Dave Brubeck
American jazz pianist and composer (1920-2012) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 91
David Warren Brubeck was an American jazz pianist and composer. Often regarded as a foremost exponent of cool jazz, Brubeck's work is characterized by unusual time signatures and superimposing contrasting rhythms, meters, and tonalities, and combining different styles and genres, such as classical, jazz, and blues.
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George Avakian Produced Brubeck Time and Jazz: Red Hot and Cool
Teo Macero Produced Time Further Out and Tonight Only!
Carmen McRae Duets: The Real Ambassadors (1962)- Michael Cuscuna Produced Two Generations of Brubeck (1973)
Doris Day Duets: My Romance and I See Your Face Before Me
Darius Milhaud Influenced Dave
Louis Armstrong Duets: The Real Ambassadors (1962)
Frank Sinatra Duets: I See Your Face Before Me (1937)
Bing Crosby Duets: I See Your Face Before Me (1937)
Nat King Cole Duets: I See Your Face Before Me (1937)
Peggy Lee Duets: I See Your Face Before Me (1937)
Mary Martin Duets: I See Your Face Before Me (1937)
Jo Stafford Duets: I See Your Face Before Me (1937)
Nicolas Jaar Influenced by Dave
Mildred Bailey Duets: I See Your Face Before Me (1937)
Basil Dearden Directed All Night Long (1962)
George Wein Produced The Last Set at Newport (1972)
Johnny Hartman Duets: I See Your Face Before Me (1937)
Evelyn Laye Duets: I See Your Face Before Me (1937)- Michael Relph Produced All Night Long (1962)
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The Dave Brubeck Quartet in 1967: From left to right - Joe Morello, Eugene Wright, Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond
Brubeck in 2004
Brubeck in Ludwigshafen, Germany, in 2005
Brubeck (third from left), among Kennedy Center honorees 2009, flanked by President and Mrs. Obama at the Blue Room, White House, December 6, 2009 (his 89th birthday)
Brubeck at the White House for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors
