Brubeck s first group, an octet formed in 1946, contained five of Milhaud s students and played pieces influenced by his teachings, using canonlike elements. The group s earliest recorded work ...

The Scrapbook notes with regret the death last week of Dave Brubeck, the California-born, classically trained pianist whose eponymous quartet—with its infectious melodies and unconventional time ...

One of the biggest jazz singles of all time, "Take Five" by the Dave Brubeck Quartet, was recorded 65 years ago today. Brubeck's son is sharing his father's archive online. And I'm Michel Martin. On ...

These past two months have been a great time for jazz in Wilton as music professor Gil Harel held three sessions on Dave Brubeck at the Wilton Library, followed immediately by a Library Hot & Cool ...

Dave Brubeck first recorded his composition The Duke during a live performance at New York's Basin Street East on October 13, 1954. His quartet at the time consisted of Paul Desmond (as), Dave Brubeck ...

NUREMBERG, GERMANY: Legendary composer and jazz pianist Dave Brubeck and his Quartet begin a fall tour of Europe November 16 with a concert at Nuremberg, Germany's Schauspielhaus, presented by the ...

Originally released in 1996, this bestselling title marks the legendary pianist’s sole holiday outing. Craft Recordings is spreading the holiday cheer slightly early. Tony Bennett passed away this ...

Dave Brubeck is and continues to be a giant in the jazz scene perhaps best known for his mellow instrumental ballad Take Five which altered the face of modern jazz Rediscover Brubeck and his music via ...

Chris Brubeck of the Brubeck Brothers Quartet at Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs. Brubeck's father performed a record 13 times at the annual jazz festival at Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Dan ...

“The Gates of Justice,” a large-scale 1969 choral work about relations between Black and Jewish Americans, is being performed in Los Angeles. By Zachary Woolfe LOS ANGELES — “Want to give us a blast?” ...

Dave Brubeck, a pianist and composer whose distinctive mixture of experimentation and accessibility made him one of the most popular jazz musicians of the 1950s and 60s, died Wednesday morning in ...