Two bars of Blue Rondo á la turk written out in 9/8 time across one staff. With "Many thanks, Peggy from Dave Brubeck." Written to Peggy Shane a/k/a author Woodward boyd

Brubeck, Dave (Line of notated music & signed photograph)

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A single sheet of staff paper with 20 notes from Blue Rondo áLa Turk and signed by Dave Brubeck. With a signed black and white glossy photograh (10" x 8") of the silver-haired Brubeck, inscribed "From Dave to Peggy" and a word that looks like "Drummer" written on his shirt. David Warren Brubeck (/ bru b k/; December 6, 1920 December 5, 2012) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Often regarded as a foremost exponent of cool jazz, Brubeck's work is characterized by unusual time signatures and superimposing contrasting rhythms, meters, tonalities, and combining different styles and genres, like classic, jazz, and blues.Born in Concord, California, Brubeck was drafted into the US Army, but was spared from combat service when a Red Cross show he had played at became a hit. Within the US Army, Brubeck formed one of the first racially diverse bands. In 1951, Brubeck formed the Dave Brubeck Quartet, which kept its name despite shifting personnel. The most successfuland prolificlineup of the quartet was the one between 1958 and 1968. This lineup, in addition to Brubeck, featured saxophonist Paul Desmond, bassist Eugene Wright and drummer Joe Morello. A U.S. Department of State-sponsored tour in 1958 featuring the band inspired several of Brubeck's subsequent albums, most notably the 1959 album Time Out. Despite its esoteric theme and contrarian time signatures, Time Out became Brubeck's highest-selling album, and the first jazz album to sell over one million copies. The lead single from the album, "Take Five", a tune written by Desmond in 54 time, similarly became the highest-selling jazz single of all time.[1][2][3] The quartet followed up Time Out with four other albums in non-standard time signatures, and some of the other songs from this series became hits as well, including "Blue Rondo à la Turk" (in 98) and "Unsquare Dance" (in 74). Brubeck continued releasing music until his death in 2012 (Wikipedia).

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• Title: Two bars of Blue Rondo á la turk written out in 9/8 time across one staff. With "Many thanks, Peggy from Dave Brubeck." Written to Peggy Shane a/k/a author Woodward boyd
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