Dave 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.

Like all the other concerts within the last 60 years, all the miles logged and all the other countries traveled, this one was for Iola.

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

When the Santa Barbara Symphony takes the stage at the Granada Theatre this weekend, it will deploy images as well as sound.

Syracuse Jazz Fest founder and Executive Director Frank Malfitano announces the headline acts and other details about the free-admission event during Friday morning's news conference held at Upstairs at the Dino.

For a couple of hours tonight, The Registry Theatre will sound like Carnegie Hall in 1963 when Dave Brubeck gave one of the most famous concerts in modern jazz history.

Chris Brubeck, son of legendary jazz artist Dave Brubeck, will perform with his acoustic trio at the Largo Cultural Center on Saturday, Feb.

Drummer Danny Brubeck and bass player/trombonist Chris Brubeck - both well known performers and composers in their own rights - are joined on this historic television program by their father, Dave Brubeck, one of the most well-known jazz pianists of all time.

The Performing Arts Committee of the Unitarian Society of Hartford presents "Love That Jazz!" Saturday, Feb.

In 1966 daringly original jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler toured Europe as part of an annual "Newport in Europe" package.

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.

It's 2001 and for little more than an hour, the Jazzopen in Stuttgart -soaked in audience- is the playground for Dave Brubeck's youthful old hands at play.

Two appropriately undemanding and thoroughly enjoyable albums to bring out the Christmas spirit.

During a visit to Moscow in the 80's, Dave Brubeck met the faculty and students in Moscow Conservatory.

This month we're listening to recordings made by two jazzers who've been at it since the 1940's. Everyone knows that jazz recordings account for less than 2% of the American market and anyone who can keep selling CD's these days must be special.

After several years of artist-centered seasonal releases, Telarc continues down that path with Christmastime Is Here , and takes a new, compilation route with Christmas Break: Relaxing Jazz For The Holidays .

Dave Brubeck celebrated his 91st birthday late last year. Understandably, he doesn't tour much these days, although age took quite a while to slow him down.

For a period of time, [the audience] joyfully remembered who they were- part of a loving community where race and privilege had no relevance.

Continuing an annual tradition, the Eric Mintel Quartet will perform "An Evening of Outstanding Jazz" this Saturday, Jan.