Jazz

Dave Brubeck to Perform "Time Out" for 50th Anniversary

Legendary composer and jazz pianist Dave Brubeck will perform Time Out, the first jazz album to sell more than 1 million copies, for the 2009 Brubeck Festival. This year marks the 50th anniversary of ...
Washington Examiner

Dave Brubeck, legend who helped define jazz, dies

Y ou don’t have to be a jazz aficionado to recognize “Take Five,” the smoky instrumental by the Dave Brubeck Quartet that instantly evokes swinging bachelor pads, hi-fi systems and cool nightclubs of ...
Jazz

Dave Brubeck Quartet: Jazz at the College of the Pacific

December 14th 2021 marked the 58th anniversary of the concert by the Dave Brubeck Quartet held at College of the Pacific and immortalized on the album Jazz at College of the Pacific (Fantasy, 1954).
Mail & Guardian

Papa Dave: Remembering Dave Brubeck

Dave Brubeck was still touring in the summer of 2011, but it was increasingly hard going and by early Fall it was clear that I should take over his two remaining commitments. This was termed a ...
Christian Science Monitor

Dave Brubeck was jazz pioneer, helped define the rhythms of the 20th century

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
Dallas Observer

Jazz, History and Dave Brubeck’s Music Are Brubeck Brothers Quartet’s Recipe for Success

For the Brubeck Brothers Quartet, music is more than a way to make a living; it is a lifestyle unto itself. On June 7 and June 8, locals had the opportunity to experience that for themselves at two ...
Capital Public Radio

Soloing With The Sacred: Pianist Joe Gilman On Dave Brubeck’s Jazz-Infused Mass

Legendary pianist and composer Dave Brubeck (1920-2012) was famous for his iconic recordings of jazz classics like “Take 5,” “In Your Own Sweet Way” and “Blue Rondo a la Turk.” But Brubeck had another ...
Forbes

Music From 1962 Brubeck/Armstrong Album To Be Performed Live In New York City

Jazz at Lincoln Center is presenting four concerts this weekend that will reimagine Louis Armstrong’s and Dave Brubeck’s 1962 album, The Real Ambassadors. Iola Brubeck and Dave Brubeck during Dave ...
Newsday

Dave Brubeck, jazz composer, pianist, dies

HARTFORDJazz 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, who lived in ...
The Root

Jazz Legend Dave Brubeck Celebrates 90th Birthday

Although his birthday is on December 6, jazz great Dave Brubeck celebrated his 90th birthday at the closing of the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival. With Wynton Marsalis’ quintet playing “Happy ...
The New York Times

Dave Brubeck

“The Gates of Justice,” a large-scale 1969 choral work about relations between Black and Jewish Americans, is being performed in Los Angeles. By Zachary Woolfe Brian Thomas and Brooke Husic are back ...