He was ahead of his time. Even today, most people find it hard to play and appreciate "Take Five". Musicians today would hardly think of composing a song in 9/8 beat as he did in "Blue Rondo".
--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozguru@...> wrote: > > And he almost by a day made to the ripe old age of 92. He's a local boy > being born in nearby Concord, California. I met him a couple times and > hung out with Joe Morello a bit. Brubeck popularized jazz in the 1950s > with "Take Five" way back when people were phobic of the music. > > Here is the new via the hometown blog: > http://claycord.com/2012/12/05/jazz-legend-former-concord-resident-dave-brubeck-dead-at-91/ > > His first group had Bill Smith on clarinet and I also worked with Bill > at the University of Washington and hung out with him later on at TM > residence courses. >
