NEA Jazz Master Dave Brubeck on India
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Length: 00:01:30
NEA Jazz Masters Moments highlight the jazz greats honored through the NEA Jazz Masters, a comprehensive program of jazz support that includes the NEA Jazz Masters Award, an NEA Jazz Masters tour with performances and educational activities, radio programming, a compilation CD, educational resources, and publications and reports. Nearly 100 radio segments feature eighteen NEA Jazz Masters, providing musical samples, historical information, and first-person anecdotes designed to give listeners added insight into the artists and their art.
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NEA Jazz Masters Moments highlight the jazz greats honored through the NEA Jazz Masters, a comprehensive program of jazz support that includes the NEA Jazz Masters Award, an NEA Jazz Masters tour with performances and educational activities, radio programming, a compilation CD, educational resources, and publications and reports. Nearly 100 radio segments feature eighteen NEA Jazz Masters, providing musical samples, historical information, and first-person anecdotes designed to give listeners added insight into the artists and their art.
Transcript
NOW, A JAZZ MOMENT…
MUSIC: Take Five
CD: Time Out Columbia/Legacy CK65122 (cut 3)
Dave Brubeck: The way to get to the rest of the world is through cultural exchange, bringing their artists to this country. In exchange, we go to their countries.
FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, NEA JAZZ MASTER DAVE BRUBECK HAS TRAVELED THE WORLD, FORGING RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH MUSIC. HE’S BEEN ONE OF AMERICA’S BEST REPRESENTATIVES OF CULTURAL EXCHANGE.
Dave Brubeck: My son was in a drum store in India last year and when he pulled out his credit card to pay the bill for something he bought, they said, “Are you aware of Dave Brubeck? You have the same name.” He said, “That’s my father.” The man standing behind him in line said, “You’re father played with my father in 1958 here. My father’s just written a book and there’s a picture of you with my father,”
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Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Take Five | Dave Brubeck | Time Out. | Columbia/Legacy CK65122 (cut 3) | 00:00 |
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