Farewell, Dave Brubeck
Dec. 5th, 2012 03:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
filkertomGreat sadness. One of the most influential jazz pianists of all time, Dave Brubeck, has passed away at the age of 91. (Technically; he would've been 92 tomorrow.)
If you're not a fan of jazz, you still likely know his music, if only for this:
(Here's another great version, with Brubeck and Marian McPartland.)
However, he had dozens of recordings, spanning seven decades. After he broke up the Dave Brubeck Quartet he worked on everything from orchestral and choral pieces to songs for This Is America, Charlie Brown.
He won about a gazillion awards, including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement award, and supported the Jazz Foundation of America in its efforts to help musicians left homeless by Hurricane Katrina.
Rest well, sir, and thank you for the decades of incredible music.
If you're not a fan of jazz, you still likely know his music, if only for this:
(Here's another great version, with Brubeck and Marian McPartland.)
However, he had dozens of recordings, spanning seven decades. After he broke up the Dave Brubeck Quartet he worked on everything from orchestral and choral pieces to songs for This Is America, Charlie Brown.
He won about a gazillion awards, including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement award, and supported the Jazz Foundation of America in its efforts to help musicians left homeless by Hurricane Katrina.
Rest well, sir, and thank you for the decades of incredible music.
