And I'm Michel Martin. On this day, 65 years ago, pianist Dave Brubeck and his quartet went into a recording studio in New York City and produced what would become the bestselling jazz single of all ...

The result was the album Time Out, recorded in 1959. With the hits Take Five (composed by Desmond in 5/4 meter) and Blue Rondo a la Turk (composed by Brubeck in 9/8), the album propelled Brubeck onto ...

Dave Brubeck is and continues to be a giant in the jazz scene perhaps best known for his mellow instrumental ballad Take Five which altered the face of modern jazz Rediscover Brubeck and his music via ...

NEW YORK (AP) — In a May 12 story about a tribute to the late jazz pianist Dave Brubeck, The Associated Press incorrectly gave the name of the Brubeck son who performed on cello. His name is Matthew ...

This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm A Martínez. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: And I'm Michel Martin. On this day, 65 years ago, pianist Dave Brubeck and his quartet went into a recording studio in New ...

Dave Brubeck, a pianist and composer whose distinctive mixture of experimentation and accessibility made him one of the most popular jazz musicians of the 1950s and 60s, died Wednesday morning in ...

MARTIN: This is "Take Five." Clearly, they made it swing, but it wasn't easy. Brubeck was trying to work in an unusual time signature. Most popular music is in 4/4 time - you know, one, two, three, ...