The music of pianist Dave Brubeck has been cherished throughout the world since the mid 1950s. While he's written orchestral, choral and sacred work, his most familiar are jazz tunes like "Strange ...

In “Unsquare Dance,” over the tune’s 7/4 rhythm, Brubeck plays “Turkey in the Straw,” a tune in 4/4 time. Brubeck writes in the liner notes that the piece is “deceitfully simple, it refuses to be ...

Jazz album: “Brubeck Meets Bach” by Dave Brubeck, released in 2008 on Sony Music. Explore the largest collection of jazz recordings @ All About Jazz ...

Dave Brubeck's "Unsquare Dance" taps in 7/4 time in the background. Rain schizophrenically falls. The ocean is gray and whitecapped. It's one of those timeless down days on the North Shore of Oahu ...

Smuin Contemporary Ballet announces choreographer/former Smuin dancer Rex Wheeler's exuberant Take Five as the next installment of its Hump Day Ballets series, which aims to brighten mid-week ...

Actress Emma Thompson chooses Unsquare Dance by Dave Brubeck as the song she has inherited and Te Recuerdo Amanda by Víctor Jara as the track she’d like to pass on to future generations.

Those stopping by Google.com today will be treated to a brief animation of colorful, geometric shapes and forms, set to the sprite David Brubeck tune "Unsquare Dance." The so-called "Google Doodle ...

The only time I talked to Dave Brubeck was five years ago, just as he was about to entertain friends at a July 4 barbecue at his farmhouse in Connecticut. He’d been out for his first walk since ...

Dave Brubeck, 90 next month, ... Turn on the TV today, and you can hear Brubeck’s Unsquare Dance (in 7/4 time) in a McDonald’s commercial, and Take Five (in 5/4) ...

The 78-year-old choreographer Lar Lubovitch (right) gets airborne as he coaches Bruce Wood Dance company member Cole Vernon, rehearsing the "red man" solo that opens Lubovitch's "Elemental Brubeck." ...