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Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Way

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  • 20102010
  • 1h 25m
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Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Joe Morello, and Eugene Wright in Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Way (2010)
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A chronological look at the life and career of jazz musician, composer, and performer Dave Brubeck (December 6, 1920 to December 5, 2012), presented through contemporary interviews, archival... Read allA chronological look at the life and career of jazz musician, composer, and performer Dave Brubeck (December 6, 1920 to December 5, 2012), presented through contemporary interviews, archival footage of interviews and performances, and commentary by family, fellow musicians, and a... Read allA chronological look at the life and career of jazz musician, composer, and performer Dave Brubeck (December 6, 1920 to December 5, 2012), presented through contemporary interviews, archival footage of interviews and performances, and commentary by family, fellow musicians, and aficionados. Emphases include his mother's influence, his wife's invention of college tours... Read all
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  • Director
    • Bruce Ricker
  • Stars
    • Clint Eastwood
    • Sting
    • Bill Cosby
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    • Clint Eastwood
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    • Bill Cosby
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    Duke Ellington
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    Dave Brubeck
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    Paul Desmond
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      Carl Palmer
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      Iola Brubeck
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        A chronological look at the life and career of jazz musician, composer, and performer Dave Brubeck (December 6, 1920 to December 5, 2012), presented through contemporary interviews, archival footage of interviews and performances, and commentary by family, fellow musicians, and aficionados. Emphases include his mother's influence, his wife's invention of college tours, his skill as an accompanist, the great quartet (with Desmond, Morello, and Wright), his ability to find musical ideas everywhere, his orchestral compositions, his religious conversion, and his unflagging sweet nature. —<jhailey@hotmail.com>
        • recording music
        • recording an album
        • interview
        • archive footage
        • college tour
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          This documentary was first broadcast on Dave Brubeck's ninetieth birthday on December 6, 2010.

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        2/10
        What a mess
        An hour and a half of vague recollections, with inexplicable commentary from those towering giants of jazz, Clint Eastwood, George Lucas, and Bill Cosby(!). One of the few musicians invited to speak - Sting - gets half a word in edgeways before being instructed and corrected by Eastwood on the wise ways of jazz. Did not make my day.

        I don't think I've ever seen such a weird collection of stars in a totally inappropriate context before.

        There's an endorsement of Bill Clinton's jazz background for being the only politician to know the bridge of one the most popular jazz compositions ever, Blue Rondo A La Turk, and the "documentary" just never lets up on weirdness.

        If you want to know more about Brubeck, just read the sleeve notes of his copious albums. This one is a waste of your time, and mine.
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          • December 6, 2010 (United States)
        • Country of origin
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        • Language
          • English
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          • Malpaso Productions
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          • 1.37 : 1

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