After my post on Alan Broadbent's new album, Broadbent Plays Brubeck, I spent a chunk of time yesterday listening to the Dave Brubeck Quartet. I also slid onto YouTube for a bit. Here's what came up ...
Dave Brubeck once told me that he never tired of performing Take Five: "It gives a reading of where the quartet's at," he said. Back in 1959, when the classic Brubeck Quartet introduced the piece on ...
Brubeck's mother studied piano in England and intended to become a concert pianist; at home she taught piano for extra money. Brubeck was not particularly interested in learning by any particular ...
TIM O’BRIEN, anchor: Music and religion have some deep and common roots, and some of the world’s greatest musicians have taken their inspiration from a higher power. Jazz musicians, too, like the ...