Not only was Dave Brubeck world renowned, he was a resident of Wilton. Senator Toni Boucher (R-Wilton) said on the senate floor of Brubeck, “It is with great pride that I rise to have us all pay special tribute today to a celebrated music legend. In 2013, the Connecticut State Senate honored Dave Brubeck. In 2009, on Brubeck’s 89th birthday, President Barack Obama presented him with a prestigious Kennedy Center Honor. In addition, he was inducted into the American Classical Hall of Fame in 2003, and he received a Living Legacy Jazz Award from the Kennedy Center in 2007. In 2000, the National Endowment for the Arts declared Dave Brubeck a Jazz Master. Throughout his life, he received numerous national and international honors for his work. Death and Legacyĭave Brubeck died on Decemon the way to a doctor’s appointment. Besides composing, Brubeck continued to perform throughout the 1970s and beyond, often playing with his own children, or in quartets. During the 1960s, most of his compositions addressed societal and political themes that dealt with discrimination in America, current affairs, and religious topics. In 1967, his band broke up and Brubeck spent the majority of his time composing musical scores, many of which he collaborated on with Iola. In 1960, Brubeck relocated his family-his wife, Iola, and their five children-to Wilton, Connecticut where they later had one more child. Composed by Desmond, a single from the album (“Take Five”) became a national phenomenon and is still popular today.Īs the Dave Brubeck Quartet became a household name, they often played shows with the biggest jazz performers of the time, including Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, and more. The result of the trip was Brubeck’s album Time Out, recorded in 1959, which used different time signatures than jazz’s traditional 4/4. Brubeck learned to appreciate Middle Eastern music, which was very different than what he knew and played. In 1958, his band traveled to Eastern Europe, India, and the Middle East on a State Department-sponsored tour. Throughout his career, Brubeck insisted on the inclusion of his Black bandmember, bassist Eugene Wright, and often refused to perform for segregated audiences.ĭave Brubeck Quartet from crowd – UNT Libraries Special Collectionsīrubeck’s unique style and personal musical language set him apart from other musicians of the time and although he had his critics, by the late 1950s, he and his quartet had broken into the mainstream. It was in the army that Brubeck met Paul Desmond, a formative musical colleague-the two men eventually became one of jazz’s greatest combos.īrubeck’s army band called themselves the “Wolf Pack,” one of the first racially integrated music groups in the US Army. While in the army, Brubeck led a band that traveled into combat areas to play for troops, and while he was close to the front line, he never fought. He also got married, and served in the army during World War II. In the 1940s, Brubeck attended college where he studied music. Later, Brubeck became one of the leading jazz pianists and composers of the 1950s and 60s and the first musician to sell over one million copies of a jazz record. His mother forbade Brubeck and his brothers from listening to the radio, so they learned to play instruments and practiced everything from spirituals to cowboy songs. As a child, he lived on his family’s 1,200-acre ranch in Ione, California, and it was there that his love of music blossomed. David Brubeck was born on Decemin Concord, California, to Pete and Elizabeth Brubeck.
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