Dan Brubeck

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Daniel Peter "Dan" Brubeck (born May 4, 1955 in Oakland ) is an American jazz musician ( drums ).

Live and act

Brubeck comes from a musical family; his father is the jazz legend Dave Brubeck ; his brothers are the musicians Darius , Chris and Matthew Brubeck. As a child and adolescent he received drum lessons. He attended Berklee College of Music , where he studied with Joe Morello and Alan Dawson . From 1972 he was with his father, older brothers and other musicians in Two Generations of Brubeck ( Brother, the Great Spirit Made Us All 1974), in 1978 only with father and brothers in The New Brubeck Quartet ( Live at Montreux ).

He made three albums with his band The Dolphins and toured internationally. He also toured with his father's quartet, but was also a member of the Darius Brubeck Ensemble . With Andy LaVerne and his brother Chris he already appeared in the Brubeck LaVerne Trio in 1972 ; since 1999 he has been playing with both musicians in the Brubeck Brothers project . He also leads his own Dan Brubeck Quartet , with which he commemorated the works of his parents on the album Celebrating the Music and Lyrics of Dave and Iola Brubeck .

He also accompanied David Benoit , Gerry Mulligan and Paul Desmond and played with The Band . He can also be heard on albums by Larry Coryell , Livingston Taylor , Michael Franks , Frederica von Stade ( Across Your Dreams ) and Roy Buchanan .

Discographic notes

  • Two Generations of Brubeck (Columbia Records 1973)
  • Brubeck-Laverne Trio: See How It Feels (Blackhawk Records 1986)
  • The Dolphins: Malayan Breeze (DMP 1990)
  • Trio Brubeck (MusicMasters 1993, with Dave and Chris Brubeck)
  • The Dolphins: Digital Dolphins (B&W Music 1996)
  • Dave Brubeck with Darius, Chris, Dan and Matthew Brubeck: In Their Own Sweet Way (1997)
  • Celebrating the Music and Lyrics of Dave & Iola Brubeck: Live From The Cellar (Blue Forest 2015, with Steve Kaldestad, Tony Foster, Adam Thomas)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Meeting (Rifftide)
personal data
SURNAME Brubeck, Dan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brubeck, Daniel Peter (real name); Brubeck, Danny (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (drums)
DATE OF BIRTH May 4th 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Oakland