Bon Voyage Mon Ami

Today will mark the last day that David Warren “Dave” Brubeck will be locatable on the planet earth. Dave has been a long time influence of mine, being one of the first Jazz musicians I was introduced to after asking a pianist in the hotel lobby the name of the song he was playing at the age of 13. It was shortly after that I studied the various experiments and bizarre time signatures that Brubeck used in his music. even though he used 7/4 and 6/4 time, the music was always such a delight to listen to even though it was structured outside traditional time patterns. This had a huge impact on me and my early design projects, I had the proof from Dave that you could change the rules and keep the beauty. A great musician revered by many and one that always had great glasses. He was a big influence on the K.M.C. design as I was listening to his music a lot at the time and he captures the essence of what that design is.

So please, Take 5 and listen to some Dave Brubeck today….

Graz

Read about Dave here

Listen to my favourite Brubeck song here