In 1959, jazz pianist Dave Brubeck topped the pop charts and shook up the notion of rhythm in jazz with an odd-metered song called "Take Five." Only trained musicians might understand exactly what ...

Brubeck's mother studied piano in England and intended to become a concert pianist; at home she taught piano for extra money. Brubeck was not particularly interested in learning by any particular ...

In the strait-laced Eisenhower 1950s, Dave Brubeck seemed, on one hand, deeply conventional. He didn’t drink, smoke or take drugs. He favored expressions like “baloney!” and “you bet” over ruder ...

From the America archives, a look at the religious works of Dave Brubeck, the jazz legend who died earlier this week: Dave Brubeck is recognized as a gifted jazz pianist and composer. His use of ...

Dave Brubeck, the cool, cerebral, and popular piano player and composer who represented, for many, the face and the sound of American jazz music in the 1950s, died on Wednesday, December 5, in Norwalk ...

My all-time favorite holiday album is a solo piano collection, joyful yet with a tinge of melancholy, performed by the late Dave Brubeck. In a world cursed with treacly, bombastic Christmas music, ...

Brubeck's quartet's great success was partly due to Joe Morello's flashy drumming and partly to the contrast between the exuberant Brubeck and the imperturbably serene Paul Desmond. The alto ...

Dave Brubeck, a giant of American music who was largely responsible for turning modern jazz into pop music, died Wednesday a day short of his 92nd birthday. He was an ever-adventurous composer, ...

Perfect box set gift for the holiday season, released December 6, 2011—Dave Brubeck's 91st birthday—by Columbia/Legacy Also out now: Their Last Time Out (The Unreleased Live Concert—December 26, 1967) ...

Jazz at Lincoln Center is presenting four concerts this weekend that will reimagine Louis Armstrong’s and Dave Brubeck’s 1962 album, The Real Ambassadors. Iola Brubeck and Dave Brubeck during Dave ...

The Dave Brubeck Quartet performs "Take 5" at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, May 5, 2007. (Dave Brubeck, piano; Bobby Militello, saxophone; Michael Moore, bass; Randy Jones, drums.) Videos are ...