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Dave Brubeck

1920 - 2012

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David Warren Brubeck (; December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Often regarded as a foremost exponent of cool jazz, Brubeck's work is characterized by unusual time signatures and superimposing contrasting rhythms, meters, tonalities, and combining different styles and genres, like classic, jazz, and blues. Born in Concord, California, Brubeck was drafted into the US Army, but was spared from combat service when a Red Cross show he had played at became a hit. Within the US Army, Brubeck formed one of the first racially diverse bands. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dave Brubeck is the 261st most popular musician (down from 215th in 2019), the 1,639th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,221st in 2019) and the 76th most popular American Musician.

Dave Brubeck is most famous for being a jazz pianist and composer. He was born in Concord, California in 1920 and studied music at the University of the Pacific. He formed the Dave Brubeck Quartet in 1951 with Paul Desmond on saxophone, Eugene Wright on bass, and Joe Morello on drums. They were one of the most popular jazz groups in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Among musicians, Dave Brubeck ranks 261 out of 3,175. Before him are Jean-Marie Leclair, Alan Parsons, Chris de Burgh, Georges Prêtre, Rory Gallagher, and John Cale. After him are Mike Portnoy, Slash, Keith Moon, Pete Townshend, Lalo Schifrin, and Dinu Lipatti.

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Among people born in 1920, Dave Brubeck ranks 70. Before him are Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, César Rodríguez Álvarez, Isaac Stern, Walter Nowotny, George Armitage Miller, and Chiara Lubich. After him are Maureen O'Hara, Timothy Leary, John Harsanyi, Elliot Richardson, Alicia Alonso, and Richard Farnsworth. Among people deceased in 2012, Dave Brubeck ranks 66. Before him are Etta James, Carl Johan Bernadotte, Carl Woese, George Armitage Miller, Tony Martin, and Gustav Leonhardt. After him are John Atta Mills, J. Christopher Stevens, Harry Carey Jr., Bingu wa Mutharika, Malam Bacai Sanhá, and Teófilo Stevenson.

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Among people born in United States, Dave Brubeck ranks 1,639 out of 20,380. Before him are Maria Mitchell (1818), Jean Webster (1876), John Vincent Atanasoff (1903), Barry Levinson (1942), W. Edwards Deming (1900), and Lyonel Feininger (1871). After him are Aileen Wuornos (1956), Gloria Gaynor (1947), Roy O. Disney (1893), Rodney Alcala (1943), John B. Kelly Sr. (1889), and Dirk Benedict (1945).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Dave Brubeck ranks 76. Before him are Jerry Lee Lewis (1935), Pitbull (1981), Thelonious Monk (1917), John Zorn (1953), Don Shirley (1927), and Joe Satriani (1956). After him are Mike Portnoy (1967), Randy Jackson (1961), Snoop Dogg (1971), Burt Bacharach (1928), Paul Stanley (1952), and Jaco Pastorius (1951).

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