“Back then” had also been the Era of Cool Jazz. On the pop charts, the Dave Brubeck Quartet’s hits “Take Five” and “Unsquare Dance” had thundered in as musical shock waves, their lopsided rhythms ...

Toward the end of the Dave Brubeck ... “Blue Rondo a la Turk,” another Brubeck tour de force propelled by shifting time signatures. Capping “Unsquare Dance” with a few bars of “Turkey ...

That's Paul Desmond's alto sax, playing with the Dave Brubeck Quartet on "Take Five," a Paul ... Jazz as you know, has been wed to dance rhythms for most of its history. HORWITZ: American dance ...

Performances by the Brubeck Brothers Quartet with the Classical ... It's a great one. - "Unsquare Dance" is a really interesting piece in Dave's repertoire because he actually, with his famous ...

“Unsquare Dance.” 5. “Jazz Impressions of Japan” (1964): The album is a kind of musical journal of the Dave Brubeck Quartet’s tour of Japan. Among the collection’s many lovely ...

The Dave Brubeck Quartet of the early 1960s created the five albums reissued here with a cool head and a steady hand. The foursome gave its audience something to think about, something to enjoy, and ...

"Once in a while, you've got to play something that isn't conventional," Dave Brubeck said in a clip ... Other compositions, like "Unsquare Dance", had seven. Critics would criticize his ...

Growing up the son of jazz giant Dave Brubeck meant hanging around with ... They’ll also tackle their father’s “Unsquare Dance,” all backed by the orchestra and Music Director Eckart ...

He plays in many different settings, from the symphonic concert stage to the Brubeck Brothers Quartet to Triple ... s program include Dave Brubeck’s “Unsquare Dance” and Rachmaninoff ...

“Dave’s contribution lies in the dignity he’s given jazz,” music promoter George Wein said in 1955. Certainly, no one would ever accuse the Brubeck Quartet of being a dance band.