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Dave Brubeck (1920–2012)


Dave Brubeck was born on December 6, 1920 in Concord, California, USA as David Warren Brubeck. He was married to Iola Brubeck. He died on December 5, 2012 in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA. See full bio »

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Inland Empire Soundtrack
(2006)
Baby Driver Soundtrack
(2017)
Wedding Crashers Soundtrack
(2005)
Constantine Music Department
(2005)

Filmography

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 2019 The Simpsons (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Woo-Hoo Dunnit? (2019) ... (writer: "Blue Rondo à la Turk" - uncredited)
- Mad About the Toy (2019) ... (writer: "Blue Rondo à la Turk" - uncredited)
 2018 The Front Runner (writer: "Unsquare Dance")
 2017 The Only Living Boy in New York (writer: "La Paloma Azul (Live)")
 2017 Baby Driver ("Unsquare Dance")
 2015-2016 Better Call Saul (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Cobbler (2016) ... (writer: "Unsquare Dance")
- Hero (2015) ... (writer: "Unsquare Dance")
 2016 Jack Irish (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.2 (2016) ... (writer: "Bluette")
 2016 The Great Everything & the Nothing (performer: "Take Five")
 2014 The 50 Year Argument (Documentary) (performer: "Take Five")
 2013 Monica Z ("Take Five")
  Bi no tsubo (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode, 2013) (performer - 1 episode, 2013)
- Ayu (2013) ... (writer: "Pick Up Sticks")
- Chikurin (2013) ... (performer: "One Song")
 2012 Silver Linings Playbook (writer: "Unsquare Dance")
 2010 Terriers (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Pilot (2010) ... (writer: "Unsquare Dance")
 2009 1 noyabrya 2008. Foto-vecherinka (Documentary short) ("Take Five") / (performer: "Take Five")
 2009 The Blind Side (writer: "Unsquare Dance")
 2009 The Missing Person (writer: "In Your Own Sweet Way")
 2007 The War (TV Mini-Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- A Deadly Calling: November 1943 - June 1944 (2007) ... (performer: "Where or When")
  The Sopranos (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2007) (writer - 1 episode, 2001)
- Soprano Home Movies (2007) ... (performer: "Take Five" - uncredited)
- University (2001) ... (writer: "Everybody's Jumpin'" - uncredited)
 2006 Inland Empire (writer: "Three to Get Ready and Four to Go")
 2005 Wedding Crashers (writer: "Blue Rondo à la Turk" (1959))
 2005 The West Wing (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Drought Conditions (2005) ... (performer: "Take Five")
  The Blues (TV Mini-Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode, 2003) (writer - 1 episode, 2003)
- Piano Blues (2003) ... (performer: "Travelin' Blues", "Mission Ranch Blues") / (writer: "Travelin' Blues", "Mission Ranch Blues")
 2003 Närvarande (Documentary) (performer: "Blue Rondo à la Turk") / (writer: "Blue Rondo à la Turk")
 2002 Six Feet Under (TV Series) (1 episode)
- The Secret (2002) ... ("Broadway Bossa Nova", "Upstage Rhumba", uncredited)
 2002 Livshunger (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.1 (2002) ... (performer: "TAKE FIVE")
 1999 The Woman Chaser (writer: "Autumn in Washington Square")
 1998 The Man (writer: "Kathy's Waltz")
 1993 Miles Davis & Quincy Jones: Live at Montreux (Video) (writer: "The Duke")
 1990 You Don't Look 40, Charlie Brown! (TV Special documentary) (performer: "Benjamin") / (writer: "Benjamin")
  Derrick (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 1989) (writer - 1 episode, 1989)
- Ein merkwürdiger Tag auf dem Lande (1989) ... (performer: "Castillian Drums") / (writer: "Castillian Drums")
 1989 American Masters (TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong (1989) ... (writer: "Remember Who You Are", "They Say I Look Like God")
 1986 The Chessmaster 2000 (Video Game) (performer: "Take Five") / (writer: "Take Five")
 1986 Hannah and Her Sisters (performer: "I Remember You")
 1984 Police Academy (performer: "Crazy Chris")
 1983 Mensen zoals jij en ik (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- De 3de man/Pendeldienst/De ziel van het bedrijf (1983) ... (performer: "Take Five")
 1976 Next Stop, Greenwich Village (writer: "Three To Get Ready", "Blue Rondo à la Turk")
 1962-1967 Bandstand (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Episode dated 7 October 1967 (1967) ... (writer: "Unsquare Dance")
- Episode dated 10 February 1962 (1962) ... (writer: "Unsquare Dance")
 1964 El alegre paralelo (Short documentary) (writer: "Blue Rondo à la Turk")
 1964 Une Femme Mariée (writer: "Three to Get Ready")
 1962 All Night Long (writer: "It's a Raggy Waltz", "Blue Shadows On The Street" (uncredited))
 1961 Jazz Casual (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Dave Brubeck Quartet (1961) ... (writer: "It's a Raggy Waltz", "Castillian Blues", "Waltz Limp", "Blue Rondo à la Turk")
 1959 The Sound of Miles Davis (TV Movie) (writer: "The Duke")
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Album (w/Gerry Mulligan): "Last Set at Newport", 1971 (Coumbia). See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie | 1 Print Biography | 1 Portrayal | 9 Articles | See more »

Alternate Names:

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Height:

6' 0½" (1.84 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[about his most famous work,"Take Five"] There's a certain piece that if we don't play, we're in trouble. See more »

Trivia:

Graduated from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA. The Conservatory at UOP holds special concerts every year as part of its Brubeck festival, and there is a Brubeck institute at the University of his works. See more »

Trademark:

A great jazz musician with his innovations in unusual musical times for the genre.

Star Sign:

Sagittarius

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