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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@RuiCunhaC
Dave Brubeck on Kathy's Waltz: “Kathy’s Waltz was named after my daughter, Catherine, who was always dancing… And dancing really funny steps... So it starts as Kathy jumping around the room in 4/4 and then goes into a waltz… Which is Kathy’s Waltz…”
@Gloriouswizard422
Wow that's nice to know
@RuiCunhaC
@@Gloriouswizard422 Yes. Just chiming in to say, after 6 years, the reasoning behind the piece's name remains exactly the same!!!
@alfonsofrompoofesureswii6200
Rui Cunha im just impressed that you came back to a comment 7 years later
@momsspaghetti6916
Lol but not to yours Hayes
@alfonsofrompoofesureswii6200
Moms spaghetti I’m well aware
@petec9686
I'm listening to the intro of this thinking, hey, this ain't a waltz, it's in 4/4. Then it switches up. Gotta remember what Album I'm listening to. Absolute genius.
@tooomasz
+petec9686 Yeah, it switches to 3/4 with the drummer playing hi-hat like in a regular 4 (on 2, in next measure on 1 and 3), and then Brubeck switches to 4/4 on his solo... :D
@sugxzen949
Bro i feel like this arangement should be in nemo it fits so well in 3/4
@MaatStile
@BLMcorrectme it’s not that difficult to understand really, he is talking about the time measurement of the drums, which is basically counting beats