| Genres: |
Holiday & Seasonal,
Jazz
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| Descriptive "tags": |
jazz, piano, jazz piano, cool jazz, instrumental
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| Decades Active: |
1960s,
1970s,
1980s,
1990s,
2000s
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| Links online: |
BBC Music,
Discography,
Facebook,
IMDb,
Official Homepage,
Wikipedia
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Biography
David Warren Brubeck, 6 December 1920, Concord, California, USA. Initially taught piano by his mother, Brubeck showed an immediate flair for the instrument, and was performing with local professional jazz groups throughout northern California at the age of 15 while still at high school. Enrolling at the College of the Pacific in Stockton, California, as a veterinary major, he transferred to the music conservatory at the suggestion of his college advisor. His involvement in jazz continued by establishing a 12-piece band, but most of his time was spent in the study of theory and composition. After he graduated from Pacific, Brubeck decided to continue his formal classical training. His studying was interrupted by military service in World War II. Returning from Europe in 1946, he went to Mills College as a graduate student under the tutorship of Darius Milhaud, and at about this time he formed his first serious jazz group - the Jazz Workshop Ensemble, an eight-piece...
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