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RIP Dave Brubeck, 1920-2012
December 5, 2012
Legendary jazz composer and pianist Dave Brubeck has died at age 91.
The Chicago Tribune quotes Brubeck's manager as saying the musician died of heart failure Wednesday morning at Norwalk Hospital in Norwalk, Connecticut. He would have been 92 on Thursday. Brubeck rose to prominence in the 1950s, breaking new ground with innovative rhythms seldom heard in jazz performance, in the process exposing the form to a broader audience and in many ways, helping earn it respectability as a "serious" music form.
Brubeck's best-known popular work is the 1959 album Time Out, with The Dave Brubeck Quartet. The album featured unusual time signatures and combined various jazz styles into a signature sound, exemplified by the album's best-known track, "Take Five" -- the name itself taken from the track's 5/4 time signature.
Brubeck was also an early proponent of racial immigation in America, and took pride in playing black jazz clubs in the South in the 1950s, reports the Tribune. Brubeck is survived by his wife, five children and various grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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R.I.P. One day short of his 92nd birthday. I shall "Take Five" in his honor today. Check me out and add me on:
www.last.fm/user/brandosoul "Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for." -Bob Marley | |
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Indeed. P incorparated that into some live shows awhile back.
One of those acts where you think you don't know any of their stuff, but really you probably do.
RIP. | |
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RIP Dave.
""Take Five" -- the name itself taken from the track's 5/4 time signature." I never knew that.
For those unfamiliar...
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I hear Dave's signature jazz piece an untold number of times weekly on LA's 94.7 The Wave. They wear it out!
The late Grover Washington, Jr did a hypercool cover version of "Take Five" on his 1982 album Next Exit. | |
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wWoWw RIP Dave, loved this guys music | |
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RIP Jazz Legend
I always place Time Out on my top 10 albums list. [Edited 12/5/12 12:32pm] | |
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So sad. Loved him. Talent was obvious, but he was a pretty stellar man, too.
R.I.P. ~ Time Out, indeed. Funk Is It's Own Reward | |
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Rest in Peace, D.B.....
Dave Brubeck, with Leonard Bernstein and the NY Philharmonic - "Dialouges" -Jazz and Orchestral Music (1959)
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RIP Dave Brubeck.
Take 5 was one of the most iconic jazz tunes ever. There are so many covers of this tune the mind boggles.
Al Jarreau does fine job with it in his inimitable style: | |
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Btw, I hate that station. 88.1 (KJAZZ) is a better station for Jazz.
"Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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The Wave certainly ranks very high on the Suck-O-Meter. I'd wager good money that the station programmer has never heard of Carmen McRae. | |
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THIS SHOULD BE A STICKY. I think more folks would post.
What an eloquent player and person. Stuck to his guns on his integrated band at a critical time.
Red Hot and Cool is a really cool live record.
Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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But THIS will be my enduring memory of Dave Brubeck.
Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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Amazing life, catalog of work, and contribution to the artform. | |
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Another classic moment in the documentary was Brubeck explaining how embarrassed he was to have made the cover of Time in 1954. To the point where he went to Ellington's room and apologized (if I remember correctly), knowing that if their races were reversed, Ellington would have made the cover first. "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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R.I.P. | |
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Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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Dave Brubeck / Quarter Must Have Albums
1953 Jazz At The College of the Pacific 1953 Jazz at Oberlin 1954 Jazz Goes To College 1954 Stardust 1958 Jazz Goes To Junior College 1958 Newport 1958: Brubeck Plays Ellington 1959 Time Out 1961 Near Myth 1963 The Dave Brubeck Quartet featuring Paul Desmond: Live At Carnegie Hall 1964 Jazz Impressions of Japan 1967 Bravo! Brubeck 1976 25th Anniversary Reunion 1981 Paper Moon 1987 Moscow Nights 2001 The Crossing
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And since Brubeck didn't write Take Five, your choice is maybe more appropriate as a tribute to him My Legacy
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Jarreau also did this one, which is has got to wear out a set of lungs!!
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