bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

David Warren "Dave" Brubeck (December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012) was an American jazz pianist and composer, considered to be one of the foremost exponents of cool jazz. He wrote a number of jazz standards, including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke". Brubeck's style ranged from refined to bombastic, reflecting his mother's attempts at classical training and his improvisational skills. His music is known for employing unusual time signatures, and superimposing contrasting rhythms, meters, and tonalities.

His long-time musical partner, alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, wrote the saxophone melody for the Dave Brubeck Quartet's best remembered piece, "Take Five",[1] which is in 5/4 time and has endured as a jazz classic on one of the top-selling jazz albums, Time Out.[2] Brubeck experimented with time signatures throughout his career, recording "Pick Up Sticks" in 6/4, "Unsquare Dance" in 7/4, "World's Fair" in 13/4, and "Blue Rondo à la Turk" in 9/8. He was also a respected composer of orchestral and sacred music, and wrote soundtracks for television such as Mr. Broadway and the animated miniseries This Is America, Charlie Brown.
Dave Brubeck Quartet - St Louis Blues- Belgium 1964
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm-o8GIMtHQ
Dave Brubeck - Take the A Train (Live in 1966)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVwkRU-iYg4
Dave Brubeck - Take Five
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT9Eh8wNMkw
Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Blue Rondo à la Turk," live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9GgmGLPbWU
THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF DAVE BRUBECK - Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ-yXQItCGg
Dave Brubeck - Full Concert - 08/10/04 - Newport Jazz Festival (OFFICIAL)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhs-gGAM32o
Dave Brubeck Trio feat. Gerry Mulligan & Paul Desmond - Berliner Jazztage 1972
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWlBSXSjuyY
Dave Brubeck Quartet Newport 1958 Remastered Full Album
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bpJ4XeVRs0
Dave Brubeck Anything Goes Full Vinyl Record LP Jazz Music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTbVzlD91_k
The Dave Brubeck Quartet Bossa Nova USA Full Vinyl LP Record
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSNhA_3HSHI
♫ The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Gone With The Wind / CBS / BPG 62065 / 1959 / JAZZ / FULL ALBUM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iVTheu8flI
Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond - The Duets (Full Album)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIl4I9zZWZU
The Dave Brubeck Quartet Jazz Impressions Of Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEi_xYKI7Gw
♫ The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Jazz Impressions Of New York / Columbia / CL 2275 / 1965 / JAZZ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq0gzlm24Us

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Thanks for the remembrance - I will go play my copy of Take Five. First heard it in the early 60s when I was in college, and it's still a standard used to audition audiophile equipment.

JoAnneK01 Loc: Lahaina, Hawaii

A great loss to the music world. He is well loved among the jazz community. May God bless him and his family.

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

Yes indeed. Another one left us last month, Leon Russel. I just posted some of his stuff.

MTG44 Loc: Corryton, Tennessee

He is one of my favorites!

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

kvanhook Loc: Oriental, NC

Lost Mose Allison also.

Regarding Desmond---no one could ever come close to what he did on alto sax. The first album I ever got (mid fifties) was Brubeck and Desmond. Still have it in storage. Need to get it out and play it sometime.

FrankR Loc: NYC

Thanks for this. I've been a big fan ever since I first heard "Strange Meadowlark" from the "Time Out" album (first Jazz recording to sell a million copies). His work over the years as been simply wonderful, groundbreaking, great to listen to, enjoyable and he swings. Can't ask for more. Luckily, we have so many of his recordings to keep him with us.

LJLRenner

Thanks for posting this. You are missing Dave's last 18 CDs for which I was the recording engineer and my wife the piano tuner/technician. They are on the TELARC label and represent some of Dave's finest (at least in my opinion)

LJLRenner

...continuing Dave Brubeck after a finger slip hit the send key! You can find these on Amazon.

phlash46 Loc: Westchester County, New York

jackare1933

Clint Eastwood did a very nice interview with Dave, at Dave's ct home.
i had a copy but lost it switching computers!

soxrul Loc: ct

Saw the Quartet in 1966 at a small venue called The Music Barn near Tanglewood in Lenox, MA. One of my favorites is the beautiful tune "40 Days".

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

I believe this is the one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWhiNvoauF0
and here is another version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00dswTw8Hfg