Diz was the first person I thought of as well. Ornette Coleman had something similiar going on with his neck.

My face seems to be changing too, but that may have something to do with not shaving.

 

I started at an age that it's not whether my face changed, it's how they might have turned out

 

The muscles from the top cheeks down to the jaw mandable are fatter and are particularly noticeable when I smile.

Makes you wonder what Mick Jagger would have looked like if he had played clarinet & sax ...

 

I know mine is....I frown all the time nowadays *L*

 

Yes, I agree, great for the lower face area, it seems to tighten up all those muscles there. Very nice as one get's older

 

If they ironed the wrinkles out of my face, my chin would touch my navel.

 

I don't know about the average sax player, but here's a facial transformation. Of course you'd have to be an addict and loose your teeth.

Chet Baker:

 

I have the Chet Baker Jazz icon DVD and it shows him over a period of, I think, 15 years, but it's interesting to note his front teeth (tooth?) was gone at an early age... I'm not so sure the drugs got it as opposed to a right cross.... which also could have been drug related, I guess. How old do you think he was in the second photo?

 

My neck get's considerably larger when playing bagpipes and oboe *I assume from the back pressure* but goes back to normal. The muscles have seemed to start getting larger though, my neck size has gone up about an inch in the last year or so, could be the weight lifting too.

 

Probably comes form flipping those telephone poles at the Scottish games..

 

I'm still training for the caber toss. Still having problems with rotation. Football and hockey probably did me in.

 

Yeah; and I may assure you that is not getting any better!

 

You are looking a little green in your picture.

 

I would say gray!

Just a shame that the hair is leaving somewhere!