Dave Brubeck Quotes


And there is a time where you can be beyond yourself. You can be better than your technique. You can be better than most of your usual ideas. And this is a whole other category that you can get into.


Citations

Burns, Ken, director. Jazz. Episode 7, "Dedicated to Chaos", PBS, 2001.

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Dave Brubeck
Dave Brubeck
  • Born: December 6, 1920
  • Died: December 5, 2012
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Musician, Composer, Bandleader

David Warren Brubeck was an American jazz pianist and composer, considered one of the foremost exponents of cool jazz. Many of his compositions have become jazz standards including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke". Brubeck's style ranged from refined to bombastic, reflecting both his mother's classical training and his own improvisational skills. His music is known for employing unusual time signatures as well as superimposing contrasting rhythms, meters, and tonalities.