Dave Brubeck

Author : Philip Clark
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780306921650

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Dave Brubeck by Philip Clark Pdf

THE DEFINITIVE, INVESTIGATIVE BIOGRAPHY OFJAZZ LEGENDDAVE BRUBECK("TAKE FIVE") In 2003, music journalist Philip Clark was granted unparalleled access to jazz legend Dave Brubeck. Over the course of ten days, he shadowed the Dave Brubeck Quartet during their extended British tour, recording an epic interview with the bandleader. Brubeck opened up as never before, disclosing his unique approach to jazz; the heady days of his "classic" quartet in the 1950s-60s; hanging out with Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, and Miles Davis; and the many controversies that had dogged his 66-yearlong career. Alongside beloved figures like Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra, Brubeck has achieved name recognition beyond jazz. But finding a convincing fit for Brubeck's legacy, one that reconciles his mass popularity with his advanced musical technique, has proved largely elusive. In Dave Brubeck: A Life inTime, Clark provides us with a thoughtful, thorough, and long-overdue biography of an extraordinary man whose influence continues to inform and inspire musicians today. Structured around Clark's extended interview and intensive new research, this book recounts one of the last untold stories of jazz, unearthing the secret history of "Take Five" and many hitherto unknown aspects of Brubeck's early career-and sharing details about his creative relationship with his star saxophonist, Paul Desmond. Woven throughout are cameo appearances from a host of unlikely figures, from Sting, Ray Manzarek of The Doors, and Keith Emerson to John Cage, Leonard Bernstein, Harry Partch, and Edgard Varèse. Each chapter explores a different theme or aspect of Brubeck's life and music, illuminating the core of his artistry and genius. To quote President Obama, as he awarded the musician with a Kennedy Center Honor: "You can't understand America without understanding jazz, and you can't understand jazz without understanding Dave Brubeck."

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Hal Leonard
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781540065100

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The Definitive Vince Guaraldi by Anonim Pdf

(Artist Transcriptions). Note-for-note keyboard transcriptions for 31 songs as performed by the famed jazz pianist who composed the songs and themes for the popular Peanuts animated cartoons. Includes: Autumn Leaves * Cast Your Fate to the Wind * Charlie Brown Theme * Christmas Time Is Here * A Day in the Life of a Fool (Manha de Carnaval) * El Matador * The Great Pumpkin Waltz * Linus and Lucy * On Green Dolphin Street * Skating * Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise * and more.

Author : Dave Brubeck,Bruce Nelson
Publisher : Alfred Music
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-18
Category : Music
ISBN : 1457425882

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Simply Brubeck by Dave Brubeck,Bruce Nelson Pdf

Simply Brubeck is a collection of the most engaging compositions by jazz pianist, Dave Brubeck. Phrase markings, articulations, fingering and dynamics have been included to aid with interpretation, and a large print size makes the notation easy to read. Titles: * Audrey * Autumn in Our Town * Blue Lake Tahoe * Blue Rondo a la Turk * Blue Shadows in the Street * Bossa Nova U.S.A. * Broadway Bossa Nova * The Duke * Everybody's Jumpin' * Far More Blue * (I Still Am in Love with) A Girl Named Oli * In Your Own Sweet Way * It's a Raggy Waltz * King for a Day * Maori Blues * Mr. Fats * Newport Waltz * Softly, William, Softly * Strange Meadowlark * Summer Song * Sweet Cleo Brown * Take Five * Three to Get Ready * Unisphere * Unsquare Dance.

Author : Stephen A. Crist
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780190217716

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Dave Brubeck's Time Out by Stephen A. Crist Pdf

Author Stephen A. Crist draws on years of archival research and interviews with family, friends, and the man himself to offer the most thorough examination to date of Dave Brubeck's seminal jazz album.

Author : Fred Hall
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Jazz musicians
ISBN : 1610752104

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It's about Time: Dave Brubeck (p) by Fred Hall Pdf

Author : Kelsey Klotz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023-02-07
Category : Jazz
ISBN : 9780197525074

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Dave Brubeck and the Performance of Whiteness by Kelsey Klotz Pdf

How can we--jazz fans, musicians, writers, and historians--understand the legacy and impact of a musician like Dave Brubeck? It is undeniable that Brubeck leveraged his fame as a jazz musician and status as a composer for social justice causes, and in doing so, held to a belief system that, during the civil rights movement, modeled a progressive approach to race and race relations. It is also true that it took Brubeck, like others, some time to understand the full spectrum of racial power dynamics at play in post-WWII, early Cold War, and civil rights-era America. Dave Brubeck and the Performance of Whiteness uses Brubeck's performances of whiteness across his professional, private, and political lives as a starting point to understand the ways in which whiteness, privilege, and white supremacy more fully manifested in mid-century America. How is whiteness performed and re-performed? How do particular traits become inscribed with whiteness, and further, how do those traits, now racialized in a listener's mind, filter the sounds a listener hears? To what extent was Brubeck's whiteness made by others? How did audiences and critics use Brubeck to craft their own identities centered in whiteness? Drawing on archival records, recordings, and previously conducted interviews, Dave Brubeck and the Performance of Whiteness listens closely for the complex and shifting frames of mid-century whiteness, and how they shaped the experiences of Brubeck's critics, audiences, and Brubeck himself. Throughout, author Kelsey Klotz asks what happens when a musician tries to intervene, using his privilege as a tool with which to disrupt structures of white supremacy, even as whiteness continues to retain its hold on its beneficiaries.

Author : Alan Goldsher
Publisher : Post Hill Press
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781642933239

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Digging Dave Brubeck and Time Out! by Alan Goldsher Pdf

Propelled by the unlikely hit “Take Five,” the pianist’s 1959 classic Time Out! was the first jazz album to earn platinum status, making it one of only eight platinum records in jazz history. Born as an experiment in time signatures and eclectic musical styles the artist encountered while traveling abroad, Time Out! moved the genre forward and became one of the most influential albums of all time. What was it about this subtle, artsy session that captured the ears of both hardcore jazz fans and casual listeners alike? Why did Brubeck, a bespectacled intellectual who seemingly wasn’t as hip as Davis and Coltrane, become a legitimate mainstream star in a genre not known for stardom? Author and bassist Alan Goldsher delves into Brubeck’s classic record, examining why the album and the pianist caught the zeitgeist, and measuring its continuing impact on music of all styles. Engaging and informative, Digging Dave Brubeck and Time Out! pays homage to one of the most vital, most enduring recordings in jazz history.

Author : Dave Brubeck,Gail Lew,John Salmon
Publisher : Alfred Music
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-04-18
Category : Music
ISBN : 1457462400

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Seriously Brubeck by Dave Brubeck,Gail Lew,John Salmon Pdf

This comprehensive anthology of Dave Brubeck's serious piano works is a must for every Brubeck fan. These dynamic works for the early advanced to advanced player are enveloped within boundaries of romanticism yet remain cutting-edge. Dramatic concert works that effectively showcase Brubeck's compositional genius are: * Glances (a four-movement suite) * Points on Jazz (an eight-part jazz ballet) * Chromatic Fantasy Sonata (a four-movement contemporary sonata with fugue) * Tritonis (a contemporary concert work full of harmonic creativity) * They All Sang Yankee Doodle (theme and variations) * The Salmon Strikes Back. This folio includes numerous photos.

Author : Stephen A. Crist
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780190217730

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Dave Brubeck's Time Out by Stephen A. Crist Pdf

Dave Brubeck's Time Out ranks among the most popular, successful, and influential jazz albums of all time. Released by Columbia in 1959, alongside such other landmark albums as Miles Davis's Kind of Blue and Charles Mingus's Mingus Ah Um, Time Out became one of the first jazz albums to be certified platinum, while its featured track, "Take Five," became the best-selling jazz single of the twentieth century, surpassing one million copies. In addition to its commercial successes, the album is widely recognized as a pioneering endeavor into the use of odd meters in jazz. With its opening track "Blue Rondo à la Turk" written in 9/8, its hit single "Take Five" in 5/4, and equally innovative uses of the more common 3/4 and 4/4 meters on other tracks, Time Out has played an important role in the development of modern jazz. In this book, author Stephen A. Crist draws on nearly fifteen years of archival research to offer the most thorough examination to date of this seminal jazz album. Supplementing his research with interviews with key individuals, including Brubeck's widow Iola and daughter Catherine, as well as interviews conducted with Brubeck himself prior to his passing in 2012, Crist paints a complete picture of the album's origins, creation, and legacy. Couching careful analysis of each of the album's seven tracks within historical and cultural contexts, he offers fascinating insights into the composition and development of some of the album's best-known tunes. From Brubeck's 1958 State Department-sponsored tour, during which he first encountered the Turkish aksak rhythms that would form the basis of "Blue Rondo à la Turk," to the backstage jam session that planted the seeds for "Take Five," Crist sheds an exciting new light on one of the most significant albums in jazz history.

Author : Dave Brubeck,John Salmon
Publisher : Alfred Music
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2024-04-18
Category : Music
ISBN : 1457432544

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Dave Brubeck at the Piano by Dave Brubeck,John Salmon Pdf

Dave Brubeck is a worldwide musical legend. Brubeck, working closely with his protegé John Salmon, has written a volume of newly composed works for the jazz piano world. Get ready for a real musical treat! Titles: * All My Love * As the Moon Is to the Sun * Crescent City Stomp * Day After Day * Happy New Year * Her Name Is Nancy * I Love Vienna * Mariel * Regret * Snow Falling from the Sky * So Lonely * A Song for Bessie * Themes from "Elementals" * Waltzing.

Author : Dave Brubeck,Gail Lew,John Salmon
Publisher : Alfred Music
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-19
Category : Music
ISBN : 1457462419

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Dave Brubeck: Selections from Seriously Brubeck by Dave Brubeck,Gail Lew,John Salmon Pdf

The seven pieces in this volume are excerpted from two ballet suites composed by Dave Brubeck. "Struttin'" and "Doing the Charleston" are from the four-movement set Glances. Also included are five selections from Points on Jazz: * Prelude * Scherzo * Rag * Waltz * A la Turk Brubeck himself describes Glances as "my most Milhaud-inspired work," a tribute to the French composer with whom Dave studied composition. Points on Jazz was commissioned by the American Ballet Theatre and the cover of this incredible collection features Dave at the piano surrounded by the dancers.

Author : Doug Ramsey
Publisher : Parkside Publishing Corporation
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Jazz musicians
ISBN : UOM:39015060848184

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Take Five by Doug Ramsey Pdf

Biography of jazz saxophonist Paul Desmond. Large format with 190 photographs.

Author : Keith Hatschek
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781496837783

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The Real Ambassadors by Keith Hatschek Pdf

Recipient of a 2023 Certificate of Merit for Best Historical Research in Recorded Jazz from the Association for Recorded Sound Collections Keith Hatschek tells the story of three determined artists: Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, and Iola Brubeck and the stand they took against segregation by writing and performing a jazz musical titled The Real Ambassadors. First conceived by the Brubecks in 1956, the musical’s journey to the stage for its 1962 premiere tracks extraordinary twists and turns across the backdrop of the civil rights movement. A variety of colorful characters, from Broadway impresarios to gang-connected managers, surface in the compelling storyline. During the Cold War, the US State Department enlisted some of America’s greatest musicians to serve as jazz ambassadors, touring the world to trumpet a so-called “free society.” Honored as celebrities abroad, the jazz ambassadors, who were overwhelmingly African Americans, returned home to racial discrimination and deferred dreams. The Brubecks used this double standard as the central message for the musical, deploying humor and pathos to share perspectives on American values. On September 23, 1962, The Real Ambassadors’s stunning debut moved a packed arena at the Monterey Jazz Festival to laughter, joy, and tears. Although critics unanimously hailed the performance, it sadly became a footnote in cast members’ bios. The enormous cost of reassembling the star-studded cast made the creation impossible to stage and tour. However, The Real Ambassadors: Dave and Iola Brubeck and Louis Armstrong Challenge Segregation caps this jazz story by detailing how the show was triumphantly revived in 2013 by the Detroit Jazz Festival and in 2014 by Jazz at Lincoln Center. This reaffirmed the musical’s place as an integral part of America’s jazz history and served as an important reminder of how artists’ voices are a powerful force for social change.

Author : Ntozake Shange,Romare Bearden
Publisher : Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:39015034385636

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I Live in Music by Ntozake Shange,Romare Bearden Pdf

Shange's lyrical poem is a tribute to the language of music and the magical, often mystical, rhythms that connect people. Music defines who we are as individuals, the places where we live, and how we exist within our communities. Music is life.Written in a syncopated style that has its own melody, the poem is perfectly married to twenty-one extraordinary and diverse works from Romare Bearden who once said, "I paint in the tradition of the blues."Here is a unique and visionary book that speaks, indeed sings, to both children and adults and is, at once, compelling, profond, and entertaining.

Author : Ronald C. McCurdy
Publisher : Alfred Music
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-18
Category : Music
ISBN : 1457418134

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Meet the Great Jazz Legends by Ronald C. McCurdy Pdf

Introduce a new generation of music enthusiasts to 17 legendary jazz artists who have enriched the world with their incredible talents. Dr. McCurdy's illuminating stories about the lives, times and music of these great jazz musicians span the entire twentieth century, from early New Orleans Jazz through the Golden Age of Swing plus the avant-garde and jazz fusion eras. Includes units on Louis Armstrong, James P. Johnson, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Clifford Brown, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Charles Mingus and Herbie Hancock. Also available: Classroom Kit and Activity Sheets! The Activity Sheets are perfect for the classroom! 100% reproducible!