What Do We Overlook About Dave Brubeck on His 100th Birthday?
“Dave Brubeck nearly broke down in tears in front of Ken Burns. While discussing racism on camera for Burns’ 2001 series Jazz at his Wilton, Connecticut, home, he swerved into a childhood memory about his father taking him to meet a Black cowboy by the Sacramento River. The cowboy opened his shirt to reveal a brand on his chest. “My dad said, ‘These things can’t happen,’” Brubeck remembered, his voice cracking with emotion. “‘That’s why I fought for what I fought for.’…”
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