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It's right in the third paragraph: "In a long and successful career, Mr. Brubeck helped repopularize jazz at a time when younger listeners had been trained to
by relaxatorium 14y ago
It's right in the third paragraph:
"In a long and successful career, Mr. Brubeck helped repopularize jazz at a time when younger listeners had been trained to the sonic dimensions of the three-minute pop single. His quartet’s 1959 recording of “Take Five” was the first jazz single to sell a million copies."
He got a jazz record up the pop charts at a time when that was not really something that was happening.
- mturmon 14y agoYep, I think Brubeck had a place as a cultural signifier in that time. I think of this little verse from Donald Fagen's (voice of Steely Dan) reminiscence of his days growing up in the late 50s: Have you got a steady boyfriend 'Cause honey I've been watching you I hear you're mad about Brubeck I like your eyes, I like him too He's an artist, a pioneer We've got to have some music on the new frontier.