May 3, 2024

On The Air
~~Loading~~

Now Playing
~~Loading~~

Listen
Live Donate
Now

All Blogs → Pieces of Silver → Matt Silver → Celebrate May 4th in 5-4 Time: Check Out "Our Time -- Reimagining Dave Brubeck," Brubeck Protege Mark Zaleski's Tribute to His Late Mentor

Celebrate May 4th in 5-4 Time: Check Out "Our Time -- Reimagining Dave Brubeck," Brubeck Protege Mark Zaleski's Tribute to His Late Mentor

Blog Name:Pieces of Silver

Blog Author:Matt Silver, Editorial Content/Promotions

Posted on:May 3, 2024

And don't freak out if his takes on Brubeck depart from the signature Brubeck sound; he's only doing what his teacher told him to do.

By Matt Silver

If there’s one thing that all the great jazz masters agree on, it’s that mimicry is not jazz, at least not good jazz. Maybe it’s part of the developmental process, but it’s the antithesis of what you strive to present to an audience.

Read full article at: Celebrate May 4th in 5-4 Time: Check Out "Our Time -- Reimagining Dave Brubeck," Brubeck Protege Mark Zaleski's Tribute to His Late Mentor

All Blogs → Pieces of Silver → Matt Silver → The Fourth of May Isn't Just a Day to Celebrate "Star Wars"; 5.4 is Also a Day to Celebrate Dave Brubeck

The Fourth of May Isn't Just a Day to Celebrate "Star Wars"; 5.4 is Also a Day to Celebrate Dave Brubeck

Blog Name:Pieces of Silver

Blog Author:Matt Silver, Editorial Content/Promotions

Posted on:May 3, 2024

And this year, I'm celebrating by revisiting an album of previously unreleased Brubeck material from 2020 that gives unprecedented insight into how "Time Out" came together.

By Matt Silver

There are some things in life you don’t want to perceive being made—laws and sausages chief among them. On the other hand, there are the yoga studio idealists whose wisdom suggests the opposite, that the process is everything, that life’s beauty resides in the journey, and that once you realize that, the destination becomes almost beside the point.

Read full article at: The Fourth of May Isn't Just a Day to Celebrate "Star Wars"; 5.4 is Also a Day to Celebrate Dave Brubeck