More info with lower quality image: https://alchetron.com/Live-at-the-Village-Vanguard-(Dizzy-Gillespie-album)
I’m over here like “Who bent this dude’s trumpet?”
And I’m like, “How’d his cheeks DO that?!”
With enough effort, you can spread your cheeks wider than you anticipate.
My hamster saw this pic and just looks bummed the fuck out now.
Funny coincidence: I’ve watched a documentary (Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (2024)) yesterday that included footage of his shows.
I thought: Did they somehow edit his cheeks to look this extremely big when he’s blowing the trumpet? But I guess that’s just the way it looked. Very impressive.
I think it’s a failure of the muscles after decades of playing.
Yes, I just checked the Wiki and it’s “cheek-oriented laryngoceles”.
Oh, thanks for the link! I’d forgotten
![[Jazz] Dizzy Gillespie -- Live at the Village Vanguard (1967)](https://media.piefed.social/posts/IY/j3/IYj3rCGax4EFbWh.jpg){kind=link}