15 Aug CLINT EASTWOOD’S DAVE BRUBECK: IN HIS OWN SWEET WAY Happy 100th Birthday, Mr. Brubeck
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Clint Eastwood presents a chronological look at the life and career of jazz musician, composer, and performer Dave Brubeck (December 6, 1920 to December 5, 2012), presented through contemporary interviews, archival footage of interviews and performances, and commentary by family, fellow musicians, and aficionados. Emphases include his mother’s influence, his wife’s invention of college tours, his skill as an accompanist, the great quartet (with Desmond, Morello, and Wright), his ability to find musical ideas everywhere, his orchestral compositions, his religious conversion, and his unflagging sweet nature. This film is sure to inspire and entertain all jazz lovers.