My parents loved jazz, so I grew up hearing and loving jazz ~ and Dave Brubeck was a favorite ~ rest in peace, Dave ~ ~ Sooz

Dave Brubeck, 1920-2012
By Kent Jones - Wed Dec 5, 2012 2:52 PM EST



Iconic jazz pianist Dave Brubeck has died at age 91. His exquisite phrasing and tireless sense of innovation can be heard on his best known recording, Take Five, so named because it abandons the usual 4/4 time of jazz for a much more adventurous 5/4. (one-two-three-one-two, one-two-three-one-two...) Take Five, like the hundreds of other ground breaking recordings and the man who played on them, inhabits a special place of timeless cool. Wrote the Chicago Tribune of Mr. Brubeck:


http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2012/12/05/15702350-dave-brubeck-1920-2012?lite

this guy was our neighbor from 1963-1965.

I love that song! It's one of my all-time favorites!

So sad he's gone.

that live performance of T5 is really frigging awesome, sooz. i dig their drummer big time, but of course it is Paul Desmond that really winds my clock.