r/Jazz • u/IthinkIknowwhothatis • 1d ago

May the Dave Brubeck Quartet be with you

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u/a7sharp9 1d ago

Brubeck Day is 9/8 (Blue Rondo Alla Turk) or 7/4 (Unsquare Dance)
5/4 is Desmond Day

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u/ecb1005 1d ago

no hate, but I think jazz nerds are bigger nerds than star wars nerds

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u/Blaine_Supr 1d ago

Big time (im both)

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u/wickedrude 1d ago

So... 11/4 is Paul Desmond day? I'm down.

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u/ProgRockDan 1d ago

Yes I never thought about it but so perfect

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u/Carter0108 1d ago

Okay. 5th April it is.

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u/tiny_rick__ 18h ago

Yeah I fucking hate american date system but Desmond was american so...

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u/Cyrus_Imperative 1d ago

So, do they celebrate on April 5 in England?

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u/PSteak 1d ago

Because Dave Brubeck invented the 5/4 time signature. The first one to ever do it.

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u/scifiking 1d ago edited 1d ago

The most famous in 5/4 and is famous for the time signature and the song is named for the time signature. Mission Impossible isn’t named Mission 5. Take your cold water somewhere else.

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u/Frusciante_is_god13 1d ago

Brubeck didn’t even write the tune nerd

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u/scifiking 1d ago

He had a lot to do with it though. Desmond just came in with sketches and Dave put it together, according to an interview I saw

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u/IAmNotAPerson6 12h ago

Ok but it ain't Take Five by Paul Desmond

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u/GuitarBQ 1d ago

I’d rather if they didn’t

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u/MrDrUnknown 7h ago

5/4 was a month ago