Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take 5 • Live in 1982 • World of Jazz

David Warren Brubeck (December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012) was an American jazz pianist and composer, considered to be one of the foremost exponents of cool jazz. He studied at the University of the Pacific. His best known group was the Dave Brubeck Quartet with saxofonist Paul Desmond (1924-1977), bassist Eugene Wright and drummer Joe Morello that he started in
1951.

Brubeck wrote a number of jazz standards, including ‘In Your Own Sweet Way’ and ‘The Duke’. His long-time musical partner, alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, wrote the saxophone melody for the Dave Brubeck Quartet's, ‘Take Five’, which has endured as a jazz classic on one of the top-selling jazz albums. He also wrote ‘Unsquare Dance (1961) in 7/4 ‘Blue Rondo a la Turk’.

This recording of the Dave Brubeck Quartet was made by AVRO TV on the North Sea Jazz Festival, July 18, 1982 in the Hague, The Netherlands.

The Dave Brubeck's Quartet consists of:
Dave Brubeck, Piano
Chris Brubeck, bass guitar & bass trombone
Randy Jones, drums
Bill Smith, clarinet

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