To see pianist Dave Brubeck in recent years — up on stage, say, at the Monterey Jazz Festival, striding with his band through “Take Five,” his seminal tune — one might have thought he would play ...

Call it the Dave Brubeck Comeback Tour. Three months ago, the 88-year-old pianist was in the hospital battling a virus and pulmonary infection that threatened his heart. Three weeks ago, he had no ...

In 1954, polls in the leading jazz magazines Metronome and Downbeat selected Dave Brubeck's band as the year's best instrumental group. That same year, Brubeck was the second jazz musician ever ...

Dave Brubeck emerged after the Second World War as a pianist whose eclectic style owed itself to several different schools of piano playing. Throughout the 1950's, Brubeck enjoyed as much commercial ...

There are several similarities when listening to Dave Brubeck's Indian Summer and Andras Schiff's survey of Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas (ECM New Series, 2005). Both pianists are well into their ...

This interview was originally published Sept. 19, 2008. Brubeck died Wednesday. When you call the Connecticut headquarters of pianist, composer and band leader Dave Brubeck, the hold music is what one ...

Dave Brubeck, one of jazz's longest-lasting legends, has died. Best known for the playful 1959 hit "Take Five," which transformed the unfamiliar 5/4 time signature into a loping romp, the jazz pianist ...

For the Brubeck Brothers Quartet, music is more than a way to make a living; it is a lifestyle unto itself. On June 7 and June 8, locals had the opportunity to experience that for themselves at two ...

Many remembrances of Dave Brubeck, who died on Wednesday one day short of his 92nd birthday, will be dominated by his passion for unusual rhythms. Brubeck's 1959 classic "Take Five" is deservedly one ...