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      May 22nd, 2007 by mike d. in Quickthoughts

      Here’s a video of the Dave Brubeck quartet with its current members.

      Here’s a video of the Dave Brubeck quartet with its current members.

      Authored by: mike d.

      Dave Brubeck!

      May 22nd, 2007 by mike d. in Weekend Update!

      currently eating: a banana

      On Friday night Jason allowed me to snag up his extra ticket and go with him to see Dave Brubeck play in Durham.

      Dave Brubeck, for those of you who don’t know, is a jazz giant. He and his quartet came up with some really fantastic music including the infamous “Take 5″ and “Blue Rondo à la Turk.”

      Brubeck got his group together to play for the inauguration of Jazz’d 4 Life, an organization whose goal is to help needy children both domestically and internationally. The show was hosted by CT’s weatherman of choice, Dr. Mel, and was very well organized.

      The Quartet received a standing ovation as they walked on stage. They played for about an hour and a half (not bad for an 86 year old and his clan) and it was some of the best Jazz that I’ve ever heard.* The saxophonist, Bobby Militello rocked the Alto sax like nuts! and the drummer and bassist had phenomenal solos. When Dave hit the first two chords of ‘take 5′ the crowd exploded with cheers.

      It was truly an amazing evening of music. Dave Brubeck is the man.

      *to be fair, I haven’t heard TONS of jazz.

      Authored by: mike d.

      Volume 1

      May 22nd, 2007 by mike d. in KungFu, VIDEO, Features

      hiiiii-ya!

      We’re going to try and start a new series here at MikeDiDonato.com: Kung Fu Party Tricks.

      My hope is that these videos will get more and more ridiculous as time passes. I’m hoping to have updated videos every Tuesday. My goal is a total of 10 episodes.

      Enjoy our first installment below. Today’s theme is… Panther Pushups!

      Kung Fu Party Tricks: Volume 1 from mikedidonato on Vimeo

      Authored by: mike d.
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