Nightly News   |  December 04, 2012

Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck dies at 91

Jazz great Dave Brubeck, who toured the world with his quartet and once appeared on the cover of TIME magazine, was just one day short of his 92nd birthday when he died on the way to the cardiologist’s office. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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>> the unmistakable sound of dave brubeck , his modern masterpiece, written in time when most of jazz was in 4-4 time. when his heart stopped beating, we lost a great musician and a nice man. he grew up in a household where radio was forbidden, his mother said if you want to listen to music you should play it. so he did, he first studied to be a veterinarian, be but gave it up to be a musician, he played in combat zones across europe. he toured the world with his group, his music caught fire. he was only the second jazz musician after louis armstrong , to appear on the cover of "time" magazine. he was honored at the kennedy center , and got to watch his own sons perform music on stage. . dave brubeck , american master, was one day short of his 92nd birthday.