PDA

View Full Version : Dave Brubeck died today...


rdaniell
December 5th, 2012, 10:36
Manager: Jazz composer, pianist Dave Brubeck has died
Dec. 5, 2012, 12:07 PM EST
By PAT EATON-ROBB, The Associated Press
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- 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. :guinness: :guinness:

RD
mgchrist5
December 5th, 2012, 10:44
What a great loss. 'Take Five' still has to rank as one of my personal favorite pieces of all time.


RIP and Godspeed.
pilottj
December 5th, 2012, 10:54
RIP Dave, thanks for all the great music:salute:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2In5a9LDNg
Dain Arns
December 5th, 2012, 10:56
One of the sources for why I love music.
My father used to play a lot of Brubeck's albums on the old RCA, when I was growing up.

Glad he was able to receive a Kennedy Center Honor back in 2009.
pilottj
December 5th, 2012, 11:08
Couple more for the road. From the PBS Series 'The Blues', piano blues episode hosted by Clint Eastwood.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lULbSm-BNpI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yKopgZmZEg
Naismith
December 5th, 2012, 15:57
Heaven just got way cooler today.
SPman
December 5th, 2012, 19:11
Heard this on the radio on the way into work - they had a nice tribute to him, including interview, and finished off with Take 5.

Another one bites the dust. Been good to have him on board planet earth! Farewell.
lefty
December 5th, 2012, 19:59
I was lucky enough as a student in the Sixties to see a wonderful series of jazz concerts in Leicester - Errol Garner, MJQ, Miles, Thelonious, etc.

One of the very finest was Brubeck, with the glorious Paul Desmond. Will never forget it. Thanks Dave.
coolguy3
December 6th, 2012, 08:43
His death is a great loss to the world. I was fortunate enough to see him perform a couple of times at the Playboy Jazz Festival. Interesting how his date of death is also that of another rather famous composer, separated by 221 years - Wolfgang A. Mozart, died 12/5/1791. Mozart was the master of human emotion directly translated into music....Brubeck was the master of jazz composition that broke convention and opened new possibilities.
Rami
December 6th, 2012, 11:45
What a great loss. 'Take Five' still has to rank as one of my personal favorite pieces of all time.


RIP and Godspeed.

I made sure all my classes "took five" today in honor of Mr. Brubek. Rest in peace...and thanks for the music. :salute:
Eoraptor1
December 6th, 2012, 17:45
Yes, I did see this on my news page. He was 91 years old. I think Mozart died at 35 and was broke.

JAMES