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DeweyDavis
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 Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2021 5:59 pm Post subject: Dizz and his horn |
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| Why did Dizz have his bell pointed up in the air like that? |
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kehaulani
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My understanding is that his Committee got knocked off a stand, bending the bell. Diz started playing it and thought he could hear himself better and quicker, so refined it into what we see today.
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khedger
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| kehaulani wrote: | | Urban mythology is that his Committee got knocked off a stand, bending the bell. Diz started playing it and thought he could hear himself better and quicker, so refined it into what we see today. |
Not mythology - Diz tells the story in his bio 'To Be or Not to Bop'.....
Keith
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DeweyDavis
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| Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2021 10:45 am Post subject: |
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| Interesting. Thanks. |
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