Dave Brubeck was a prominent composer and pianist in cool jazz, celebrated for his innovative use of time signatures. His ...

For seventeen years he was the lead soloist in the most commercially successful jazz combo ever, the Dave Brubeck Quartet. In an era that worshipped the frenetic, bebop style of Charlie Parker, Paul ...

Tull’s leader thought using the 5/4 rhythm from Brubeck’s “Take Five” would be commercial suicide, but listeners proved him ...

Brubeck then formed The Dave Brubeck Quartet in 1951, which consisted of Joe Dodge on drums, Bob Bates on bass, Paul Desmond on saxophone, and of course Brubeck on piano. They took up a long residency ...

This is Noah Peterson’s seventh album as a leader, which, as usual has been released on his own Peterson Entertainment label.

The same year, he wrote a tune he called Audrey. It's the first track on The Dave Brubeck Quartet's 1955 album Brubeck Time. Desmond died of lung cancer in 1977, never knowing whether or not ...

In 1959 the Dave Brubeck Quartet released "Blue Rondo à la Turk" and I just went crazy. Mr. Smith had the album and I listened to it as the Smiths' house and fell in love with it." Elsewhere in ...

So is jazz pianist Dave Brubeck’s first major composition ... Many sections are in the 5/4 meter Brubeck’s quartet popularized. None of the modern techniques, none of the sounds from the ...

This jazz song written by the band’s saxophonist Paul Desmond first appeared on Dave Brubeck Quartet’s 1959 album Time Out and it reportedly remains the biggest selling single of all time.

Dave Sharp Worlds Quartet explores musical traditions from Armenia, India, Turkey, Egypt, Ukraine, Bulgaria and Greece.