Word: brubecks
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...John Lewis' use of the conga drum was less novel perhaps-both it was "new sound" to many and very well received. For Alan Miller at the piano the concert was a debut, but his solo in Honeysuckle Rose was easily the highpoint of the afternoon. He had the Brubeck wit, slipping in tunes even from Country Gardens, but a general style very much...
...will start with some definitions, just as Dave Brubeck and his boys start with a theme," began Dr. Jonas, who knows his combos as well as his complexes. "Then we'll improvise and take it from there...
...Down Beat vote as the U.S.'s favorite pop singer (for the first time since 1947) and also as the top male pop record "personality of the year." Other double victories: Bandleader Stan Kenton (top jazz band, election to "Music Hall of Fame"; and Pianist Dave Brubeck (top jazz personality, best instrumental combo...
What a gas it was to pick up a copy of your crazy mag and glim Dave Brubeck on the cover [Nov. 8]. At last those of us who dig the modernists won't receive gleepin' stares when we mention Brubeck or Rogers . . . These cats are the wailin'est! Thanks for your flipping recap of the '54 jazz scene...
...Although Brubeck may be one of the best-known jazz pianists among a pseudo-sophisticated, flannel-clad collegiate set, he is far from the best of the modernists. Compared with the sublime simplicity of a Chet Baker or an Oscar Peterson, Brubeck's pretentious key-switching and borrowing of classical themes is a bit affected...