamMoff (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
actually there is a video on youtube that has Dizzy himself explaining how he got his trumpet bent it is called "Dizzy's Trumpet Story"
mikhailr13 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
lol everybody has been giving me heaps of shit about this, thanks for the info, you wernt a smartass about it, i heard it from my old concert band teacher, who is a fool.
KlassyKamikaze (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
He played upright. He wasn't Miles Davis who played downwards. After his horn accidentally got bent, Diz liked it better because he could hear himself better and thus had his trumpets made that way from then on. James Moody told me that story
KlassyKamikaze (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
WRONG! If you see the pics of him in the 40s with Charlie Parker, he had a normal trumpet. The bent up bell started as an accident later. A dancer backstage tripped over it and bent it up. Diz liked it better because he could hear himself better and thus had his trumpets made that way from then on. James Moody told me that story
KlassyKamikaze (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
WRONG! Miles Davis had the bad habit of leaning down. As you can see Diz plays very upright. The bent up bell started as an accident. A dancer backstage tripped over it and bent it up. Diz liked it better because he could hear himself better and thus had his trumpets made that way from then on. James Moody told me that story.
KlassyKamikaze (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Nope! A dancer tripped over it back stage and bent it. Diz liked it because he could better hear himself and thus had his trumpets made that way from then on.
SamMoff (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Clitti, let me just say that i am a saxophonist, yet i influence a LOT from Dizzy... thats how great i thought he was... and so amazing that he and Duke led drug free lives, unlike everyone else... Dizzy is one of my heroes
FriedEggsandChips (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Hewylewis: Um, I get the feeling those cheeks are behind his great talent, and therefore his career! The world of music owes a lot to his froggy cheeks. ;)
lalbruiz (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Wow, was he really your uncle? I would be extremely proud of that, Mr. Gillespie was such an amazing musician, and I would be proud of being part of his family...and just wish that some of his talent was inherited, hopefully. Great performance.
CelesteK (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
He's not saying that he's Dizzy's uncle. He's saying that Dizzy is HIS uncle. | 
