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Dave Brubeck took his last "Five"

Dec 5, 2012 7:58 PM

Brubeck died today at 91. Would have been 92 tomorrow.

His popular hit Take Five became his theme song.

RIP Mr. Brubeck. Thanks for introducing so many to your special form of jazz. And thank you for sharing your talent w/us.

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Love Burkeck's work.
Sad part is, many know and heard his music, but didn't know who he was.

kelomaki kelomaki
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Sad day, I'll have to take a "Time Out" and listen to some of his albums. Take Five is one of my all time favorite songs in my favorite time signature.

michaelkriss michaelkriss
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Please phrase this in the form of a question...Did you know that Dave Brubeck took his last "five" today?

studerc studerc
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@kelomaki: Who is "Burkeck" ?

jsimsace jsimsace
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Definitely one of my favorite musicians, especially when he played with Paul Desmond. Take Five is great, but Blue Rondo a la Turk is one of my favorites.

luvche21 luvche21
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@luvche21: Yeah, Blue Rondo a la Turk has been the song stuck in my head since I heard the news.

michaelkriss michaelkriss
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@michaelkriss: Not a good song to have stuck in your head when you're trying to sleep (according to me).
There's just something amazing about that whole Time Out album - even with the "crazy" time signatures, it was so musical, so catchy, and so amazing!

luvche21 luvche21
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A Brubeck double album was the first jazz cd I bought.

lonelypond lonelypond
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Blue Rondo A La Turk (so good & I never listen to jazz anymore):
http://youtu.be/kc34Uj8wlmE

rlapid2112 rlapid2112
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An aside: For those of you who did not like Mr. Brubeck. And those who don't like notifications of deaths...

Please ignore posts/questions such as these. Skip over them. To down-vote them seems disrespectful, IMO.

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