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David Warren "Dave" Brubeck (born December 6, 1920) is an American jazz pianist. He has written a number of jazz standards, including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke". Brubeck's style ranges from refined to bombastic, reflecting his mother's attempts at classical training and his improvisational skills. His music is known for employing unusual time signatures, and superimposing contrasting rhythms, meters, and tonalities.
His long-time musical partner, alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, wrote the Dave Brubeck Quartet's best remembered piece, "Take Five", which is in 5/4 time and has endured as a jazz classic on the top-selling jazz album, Time Out. Brubeck experimented with time signatures throughout his career, recording "Pick Up Sticks" in 6/4, "Unsquare Dance" in 7/4, and "Blue Rondo à la Turk" in 9/8. He is also a respected composer of orchestral and sacred music, and wrote soundtracks for television such as Mr. Broadway and the animated mini-series This Is America, Charlie Brown.
Brubeck was born in Concord, California and grew up in Ione. He is of English (maternal), Swiss and possibly Native American Modoc Tribe multi-ethnic (paternal) ancestry His father, Howard "Pete" Brubeck, was a cattle rancher, and his mother, Elizabeth (née Ivey), who had studied piano in England under Myra Hess and intended to become a concert pianist, taught piano for extra money. Brubeck originally did not intend to become a musician (his two older brothers, Henry and Howard, were already on that track), but took lessons from his mother. He could not read sheet music during these early lessons, attributing this difficulty to poor eyesight, but "faked" his way through, well enough that this deficiency went mostly unnoticed.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out - Mono & Stereo Edition (Not Now Music) [Full Album]
Dave Brubeck - Take Five
Dave Brubeck Quartet Newport 1958 Remastered Full Album
Dave Brubeck - Essential Jazz Legends (Full Album / Album complet)
Dave Brubeck - Take Five ( Original Video)
Dave Brubeck, The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out - 1959 (FULL ALBUM)
Dave Brubeck - Time In ( full album)
Dave Brubeck - Full Concert - 08/10/04 - Newport Jazz Festival (OFFICIAL)
Dave Brubeck - The Very Best Of (Not Now Music) [Full Album]
Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Blue Rondo à la Turk," live
THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF DAVE BRUBECK - Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Unsquare Dance"
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five (Not Now Music) [Full Album]