O.T: R.I.P Dave Brubeck
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Wed Dec 05, 2012 1:32 pmby Craig_Pratt
Take Five, good sir. Dec 6th, 1920 - Dec 5th 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmDDOFXSgAs
Re: O.T: R.I.P Dave Brubeck
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Wed Dec 05, 2012 1:58 pmby Ray Bohlken
I just read the news myself. I really enjoyed Dave Brubecks music. Chet had a great version of Take Five which I like very much and Steven King has a great version of Blue Rondo ala Turk. I am posting some links to their Youtube versions.
Ray
Chet's Take Five
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHebzXMP ... ults_videoSteven King's Blue Rondo ala Turk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tRoJjw_9bA
Re: O.T: R.I.P Dave Brubeck
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Wed Dec 05, 2012 2:56 pmby Norm
...he got a lot of people to listen to jazz at least a little...
Re: O.T: R.I.P Dave Brubeck
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Wed Dec 05, 2012 8:08 pmby BillB
Got to hear Dave's son, Chris Brubeck and his trio, a couple of years ago. I was really impressed at how talented he is, and he talked about his dad still playing on a rare occasion. Like Norm said, Dave Brubeck got some folks listening to jazz, and he did it in a creative way with the time signatures that he used.
RIP Dave Brubeck.
Bill B.
Re: O.T: R.I.P Dave Brubeck
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Wed Dec 05, 2012 8:22 pmby smokymtguitar09
I only saw Dave Brubeck perform 'live' twice, first in 1966 when "Take Five" was on the jazz and pop charts. He performed for the enlisted men at Ft. Sill, OK where I was stationed. A fellow soldier from Chicago talked me into going and we liked it so much we stayed for the second show. Joe Morello was on drums, Dave on piano, Paul Desmond on sax, and I don't recall the bass player's name.
The second time was a few years ago when he performed at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC with fingerstyle jazz guitarist Gene Bertoncini.
Tommy Jones and Chet's versions of "Take Five" are among my favorites along with Dave's.
I recall that as a teenager Dave was a temporary cowboy on his father's cattle ranch, while being tutored in music by his mother. He went to college to become a vet but changed his major to music.
Re: O.T: R.I.P Dave Brubeck
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Thu Dec 06, 2012 11:16 amby Alan Copeland
Richard Smith also has a good version of Blue Rondo A la Turk.