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To: grundle
Easy, he puffed out his cheeks to provide increased oxygen storage. Science!


2 posted on 04/20/2024 1:20:51 PM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: Mount Athos

Actually, Louis Armstrong played correctly; the first thing a brass instrument player learns is “do NOT puff your cheeks”. Dizzy Gillespie was probably self taught and young and no one told him not to do it.


19 posted on 04/20/2024 2:24:57 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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