R.I.P. Dave Brubeck

[PewterTA]

Dave Brubeck is and will always be one of my favorite Jazz Musicians. It's extremely sad to see someone like him leave us... but atleast there still lots of music to still enjoy!

His Time Out album is still one of my best sounding pieces that I have to listen to. Might have to listen to the whole thing tonight.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-dave-brubeck-appreciation-20121205,0,848294.story

[George Bellefontaine]

Although I have never been a fan of his particular Jazz style, he was an immensely talented musician who introduced a different type of jazz to a completely new generation of music lovers.

RIP, Mr. Brubeck

[Lex]

Another great loss, quite a contributor to the jazz world!

[wkhanna]

I can think of no other individual who did more to bring Jazz into the mainstream lexicon of modern culture. Before Dave, Jazz always seemed to have a dark, smoky, bad side-of-town connotation.

Dave made Jazz something cool & hip to a broad cross section of society, & because of that, helped to legitimize Jazz as the true, uniquely American art form it truly is.

Thank you, Dave.

Now, Take Five, my dear friend.

[Hdale85]

This is very sad to hear! One of my favorites for sure and his albums always had amazing sound quality!

[bigburner]

Dave made a great contribution.

Tonight I'll be playing this one to honour him: Jazz Icons: Dave Brubeck Live in '64 & '66 (2007)

I've watched it once before and it will be fun.

Read some amateur reviews here if you're interested: http://www.amazon.com/Jazz-Icons-Dav...s=dave+brubeck

Nigel.

[madmac]

Dave made a great contribution.

Tonight I'll be playing this one to honour him: Jazz Icons: Dave Brubeck Live in '64 & '66 (2007)

I've watched it once before and it will be fun.

Read some amateur reviews here if you're interested: http://www.amazon.com/Jazz-Icons-Dav...s=dave+brubeck

Nigel.

I've seen this DVD on the shelves. Any good?? Sound is mono I assume?.

[bigburner]

I've seen this DVD on the shelves. Any good?? Sound is mono I assume?.

Yes, it's a pretty good DVD, particularly the first half which is the 1964 performance in Belgium. It's more intimate and vibrant. It's my only Brubeck DVD so I don't know if it's the best one available. The picture quality and camera work are good on both concerts. Black and white of course. There are lots of shots of Brubeck's hands when soloing, which I think is important. He has very long fingers. Brubeck does not try to steal the show. If anything his sax player Paul Desmond is the star with more solo time than Brubeck. He's an amazing sax player. The sound quality is just fine on both concerts. I ran the disc through my MediaInfo tool and the audio is 2-channel PCM 1536 Kbps 48 KHz.

Nigel.

[Chris D]

A few years ago, discussions here in the Guide led to me buying "Take Five", and then since I really liked it, re-buying the entire Take Five series (I think there's like 4 discs). Very enjoyable.

RIP.

[wkhanna]

I remember participating in that thread & feeling quite pleased you enjoyed the discovery of Dave’s music.

For reference:

• Time Out (1959)
  
  Take Five Live (1961)
  
  Time Further Out (1961)
  
  Countdown—Time in Outer Space (1962)
  
  Time Changes (1963)
  
  Time In (1966)
  
  Adventures in Time (Compilation, 1972)
  
  A Place in Time (1980)
  
  Time Signatures: A Career Retrospective (Compilation, 1992)
  

[wkhanna]

Brubeck is Good for your Brain

Brubeck is Good for your Brain

link to article

[HedgeHog]

From another forum, these two Brubeck discs are worth listening to.

The Dave Brubeck Quartet at Carnegie Hall


Dave Digs Disney