[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17027]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       IN MEMORY OF DAVE BRUBECK

  (Ms. LEE of California asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Speaker, this month we lost a giant in the 
music industry. Dave Brubeck was a legendary jazz and classical pianist 
and composer who helped to define jazz.
  A fellow Mills College graduate in my district in Oakland, 
California, Dave served in a crucial role as a jazz visionary who first 
began his iconic musical experimentation as a student. He subsequently 
grew to become a world-renowned musician and composer, writing more 
than 200 compositions and making over 115 recordings, including the 
jazz piece ``Take Five,'' which became one of The Dave Brubeck 
Quartet's best known records.
  Throughout his long career, Dave has received many national and 
international honors, including the National Medal of Arts from 
President Clinton and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National 
Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. In 2007, he received the Living 
Legend Jazz Award from the Kennedy Center and a Lifetime Achievement 
Award from the London Symphony Orchestra.
  I had the privilege to meet Dave a couple of years ago during one of 
the amazing musical events held at the Library of Congress. What an 
amazing, gentle man of such strength and vision.
  My thoughts and prayers are with his wife and his family during this 
very difficult period.

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