It’s weird, yes, but one reliable sign that a restaurant’s going to be good is that Dave Brubeck’s “Take Five” is on the ...

Dave Brubeck has been a musical pioneer, pushing beyond the traditional forms and standard techniques of American jazz. From the earliest days of Brubeck groups playing in San Francisco in the ...

In an era when rock and roll was full of chugging 4/4 rhythms, he conjured up a 5/4 time signature that hadn’t been popular before or since Dave Brubeck had a sleeper hit in 1961 with “Take ...

Brubeck then formed The Dave Brubeck Quartet in 1951, which consisted of Joe Dodge on drums, Bob Bates on bass, Paul Desmond on saxophone, and of course Brubeck on piano. They took up a long residency ...

The communist regime had banned jazz music, a symbol of the West. So the arrival of the Dave Brubeck Quartet in Poland in 1958 was a very big deal. And one concert was not enough: local jazz fans, and ...

Eleven songs to get you acquainted with the world of jazz, from 20th-century classics to modern takes, this list curated by ...

Dave Brubeck was a prominent composer and pianist in cool jazz, celebrated for his innovative use of time signatures. His ...

As BBC Radio 3 marked the centenary of Dave Brubeck’s birth with a broadcast concert from the Royal Festival Hall in 1962, Philip Clark profiles the innovative pianist, bandleader and composer ...

For seventeen years he was the lead soloist in the most commercially successful jazz combo ever, the Dave Brubeck Quartet. In an era that worshipped the frenetic, bebop style of Charlie Parker, Paul ...

The music that Dave Brubeck created during his years with the 'classic quartet' - featuring Paul Desmond on alto saxophone, Joe Morello on drums and Eugene Wright on bass - became his most ...