Dave Brubeck: Classic [Update December 2012 - RIP]

RIP. john d. otm upthread about Jazz Impressions of Japan, that one is killer. the quartet w/ brubeck is a great band.

RIP. A great musician and man. Every time I see that clip of him choking up on Ken Burns' "Jazz," I tear up myself. Here's the full transcript from the interview. I can't find a video:

Question: There's one other very important and vivid experience you had with your dad that really made an impression on you in terms of fighting racial inequality. Tell me about that.

Brubeck: I think I may have been six or seven, but I have to guess. And I don't know what was in my father's mind, but we were together. I used to go with him sometimes when he'd buy cattle. [We were down] on the Sacramento River. And my wife's uncle always hung out with a black rodeo rider. His name, believe it or not, was Shine. And so my dad just brought me up to this guy and he said "open your shirt for Dave and show him your chest." And he did and there was this brand on his chest. And my dad said "something like this should never happen again.." …You've gotta remember I'm around cattle branding and I know what it's like, that hot iron, 'cause I've branded hundreds of cattle. And the hotter the iron, the less it will hurt and the quicker you can get off, get off the burning and the smell of that burnt hair and skin. So you want to get that fire as hot as you can. And the whole picture came to my mind, because I've been around branding as long as I can remember. And to see a, a wonderful man having had to go through that was just too much for me….It had an impact on me that I'll never forget. All of my life I thought what I can do about this. It's like my dad telling me to do something about it.

wow.

sad. RIP.

time out was my first jazz record and it still flexes its influence over my taste. just the melody of "blue rondo a la turk" which seems in danger of spilling over, of unlocking totally, and yet it is so controlled, but it's also fluid enough to dance capably in and out of the 4/4 sections

RIP....the album Jazz Impressions of Japan has been a favorite of mine the last couple of years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDB4K5zCcfk

Too soon?

@KenJennings
Is it wrong to be sad that Brubeck died on 12/5 instead of 7/4 or 5/4 or 9/8?

I... cannot resist that joke. A+

Here's the Ken Burns "Jazz" clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu-ZTKgyl-U&feature=youtu.be

Or not. I'll get back to ya.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu-ZTKgyl-U

Yay!

wow...

Ordered a budget box of all five "Time" albums from BestBuy.com for $16. At one point, I had the deluxe 2CD Time Out that came out in 2009, but I want to hear the other four, and that's an unbeatable price.

"take five" was one of the 1st jazz records i'd ever listened to ... whatever appreciation for jazz i have is b/c of that record.

rip dave brubeck.

Take Five, with a mischievous intro:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjU1yYFQZfs


"Dziekuje" (Thank you). Solo piano, just beautiful:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uddIMgBwAJw

RIP.

Time out was also my introduction to jazz. RIP melody man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAIIqCfoq10

This here is where I am at tonight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IbbFAi9h4Y

at carnegie hall is like the coolest record imaginable

the chunky piano chords toward the end of "for all we know" .... just wonderful

Lewis Porter wrote a really good article on Brubeck for WBGO's website last month.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfZruW3NI6c

holy fuck this is so good. everyone on point but shout out to brubeck's typically dense and outré chord accumulations and joe morello tearing shit up

paul desmond's playing is just impossibly soft focus and lyrical

Listened to the Time Out LP this morning (as one does with breakfast and coffee in October!) and followed it up with the More Time Out LP, which I'd never heard, and to my ears today is even better.