Latest Release
- Lullabies · 2020
- Dave Brubeck's Greatest Hits · 1959
- Take Five · 1961
- Vocal Encounters · 1955
- Dave Brubeck's Greatest Hits · 1954
- Vocal Encounters · 1960
- Take Fifty · 2013
- Time In · 1966
- Time Out · 1959
- Dave Brubeck's Greatest Hits · 1955
Essential Albums
- 1975
- 1961
- 1959
- 2020
- 2013
- 2013
- 2013
- 2013
- 2013
- 2013
Music Videos
- 2020
- 2020
- 2007
- 1959
Artist Playlists
- Platinum pianist who helped make jazz a household sound in the '50s.
- Pristine piano duos and experiments with other avant-garders.
- Lean back and relax with some of their mellowest cuts.
Singles & EPs
- 2008
Appears On
About Dave Brubeck
At age four, Dave Brubeck started taking piano lessons from his mom, who had trained to be a concert pianist. ∙ Growing up working on his family's 45,000-acre California cattle ranch, he initially studied veterinary medicine in college. ∙ While serving in the Army during World War II, he formed and led the first racially integrated military jazz troupe, The Wolfpack Band. ∙ In 1954, Brubeck became just the second jazz musician to appear on the cover of Time, as the magazine ran an article on the genre’s growing popularity. ∙ The Dave Brubeck Quartet’s 1959 LP Time Out, which features the classics “Take Five” and “Blue Rondo a la Turk,” was the first jazz album to sell more than 1 million copies. ∙ “Take Five” has been covered by The Specials, Al Jarreau, Stevie Wonder, Chet Atkins, and The String Cheese Incident. ∙ In 1996, Brubeck received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
- HOMETOWN
- Concord, CA, United States
- BORN
- 6 December 1920
- GENRE
- Jazz