# Dave Brubeck died \[in 2012\] \[ed. title\]

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-brubeck-died-in-2012-ed-title/774311>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 9, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-brubeck-died-in-2012-ed-title/774311 "2016-12-09T22:13:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-brubeck-died-in-2012-ed-title/774311/21 "2016-12-10T18:06:44Z")

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I was the only doper who had him in the celebrity death pool.

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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2016, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-brubeck-died-in-2012-ed-title/774311/22 "2016-12-10T23:24:42Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> [Moderating]
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> I have edited the title to reflect that this is old news.

Next time just put “still” in the title.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-brubeck-died-in-2012-ed-title/774311/23 "2016-12-11T00:20:10Z")

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> [@jz78817](#):
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> he’s not dead, he’s just Taking Five.

^ ^ ^  
Thread winner right here, folks.

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-brubeck-died-in-2012-ed-title/774311/24 "2016-12-11T01:47:15Z")

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> [@jz78817](#):
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> he’s not dead, he’s just Taking Five.

Done better (and earlier) in post 13.  
mmm

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**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-brubeck-died-in-2012-ed-title/774311/25 "2016-12-11T02:53:31Z")

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> [@Ike\_Witt](#):
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> It says that the video is no longer available.

Link works for me.

Also, I went to college with Brubeck’s son, the cello-playing one, in the late '70s-early '80s.

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**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-brubeck-died-in-2012-ed-title/774311/26 "2016-12-11T13:26:46Z")

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> [@Biggirl](#):
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> Why’d this suddenly show up on my feed?

It’s the unconventional time signature.

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**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-brubeck-died-in-2012-ed-title/774311/27 "2016-12-11T13:40:51Z")

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> [@bienville](#):
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> It’s the unconventional time signature.

Nice.

And **Ukulele Ike** - yeah, I think Brubeck and Desmond’s Take Five was a gateway song for a lot of people, similar to Guaraldi’s Linus & Lucy, and for funky time signatures, the original Mission Impossible theme also in 5/4. (Go Lalo Schifren!)

My son taught himself piano basics trying to play Take Five. The groove is so compelling.

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