Dave Brubeck is designated as College Jazz, which is to say that his music appealed to white kids in school back in the day. The label is limiting and simply useless, as Brubeck was and is a tremendous piano player with great chops. He didn't always play around with time signatures. If you want to see what he could do playing the blues... Check out Blues Roots with Gerry Mulligan on the Baritone sax. It's a hard record to find, but it will blow your hat off and clear up a lot of misconceptions on this man's music.
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