What did David Brubeck revealed in his Early Show guesting?”
One of America’s most revered and respected jazz and classical pianists and composers, Dave Brubeck has remained prolific throughout his six decades of performing on stages across the world. Dave Brubeck’s Early Days Born in Concord, California, on December 6, 1920, David Warren Brubeck seems to have entered the world with music in his blood. The Brubeck family also produced two more professional musicians, Brubeck’s two elder brothers. Young Dave took to the keys at an early age, taught by his mother who had studied classical piano in England. Almost abandoning music when his family moved to a sprawling cattle ranch, Brubeck ventured off to The University of the Pacific to pursue a career as a veterinarian, never intending to travel beyond the Stockton, California campus. However, a side job as a performer in a dance group proved too great to pass up and Brubeck soon let the piano decide his path; however, during his initial music classes, he revealed that he had never learned to read
Two of the hardest titles to come by are innovator and genius. Photo: http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/images/2009/12/24/image6018784g.jpg Dave Brubeck is both, says “Early Show” co-anchor Julie Chen, who recently sat down with the jazz great. But, he told Chen, there were points when his career could have been derailed — before, during and when graduating from college, and when a record company balked at what would become a Brubeck milestone. Fifty years ago, Brubeck, now 89, was a respected musician who had already made the cover of Time magazine, when his quartet changed jazz forever with the classic tune “Take Five.” They declared independence from the traditional 4/4 jazz rhythm, giving birth to the now classic 5/4 time. “The Boss” on Kennedy Center Honor Honoring Funnyman Mel Brooks Photos: Kennedy Center Honors It was included on what’s become the biggest-selling jazz album ever, “Time Out,”
Fifty years ago, Brubeck, now 89, was a respected musician who had already made the cover of Time magazine, when his quartet changed jazz forever with the classic tune “Take Five.” They declared independence from the traditional 4/4 jazz rhythm, giving birth to the now classic 5/4 time. It was included on what’s become the biggest-selling jazz album ever, “Time Out,” which the record label didn’t want to release. “They said, ‘You’ve broken many unwritten laws,’ ” Brubeck recalled for Chen. ” … It took a long fight, and then, finally, they put it out as a single … and it became, when it was a full LP (album), one of their best-sellers.” Did that surprise him, after being told it was unconventional and wouldn’t work? “Well, l knew people liked it when we played it,” Brubeck responded.
