Legendary jazz composer and pianist Dave Brubeck passed away yesterday aged 91, at a hospital in Norwalk, Conn, just one day before he was set to turn 92.
Brubeck had an incredible career in the jazz music industry, spanning over seven decades. Most notably Brubeck succeed at being both an artistic and a commercial success.
Brubeck brought an inventive style to his music which helped to bring jazz music to a main stream audience. Pieces such as ?Take Five? captured listener?s imaginations due to the piece?s exotic and challenging rhythms.
Russell Gloyd, Brubeck?s manager has explained that the star was on the way to hospital for a regular health check-up with a cardiologist, before his heart gave in, and he later passed away with heart failure. Brubeck was scheduled to celebrate his birthday today with a concert. It is thought that this concert will still go ahead, in the form of tribute performances, in Waterbury, Conn.
Many consider Brubeck to be one of the greatest figures ever in the art and entertainment world, despite this he was an extremely modest man.
Included is his monumental legacy are musical pieces such as his 1959 hit album ?Time Out?, which became the first jazz album to ever sell over 1 million copies, and shockingly reached the number two spot if the pop album charts.
Brubeck did not just tour America with his music, the jazz legend made a huge effort to take his music to formally forbidden countries, touring countries in the Middle East and the old Soviet Union, leading him to become honoured by a range of presidents and foreign dignitaries.
Throughout his seven-decade spanning career Brubeck released nearly 100 albums both singularly and with his quartet featuring saxophonist Paul Desmond, who become known as one of most popular jazz groups in history.
Despite his grand age, Brubeck still worked a busy schedule, and just two years ago his quartet won the reader?s poll of Downbeat magazine as the best jazz group, a staggering 57 years after he first won the same award.
David Baker, a distinguished professor of music at Indiana University, and a close friend of Brubeck, has spoken of the legend?s death and the legacy he shall leave behind him, stating: ?Dave Brubeck was one of the giants in the music ? he changed the way people listened to the music.?
Source: http://maboot.com/jazz-legend-dave-brubeck-dies-aged-91/
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