Dave Brubeck

David Warren "Dave" Brubeck (born December 6, 1920) is an American jazz pianist. He has written a number of jazz standards, including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke". Brubeck's style ranges from refined to bombastic, reflecting his mother's attempts at classical training and his improvisational skills. His music is known for employing unusual time signatures, and superimposing contrasting rhythms, meters, and tonalities.

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. Brubeck experimented with time signatures throughout his career, recording "Pick Up Sticks" in 6/4, "Unsquare Dance" in 7/4, and "Blue Rondo à la Turk" in 9/8. He is also a respected composer of orchestral and sacred music, and wrote soundtracks for television such as Mr. Broadway and the animated miniseries This Is America, Charlie Brown.

 

Discography

    * Countdown Time in Outer Space (1962) Columbia Records
    * Brubeck Trio with Cal Tjader, Volume 1 (1949)
    * Brubeck Trio with Cal Tjader, Volume 2 (1949)
    * The Essential Dave Brubeck (Set Recording) (1950)
    * Brubeck/Desmond (1951)
    * Stardust (1951)
    * Dave Brubeck Quartet (1951)
    * Jazz at the Blackhawk (1952)
    * Dave Brubeck/Paul Desmond (1952)
    * Jazz at Storyville (live) (1952)
    * featuring Paul Desmond In Concert (live) (1953)
    * Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond at Wilshire Ebell (1953)
    * Two Knights at the Black Hawk (1953)
    * Jazz at the College of the Pacific (1953) Fantasy Records
    * Jazz at Oberlin (1953) Fantasy Records
    * Jazz Goes to College (1954) Columbia Records
    * Dave Brubeck at Storyville 1954 (live) (1954)
    * Brubeck Time (1954)
    * Jazz: Red Hot And Cool (1955)
    * Jazz Impressions of the U.S.A. (1956)
    * Plays and Plays and ... (1957)
    * Reunion (1957)
    * Jazz goes to Junior College (live) (1957)
    * Dave Digs Disney (1957)
    * Dave Brubeck Plays Solo (1958)
    * Gone with the Wind (1959)
    * Time Out (1959) Columbia Records/Legacy (RIAA: Platinum)
    * Tonight Only (1960)
    * Southern Scene (1960)
    * Take Five Live (1961)
    * Time Further Out (1961) Columbia Records/Legacy
    * Angel Eyes (1962)
    * The Real Ambassadors (1962)
    * At Carnegie Hall (1963)
    * Brandenburg Gate: Revisited (1963) Columbia Records
    * Dave Brubeck in Berlin (1964)
    * Jazz Impressions of Japan (1964) Columbia Records/Legacy
    * Time In (1966) Columbia Records
    * Jackpot (1966, live in Las Vegas) Columbia Records
    * Adventures in Time (1968) Columbia Records
    * DBQ 25th Anniversary Reunion (1976) A&M Records
    * Tritonis (1980)
    * Paper Moon (1982)
    * Vocal Encounters (2001) Sony Records
    * Dave Brubeck in "Yo-Yo Ma & Friends" Songs: Joy to the World, Concordia. (2008)Sony BMG