Airmen of the Day

DAVE BRUBECK jazz piano

West Coaster Brubec born in Concord, California, has been the object of much curmudgeonly

criticism over the years, especially when he was the leader of the band probably the most successful small grop of the postwar years, the dave bubeck quartet, fearturing saxophonist paul desmond and, lattery, drummer joe morello, yet with hindsight brubeck achievenements are nnot gainsay, and it is tempting to consider wheather his supposed shortcomings and lack of originality have been pointed out with such alacity precisely because he had thewit and talent to take undiluted modern jazz and deliver it to a mass audience.

Brbeck had music in his family, his mmmmmmother being a pianist, and he received formal musical training from her and others,giggin locally during his teens with various groups while studying for his music major in stockon. progressing to mills college, he received tuition from , amoong others,composer d

arius milhaud. dave was born in 19

20. 'TAKE FIVE ' was the best of day dave played allong with Donald abyrd the all time great trumpet plyer who was boarn in 1932 and others likedon byas sax player , cab calloway born 1907 jazz band leader betty carter, benny carter, boarn 1907. buck clayton born 1911 , cozy cole, born 1909