We just lost Dave Brubeck

Respect.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-dave-brubeck-dies-20121205,0,5143972.story

at the age of 91, there is no doubt he died a happy man. RIP

rip-Rip rip-Rip rip rip

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  On 12/5/2012 at 7:21 PM, isaki said:

at the age of 91, there is no doubt he died a harppy man. RIP

i've never been the obsessed jazz adherent ; i have favourites and i listen here or there, but of the artists i have the most enthusiasm for, dave brubeck is likely one near the tip of my list

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Sad day, but also a pleasant one remembering his music and long successful life. Didn't expect I would be this affected but I'm very sad, got the call from my mother this morning in class.

As a great-grandfather he was great: warm, loving, always generous. I stayed with them two years ago for a while (Dave was 90) and he was walking, talking, playing as if he was 30 years younger. Really incredible to see!

No one knows exactly what the next step is. My hope is to be with the family soon, but school and the family's mad schedules need to be dealt with.

R.I.P. Dave, you mean a lot to me!

  On 12/5/2012 at 8:08 PM, dr lopez said:

As a great-grandfather he was great: warm, loving, always generous.

wait

you're Dave Brubeck's great grandson?

also oddly enough i was just listening to his stuff yesterday, & DB isn't one of those musicians I listen to all the time

Fuckin hell, what a sad day indeed

RIP Brubeck.

Obviously a great musician, but it seems like he was also every bit a decent human being. What a guy!

Condolences to his family, including the good Dr.

:(

A sad day indeed. He was a profound influence on me in the early years. An extraordinary pianist and composer.

I had the chance to work for him back in 2008 but took another gig instead. I'm currently kicking myself.

RIP

  On 12/5/2012 at 8:14 PM, Cryptowen said:

 

  On 12/5/2012 at 8:08 PM, dr lopez said:

As a great-grandfather he was great: warm, loving, always generous.

wait

you're Dave Brubeck's great grandson?

 

also oddly enough i was just listening to his stuff yesterday, & DB isn't one of those musicians I listen to all the time

 

yeah, been a crazy day seeing everything pour in on facebook and twitter! Nice to see :)

I hope you and your family are making it through okay. As far as I'm concerned, he still went out on top.

Legend!

Sad. Been listening to him a lot lately. A great musician.

respect.

man was a boss here, and now hes a boss somewhere else.

what else needs to be said.

Brubeck is a boss.

Sorry to hear that Doc. I hope you got to spend a lot of quality time w/ him. I've been hearing about a lot of people dying recently including my uncle Richard Graham who married in to my family later in life. I do regret not showing the man a bit more of my attention as he was one of the good guys.

I immediately remembered this quote:

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dr lopez, on 24 Sept 2012 - 01:22, said:

 

 

I guess I've never mentioned this but I played P.:Ntil for Dave Brubeck and after about 30 seconds in all his age cried, "What the hell is this, farts on a backbeat?"

RIP, cool guy

Rest in Peace spirit of jazz

  On 12/6/2012 at 12:51 AM, SPD² said:

Sorry to hear that Doc. I hope you got to spend a lot of quality time w/ him. I've been hearing about a lot of people dying recently including my uncle Richard Graham who married in to my family later in life. I do regret not showing the man a bit more of my attention as he was one of the good guys.

I did and he was always very interested and supportive of my musical endeavors, less so when I put down the trombone in favor of... well:

  On 12/6/2012 at 1:30 AM, triachus said:

I immediately remembered this quote:

 

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dr lopez, on 24 Sept 2012 - 01:22, said:

 

 

I guess I've never mentioned this but I played P.:Ntil for Dave Brubeck and after about 30 seconds in all his age cried, "What the hell is this, farts on a backbeat?"

  On 12/6/2012 at 1:30 AM, triachus said:

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dr lopez, on 24 Sept 2012 - 01:22, said:

 

 

I guess I've never mentioned this but I played P.:Ntil for Dave Brubeck and after about 30 seconds in all his age cried, "What the hell is this, farts on a backbeat?"

like a boss

Mr. Brubeck seems to have articulated the one thing I don't like about Draft, which is that it strays dangerously close to sounding like farts in way too many places

edit: pretty good farts, though

i'm not too sad. he'll be missed, but he had a GREAT run, invented 'third stream' jazz when everyone else was doing swing or bop stuff, and popularised odd time sigs like a proper IDM boss. great legacy.

my favourite:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc34Uj8wlmE

RIP Mr. Brubeck. Thanks for the music.

Take Five is still one of my favorite pieces to play on the piano. So much fun.