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Topic: Dave Brubeck dies at 91. |
Barry Blackwood
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Mark Eaton
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Posted 5 Dec 2012 10:01 am |
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Oh man - another legend gone clear.
I had the pleasure to meet him a number of years ago. My wife had a co-worker who was an accomplished jazz pianist himself, and he was a friend and sometime neighbor of Mr. Brubeck's as the family owned a home on the wild NorCal coast in Gualala.
We were over there once for a barbecue and I was thrilled to death to meet Mr. Brubeck. In my brief experience a most pleasant gentleman.
A towering musical giant and no doubt one of California's greatest contributions to the musical legacy of our country.
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Mike Neer
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Posted 5 Dec 2012 10:04 am
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A giant of a man and musician.
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Dave Mudgett
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Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 5 Dec 2012 11:26 am
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| Agreed, it's hard to imagine the jazz landscape without him. |
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Michael Breid
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Eureka Springs, Arkansas, USA
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Posted 5 Dec 2012 11:29 am
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| Mr. Brubeck appeared at Drury College in Springfield, Missouri back in the 60's. He was with Paul Desmond on sax, Joe Morello on drums, and bass player Eugene Wright. They got ready to play and the whole sky opened up. It was raining pitchforks and hammer handles. The sound of the rain on the roof was nearly deafening. Mr. Brubeck waited a minute until the rain died down, looked at the musicians and smiled and they went into Stormy Weather. The audience came unglued. They nearly got a standing ovation on their first number. They came unglued again when the quartet did "Take Five". They did get a standing ovation at the end. RIP. |
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Jim Means
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Posted 5 Dec 2012 3:39 pm Not another one!
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What a great player and composer. "Take Five" is probably the most recognizable jazz piece by non-jazz people in the world. The greats are swiftly slipping away in all genres.
Jim in Missouri
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 5 Dec 2012 4:46 pm
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I'll be the first to post it since it's only a matter of time before someone else does: Not to be forgotten as a fine composer in his own right, Paul Desmond wrote 'Take Five.'
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Jim Means
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Posted 5 Dec 2012 4:50 pm Thanks, Mark
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Wasn't sure who wrote "Take Five". Just that it seemed to be a signature song for Brubeck.
Jim in Missouri
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Mark Eaton
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Posted 5 Dec 2012 5:28 pm
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Of course. I knew what you meant.
Take Five, Kind of Blue by Miles Davis, and Cast Your Fate to the Wind by Vince Guaraldi - to my mind, The Big Three most recognizable pieces of jazz music from the early 60's to modern day.
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Rick Barnhart
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Arizona, USA
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Posted 5 Dec 2012 7:21 pm
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"you say you're mad about Brubeck, I could learn to like him, too...he's an artist, a pioneer, we've got to have some music on the New Frontier..." Donald Fagen
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Will Houston
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Tempe, Az
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Posted 5 Dec 2012 7:23 pm
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| Just last Sunday from my local library I checked out a cd, the final concert of the above mentioned quartet 12-26-67 ( of course they did a reunion yrs later)i've been listening to it this week, kinda strange. |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 5 Dec 2012 8:42 pm
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| "you say you're mad about Brubeck, I could learn to like him, too...he's an artist, a pioneer, we've got to have some music on the New Frontier..." Donald Fagen |
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Nick Reed
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Russellville, KY USA
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Don Sulesky
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Citrus County, FL, Orig. from MA & NH
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Posted 6 Dec 2012 6:56 am
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I remember my band and I thumbed our way to another town in Massachusetts to hear him play.
What a great night as we sat there in the front row with our sun glasses on. He gave us the high sign which we thought was great.
It was the Doby Gillis days when that was hip.
"Take Five" man.
Don
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 10 Dec 2012 1:30 pm
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| I was always much more enamored of Paul Desmond than Brubeck but the man deserves every award and acknowledgement as a pioneer in Jazz, a great composer who was among the first "third stream" musicians, and a tireless proponent of racial equality and fairness. He was always very self-effacing about his own accomplishments. When Take 5 was written, it was avant garde, now, every high school band can play it. The music would not have been the same without Brubeck. RIP. |
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Duane Reese
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Posted 9 Feb 2013 6:32 pm
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Ah crap.
He was great. |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Charlie McDonald
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out of the blue
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Posted 21 Mar 2020 1:37 am
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My childhood hero. Got to tune for him once. He was truly a giant of a man.
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