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.
