The communist regime had banned jazz music, a symbol of the West. So the arrival of the Dave Brubeck Quartet in Poland in 1958 was a very big deal. And one concert was not enough: local jazz fans, and ...

In the hands of the ‘classic’ Dave Brubeck Quartet – with Paul Desmond (alto saxophone), Eugene Wright (bass) and Joe Morello (drums) – pieces from landmark albums such as Time Out ...

Dave encouraged his quartet to invent new time signatures in their jazz tunes. Brubeck's push led to the creation of the quartet's breakthrough album, Time Out, named for its use of a variety of ...

Dave Brubeck first recorded his composition The Duke during a live performance at New York's Basin Street East on October 13, 1954. His quartet at the time consisted of Paul Desmond (as), Dave Brubeck ...

DAVE: Listen to the music ... The reviewer the next day said, "The Brubeck Quartet can't even keep time together. From his point of view, he was right; we couldn't keep time together.

Larry Coryell and toured the world with Two Generations of Brubeck and The New Brubeck Quartet (Dave, Darius, Chris and Dan Brubeck) as an additional pianist and keyboardist. Several albums were ...