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Dave Brubeck

photo credit: Don Hunstein

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Active

1940s - 2010s

Born

December 6, 1920 in Concord, CA

Died

December 5, 2012 in Norwalk, CT

Genre

Jazz Classical

Styles

Cool West Coast Jazz Jazz Instrument Piano Jazz Choral Keyboard

Also Known As

David Warren Brubeck

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Dave Brubeck

Biography by Mark Deming

The pianist and "Take Five" creator was one of the great post-bop jazz innovators of the 1950s and '60s.
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