R.I.P. Dave Brubeck

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R.I.P. Dave Brubeck

Posted by Decatur

on 12/5 at 11:31 am

One of the greats

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Jazz composer and pianist Dave Brubeck, whose pioneering style in pieces such as "Take Five" caught listeners' ears with exotic, challenging rhythms, has died. He was 91.

Brubeck died Wednesday morning of heart failure after being stricken while on his way to a cardiology appointment with his son Darius, said his manager Russell Gloyd.

Brubeck would have turned 92 on Thursday. Brubeck had a career that spanned almost all American jazz since World War II. He formed The Dave Brubeck Quartet in 1951 and was the first modern jazz musician to be pictured on the cover of Time magazine - on Nov. 8, 1954 - and he helped define the swinging, smoky rhythms of 1950s and '60s club jazz.

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Take Five (1966)

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Posted by 91TIGER

on 12/5 at 11:44 am to Decatur

DAMN, one of my favorites. I guess Gene Wright is the sole survivor now ?

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Posted by Kafka

on 12/5 at 12:00 pm to Decatur

RIP

Blue Rondo à la Turk

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Posted by Jim Rockford

on 12/5 at 12:33 pm to Decatur

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Posted by Cool J

on 12/5 at 12:35 pm to Decatur

A great musician indeed. Got to see him at NO Jazz Fest in 2004 I believe. His live release featuring the Quartet at Carnegie Hall is fantastic. It concludes with spectacular versions of Blue Rondo and Take Five.

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Posted by Kafka

on 12/5 at 12:54 pm to Kafka

Unsquare Dance

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Posted by quail man

on 12/5 at 1:02 pm to Decatur

one of my favorites. RIP, my dude

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Posted by LuckySo-n-So

on 12/5 at 1:15 pm to quail man

Huge loss to music.

Huge.

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Posted by Jester

on 12/5 at 1:45 pm to Decatur

dredg are fans:

dredg - Take 5 (played as a tribute to Mark Achilli)

This post was edited on 12/5 at 1:50 pm

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Posted by Tigerbait46

on 12/5 at 2:51 pm to Decatur

Dang, I had no idea he was still living.

Crazy to think he outlived Paul Desmond by like half his life

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Posted by parrotdr

on 12/5 at 8:15 pm to Tigerbait46

My 15 y/o son's take on Take Five. RIP Dave Brubeck!

Ironically, today we've also lost the world's oldest person (116 y/o woman from Georgia) and the world's tallest woman (7' 7" Chinese gal).

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Posted by Tiger in Texas

on 12/5 at 8:50 pm to Kafka

Classic!!

My older sister had the album, and then years later, The Nice (Keith Emerson) did a cover, Rondo 69...

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Posted by Kafka

on 12/5 at 8:54 pm to Tiger in Texas

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Classic!! My older sister had the album, and then years later, The Nice (Keith Emerson) did a cover, Rondo 69..

Brubeck did another nice version (SWIDT?) in the early 70s

Unfortunately it's not on YouTube

The Nice also did a nice (ugh) version of "America" from West Side Story

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Posted by fouldeliverer

on 12/5 at 9:09 pm to Decatur

Drinking whiskey, reading Calvin and Hobbes and listening to Take Five. There couldn't be a better end of the day in my mind.

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Posted by Pepe Lepew

on 12/6 at 7:19 pm to Decatur

damn, one reason I bought some BB King tickets, before the "thrill is gone...."

RIP Dave

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Posted by Decatur

on 12/6 at 7:24 pm to Kafka

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Blue Rondo à la Turk

wow great video

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