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"C-Jam Blues/Take the A Train" medley "Stormy Weather" "On the Sunny Side of the Street" "Take Five" "Dziekuye " December 3, 2009 from WBGO - This year's Kennedy Center Honors Gala and Dave Brubeck 's birthday both fall on the same day: Dec.

Verve's admirable, no frills, reissue series, "Originals," includes a mixture of masterpieces and also-rans from its own and its associated labels' archives.

All About Jazz is celebrating Paul Desmond's birthday today! Paul Desmond He is revered for the pure, gentle tone of his alto saxophone, and the elegant lyricism of his improvisations.

Buffalo saxophonist Bobby Militello has been a member of Dave Brubeck's band since 1982.

Dr. J's writing combines her love of jazz with her fascination with psychology; she enjoys focusing on where they intersect -- in the celebration of the individual spirit.

Still on the road doing concerts on the verge of his 89th birthday next month, jazz icon Dave Brubeck may have revealed the secret to his fabled longevity Monday night at the Dakota jazz club.

D ave Brubeck is one of the most popular and original artists in jazz history. Ever since he took college campuses by storm in the 1950s, Brubeck has been renowned for compositions that mix jazz with modern Euroclassical influences and deploy advanced harmonies and unique time signatures.

The Monterey Jazz Festival is this weekend, and even though it's hundreds of miles north, you can still feel its effects in our town.

Dave Brubeck family: For contributions to the world's musical legacy as a pianist, composer and band leader, who created the Wolf Pack, one of the country's first integrated bands, while in the Army during World War II.

Saxophonist Jeremy Udden creates a distinctive sound on "Plainville," both with the songs and the instruments of the band playing them.

Jazz: Has it been all downhill since 1959? : With the reissue of landmark jazz albums Kind of Blue and Time Out from 50 years ago, it's hard not to feel a little nostalgic Commercially, 1959 was clearly a high-water mark.

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Dave Brubeck: An Unlikely Hit, 50 Years Strong In 1959, jazz pianist Dave Brubeck topped the pop charts and shook up the notion of rhythm in jazz with an odd-metered song called "Take Five." Only trained musicians might understand exactly what gave the Paul Desmond-penned song its flow.

Thirty-two years ago today, Paul Desmond bid his girl friend goodbye as she set off for London, urging her to have a good holiday.

The new "Legacy Edition" of the Dave Brubeck Quartet's landmark 1959 album, "Time Out," includes a priceless photo of the group in a recording studio.

Peter Jaffe didn't have to say anything. The Stockton Symphony conductor played the dramatic opening notes of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony - "da-da-da-daaaah" - on his piano.