Rafael Mendez - The Girl From Chihuahua

This is a brief clip from the film A Holiday in Mexico featuring Rafael Mendez on trumpet. It starts off with a really great cadenza, and then Mendez takes us into the tune The Girl From Chihuahua. Too bad they didn't stay on Mendez for the entirety of the tune.

[@oviedoc5454]

Amazing talent, skill and ability!!! Ten dislikes? --- incomprehensible???

[@brokenwrench1]

what mendez did few people know about was developing teaching methods for beginners and advanced students . he traveled through out the US holding trumpet clinics for students and putting on demonstrations and making playing the trumpet look easy. i was taught our of one of his beginner books. his method does not encourge blasting in the ultra high range but to play all ranges as softly or as loadly as the music calls for. playing high notes softly in tune is harder than blasting them

[@xxtreemxylophonexx_2298]

Do you know the name of the beginner book you used?

[@user-fo9kk4il8q]

Where we can find more information about this

[@fito65]

For many people, Rafael Mendez is the best in the History.

[@echovarde]

Where have all the great music people gone... why don't we get to hear music like this today on the radio or in Hollywood films or TV? Mucho gracais for loading this onto KZbin for us to see in 2009. Cheers

[@exxzxxe]

Unexcelled; there will never be another of this talent!!

[@fito65]

Hola. Soy de Chihuahua y coincido contigo. Lo bueno es que Don Rafael (QEPD), demostró a EE.UU y al mundo la clase de gran talento que tiene nuestro país. Un verdadero Maestro !!

[@micahmaurio2397]

Everytime I hear a Mendez clip I remember why I play the trumpet. Wow!

[@El_Bueno]

Rafael Mendez... excellent trumpet player.

[@doctorwholordotime]

.....oh my god..... im a trumpet plaer in 8th grade..... i know what im doing for the next 90+ years of my life.... :D

[@ON760]

So, are you still playing the trumpet?

[@arielsalcido926]

Yea are u

[@sacrafyce7969]

You're around 19, still playing?

[@esteban_osman]

@@sacrafyce7969 dude he's closer to around 24

[@sacrafyce7969]

@@esteban_osman oops, my brain mustve been short circuiting😂

[@DarkHeartedMusician]

Rafael Mendez is a gift from God.

[@castrewq]

Mendez is the BEST that there ever was!!

[@TheGhoulardi]

Wow! Mr. Menez in his "natural" setting ! Fabulous. Thanks for posting.

[@dafofnofo]

Compositor: Quirino Mendoza, el nombre de la cancion es Jesusita en Chihuahua o Chuchita en Chihuahua. El mismo compositor de Cielito Lindo.

[@El_Bueno]

I’m glad they showed the best part of the movie

[@robgrune3284]

Mendez had fantastic technique. In this genre, nobody surpasses Mendez, and doubtful anyone will.

[@castrewq]

rafael mendez is the best ever by far...

[@fredrogers4704]

Magic Trumpet Mendez!

[@martinatkinson8992]

Literally the most Mexican thing I’ve ever seen

[@dragoneste505]

Es un fenómeno de la trompeta

[@pabloduran9213]

Maestro desde uruguay exelente

[@nem0027]

he is a God...

[@TheEzSkittles]

The trumpet is so cool.

[@tpte]

Why can't Hollywood movies feature world class musicians like in the old days?

[@bsk1460]

One of the greatest of all time.

[@Jabob75]

Best thing ive ever heard

[@daynelmarzo]

BEST 54 SECONDS OF MY LIFE!!! AMAZING.

[@SuperFrench123]

Rafita con toda mi admiración fuiste o res muy kbroon pala trompee!!!

[@user-jp7ex5pr9m]

Великий Музыкант!!!

[@bardolobaco8682]

Mis respetos de verdad a este gran maestro 👌👌🎼🎺🎧🎶😁

[@100374ZER]

just amazing,"jesusita en chihuahua"the real name of that song

[@iluvsystemofadown]

8-22 I LOOVE IT!!

[@dafofnofo]

!Simplemente el mejor del siglo XX ! alguien sabe como se llama la cancion ?

[@perikoguevara789]

maestro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@LoLRaider]

unbeatable

[@4FunSoGood]

cool!

[@GerryBoy]

The song is called: Jesusita en Chihuahua.

[@chrisving91]

holy crap. such as band in the background! :D

[@geniousyo]

HECHO EN MEXICO

[@JokinJoe]

love it

[@quesoburger]

wow

[@irenequirozmendez5613]

Increíble

[@DancingSpiderman]

I'm now hungray for some El Poyo ChokeHold....

[@rosasdivinas]

the song he is playing is called "Jesucita En Chihuahua" ;)

[@BrennenL]

Colour in 1946! :D

[@AlbaroMartinez]

no! i hope i go in the summer! but who knows

[@deadhood_66]

omg the note at 0:22 so STRONG!

[@symiankrone]

WOW! scary good!

[@Nabokov50]

I've heard of Rafael Mendez, but not the movie The Girl From Chihuahua. We may have just seen the best clip from the whole film.

[@musicfreak115]

jezz wut an awsome intro

[@dle462]

september 15, 1981

[@drkauffman74]

Ya Phil Driscoll!

[@XMusic93]

Nice. 1946? Good quality!

[@YaBoyCH4S3]

Who gives a fuck about the movie Mendez is a straight beast. I just want to hear him.

[@HectorGallegosmusic]

Arguably, the best trumpeter, but not by far.

[@seantash7875]

I happen to agree with MASA92190.

[@luigisanto7486]

Rafael Mendez, Timofei Dokshitzer and Fred Mills: STOP!!!!!

[@ALEXSUGO]

super y es mexicano! (o era, no lo sé)

[@cardenas54]

De una forma o de otra todos somos ignorantes. El genio ignora trabajos del campo. el arquitecto ignora el trabajo de un médico y asi sucesivamente todos somos ignorantes de algo.

[@tadeomartinez9150]

"Jesusita de Chihuahua".

[@TPDR08]

@varscht Rafael or Clifford... gese man, I could argue with myself for hours over a question like that!

[@violaplayer1995]

when did he pass awy?

[@Mrgop]

1981 at the age of 75.

[@MrDanielBrisk]

@Nabokov50 yeah, probably!!! lol

[@rafaelzx]

my name is the same of this guy o.O

[@iluvsystemofadown]

vizzuti is amazing also, but rafael is.. just better =p

[@AlbaroMartinez]

wooot! go mexicans

[@Alertsprez12345]

@varscht you're wrong.

[@MrRodrigostrumpet]

hey do not understand what you mean. like that rafael 1 and 2 takes to mean making. but maybe if I call it otherwise.

[@thykapow]

No way man. Clifford plays with originality. Clifford=Clifford. Also this has nothing to with Rafael Mendez (who is freakin awesome by the way).

[@FromTheMarshess]

are you sure this is the Mexican Hat Dance?

[@pacman80500]

dont think that way, be inspired to play more.

[@shirkenXCCR]

theirs no o

[@trumpetaceman7806]

0:09

[@iluvsystemofadown]

technique wise arturo wont "kick his ass". range wise, definitely. but if looked at techniques then mendez wins hands down.

[@Android_Warrior]

As of 10/26/2020 we have 25 violinists(thumbs down).

[@MASA92190]

He is unsurpassed technically for the most part, but I really think his tone and sometimes his dynamics are not suited for more classical pieces. Regardless, he is the best mariachi-style player ever. I know that I will be "thumbs-downed" for this but I really think it's true.

[@DarkstarDarth]

Lip syncing trumpet....awesome!

[@vohehuli]

He's really good but can be rivaled. Ever heard of allen vizzutti?

[@AlbaroMartinez]

that would suck=(

[@gregd3551]

The entire band is "lip syncing".

[@j.ag.3537]

don't worry , someone uploaded the 78rpm of this tune :)

[@dee3090]

Mendez would not have played with an inferior orchestra. Not only was he the best trumpeter of all time, he was a man of sterling character. I got to take a few lessons from him many years ago at a Colorado band camp. $7 each! Along with his professional career, he was dedicated to helping young people.

[@gustavoalvarado6294]

everything good, except for that shitty painting of bullfighting

[@meat.]

gustavo alvarado what’s wrong with the painting