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		Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck, 91, takes five (chicagotribune.com)		37
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kokomo61		2012-12-05 02:36:10 PM

4 votes:

Pants full of macaroni!!: Slartibeerfest: I swear I knew what the headline would be the moment I heard he had passed.

I opted for the album title (Time Out) in my rejected headline.

/"Blue Rondo a la Turk" is pretty jammin'

Best vanity plate ever - I saw blue Kia Rondo with the plate "ALA TURK".

Rann Xerox		2012-12-05 02:24:45 PM

4 votes:

I has a 5/4 sad right now.

santadog		2012-12-05 02:46:24 PM

3 votes:

Louisiana_Sitar_Club: Jazz is terrible. It's like getting five people in a room to play five different songs at the same time and each song is shiat.*

*Opinions may vary. If you found an incongruity between this statement and your opinion then your opinion is, at its core, wrong.

Said like a true Non-musician.

Charlie Freak		2012-12-05 01:26:05 PM

3 votes:

I like your eyes, I liked him, too.

lilistonic		2012-12-05 05:09:40 PM

2 votes:

Another Government Employee: lilistonic: markie_farkie: I hear you're mad about Brubeck,

Charlie Freak: I like your eyes, I liked him, too.

My dad loved Brubeck. And he loved Steely Dan. When he died three years ago, "Take Five" was his ringtone.

My dad was kind of crap as a dad in many ways, but he gave me my soundtrack. Really, really good stuff.

So, thanks Dave. Thanks, Dad, for Dave. Rest in peace.

"Learn to work
The saxophone
And I'll Play
Just what I feel.
Drink Scotch whiskey
All night long
And die behind the wheel."

Ohhh, we listened to that every morning for awhile. And then there was "Peg."

Tonight I will listen to both Jazz in Oberlin and Aja, and lift a glass to them all.

smed7		2012-12-05 04:17:00 PM

2 votes:

ProfessorTomoe: I hear you're mad about Brubeck
I like your eyes I like him too
He's an artist a pioneer
We've got to have some music on the new frontier

You, my friend, are clearly reading my farking brain-waves!!!!

/great album, great song, Nightfly FTW.

Trey Le Parc		2012-12-05 03:29:42 PM

2 votes:

tbriggs		2012-12-05 02:44:47 PM

2 votes:

Back in college I saw the last tour of the original quartet, when Desmond was already sick. I got to sit on stage in overflow seating. Amazing to hear how bad the acoustics were from his position.
I have always been amazed by the way he was able to play jazz with one time signature and key for each hand. The original man with two brains.

Gotta go and re listen to Unsquare Dance. So long, Dave

Pants full of macaroni!!		2012-12-05 02:30:18 PM

2 votes:

Slartibeerfest: I swear I knew what the headline would be the moment I heard he had passed.

I opted for the album title (Time Out) in my rejected headline.

/"Blue Rondo a la Turk" is pretty jammin'

pjbreeze		2012-12-05 02:30:12 PM

2 votes:

RIFF in peace, Mr. Brubeck.

kumanoki		2012-12-05 02:24:15 PM

2 votes:

Louisiana_Sitar_Club		2012-12-05 02:20:12 PM

2 votes:

Jazz is terrible. It's like getting five people in a room to play five different songs at the same time and each song is shiat.*

*Opinions may vary. If you found an incongruity between this statement and your opinion then your opinion is, at its core, wrong.

ProfessorTomoe		2012-12-05 02:09:39 PM

2 votes:

I hear you're mad about Brubeck
I like your eyes I like him too
He's an artist a pioneer
We've got to have some music on the new frontier

Dr.Zom		2012-12-05 07:47:05 PM

1 votes:

I don't trust people who don't like jazz.

/or Seinfeld, which has a jazzy riff.

vonzales		2012-12-05 05:38:19 PM

1 votes:

ccsears: it's sad, but what's worse is that his drummer, Joe Morello, died last year. One of the most amazing drummers ever. Check out the 75 y.o. blind high hat love at about 1:40

Link

That recovery after losing a stick at about 3:30 was pretty sick.

OldManDownDRoad		2012-12-05 04:50:27 PM

1 votes:

bigbabysurfer:
Plus, he introduced me to Joe Morello - BEST. DRUMMER. EVER. If you've ever wondered why drummers like John Bonham, Ginger Baker, and Keith Moon praised Joe Morello's playing, watch this video!

Morello was one of a couple of drummers from that era who had a knack for fitting odd times into the music - but never overwhelming the song. Think of Milt Turner on Ray Charles' "What'd I say?" with that weird conga.

Those guys were BEASTS.

room at the top		2012-12-05 04:47:26 PM

1 votes:

George Benson's Take 5

ccsears		2012-12-05 04:09:13 PM

1 votes:

it's sad, but what's worse is that his drummer, Joe Morello, died last year. One of the most amazing drummers ever. Check out the 75 y.o. blind high hat love at about 1:40

Link

RapMstr		2012-12-05 03:57:56 PM

1 votes:

This makes be Blue Rondo, like A La Turk

Rwa2play		2012-12-05 03:20:40 PM

1 votes:

Another Government Employee: Pants full of macaroni!!: Slartibeerfest: I swear I knew what the headline would be the moment I heard he had passed.

I opted for the album title (Time Out) in my rejected headline.

/"Blue Rondo a la Turk" is pretty jammin'

Mine was similar (Time Completely Out).

He's is now doing an Unsquare Dance on the other side.

Hope the first people he sees on the other side are 'Bird, Trane, Satchmo, & Dizz. Then they'll go jam somewhere for all the people to see.

/RIP Dave

Dragonflew		2012-12-05 03:08:54 PM

1 votes:

Louisiana_Sitar_Club: Jazz is terrible. It's like getting five people in a room to play five different songs at the same time and each song is shiat.

You're thinking of "free jazz", which is an aural assault, and I honestly don't think anyone listens to it when no one is watching. Brubeck's pieces are quite structured.

lilistonic		2012-12-05 03:07:09 PM

1 votes:

markie_farkie: I hear you're mad about Brubeck,

Charlie Freak: I like your eyes, I liked him, too.

My dad loved Brubeck. And he loved Steely Dan. When he died three years ago, "Take Five" was his ringtone.

My dad was kind of crap as a dad in many ways, but he gave me my soundtrack. Really, really good stuff.

So, thanks Dave. Thanks, Dad, for Dave. Rest in peace.

Fark Rye For Many Whores		2012-12-05 03:01:24 PM

1 votes:

FlashHarry: [www.nndb.com image 248x324]
RIP Beck

t0.gstatic.com

I was really hoping.

plewis		2012-12-05 02:54:59 PM

1 votes:

I'd say I'm bummed, but how could I be? Guy was awesome, had an awesome life, left an awesome legacy of truly innovative music, what the hell else was he going to do? Get sad and old (but never unhip)? He couldn't have been more honored in his field. Take a bow, Dave. We will miss you, but I can't be sad, I still have the best part of you on vinyl.

cretinbob		2012-12-05 02:45:07 PM

1 votes:

Dr Dreidel		2012-12-05 02:42:39 PM

1 votes:

Aw, SHIAT. Brubeck is the awesomest awesome that ever awesomed. "Was", now, I guess.

In 2008, he was awarded a Kennedy Center Honor along with Mel Brooks. During the "let's all tell Dave how awesome he is" part of things, they brought out a military orchestra to perform "Take Five", along with "special guests". The special guests were Dave's 3 sons (or 3 of them), and when the camera cut to Brubeck pere (at 91 years old), he very clearly lit up brighter than Rockefeller Center in December, clapped his hands and exclaimed "Son of a biatch!"

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maxximillian		2012-12-05 02:41:49 PM

1 votes:

The Secret Life of Machines

Now only did this show expose me to a lot of cool internal workings of machines it introduced me to Dave Brubeck

don't understand		2012-12-05 02:41:25 PM

1 votes:

"Jazz isn't dead, it just smells funny."

The Larch		2012-12-05 02:34:17 PM

1 votes:

Tax Boy: Dave Brubeck didn't write Take Five.

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Welll, what do you know. I just checked out wikipedia:

Take Five" is a jazz piece written by Paul Desmond and performed by The Dave Brubeck Quartet on their 1959 album Time Out... Upon his death in 1977, Desmond left the rights to royalties for performances and compositions, including "Take Five", to the American Red Cross, which has since received combined royalties of approximately $100,000 per year.

That's kind of cool.

At any rate, I saw Dave Brubeck about a year and a half ago, and he was still a pretty damned good performer at age 89.

markie_farkie		2012-12-05 02:31:58 PM

1 votes:

I hear you're mad about Brubeck,

Charlie Freak: I like your eyes, I liked him, too.

Tax Boy		2012-12-05 02:28:14 PM

1 votes:

Dave Brubeck didn't write Take Five.

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Deucednuisance		2012-12-05 02:27:41 PM

1 votes:

Louisiana_Sitar_Club: Jazz is terrible. It's like getting five people in a room to play five different songs at the same time and each song is shiat.

Spoken like a man who's never played a note in his life.

But here's a hint: most ensemble "jazz" is scored, it's not nearly as improvised as you think Even Dixieland, which is highly improvisational, has some pretty strict rules about who does what and when.