Kennedy Center Honors/Dave Brubeck

[Mike P]

There are some live albums around, too, with Gerry Mulligan joining the group on baritone sax. Browse YouTube for some solo sax videos featuring Paul Desmond.

[BigFish]

How about that drummer on Take Five??!!!! Pretty awesome!!

[justplugit]

Missed the show last night, but Brubeck was a cool guy in the days when
cool was truly cool.

Caught him in the Metropole in Manhattan in the early 60's and at the Newport
Jazz Festival. 60? There was a $2 cover charge at the Metroplole and you could just about touch the "Greats" where they played behind the baah.

Had all his music recorded on those old 8 inch reel tape recorders and on the old 78's.
Who knows where they are now or i could play them on Clammer's Victrola.

Clammah, you still using the same needle?

Did Mel Brooks do any comedy. Imho, the funniest comedian i ever heard.

[justplugit]

Gotta listen till the end.

[BigFish]

Just downloaded Brubeck and his "Time Out" Legacy Edition 50th Anniversary with lots of never before released live songs! Also John Coltrane's Newport 63' album!

[MarshCappa]

Great Stuff! I missed the first hour but will look for it on demand.

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by BigFish

How about that drummer on Take Five??!!!! Pretty awesome!!

Joe Morello. Very good drummer--Brubeck played some pretty sophisticated ryhthms. The entire Time Out album is played in unusual time signatures-not your basic 12 bar blues in 4/4 time.

[BigFish]

I think Gene Krupa was awesome....I am a big swing fan and Have Benny Goodman on my Ipod along with Glenn Miller!

[Raider Ronnie]

Originally Posted by BigFish

I think Gene Krupa was awesome....I am a big swing fan and Have Benny Goodman on my Ipod along with Glenn Miller!

Krupa was a good showman, so so drummer,
didn't have 1/4 the chops Rich had !!!

[justplugit]

[BigFish]

Ronnie I can't disagree with you there.....but Krupa was doing it years before Buddy Rich! He was a trail blazer of sorts! Your talking mid to late 1930's he was bangin' like nobody else! I remember the first time I saw Buddy Rich....it was on The Tonight Show w/Johnny Carson! I had never seen or heard of him before and this "old guy" sat down at that drum set and I was just bLOwN AwAY!!! He was amazing!

[Raider Ronnie]

Originally Posted by Mike P

Joe Morello. Very good drummer--Brubeck played some pretty sophisticated ryhthms. The entire Time Out album is played in unusual time signatures-not your basic 12 bar blues in 4/4 time.

Joe Morello has some great chops !
A good sign of a great drummer, just watch how effortless his left hand is (right hand drummer)
Rich had arguably the greatest left hand of any right handed drummer ever !