Hi, Brendan, Brubeck was criticized for all those things - as you said, unfairly. One of the criticisms that I read of him is that his "European" classical influences, including his unusual time signatures moved jazz away from it's "roots"; that he played a "white" jazz (please excuse the racial reference - I don't agree with the assessment, I'm passing on what I've read in more than one place), and catered to white middle-class college students.
Truth is, I think he was criticized because he was popular. He sold boatloads of albums, and continues to do so. I could be wrong, but I would guess that after Davis' "Kind of Blue", "Take Five" is probably the best selling jazz album of all time, or pretty damn close. Nothing breeds contempt like success... regards, frank [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Why has Brubeck been criticized anyway? > > Too commercial? Odd time sigs? Didn't swing? (I don't buy that)... > > For putting a waltz on Take Five? > > Brendan MacRae > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
