The jazz biography dave brubeck music

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“Some time ago, a woman in Connecticut, where Dave Brubeck lives, was looking for a pianist to play a wedding.

The jazz biography dave brubeck music

Having got hold of a musicians union directory, she called a number she found under the "Piano" heading. Brubeck was considering taking the job, for scale, the minimum amount of pay the union allows a player to accept.

But finally the name attached to the phone number registered with the woman. She shrieked in embarrassment, apologized profusely for what she believed had been an insult, and hung up.

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"Usually, I play at weddings only for close friends," Brubeck joked later. "But I was thinking it over."

He may also have been thinking about the years following World War II, when his dream was to make scale.

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