Not only was he able to play these very difficult time signatures, but he could make them swing - could really make it cook. And this brought a new element to Brubeck's Quartet. Now the air ...
Dave Brubeck has been a musical pioneer, pushing beyond the traditional forms and standard techniques of American jazz. From the earliest days of Brubeck groups playing in San Francisco in the ...
Wilton resident Steve Hudspeth writes about music professor Gil Harel sessions on Dave Brubeck at the Wilton Library.
In the hands of the ‘classic’ Dave Brubeck Quartet – with Paul Desmond (alto saxophone), Eugene Wright (bass) and Joe Morello (drums) – pieces from landmark albums such as Time Out ...
After graduating from the University of the Pacific in 1942, Brubeck was drafted into the army and served overseas in George Patton's Third Army during the Battle of the Bulge. He played in a band, ...
He wasn't wrong. The Dave Brubeck Quartet went on to release the acclaimed album Time Out, which became the first jazz LP to sell more than a million copies, and also led to him gracing the cover ...
With Eugene Wright and Joe Morello, they stayed together as the most popular jazz group in the world through 1967, when Brubeck left to spend more time composing. In 1996, Brubeck was honoured with a ...
CD 1: 01. Concerto For Two Pianos And Orchestra (Johann Sebastian Bach); 02. Points Of Jazz (D. Brubeck). CD 2: 01. St. Louis Blues (C. Handy); 02. Unsquare Dance (D ...