David Warren " Dave " Brubeck ( born December 6, 1920 ) is an American jazz pianist.

His long-time musical partner, alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, wrote the Dave Brubeck Quartet's best remembered piece, " Take Five ", which is in 5 / 4 time and has endured as a jazz classic on one of the top-selling jazz albums, Time Out.

Dave Brubeck, featured on TIME magazine cover, " The Man on Cloud No. 7 ".

Following a near-fatal swimming accident which incapacitated him for several months, Brubeck organized The Dave Brubeck Quartet in 1951, with Desmond on saxophone.

In 1959, the Dave Brubeck Quartet recorded Time Out, an album their label was enthusiastic about but nonetheless hesitant to release.

Dave Brubeck Quartet 1967.

In 1961 Dave Brubeck appeared in a few scenes of the British Jazz / Beat film All Night Long, which starred Patrick McGoohan and Richard Attenborough.

In the early 1960s Dave Brubeck was the program director of WJZZ-FM radio ( now WEZN ).

What began as a special archive, consisting of the personal document collection of the Brubecks, has since expanded to provide fellowships and educational opportunities in jazz for students, also leading to having one of the main streets the school resides on named in his honor, Dave Brubeck Way .< ref >

* 1920 – Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer

Impressionism has also influenced at least some of the music of Manuel de Falla, Paul Dukas, Jean Sibelius, George Butterworth, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, John Ireland, Cyril Scott, Zoltán Kodály, Ottorino Respighi, Jacques Ibert, Bohuslav Martinu, Olivier Messiaen, Alan Hovhaness, Ned Rorem, György Ligeti, Selim Palmgren, and Toru Takemitsu, among others, as well as jazz musicians such as Bix Beiderbecke, Duke Ellington, Claude Thornhill, Bud Powell, Dave Brubeck, Gil Evans, Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Frank Kimbrough, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Shirley Horn and Esperanza Spalding, progressive rock musicians such as King Crimson, Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd, and Yes, the entire genre of post-rock, and electronic artists like Tangerine Dream and Popol Vuh, as well as Aphex Twin and Autechre.

Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck composed " Koto Song " that, while not featuring the koto itself, is played to allow the piano to emulate its sound.

This was bitterly noted by Davis, who claimed the invention of the cool style and resented the success that was later enjoyed — in large part because of the media's attention — by white " cool jazz " musicians ( Mulligan and Dave Brubeck in particular ).

Paul Desmond ( born Paul Emil Breitenfeld ; November 25, 1924 – May 30, 1977 ) was a jazz alto saxophonist and composer born in San Francisco, best known for the work he did in the Dave Brubeck Quartet and for penning that group's greatest hit, " Take Five ".

But Desmond came to his home in San Francisco one day while Dave was out back hanging diapers on a laundry line, and Iola let him in and took him to Brubeck.

Desmond had first met Dave Brubeck in 1944 while still in the military.

That is how the Dave Brubeck Quartet had its start, a group that began in 1951 and ended in December 1967.

During the 1970s Desmond rejoined with Dave Brubeck for several reunion tours including " Two Generations of Brubeck ".

In their private lives Dave Brubeck and his family were very close to Paul Desmond, though the two men possessed very different personalities.

* In 1962, Dave Brubeck recorded jazz versions of selections from the film score on Music From West Side Story.

Jazz stars in the 1950s who came into prominence in their genres called Bebop, Hard bop, Cool jazz and the Blues, at this time included Lester Young, Ben Webster, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Art Tatum, Bill Evans, Ahmad Jamal, Oscar Peterson, Gil Evans, Jerry Mulligan, Cannonball Adderley, Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Dave Brubeck, Art Blakey, Max Roach, the Miles Davis Quintet, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Sarah Vaughn, Dinah Washington, Nina Simone, and Billie Holiday.

** Dave Brubeck, American jazz pianist and composer

The concert made international headlines, led to a Time cover story ( Dave Brubeck and Thelonious Monk are the only other jazz musicians featured on the cover the magazine ), and resulted in an album that would become the best-selling long-playing recording of Ellington's career.

The song " Rondo " by The Nice is a 4 / 4 interpretation of " Blue Rondo à la Turk " by the Dave Brubeck Quartet, originally in 9 / 8 time signature.

* Joe Morello ( 1928 – 2011 ), drummer best known for his work with The Dave Brubeck Quartet.

He also played with raucous Hermosa beach bar band The Jim Mellon Quartet, as well as Steve Reed and Dave Markey in Carnage Asada. Dez played guitar and sang lead vocals for the super-group Chop on their only single, which consisted of Blue Öyster Cult covers.

* Time Out – Dave Brubeck Quartet

* Gerry Mulligan Quartet at Storyville ( Bill Crow & Dave Bailey, Pacific Jazz, 1956 )

In 1959, The Dave Brubeck Quartet recorded Time Out, which reached # 2 on the Billboard " Pop Albums " chart.

* Extensions ( 1989 ) Dave Holland Quartet ECM Records )

After Dave Brubeck's quartet broke up in 1967, Mulligan began appearing regularly with Brubeck as the " Gerry Mulligan / Dave Brubeck Quartet " through 1973.

Kronos has performed live with the poet Allen Ginsberg, Ástor Piazzolla, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Tom Waits, David Bowie, and Björk, and has appeared on recordings with such diverse artists as the Dave Matthews Band, Nelly Furtado, Rokia Traore, Joan Armatrading, Brazilian electronica artist Amon Tobin, Texas yodeler Don Walser, Faith No More, Tiger Lillies and David Grisman.

King, John Coltrane, Dave Brubeck, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Jimmy Witherspoon, and Sonny Rollins, among others.

The soundtrack features music from the 1950s and 1960s such as " Be-Bop-A-Lula " by Gene Vincent, " Take Five " by The Dave Brubeck Quartet, and " At Last " by Etta James.

With the Dave Holland Quartet

Joseph Albert Morello ( July 17, 1928 – March 12, 2011 ) was a jazz drummer best known for his 12½-year stint with The Dave Brubeck Quartet.

After a period playing in McPartland's trio, Morello declined invitations to join both Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey's bands, favoring a temporary two-month tour with the Dave Brubeck Quartet in 1955 ; Morello remained with Brubeck for well over a decade, only departing in 1968.

During his career, Morello appeared on over 120 albums, 60 of which were with the Dave Brubeck Quartet.

* 1968: Tune In, KB Quartet, with Carlos Ward, Dave Holland, Ed Blackwell ( Milestone )

Kermit Driscoll has recorded and performed with: The American Composers Orchestra, Patti Austin, Chet Baker, Bang-on-a-Can All Stars, Don Byron, John Cale, Dave Douglas, Robert Dick, Buddy Emmons, Michael Feinstein, Erik Friedlander, Bill Frisell ( a band member from 1987 to 1996 ), George Garzone, Elliot Goldenthal, Michael Gordon, Gerry Hemingway, John Hollenbeck, Wayne Horvitz, Stephan Houben, David Johansen, Russ Johnson, Ben E. King, Tony Malaby, Ben Monder, The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, The New York Philharmonic under Kurt Masur, Philharmonia Virtuosi, The Pointer Sisters, Buddy Rich ( bass chair 1981 ), Mick Rossi, Elliott Sharp, Keely Smith, Phoebe Snow, Soldier String Quartet, Toots Thielmans, Mel Torme, Tony Trischka, Emil Viklicky, Kenny Werner and John Zorn.

At their peak in the early ' 60s, the Brubeck Quartet was releasing as many as four albums a year.

" ( Brubeck wrote, and the Quartet performed, the theme song for the Craig Stevens CBS drama series ; the music from the series became material for the " New York " album.

* The Dave Brubeck Quartet ( 1957 )

McBrain first wanted to learn the drums at a young age after watching Joe Morello performing with The Dave Brubeck Quartet on television.

Major acts for the Festival's relaunch included Tony Bennett, Mos Def, the Branford Marsalis Quartet, the Dave Brubeck Quartet and Etta James and the Roots Band.