Dave Brubeck.
I used to fall asleep to a jazz harp arrangement of "Take Five." When I got older, I found my parents' vinyl of Time Out (1959) and heard the piece for the first time with its quintessential saxophone. In college, a student in the music department rearranged it for 4/4 in what was presented at the time as an experiment in musical expectations and in retrospect I can view only as trolling the audience. Two years ago, I was watching a documentary about Brubeck on TCM, surprised and pleased to know he was still alive and performing. He'd have been ninety-two tomorrow. That's what this record I'm playing is for.
I used to fall asleep to a jazz harp arrangement of "Take Five." When I got older, I found my parents' vinyl of Time Out (1959) and heard the piece for the first time with its quintessential saxophone. In college, a student in the music department rearranged it for 4/4 in what was presented at the time as an experiment in musical expectations and in retrospect I can view only as trolling the audience. Two years ago, I was watching a documentary about Brubeck on TCM, surprised and pleased to know he was still alive and performing. He'd have been ninety-two tomorrow. That's what this record I'm playing is for.
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