Boots ChantillyI lol-ed.
Walrus 🏴@BootsChantilly Then 9/8 should be Markos Vamvakaris day. Sorry. I'll get my bouzouki...
PhoenixSerenity@BootsChantilly My fave song to play while in school jazz stage band was Take 5. I played saxophone in school jazz stage band (alto & soprano sax).
https://youtu.be/tT9Eh8wNMkw?si=G0kUEHp_9WV-czMT
Dave Brubeck was also an activist & supporter of human/civil rights. He canceled a tour in US South & refused to replace Eugene Wright with a white guy❤️🎶
If you haven't read this before - I highly recommend a read:
http://www.davebrubeckjazz.com/Bio-/Dave-Brubeck,-The-Humanitarian
Dave Brubeck - Take Five
epicdemiologist@msquebanh @BootsChantilly My daughter had the immense privilege of playing with Brubeck in her college orchestra before he passed. What a legend.
@epicdemiologist @BootsChantilly What an honour!!!
@epicdemiologist Holy moly—what an honor. @msquebanh
@msquebanh Oh, thank you for posting that!
@BootsChantilly You're welcome. I've been a Brubeck fan for years. I fell in love with his musical talent, first. I grew to respect & admire his strength & bravery, against white supremacy & how he refused to let racists bully him. I respected how he stood up for Eugene Wright & every black musician who racists tried to erase. Dave Brubeck was not just an amazing musician. Dave Brubeck was a beautiful human being, who stood on the side of humanity & he was an environmentalist too 💗✌️💗
@msquebanh All true—and 💯💯💯!
Bakunin Boys@msquebanh @BootsChantilly Welp, someone mentioned it so time to stop what I'm doing and carve out 7 minutes in my day.
Shawn Harder@msquebanh @BootsChantilly
I read or heard that Brubeck nearly wasn’t admitted to the program at University of the Pacific because he couldn’t sight read. His fellow students knew that was because he had such poor eyesight, not for lack of talent, so they rallied and convinced the faculty to accept him into the program. Guess that worked out pretty well.
I read or heard that Brubeck nearly wasn’t admitted to the program at University of the Pacific because he couldn’t sight read. His fellow students knew that was because he had such poor eyesight, not for lack of talent, so they rallied and convinced the faculty to accept him into the program. Guess that worked out pretty well.
@sjharder I never knew that--thanks for sharing! @msquebanh
Book@BootsChantilly Brilliant.
SouprMatt@BootsChantilly The perfect meme DOES exist! ❤️❤️❤️😂😂🤩🌈🦄
Antoinne Sterk@BootsChantilly A little tribute... (Golden Brown)
Dave Brubeck - Golden Brown
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@antoinnesterk This is very cool, btw—thanks for sharing.
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Barbara Monaco@BootsChantilly Was fortunate to see Brubeck at the Syracuse Jazz Festival. He was 86 at the time, and the man still had it.
@Barbramon1 You lucky woman!
@BootsChantilly I cherish the memory. 🎶🎹
Seth Bennett@BootsChantilly true, but 5/4 is in April
Matěj Cepl 🇪🇺 🇨🇿 🇺🇦Mr Brubeck was American, so he also did count months wrong.
katch wreck@BootsChantilly the mission impossible theme is also 5/4 :)
Shafik Yaghmour@BootsChantilly Just one day off from Karl Marx
@BootsChantilly but Keith Haring is indeed May the 4th
enoch_exe_inc@BootsChantilly Happy Youth Day! As some people might be aware, today is the 95th anniversary of the #MayFourthMovement, where, in Beijing, #StudentProtests kicked off the modernisation of China.
Well, that’s what 5/4 means to my parents. May the Fourth be with you.
RossS@BootsChantilly it's his through his teachers and influences...Dave would never agree to this...
√-ʇoɾəuɐnɾ (Etaoin Shrdlu)@BootsChantilly I’m gonna have to take five fo(u)r this… 🤔
glasspshr@BootsChantilly I live a few blocks away from where he lived. Very cool house.
@glasspusher Ooooo, I’ll bet.
Dr_Bombay@BootsChantilly it can be both. i am large, and contain multitudes.
reallyJim@BootsChantilly Well played.
JeremyJupiterJones 
Take five, everywhere but USA celebrates Dave Brubeck Day on the 5th of April.
Stuart Celarier ❌👑@jeremy_pm @BootsChantilly As Brubeck (and Desmond) lived in the US, we show respect for their chosen date format.
Fair enough. I guess Americans get confused when people talk about a piece of music's metre, shouldn't it be known as the US imperial measure. 🤣
Ambient Sponge@BootsChantilly That's great!
Lorraine Lee@BootsChantilly Does that mean 7/4 is Leonard Bernstein Day?
Andrew Feeney@BootsChantilly I’ll allow it.
paul
Paul Armstrong@BootsChantilly Still nerds. Just music nerds instead of movie nerds.
PetraPanda@BootsChantilly
That was last month, darling.
That was last month, darling.
MemphisDaPlaya 🎲🎲A day of good sax.
not-leader@BootsChantilly fifth of april?
Phil Thane ✅
Oliver Brandmüller
dodothedev🦤💻
The Lady (La Donna)@BootsChantilly
Asked my husband who this is. Just got a lesson on "Take Five" and the difference between 5/4, 4/4, and 3/4. And a of bit a tune.
You all are determined to keep the Fediverse educational, aren't you?
Asked my husband who this is. Just got a lesson on "Take Five" and the difference between 5/4, 4/4, and 3/4. And a of bit a tune.
You all are determined to keep the Fediverse educational, aren't you?
@ldmay65 Sounds like your husband is, too! That's awesome! 🙂
prabirkc@BootsChantilly May the fourth be with him too!
Mieszko Ślusarczyk@BootsChantilly April the 5th? That was a month ago:)
Meowsivɛː@BootsChantilly Folks in this thread: I gently propose we stop arguing about whether Dave Brubeck Day should fall on May 4 or Apr 5, when we can have it fall on both so that he gets TWO days, and as we all know, "the more the merrier" certainly applies to unmatched auditory delight that is the noble genre of jazz. Take Five makes me feel animated in a way no other song does, or like getting down to business. Surely only a mere 2 days would not suffice, so why argue about "which ONE" it must be?
That Guy on The Bike, get ‘em!It's my new holiday! LoL