Dave Brubeck, Jazz's Crossover Cool Cat, Dead at 91

December 5, 2012 – West Coast jazz legend Dave Brubeck died this morning near his home in Connecticut. The pianist-bandleader, 91, who had the audacity to enjoy a Top 40 hit — 1959's "Take Five" — never quite met the exacting standards of the critical establishment, who considered him a pale representative of the real African-American thing. …
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