RIP Dave Brubeck

[craigster59]

Take Five is one of my favorite jazz albums. A true pioneer, RIP Dave...
Dave Brubeck dead; Jazz composer, pianist was 91 | Fox News

[dafischer]

Damn. One of my all time favorites. Now that's a loss. RIP, Dave.

[Sarc]

Very sad....huge fan of Brubeck. Jazz Goes to College is on regular rotation here in the studio.
Had the opportunity to see him on tour last fall and couldn't make it. In fact, I just checked his website last week to see if he was touring again.
There will never be a tighter jazz quartet in my opinion.

[Chocaholic]

Yes, one of the greats from a great generation. 91 years is a long run. Adding a career like his to the mix makes his life one to celebrate, not mourn.

Rest peacefully Dave. You've earned it and will live on through your life's work for many generations to come!

[Jim Richards]

Take Five, Mr. Brubeck. RIP.

[Zeke]

My aunt lived in an apartment house in Oakland in the very early 50's. Brubeck and Paul Desmond lived there as well. My uncle went with those guys to France to study with Darius Milhaud, who taught alternatively at Mills College and in France. My aunt was also a Mihaud student while at Mills.

My aunt and uncle dropped out of the music business in their 40's after struggling, divorcing and settled into teaching other than music. I met Brubeck and crew backstage a couple of times. I really didn't have much of an idea of what it was all about.

You don't unless you're one of them.

I don't know the connection with Denise McCluggage, the racer and writer, but she was at Mills at the same time. I don't know if she moved with the music crowd, but my aunt and she would correspond occasionally throughout life. My aunt passed a few years ago.

Quite a bunch. Pretty much hipper than hep.

[bkreigsr]

Huge loss
I saw him three times, twice in Carnegie Hall, once in Avery Fischer.
He never stopped evolving.
to repeat, Take Five Dave.
Bill K

[scottmandue]

One of the great pioneers of music.

I highly recomend the box set "For all Time" yes, take five is in there.

[kach22i]

Maybe I'll crank up the old turntable tonight and play a few of his records.

Great music, a legend.

[genrex]

Very sad news, a huge loss.

Milt -- Denise McCluggage was a friend of Miles Davis and helped him choose his personal Ferraris, so I guess she moved in the music crowd also.

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[azasadny]

My all-time favorite, for sure! Very sad day.... We saw him several times over the years and it was always very memorable!

[ramonesfreak]

Sad to hear this. Been a huge fan since i was a teenager. Saw him play 6 years ago and could tell it would probably be my last chance. I must have 40 pieces of vinyl by him and will spin some tonight

[Baz]

Heard this today on the radio. Born Dec. 1920. Went out at age 91. Not too shabby.

R.I.P. Mr. Brubeck. And thank you for your immeasurable contributions to the world.











Here's some background info on "Take Five"

"Take Five" is a jazz piece written by Paul Desmond and performed by The Dave Brubeck Quartet on their 1959 album Time Out. Recorded at Columbia's 30th Street Studios in New York City on June 25, July 1, and August 18, 1959,[1] this piece became one of the group's best-known records. It is famous for its distinctive catchy saxophone melody; imaginative, jolting drum solo; and use of the unusual quintuple (5/4) time, from which its name is derived.[2] The song was first played to a live audience by The Dave Brubeck Quartet at the Village Gate nightclub in New York City in 1959.

The inspiration for this style of music came during a US State Department sponsored tour of Eurasia and Brubeck observed in Turkey a group of street musicians performing a traditional Turkish folk song that was played in 9/8 time, a rare meter for Western music. After learning about the form from native symphony musicians, Brubeck was inspired to create an album that deviated from the usual 4/4 time of Jazz and experimented in the more exotic such styles he experienced abroad.[3]

While "Take Five" was not the first jazz composition to use the quintuple meter, it was one of the first in the United States to achieve mainstream significance, reaching #25 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #5 on Billboard's Easy Listening survey, the precursor to today's Adult Contemporary charts, in 1961, two years after its initial release.

"Take Five" was re-recorded and performed live multiple times by The Dave Brubeck Quartet throughout the group's career. In addition, there have been many covers of the piece. Some versions also feature lyrics, including a 1961 recording with lyrics written by Dave Brubeck and his wife Iola, sung by Carmen McRae. Al Jarreau performed an unusual scat version of the song in Germany in 1976.

"Take Five" has been included in countless movies and television soundtracks, and still receives significant radio play. It was for several years during the early 60s the theme music for the NBC "Today" program, the opening bars played half a dozen times and more each day.

Upon his death in 1977, Desmond left the rights to royalties for performances and compositions, including "Take Five", to the American Red Cross, which has since received combined royalties of approximately $100,000 per year.

Take Five - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And the song itself - these cats had it going on....no doubt about it....

[jcommin]

God Speed!

[ramonesfreak]

i came across this article about paul desmond's last birthday and found it interesting

Paul Desmond’s 84th

[Oh Haha]

RIP Dave.

Take Five was a song that I enjoyed practicing along with when I was learning the drums.

[rsNINESOOPER]

A legend indeed, I loved seeing him live especially because you could tell he loved playing as much as the audience loved listening. No going through the motions. My grandfather was a jazz guy in Oakland and played/jammed with him a few times and that only cemented his admiration for him. He would light up about Brubeck when he and my dad would talk jazz- it was cool to be the ignorant fly on the wall as a kid and seeing and feeling the enthusiasiam for jazz vicariously through them before I started listening to it on my own.

Brubecks physical presence will be missed for sure but his influence and recordings etched as tasty phonic groves in vinyl will live on. I will spin the vinyl for my daughter so she can get hooked.

[Nostril Cheese]

awww man. really?

I can still remember the first time my dad put one of his records on. Grew up on all of his stuff. RIP

[Nostril Cheese]

[craigster59]

Blue Rondo A La Turk has been one of my favorite songs since I was a kid. I love the calamity at the start and the way it transitions to just the meanest jazz groove. It really stretched my scope in music, especially in jazz band (played the drums back then).

This is a great quote I nabbed from Moonalice:

"I'm beginning to understand myself. But it would have been great to be able to understand myself when I was 20 rather than when I was 82." Dave Brubeck R.I.P.

Words of wisdom.