(LA Times)- Pianist and composer Dave Brubeck won legions of fans over a
six-decade career with his complex rhythms and harmonies. His quartet's
'Take Five' was the first million-selling jazz recording. But rebellion was in Brubeck's soul. Schooled in piano by his musically gifted mother, he became a jazz
man — outwardly square but quintessentially cool — whose genius at
marrying spontaneity and unorthodox rhythms with classical forms became
an enduring legacy. Brubeck, the pianist and composer who pushed the boundaries of jazz
for six decades and became one of the genre's most popular artists, died
Wednesday, a day before his 92nd birthday. (read more)
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