“On The Cover”
Jazz Pianist Dave Brubeck Dies At Age 92
Published in The Record/Herald News on December 6, 2012
Dave Brubeck. Photo by Tom Pich, courtesy of the National Endowment for the Arts.
Editors Note: The photo on the cover of this issue is
from the internet and has no photographer’s name which to credit.
musical boundaries with his daring com- positions and carrying jazz throughout the world on tours sponsored by the State Department, died December 5, 2012 at a hospital in Norwalk, Conn. He died — one day before his 92nd birthday. His manager, Russell Gloyd, said Bru- beck was on his way to a regular medical checkup when his heart gave out at a hospi- tal in Norwalk, Conn. In a seven-decade career, Brubeck wrote hundreds of tunes, including the oft-
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ave Brubeck, the jazz pianist who had unparalleled com- mercial
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recorded “In Your Own Sweet Way” and “The Duke.” His quartet, featuring alto saxophonist
Paul Desmond, was one of the most popu- lar jazz groups in history and in 1959 re- corded the million-selling instrumental hit “Take Five.” Brubeck composed ambitious classical and choral works, released nearly 100 al- bums and remained a charismatic and inde- fatigable performer into old age. In December 2010, the month Bru- beck turned 90, his quartet won the read- ers’ poll of DownBeat magazine as the best group in jazz — 57 years after he first won the poll.
A bespectacled cowboy who grew up on a remote California ranch, Brubeck was
known for his complex rhythmic patterns, which he said were inspired by riding his horse and listening to its syncopated hoof- beats striking the ground. He studied in the 1940s with the ex-
perimental French composer Darius Mil- haud, who encouraged his interest in jazz. Brubeck was among the first jazz musicians to make wide use of polytonality, or playing in more than one musical key at a time. He was also an early advocate of “world music,” adopting exotic sounds that he heard in his worldwide travels. After forming his quartet in Califor- nia in the early 1950s, Brubeck sought to branch out from the dank nightclubs of San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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