Listening To Brubeck

Glad To Have Had Dave Brubeck In My Life

 

I last saw Dave Brubeck live at Bethel Woods (the site of "Woodstock") in 2007, obviously having at least as much fun playing as the audience was listening.

"Koto Song" Brubeck

When I first went to Nutley Jr. High and then High School there was a “Sweet Shoppe” on my path home from school with jukebox that featured the continually updating hits of the day – Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs, The Shirelles, Sam Cooke, the Everly and Isley Brothers, and eventually The Beatles.

As I recall the deal was: A dime a play, 3 for a quarter.

For two years of Jr. High and four years at NHS I “invested” my quarter playing Take Five and its flip side, Blue Rondo a la Turk.

And for all those years they never pulled the record to replace it with something newer.

'Take Five' Brubeck

I have no memory of what my ever-changing third choice was, but I do know Dave Brubeck shaped my music listening ear forever.

Sad to think his genius has ended.

Glad to have had him in my life.

Try him in the 21st Century, here: Listening to Dave Brubeck