Welcome to the Music Power Trail (MPT for short)
Along Dave Brubeck road, you will find some of my favorite bands. Here there are classical, pop rock, heavy metal, jazz, alternative, and blues musicians.
Some of these bands I grew up listening to as a kid, others I developed a love for them in my adulthood.
Enjoy!
Congrats to team HAT for FTF and for being a beta tester
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Dave Brubeck
David Warren Brubeck (December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012) was an American jazz pianist and composer, considered one of the foremost exponents of cool jazz. Many of his compositions have become jazz standards including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke". Brubeck's style ranged from refined to bombastic, reflecting both his mother's classical training and his own improvisational skills. His music is known for employing unusual time signatures as well as superimposing contrasting rhythms, meters, and tonalities.
To find the final, you’ll need to solve the puzzle.
The final is at:
N 38 18.ABC
A: What is the unusual time signature for the song “Unsquare Dance,” A/4
B: Dave Brubeck died at the age of (B)1
C: Dave Brubeck’s album “Jazz at the College of the Pacific” was recorded in 195(C).
W 120 58.DEF
D: One of Dave Brubeck’s famous jazz pieces, Blue Rondo a la Turk, was written in an unusual time signature; 9/D.
E: After graduating in 19(E)2 from the College of the Pacific in Stockton, CA (now the University of the Pacific) , Brubeck was drafted into the U.S. Army. He served in Europe in the Third Army. He volunteered to play piano at a Red Cross show and was such a hit that he was spared from combat service and ordered to form a band. He created one of the U.S. armed forces' first racially integrated bands, "The Wolfpack".
F: The Dave Brubeck Quartet recorded a very famous song, Take _ _ _ _, written in (F)/4 time signature. The song was written by Dave’s long time alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, and showcased Joe Morello’s mastery of (F)/4 time.