David Warren Brubeck (born December 6, 1920 in Concord, California - Decemb… Read Full Bio ↴David Warren Brubeck (born December 6, 1920 in Concord, California - December 5, 2012) was an American jazz pianist who has written a number of jazz standards, including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke". He was probably best known for "Take Five", written by saxophone player Paul Desmond, who was the saxophonist in The Dave Brubeck Quartet. Due to the immense popularity of his work, Brubeck had won multiple awards such as a lifetime achievement award from the Grammys in 1996, a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowship in 1999, and a Kennedy Center Honor in 2009.
Brubeck's style ranged from refined to bombastic, reflecting his mother's attempts at classical training and his improvisational skills. Much of his music employed unusual time signatures, a fact jokingly referred to by his greatest hits album 'Time Signatures: A Career Retrospective'. Upon his death, a number of commentators noted his crossover appeal to mainstream pop audiences, something putting him in the company of other jazz legends such as Louis Armstrong and Herbie Hancock among others.
Brubeck's style ranged from refined to bombastic, reflecting his mother's attempts at classical training and his improvisational skills. Much of his music employed unusual time signatures, a fact jokingly referred to by his greatest hits album 'Time Signatures: A Career Retrospective'. Upon his death, a number of commentators noted his crossover appeal to mainstream pop audiences, something putting him in the company of other jazz legends such as Louis Armstrong and Herbie Hancock among others.
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@DalleDayul
Everyone likes to meme about the lick since it's so prominent in this piece specifically, but this is probably my favourite ever use of it. Brubeck really brings out the best of the phrase through all the variations, he makes it seem almost touching and symbolic of something much greater. A fantastic example of how to use a recurring motif in jazz. Utter genius.
@MattFoleysGhost
Great example of how it’s not the lock that’s the problem it’s how you play it.
@clarenicola1
A style very few can compare,i feel like a snake and they are my charmer,they make you move in such a way with eyes closed and taken away.
@stangetz534
@@clarenicola1 where did this 'lick" come from not Charlie Parker.
@JonHop1
@@stangetz534 Hard to say.. Most attribute it to Stravinsky, because he is the earliest recordings of it publicly.. But it likely came from Classical origins that rubbed off into the Jazz and bebop playing of the 20's and 30's and became instrumental in bebop jazz language from then on..
@GlidingChiller
0:08 Brubeck really was ahead of his time, he even played the L I C C
@cooldebt
That should have been their seventh album with 'time' in the title - 'Ahead of Time'
@ym6294
I don't get it can someone tell what LICC is.
@anigbrowl
@@ym6294 a musical cliche
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lick
@ym6294
@@anigbrowl Thanks.