Uncommon Time: What Makes Dave Brubeck's Unorthodox Jazz Stylings So Appealing?
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 - 17:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Jazz legend Dave Brubeck died December 5, just one day before his 92nd birthday. The pianist and composer was an innovator, especially when it came to combining rhythms and meters in new ways. "He sort of tired of the traditional patterns of jazz," says Patrick Langham, a saxophonist and faculty member of the Brubeck Institute at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, Calif. [More]