Just learned Dave Brubeck has died

[1gobluedem]

I work at a jazz radio station; we got an email from a local jazz musician, who is touring with Chris Brubeck, that Dave Brubeck, whose 92nd birthday is tomorrow, has died.

What a pioneer, what a lion. He will be missed. RIP, Dave, and thanks for all you did for jazz.

Waiting for an official link before posting in LBN.

Here is the link: http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-dave-brubeck-dead-20121205,0,7126256.column

[warrprayer]

1. He was great

saw him in Pittsburgh 1974, with the original Brubeck Quartet. The man was amazing. Sorry to hear this.

[n2doc]

2. "We've got to have some music for the New Frontier"

RIP, Mr. Brubeck. He was a giant.

[monmouth3]

3. "Take Five"...I loved him..n/t

[goclark]

10. Me too - loved him

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Oh, I'm so sad to hear this.

So many of his songs animated my coming of age......

Take Five, of course...

Blue Rondo a la Turk...

Many others whose names I no longer remember...

Safe passage, Dave.......

As long as we play your music, you will live.

[malaise]

5. Oh My - Let Me

Take Five!

[GoneOffShore]

6. A great loss.

He was brilliant.

The single was one of the first records I ever bought.

[Poll_Blind]

7. Terrible loss. Great jazz musician. "Blue Rondo A La Turk":

Jazz.

PB

[OldDem2012]

8. Another great one has passed. Safe journey, Dave. nt.

[n2doc]

9. another link

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/12/05/166570705/dave-brubeck-legendary-jazz-musician-dead-at-age-91

[MineralMan]

11. "Unsquare Dance"

1961. My introduction into 7/8 time. That and "Take Five" revolutionized the way I looked at music. Over time, I have played in odder time signatures than those, but that was my introduction.

[pokerfan]

12. Just heard on the radio ten minutes ago

and sought out this thread.



I'm no authority but I think Take Five with it's characteristic 5/4 signature is perhaps the most chill song of all time:

1966 in Germany: Dave Brubeck - piano, Paul Desmond - alto sax, Eugene Wright - bass, Joe Morello - drums

[sufrommich]

13. R.I.P Mr. Brubeck. nt

[hifiguy]

14. One of the real titans of jazz.

What a career.

RIP, Mr. Brubeck, your life was well-lived.

[RoccoR5955]

15. One of the GREATS. RIP.

Helped shape American Jazz.
Revolutionary records with Time Out, and Time Further Out.
And he kept playing all of his life.
The world is a poorer place without him.

[progressoid]

16. Damn.

He was/is one of the greats. Desmond, Morello, etc. made it all come together.



Honored at the Kennedy Center:

[Elwood P Dowd]

17. I purchased the Time Out (Take Five) album back in the 1960s.

It was the first jazz album I purchased, and over 45 years later I still listen to that recording on both 180 gram vinyl and on CD. Had to have it after hearing the Take Five cut on an AM radio station, but a couple of college buddies purchased it just because of the album cover.

It's one of the classics that has held up for over almost half a century like Miles Davis' Kind Of Blue.

[PD Turk]

18. My mom gave me Time Out for my 10th birthday

What a giant...RIP Dave