![]() Dan accidentally started emulating the beat from second line parades with his snare and bass drum at the Montreal International Jazz Festival, where the twist received approval from late saxophonist Gerry Mulligan. However, concertgoers are likely to hear a send-up to the late New Orleans musician Dr. It’s not unusual for Dan to play a five- or six-minute drum solo, maybe even more.” It has two A sections and a bridge, and off it goes. “In my father’s group when he played that, he would make it very different. They aren’t afraid to not strictly adhere to jazz roots, which Dave didn’t do either. … We’re a big democracy in how we play and develop arrangements and of course, because we really are jazz musicians, we don’t know what’s going to happen.”įor instance, “Take Five” may have been originally released as a five-minute, 28-second song, but who knows how long it’ll be on stage. “It’s 80% straight-ahead, post-bebop swing, but then this other stuff comes in. The quartet plays mainly straight-ahead jazz, a term for the post-’70s style that’s more traditional, but will also tie in references to the funk and rock Chris and Dan listened to growing up. ![]() This is jazz, after all, where improvisation reigns. The group won’t play “Time Out” straight through for Thursday’s concert and the songs they do won’t be like any album recording heard before. “We’re keeping his music alive in a way that would greatly please him, and it’s not a stretch because we kept it alive playing it when he was alive.” “We’re intertwined with Dave Brubeck’s musical legacy,” said Chris. One of those was Turkey, where street musicians playing in 9/8 time inspired “Blue Rondo à la Turk.” Next year, the Brubeck Brothers Quartet will tour to honor Dave’s centennial. The historical event was set up by the Eisenhower administration to broadcast over the Iron Curtain as musicians traveled to 14 countries, performing 80 concerts over 90 days. 2018’s “Timeline” was a similar tribute, focusing on the 60th anniversary of Dave’s 1958 Department of State sponsored tour. In 2012 the group came out with “Lifetimes,” which contained reimagined Dave Brubeck Quartet songs. It wasn’t until Dave was in his 90s that DeMicco and Lamb suggested honoring his repertoire. He’d still compose songs for people like rhythm and blues performers Patti LaBelle and Bobby Womack, but his life had solidly returned to one of jazz.Įventually, as tastes and genres changed over time and members bounced around bands, Dan and DeMicco left their jazz fusion group Digital Dolphins to play with Chris, forming the Brubeck Brothers Quartet and releasing their first album in 2001.īecause their quartet would occasionally be booked at the same festivals as their father, the bands first three records were purposefully all original music. & the M.G.’s and appearing in “The Blues Brothers” film, produced the album, yet Chris said that due to issues with Columbia a second album never saw the light even though it was completed.Īt that point Dave invited his son to play jazz with his quartet and Chris didn’t look back. Steve Cropper, known for his work with Book T. He formed the funk band Sky King and they released their one and only album, “Secret Sauce,” on Columbia Records in 1975. But then he discovered The Beatles, which led him to other classic rock artists such as Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. I go, ‘Oh my God! My dad must be somebody! He’s on a jukebox!’”īecause he was immersed in jazz at such a young age, Chris initially thought early rock ‘n’ roll was “stupid” due to its musical simplicity. “And there was like ‘Take Five,’ ‘Blue Rondo à la Turk,’ by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. “You might get a ‘Hard Days Night’ or ‘Good Vibrations’ or whatever,” Chris said. They were constantly surrounded by Dave’s fellow band members like drummer Joe Morello and alto saxophonist Paul Desmond but - comparing it to baseball player Willie Mays’ family being around teammate Willie McCovey - he wasn’t starstruck by his “honorary uncles.” When he was gone, the only music being made in our house was my older brothers and myself and my younger brother Dan playing.” Naturally, music was common in the household, but “there may have been less music than a lot of people presume,” said Chris, “in the sense that my father was on tour all the time. His father’s quartet is famous for the 1959 album “Time Out,” which contains influential jazz standards such as “Take Five” and “Blue Rondo à la Turk.” Now, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the record, multi-instrumentalist Chris, his drummer brother Dan Brubeck, guitarist Mike DeMicco and pianist Chuck Lamb - known as the Brubeck Brothers Quartet - are performing at the Riverwalk Center. It’s a difficult genre to escape as one of jazz legend Dave Brubeck’s six children. Visit to purchase.īRECKENRIDGE - Jazz is in Chris Brubeck’s blood. and the show begins at 7:30 on Thursday, July 11
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