Dave Brubeck Quartet

Dave Brubeck Quartet

DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET LP TIME OUT 180G NEW SEALED JAZZ    US $22.10

Dave Brubeck Quartet Music from West Side Story and Columbia Analog Remaster    US $4.99

Dave Brubeck Quartet My Favorite Things CL 2437    US $9.99

Dave Brubeck Quartet Columbia 6 eye cs 8192 shrink    US $9.99

Dave Brubeck Quartet Jazz Red Hot Cool Vinyl    US $4.00

Dave Brubeck Quartet Newport 1958 stereo CS 8082 nice shape    US $21.00

Dave Brubeck Quartet A Place in Time LP AKA Brubeck Time Columbia Stereo    US $4.99

Jazz Greats Vol 2 LP SHRINK    US $3.99

Time Out Take Five Blue Rondo A La Turk The Dave Brubeck Quartet CS 8192    US $1.99

Dave Brubeck Quartet Jazz Impressions of Eurasia EP    US $9.00

THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET TIME OUT N M NICE ONE    US $15.99

JAZZ LP Lot of 10 Miles Davis Brubeck Getz Jazzville Jazztone Charlie Parker    US $80.00

The Dave Brubeck Quartet Bossa Nova USA Rare CBS 7 1962    US $1.56

DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET TIME OUT FIRST MONO RELEASE 1959 COMUBIA CL 1397 NM    US $9.90

Dave Brubeck Quartet Jazz Impressions Of Eurasia UK LP Orig Fontana Nr MINT    US $12.64

Dave Brubeck Quartet Jazz Impressions of the USA UK LP Orig Philips RARE    US $9.46

LOT OF 3 DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET LPS COLUMBIA 6 EYE TIME OUT TIME FURTHER OUT    US $15.49

THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET IN EUROPE 1959 RARE STEREO CS 8128 6 EYE NM    US $5.99

DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET Gone With The Wind LP Original 6 Eyes Stereo 1959    US $9.00

DAVE BRUBECK AT STORYVILLE VOLUME 2 COLUMBIA GATEFOLD ALBUM 2 45 EPs 1954    US $9.99

Dave Brubecks The Last Set at Newport LP take five jazz gerry mulligan    US $.99

Dave Brubeck Quartet Plays Cole Porter Anything Goes Record Album LP Mono    US $7.99

The Headliners Vol 2 Columbia Ltd Edition GS 9    US $.99

DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET TIME OUT 6 EYE COLUMBIA JAZZ LP    US $9.99

Anything Goes The Dave Brubeck Quartet Plays Cole Porter Vinyl    US $9.99

Dave Brubeck Quartet Dont Worry Bout Me Gone with BBE12052 Excellent LC3    US $5.53

Dave Brubeck Quartet Jazz at Oberlin EPV1216 Excellent LC3    US $5.53

Dave Brubeck Quartet Me My Shadow EP V1063 Excellent LC3    US $5.53

Jazz 45 by Dave Brubeck on Columbia 1961    US $.99

THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET TIME OUT LP VINYL RECORD    US $.98

Vintage COLUMBIA RECORD CLUB DEMONSTRATION LP 1960s    US $8.00

DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET TIME OUT LP JAPAN PRESS OBI    US $10.50

Bernstein Plays Brubeck Plays Bernstein    US $10.99

Dave Brubeck Take Five Paul Desmond Joe Morrello JPN 33rpm mini LP PS Rare    US $12.50

Dave Brubeck Quartet Lp Anything Goes Dave Brubeck Quartet Plays Cole PorterNM    US $4.99

JOE MORELLO Jazz Sextet drummer Audiophile orig sld LP    US $24.99

Red Hot And Cool by The Dave Brubeck Quartet Columbia1955 VG LP    US $9.99

DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET–TONIGHT ONLY With CARMEN McRAE–ORIGUK CBS LP 1L 2L 1961    US $11.04

Dave Brubeck Quartet Reflections CJ 299 US LP 1986 Concord    US $1.56

The Headliners Vol 2 Columbia Club Exclusive Record    US $.99

DAVE BRUBECK Countdown Time in Outer Space LP Vinyl 6 Eye MONO    US $4.99

Columbia 1059 The Dave Brubeck Quartet Dave Digs Disney Jazz RARE VG6 eye    US $8.95

THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET The Best Of Japan Press OBI LP u478    US $9.99

Jazz at Oberlin The Dave Brubeck Quartet SEALED    US $14.99

Time Out The Dave Brubeck Quartet    US $25.00

Dave Brubeck Quartet 25 Anniversary Reunion    US $10.00

THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET WEST SIDE STORY BERNSTEIN NY PHILHARMONIC LP    US $1.99

THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET BLUE RONDO CONCORD JAZZ 1987 CJ 317 VGC    US $7.99

THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET JAZZ IMPRESSIONS OF EURASIA    US $12.50

DAVE BRUBECK Brandenburg Gate Revisited LP 1963 VG original stereo    US $6.99

Dave Brubeck: The Master of Improvisation And Unusual Rhythms

Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck is one of the stalwarts of jazz piano. His music is characterized by unusual time signatures and can be either extreme - totally dynamic or or completely relaxed. His most famous piece - Take Five - is so popular it has taken on almost cult status, and rightfully so.

David Warren Brubeck (aka Dave Brubeck)was born on the 6th of December, 1920. His thing for music came from his mother - an aspiring concert pianist who was formally taught. She used to take piano classes to supplement her income. Despite having such organized music at home, Dave Brubeck took to his own way of learning and playing the piano opting to create his own melodies. He purposely avoided a situation where he had to read music and play using his bad eyesight as an excuse.

When in college, it was discovered that he could not read written music. This caused for the professor in charge to take action and expel him but his other professors stood by the fact that despite his inability to read music, he had a good abilities when it came to counterpointing and harmony. Taking his case as an exception, it was decided that he be allowed to graduate from the institute promising to never teach piano.

Armed with a degree from the University Of The Pacific, he was drafted to join the army in 1942. During his service in the army, he met his future partner in music, saxaphonist Paul Desmond. While serving in the US Defence Forces, he played in a band which brought both fame and dislike to his musical stylings.

After almost four years serving in the Army, he went back to college and got himself enrolled in Mills College in Oakland, California. There he studied with the French composer Darius Milhaud who recognized his unusual talent for improvisation and uncommon rhythms.

Immediately after finishing his course in Mills College, he was signed to Fantasy Records in Berkeley California. He started singing with an octet and a trio which eventually became a quartet when Army pal Paul Desmond joined the group which originally included Cal Tjader and Ron Crotty.

Taking after his inclination to play music that was more unusual than not at the time, they recorded some music which didn't have enough mass appeal to be a success which hence gave them very few gigs. After failing to draw in crowds, Dave Brubeck spent many years playing nothing but the opposite of what he had intended to when he started out playing jazz standards with the other members of the trio except Paul Desmond.

In 1951 after an almost fatal swimming accident, Dave formed his next group The Dave Brubeck Quartet - this time with Desmond in it. They were the house band for awhile at the Black hawk nightclub in San Francisco. The new quartet was very successful. They started touring college campuses and made a series of recordings including Jazz At Oberlin, Jazz Goes To College and Jazz Goes To Junior College.

The fame and success got Dave Brubeck space on the cover of Time Magazine - the only jazz musician to have the honor since Louis Armstrong. Sometime around the mid 1950's one half of the group - two members Bob Bates and Joe Dodge - quit the group. They were replaced by Eugene Wright and Joe Morello. Eugene Wright's presence in the band put the band on a black list for some venues since he he was a African American. Many concerts were called off because club owners were averse to having an African-American play in their premises.

Upon realizing that there were plans to not film Wright during a particular television show on which they were performing ,Dave canceled the appearance, winning praise from other musicians and many jazz critics. 1959 saw the release of Time Out which had the one quality of Dave Brubeck that he is known by today - unusual time signatures. Despite them not being in common time but instead in 5/4 time, the album was a hit and the album was soon certified platinum. When Dave plays Take Five at concerts, the audience almost always goes wild with applause.

Dave's next act was a musical that he and his wife Iola wrote - a jazz musical based on the experiences that they had during an international tour on behalf of the US State Department. It had all the big names of the time - Louis Armstrong, Hendricks & Ross, Lambert and Carmen McRae. Later albums of the quartet include Time Further Out: Miro Reflections (1961), Countdown: Time in Outer Space,Time Changes and Time In. All these albums had iconic album covers by contemporary artists. They held a concert titled At Carnegie Hall in 1963 which was described as Dave Brubeck's greatest concert, but 40 years later he is still playing great concert after great concert.

About the Author

Duane Shinn is the author of the popular online newsletter on piano chords, available free at "Exciting Piano Chords & Chord Progressions!"

What is your Favorite Jazz song?

More specifically, what is your favorite jazz song, OR what is you favorite jazz piece for a specific instrument if you are a musician. Mine are:

Performer - Song
============================
(this are the songs each performer played, not necessarily the writer/group)

Pat Metheny (guitar)- Are you going with me
John Scofield (guitar)- Jungle fiction
Steve Reich (guitar) - Electric Counterpoint - Slow (movement 2)
Al DiMeola (guitar) - Song To The Pharoah Kings
Frank Zappa (guitar) - Eat that question
Lyle Mays (piano) - Slip Away
George Duke (piano) - Love Reborn
Joe Farrell (flute) - You're Everything
Chuck Mangione (horn) - Feel so good
Miles Davis (horn) - Nardis
Chic Corea (elec piano) - 500 miles high
Joe Zawinul(elec piano) - Mysterious Traveller
Bob James(elec piano) - Angela
Jaco Pastorius (bass) - Continuum