Remembering the Great 5/4 of Jazz

He’s gone.
Or is he?

Dave Brubeck,
The hands that bequeathed a human,
The soul that knew music
More than himself.

Hands that could carve emotions,
Most were slow to feel,
But the wise sensed epiphany then,
Now.

Just as Bach knew innovation,
As Mozart new audience desire,
The Dave knew the beat,
The sound,
The creation,
The inordinate rhythms,
‘til the ‘50s gave his sound its birth,

So came this man
From a cattle ranch childhood
With an urban mission to revolutionize
Sound that was foreign,
Until the Brubeck/Desmond hook-up
Left audiences wide-eyed,
Open eared.

Whoa!

So many were slow to hear.
So few knew.
So countless were the 5/4 discoveries.
So goes history.

We'll continue to miss not only Dave,
But the gentle smack in the face
That said, “Hey, there IS more to music than…

Rest in peace, my friend.

doG...You continue to be missed.