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Fellow Moggers, i had the incredible fortune to see Dave Brubeck and his son Chris play last night at a private event for the great work of SFJazz(http://www.sfjazz.org/). there were under 100 people there, and he shuffled out to great applause, sat down at my friend's piano and played an improved twinkley little opener that had Dave's distinctive style written all over it. he then told a great little story of his early years in SF when he lived near 18th and castro, and c... MORE
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A few years ago, my colleagues and I were on a cruise around Seattle's Lake Washington, one of those mandatory fun, team-building morale events. As the boat cruised inside Yarrow Point on the east side of the lake, the tour guide pointed out Kenny G's house, at which point someone next to me said, "So that's the house that schlock built." In a parenthetical note in an earlier post, I'd said that I consider "smooth jazz" to be an oxymoron, but that doesn't quite capture ... MORE
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I saw Dave Brubeck last year at the Centennial Concert Hall in Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada. It seemed like it took an eternity for him to simply walk across the stage to the microphone to address the audience and then another eternity to walk to his piano, but once they started playing I couldn't tell whether he was 85 or 25 years old. Amazing.
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of all the jazz i've been listening to, which really isn't to much, i've really come to appreciate dave brubeck's work the most. maybe it's because it's what i first really started paying attention too. my dad's friend, an older guy, piano player and tuner, recommended brubeck to me when we started discussing odd time signatures in music. so i gave it a listen. the track "blue rondo a la turk" on the album "time out" is a masterpeice. it's got it's hectic upbeat tune to st... MORE
