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Profile: Dave Brubeck | June 24, 2022

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The Original Quartet

Let's have some fun learning about Dave Brubeck and his music that spans more than 65 years!

There is so much history behind Dave Brubeck as a person as well as Dave Brubeck as a pianist, band leader and composer. Here is his Wikipedia link so you can find out more details:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Brubeck

In 1954 Brubeck and his group was touring with the Duke Ellington band and Time Magazine put Brubeck on the cover - one of the 1st jazz musicians to be featured on the magazine. Brubeck was terribly embarrassed by this because he felt that the cover should have featured Ellington instead of him. Ellington was eventually put on the cover 2 years later. Here are the two covers, and an article about that.

Time Magazine

Time Magazine

http://montclairsoci.blogspot.com/2014/03/jazz-and-rap-white-and-black.html

I also talk about the famous song, Take Five, which was written by Paul Desmond. But it really featured the drummer, Joe Morello. Here is an interview with him that sheds more light on the subject as well as some interesting commentary about different time signatures.

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Rich Rector is the host of Rich Tones Curated Jazz. A one hour journey into the wonderful world of jazz music.

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Rich has been around music all his life. His dad had a swing band in the 1940’s and played saxophones and clarinets. Rich played one of those clarinets in grade school band, and also took up the guitar in high school. But never was a jazz player. Instead, he listened! RichTones Curated Jazz on KPCW gives our listeners a new perspective on jazz.

While attending Stanford University Rich's roommate, Ian McIlraith, was a jazz saxophone player who was familiar with many jazz players and songs. Ian really educated him about jazz; he taught him how to listen closely for different artists’ playing styles and he introduced him to the classic jazz standards.

He honed his listening skills by attending many concerts and jazz festivals. Some of the people and places Rich remembers are Mike Stern at The Regatta Bar at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge, MA; Milt Jackson at The Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, CA; Bill Frisell at The Blue Note in NYC; local combos at The Green Mill in Chicago; and The Blue Room in Kansas City’s Jazz District, just to name a few. In addition, Rich was able to see performances by Chick Corea, Gary Burton, Pat Metheny Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis and many more.

If you’re new to jazz, Rich Tones will introduce you to new players and sounds; if you’re already a jazz buff, Rich Tones will give you a new personal perspective on the genre.