I gotta say, David Bergeron is a freaking champ for those high-ass notes on that tuba. It takes a really good pair of lungs to get up that extreme register. I played tuba for 3 years, and the highest I could get without any problem was the high C... I could also go up the high D but it took more effort.
No puedo creer! este material es unico! no sabia de esto!! ni del idolo de randy con jaco!! gracias! lo q mas me emociona es que es una big band!! GRACIAS MUCHAS!! SALUDOSSS
conventionally you shouldn't puff your cheeks, but it is by no means unprofessional. it is possible to be efficient with cheeks puffed but we tell beginning students not too because they are usually using their air inefficiently and it's getting stuck in their cheeks a professional values a good sound over anything else. look up dizzy gillespie
LOL, I'm sure after his thousands of hours refining his technique, Bob Mintzer will see your comment and finally become professional. (In seriousness, if you watch other videos of him playing, you'll see he plays tenor differently, so I'm pretty sure this is a very conscious decision for him. Viz. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HUrFNtbyKI4.html) That said, at 7:38, is that a piece of blue tape over his reed? What the hell is that?
