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While greatest-hits albums from jazz artists are sometimes dubious propositions, Dave Brubeck is the rare exception to the rule. Brubeck concentrated on the song as much as the performance, which is one of the reasons why he appealed to such a wide audience and it's ... the reason why Greatest Hits is such an entertaining and effective sampler. Featuring such familiar items as "Take Five," "In Your Own Sweet Way," "The Duke," "Trolley Song," "Unsquare Dance," and "Blue Rondo à la Turk," the collection provides a fine introduction to Brubeck's collegiate jazz for the uninitiated. Time Out remains the best place to start a Brubeck appreciation, but this is an excellent single-disc sampler. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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In the early 1960s Dave Brubeck was the program director of WJZZ-FM radio. He achieved his vision of an all jazz format radio station along with his friend and neighbor John E. Metts, one of the first African Americans in senior radio management. From 1956 - 1965 Mr. Metts was the Vice President of an existing news station in Bridgeport, CT, call letters:WICC "Wicc600". In 1964 WJZZ switched to broadcasting the "Top 100" - most likely due to the British Invasion of Rock and Roll.
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For over 50 years, Dave Brubeck has thrilled audiences with his unique and inventive approach to jazz. This rhythmic documentary incorporates rare footage and intimate interviews with Brubeck to provide a definitive look at the life and career of the influential musical pioneer. 57 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
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Over his long career Dave Brubeck has received many honors and awards from universities and cultural organizations. He holds fifteen honorary doctorates (the first honor received was from his Alma Mater, University of the Pacific in 1962). He has been honored by York University in Canada, University of Nottingham, England, and University of Duisburg, Germany. For his contribution to sacred music, Dave was awarded an honorary degree in theology from Fribourg University in Switzerland. Among his highest awards are the National Medal of the Arts presented by President Clinton, the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Award, the Laetare Medal from Notre Dame, the science and arts medal from Austria, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, the Smithsonian Medal, and from the Library of Congress, the official designation as a “Living Legend”. He received the 2007 Arison Award from the National Foundation for Advancement of the Arts, an educational organization that parallels the goals of the Brubeck Institute in recognizing and fostering young talent.
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Always expanding jazz horizons, in 1959 the Dave Brubeck Quartet performed and recorded with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic. An early experimenter in combining jazz with symphony orchestras, Brubeck continues to appear as composer-performer in concerts of his choral and symphonic compositions. He celebrated his 80th birthday with the London Symphony Orchestra performing an all-Brubeck program which was recorded as a part of the LSO Live series. In 1997 he recorded the video and DVD "Brubeck Returns to Moscow" with the Russian National Orchestra, produced by Daniel Wilson Productions of New York. The two-hour program features the Brubeck mass "To Hope! A Celebration" and "Blue Rondo a la Turk," along with interviews and rehearsal footage.
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Dave Brubeck was born on December 6, 1920 in Concord California. His mother taught him piano at age 6, although vision problems kept him from learning to read musical notation. He began performing professionally by the age of 13. After completing military service during World War II, he found his way into the graduate program at Mills College where he studied with the French composer Darius Milhaud. He was an equally distinguished as a composer and pianist. He has written and recorded several large-scale works, including at least two ballets, a musical, an oratorio, four cantatas, a mass, and works for jazz group and orchestra.
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