Brubeck News

Simon Rowe, left, on piano, Patrick Langham on sax, Bill Vanderhaar on bass and Brian Kendrick on drums rehearse Wednesday at the new Take 5 jazz club in Valley Brewing Co.

When considering something as seriously artistic as jazz, it is often overlooked that said music is to be enjoyed as well as appreciated.

My favorite Brubeck tune of all time, "Castilian Blues" is from Brubeck's third time-change album, following the ground-breaking Time Out and its signature track, "Take Five". The album version, which I can't find on the Tubes, has the sweetest Paul Desmond solo in the world .

Over the past decade, Chris Brubeck , guitarist Joel Brown, and multi-instrumentalist Peter Madcat Ruth have honed a vast and vivid repertoire encompassing Delta blues, Tin Pan Alley standards, New Orleans grooves, jazz gems, and incisive originals.

Friday night's Kent Spotlight Series performance by Jeffrey Broussard & the Creole Cowboys at Kent-Meridian Performing Arts Center is cancelled due to dangerous driving conditions, power outages and snow.