Members Opa John Posted December 6, 2012 Members Share Posted December 6, 2012 ....can't honestly say I was ever "into" jazz, but this guy's recording of Take Five was always one of my favorites. Died 12-5-12 at age 91. RIP, Dave Brubeck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members T.B. Posted December 6, 2012 Members Share Posted December 6, 2012 Post this on my channel early this morning. RIP Mr. Brubeckhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz8gLD54wxA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted December 6, 2012 Members Share Posted December 6, 2012 Sad. He did so much to popularize jazz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted December 6, 2012 Members Share Posted December 6, 2012 Always one of my favorites, he put the "cool" on Cool Jazz. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Starrshine Posted December 6, 2012 Members Share Posted December 6, 2012 I have always felt very thankful for having a chance of meeting him. In the mod 90s I worked with one of my friends to put together a concert at UC Riverside. Both Dave and his wife (who always came to his concerts), were just the nicest people you could imagine. Even back then he was so frail, and you almost thought that he would just collapse at any minute! It was a wonderful afternoon concert even if he didn't play Take 5, but he did play Blue Rondo, another favorite of mine. RIP Dave, thanks for the tunes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted December 7, 2012 Members Share Posted December 7, 2012 I have a very worn out copy of Time Out in vinyl - Brubeck and Paul Desmond (along with Henry Mancini) were listened to a lot in my college days. For a wonderful acoustic guitar version of Take Five, google our Eric Skye and listen/watch him play it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BmoreTele Posted December 7, 2012 Members Share Posted December 7, 2012 "In 1951 Brubeck damaged his spinal cord and several vertebrae, while diving in the surf in Hawaii. He would later remark that the paramedics who attended had described him as a "DOA" (dead on arrival). Brubeck recovered after a few months, but suffered with residual nerve pain in his hands for years after. The story goes that his style (polyrhythms, block chords) developed because Dave had lost some of his finger dexterity, so he was compensating. Great job. Great player. Great musician. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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