Dave Brubeck News

 
Final Concert: San Diego Symphony
San Diego Reader (blog)
Jazz musician Dave Brubeck and his son Chris Brubeck have collaborated to compose a piece of music based on the photography of Ansel Adams. The piece is intended to have 101 of Adams' pictures projected while the orchestra plays. Both Brubeck and Adams ...


 
Baltimore Sun
'Take Five' with Eric Mintel Quartet and Columbia Pro Cantare
Baltimore Sun
Jazz and classical music come together on the same stage when the Eric Mintel Quartet and the Columbia Pro Cantare join forces for a program of choral works composed by jazz pianist Dave Brubeck on Saturday, May 5 at 8 pm in the Jim Rouse Theatre at ...


 
Singer-songwriter James Lee Stanley
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Also likes: Dave Brubeck, "Take Five"; Miles Davis, "Kind of Blue"; Jefferson Airplane, "Surrealistic Pillow." (The Dunwells play Shank Hall on Aug. 5.) Read and share your thoughts on this story. Ready for the weekend? The Journal Sentinel's Kathy ...


 
Allentown Morning Call
Gabriel Alegría Afro-Peruvian Sextet blends jazz harmonies with authentic ...
Allentown Morning Call
The group uses standard chord progressions like the one in Dave Brubeck's hit "Take Five" and embroiders it with an exciting percussive pulse, five beats per measure. Another notable characteristic is harmony. The ensemble is a musical family.

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Former jazz prodigy Taylor Eigsti moves deeper into symphonic music with his ...
San Jose Mercury News
The former prodigy from Menlo Park -- mentored by Dave Brubeck starting at age 13 -- is now among New York's most talked-about jazz pianists, but he also has a booming parallel career as an orchestral composer. "When I hear the possibilities and the ...

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Music fills East Park throughout Band Fest
Mason City Globe Gazette
This five-piece ensemble from the Fort Dodge area plays Bach, the Beatles, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, Gershwin, Mozart, Karl King, John Phillip Sousa and Fats Waller, in addition to Broadway musical scores. Rocket Club, a country band from the Twin ...


 
Fairfield University to show works by American portraitist
Fairfield Citizen
The exhibit will feature more than 30 Kinstler oil portraits of well-known personalities from the worlds of government, entertainment and literature, including President Bill Clinton, Tony Bennett, Dave Brubeck, Benny Goodman, Katharine Hepburn and ...

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