Brubeck's mother studied piano in England and intended to become a concert pianist; at home she taught piano for extra money. Brubeck was not particularly interested in learning by any particular ...

Jazz at Lincoln Center is presenting four concerts this weekend that will reimagine Louis Armstrong’s and Dave Brubeck’s 1962 album, The Real Ambassadors. Iola Brubeck and Dave Brubeck during Dave ...

UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 01: Photo of Dave BRUBECK; Dave Brubeck performing on stage, (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns) UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 01: Photo of Dave BRUBECK; Dave Brubeck performing on ...

My all-time favorite holiday album is a solo piano collection, joyful yet with a tinge of melancholy, performed by the late Dave Brubeck. In a world cursed with treacly, bombastic Christmas music, ...

And I'm Michel Martin. On this day, 65 years ago, pianist Dave Brubeck and his quartet went into a recording studio in New York City and produced what would become the bestselling jazz single of all ...

In the strait-laced Eisenhower 1950s, Dave Brubeck seemed, on one hand, deeply conventional. He didn’t drink, smoke or take drugs. He favored expressions like “baloney!” and “you bet” over ruder ...

Brubeck's quartet's great success was partly due to Joe Morello's flashy drumming and partly to the contrast between the exuberant Brubeck and the imperturbably serene Paul Desmond. The alto ...

UPDATE: The pianist and composer was behind the classically cool 1959 album "Time Out," one of the top-selling jazz LPs ever. By Erin Carlson, Mike Barnes Dave Brubeck Headshot 2005 - P 2012 Dave ...

After my post on Alan Broadbent's new album, Broadbent Plays Brubeck, I spent a chunk of time yesterday listening to the Dave Brubeck Quartet. I also slid onto YouTube for a bit. Here's what came up ...

Dave Brubeck, the legendary jazz pianist and composer, known for defying jazz conventions and for recordings like "Take Five" and "Blue Rondo a la Turk," has died. Brubeck died of heart failure in ...

TIM O’BRIEN, anchor: Music and religion have some deep and common roots, and some of the world’s greatest musicians have taken their inspiration from a higher power. Jazz musicians, too, like the ...