The language of jazz includes hot jazz and cool jazz. She thanked him for representing America by bringing the language, the sounds and the spirit of jazz to people around the world. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice presented him with the first Ben Franklin Award for Public Diplomacy. For example, seeing the Berlin Wall that divided Germany led Dave Brubeck to write "Brandenburg Gate."Įarlier this month, Dave Brubeck accepted a special award from the State Department for that trip and others he made later. They also played in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), as well as India, Iran, Iraq and Turkey. In nineteen fifty-eight, the government sent the four musicians on a trip as part of a jazz ambassadors program. This year is the fiftieth anniversary of another important event for the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Written by saxophone player Paul Desmond, this is "Take Five." "Time Out," released in nineteen fifty-nine, also gave the world one of the best-known jazz tunes of all time.
His group had the first jazz album to sell more than a million copies. This week on our program, we enter the world of jazz pianist Dave Brubeck.
Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. In his will, he left all proceeds from “Take Five” to the American Red Cross.All That Jazz, From a Man Named Dave Brubeckĭownload MP3 (Right-click or option-click the link.) Given his long usage of whiskey, he was startled to learn that he had lung cancer and that his liver was in remarkably good shape, all things considered. Once, seeing a former girlfriend on the street, he quipped “There she goes, not with a whim but a banker”. Known for his wit and pranks and popularity with women, he was briefly married. He once said that his ambition was to sound like “a dry martini”. Darius Brubeck though for some years that Desmond was an uncle. With an offer of arranging and performing administrative duties, as well as babysitting the children, Desmond was taken back into the band. One day while Dave was in the back yard hanging up diapers, Desmond showed up and was taken to see Brubeck. This led to a break of several years between the two and Brubeck, who with his wife Iola had three small children, forbid her from letting Desmond into the family home. If I ever decide I need another name, it’s going to be Desmond.” For a short time he led a small band at the Band Box that included Dave Brubeck he left, but prevented Brubeck from taking over. According to Desmond’s friend Hal Strack, in 1942 they were listening to the Gene Krupa band, with singer Johnny Desmond. He was drafted into the Army and joined the Army band, but was not called into combat. When twelve years old he started studying clarinet and would have studied violin, but was dissuaded by his father, who was quoted as saying violinists were “a dime a dozen….with the violin, you’ll starve.” He started on alto saxophone in high school, where he also co-editor of the high school newspaper, where he once interviewed Bob Hope. Born with the name Paul Emil Breitenfeld in San Francisco, he tracked his ancestry to Moravia, but never had certainty as to the ethnicity. Paul Desmond (– May 30, 1977) was, like Brubeck, a California native. Brubeck followed up by assigning different timings to each of the members Paul Desmond was assigned 5/4 and came up with “Take Five”, which went on to become the biggest hit ever for the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Drummer Joe Morello said that on the song “Sounds of the Loop” he would occasionally change the timing from 5/4 to 7/4 and had urged Brubeck to try some different timings. “Take Five” was written in 1960 by Paul Desmond has a long, fabled history, starting with the 1940s, when Dave Brubeck was traveling in Europe, where he was introduced to jazz performed in times other than 4/4. Stories of Standards is sponsored by ListenUp. Tune in weekday mornings for Stories of Standards to hear our favorite versions of “Take Five.” Rodney Franks presents Stories of Standards Monday through Friday at 7:50 and 8:50 a.m.
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