Dave Brubeck – Game Changer

Today is Dave Brubeck’s 90^th birthday. That is an accomplishment in itself, but at age 90 he is still touring, performing, writing music and innovating. Brubeck is an icon the annals of jazz as a composer and a pianist. He is one of my favorite musicians. His album with his quartet, At Carnegie Hall is my all time favorite. I almost wore out that vinyl when I was in college. He was and is a innovator across several genres of music, in jazz he is know for his experimentation with various time signatures, his most notable is the 5/4 on the best selling jazz album of all time – “Time Out” that includes the signature piece “Take Five”written by Paul Desmond his long time alto sax player. I am listening to Brubeck as I write this. I still hope I can see him live and in concert, for some reason I have not been able to do that.