OT: RIP Dave Brubeck

[Bruce K]

Jazz just got a whole lot quieter

BK

[mbakes]

Very sad. Time Out is one of the albums that got me into jazz.

[54ny77]

The Peanuts gang is quietly weeping, mourning the loss of a great.

RIP.

[54ny77]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faJE92phKzI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dmfS8WdK1I

[FlashUNC]

I've been listening to Time Out on loop for the better part of the day.

[ChipRI]

While visiting a friend's house I couldn't help overhearing an album his father was playing in the next room. This was 1963. It was The Dave Brubeck Quartet Live at Carnegie Hall.

I was 14 at the time and had never heard anything like it. He was kind enough to replay both sides again and again for me. I was blown away and have been hooked on jazz ever since.

Brubeck is and always will be one of the giants.

[jr59]

Take five Dave; you deserve it.

RIP

[William]

Ah man!! I know what disc I'm about to throw in. RIP Dave!




William

[gasman]

One of my all time favorites.
RIP

[Fixed]

My favorite composition from d.b. was the duke ,he had long great career one of giants of 20 th century jazz Paul Demond and joe morello I don,'t remember the bass player but they were something special ,

[Jeff N.]

Time Out is the greatest jazz album ever recorded, IMO, and I NEVER get tired of listening to Blue Rondo A La Turk. Ageless. RIP, Mr. Brubeck.

[krhea]

i've been listening to time out on loop for the better part of the day.


+1

[monkeybanana86]

A sad day

[merlincustom1]

Dude was 92 tomorrow.

[CaliFly]

Taking a time out...RIP

[chuckroast]

Amen to all the above, RIP. Here's a weird story. I work at home. I had just put a Brubeck LP on the turntable this afternoon then opened up Yahoo and saw that he had passed.

The rest of the day, that's all I played.

[Birddog]

I can't add much, just that I heard Take Five when I was a pre-teen and really liked it. My brother was into jazz and between him and Dave I developed an interest. I'm glad I got to see him in concert. He was a true professional and one fine human being too.

[AgilisMerlin]

Amen to all the above, RIP. Here's a weird story. I work at home. I had just put a Brubeck LP on the turntable this afternoon then opened up Yahoo and saw that he had passed.

The rest of the day, that's all I played.

synchronicity

[beeatnik]

The only good Pavement instrumental, maybe the only good indie rock instrumental ever, was a riff on Brubeck.

Some cool jazz was actually pretty cool.

[rwsaunders]

I used to frequent a cool bar back in the late 70's run by a gent with a goatee and a beret, along with his wife. The juke boxes contained nothing but Jazz and if you selelcted Brubeck, it was free.

Cool videos below from the NYT.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/12/05/arts/music/brubeck-video.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20121206#index

[Auk]

An utter icon.

[Ray]

I saw Brubeck back in the '70s and enjoyed it. I liked him, but I always liked several other players and composers so much more that I could never get all that excited about him. What made him great, to the extent he was, I think, was his long association with Paul Desmond, who MADE "Take 5" (wrote it too). Desmond was an amazing alto player, in his understated way. Brubeck was OK with his other combos, but the difference with and without Desmond is pretty overwhelming...

Nonetheless, the end of an era for sure.

-Ray

[Hawker]

RW, thanks for posting. First heard the quartet in concert in 1965 and can remember everything about the evening. All great players and Morello a real inspiration to drummers everywhere.

[Birddog]

I liked him, but I always liked several other players and composers so much more that I could never get all that excited about him. What made him great, to the extent he was, I think, was his long association with Paul Desmond, who MADE "Take 5" (wrote it too).

Nice eulogy.

[fiamme red]

WKCR is playing his music all day till 9 p.m. EST: http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/wkcr/story/dave-brubeck-memorial-broadcast-125-126

[FlashUNC]

This NPR documentary from 2008 is well, astounding.

One of those "driveway" moments from NPR where I sat in the car a good 20 minutes listening through the whole thing:

http://www.npr.org/2008/12/24/98696418/dave-brubeck-in-his-own-sweet-way

[Ray]

Nice eulogy.

Just being honest. He did great things for jazz by helping to popularize it enormously, I'm grateful to him and thankful for him, and I hope he rests in peace. But a lot of other jazz heavyweights have died and will die without anything like this level of mention in the media who, IMHO (and I realize that's all it is), have deserved and will deserve it at least as much. I don't mean any DIS-respect, but keeping my respect in context...

-Ray

[fiamme red]

Just being honest. He did great things for jazz by helping to popularize it enormously, I'm grateful to him and thankful for him, and I hope he rests in peace. But a lot of other jazz heavyweights have died and will die without anything like this level of mention in the media who, IMHO (and I realize that's all it is), have deserved and will deserve it at least as much. I don't mean any DIS-respect, but keeping my respect in context...I don't remember Oscar Peterson's death a few years ago getting much attention in the media except from the usual sources (e.g., NYT obituary page). But for whatever reasons (perhaps not musical talent), Dave Brubeck was a lot more well-known among casual jazz fans than Oscar Peterson.

[Ray]

I don't remember Oscar Peterson's death a few years ago getting much attention in the media except from the usual sources (e.g., NYT obituary page). But for whatever reasons (perhaps not musical talent), Dave Brubeck was a lot more well-known among casual jazz fans than Oscar Peterson.

Exactly - I saw Oscar (along with Joe Pass and Ella Fitzgerald) within a few months of when I saw Dave Brubeck. Both were good. One was so far beyond good it wasn't even funny. That one didn't get the big notice when he died...

Miles was one of the few enormous heros of jazz to get his due when he died IMHO. Brubeck deserves all of the plaudits he's getting, but a lot of folks who deserved them at least as much never got 'em... Paul Desmond, for example. And Bill Evans. Just so its clear I'm not making any sort of racial inference.

-Ray

[Birddog]

So here we have an RIP thread and now it is starting to fill up with plaudits accompanied by caveats, not appropriate IMO. Oh well, thread drift is unavoidable I guess.

[wpod]

RIP Mr. Brubeck...and thanks for sharing.

[Dave Ferris]

A little late here with this. A couple of versions I recorded of my favorite DB tune--"In your own sweet way". This was done earlier this year in fact, more to compare the sonic differences of these particular digital pianos. They turned out half way cool imo.

http://soundcloud.com/dave-ferris/in-your-own-sweet-way-r-i-p-1
http://soundcloud.com/dave-ferris/in-your-own-sweet-way-r-i-p

RIP Mr. Brubeck. Like George Shearing, you were with us for so long, we assumed you'd live forever. An ambassador for jazz in the truest sense of the word.

[rounder]

I did not listen to that much D. Brubeck music and did not know that much about jazz. Loved the Dave Brubeck Take Five album. Gone forever. RIP.