Dave is often my first suggestion for people looking to get into Jazz or experiment with timing.  He was productive until the very end of his life, releasing live albums last year at the age of 90.  He will be missed.

 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-dave-brubeck-dead-20121205,0,7126256.column

My home town hero is gone!  RIP Mr. Brubeck!  I just went to his concert last year and he was still great.  Not as great, but still great.

RIP Dave Brubeck.

 

I saw him in concert only once but it was an incredible concert.

Edited December 5, 201213 yr by Dreadhead

Oh, sad. RIP!

Damn. One of the rare jazz guys I could listen to at any time. No mood required. 

 

RIP. 

Wow, definitely sad. RIP

He died of a heart attack...

:sadcat:

...on his way to a heart appointment.

:sadcat:

It would have been his 92nd birthday tomorrow.

:sadcat: :sadcat:

I, unfortunately, never saw him play live.

:sadcat: :sadcat:

wow, that sucks

This does suck.  It's amazing he continued to perform as long as he did.  I think Time Out was one of the first jazz albums I bought.

Oh noes. Sad to see one of the all time Bay Area greats go.

RIP Dave. One of my favorite jazz musicians. Going to listen to this soon

 

Take 5 Dave.  RIP

Cheers to Dave. My Dad was into him, he saw him several time way back in the day.  Got my Dad's records after he passed..

 

Just happen to be listening to this last night...

 

 

Always has been one of my go to jazz men... 

 

RIP

Wow, just wow.  Dave made jazz accessible to the mainstream without loosing his cool.  I could, and have, listened to his music forever.  Saw him early on in his career at Newport Jazz fest and Storyville in Boston way back, then late when he was 80 + yo.  All were memorable.

 

RIP, Dave.

You said it Gene....he was one of my first entries into Jazz, and Take Five will always be one of my favorites.  Have enjoyed a lot of his other work, but as the first thing I heard, it stands above.

 

RIP, great man.....

Another fan here. Extremely accessible and so talented at keeping things simple and letting the music shine through in the performance. He understood that it wasn't all about him, but in the moods that his music could help to create in the listener's heart and mind. Will have to break out some vinyl tonight in his honor.

Same here, he was and still is one of my all time favorites.  R.I.P. Dave

Just heard.

If you never saw Brubeck live, you really missed out.

He had a way of making everyone in the audience feel like he was an old friend playing in your living room.

I feel a personal loss in his passing.

R.I.P. Dave.

Any jazz loss is a great loss.  And considering Dave and what he did, the loss is even greater.  

 

RIP, Dave.  

 

EDIT:  Nice article at latimes: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-dave-brubeck-appreciation-20121205,0,848294.story

Edited December 5, 201213 yr by bhjazz

This is so true, Steve.

 

He had a way of making everyone in the audience feel like he was an old friend playing in your living room.

 

Time Out was instrumental in my jazz binge a few years ago.

RIP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1S_vA0ougg

RIP

R.I.P. Dave, one day before his 92^nd.