R.I.P.

Dave Brubeck - the man who introduced me to jazz piano.  This goes back to the winter of 1955/6 and I was doing my national service in Germany.  One of the lads in the billet had an LP of the Brubeck quartet - I think it was called "Jazz at Oberberlin" and was playing it.  I was classically trained on the piano and had done theory up to A level and I couldn't believe what I was hearing.  I can see myself now, bouncing up and down with excitement on my bed as Brubeck did his solo, shouting "But you just can't DO that!".  But he did - and I loved it.  Music was never quite the same for me after that.