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| Darius Brubeck - Playing the Changes Jazz documentary Playing the Changes - Tracking Darius Brubeck shows the eldest son of legendary pianist Dave Brubeck as not just a musician trying to step out of his father's shadow, but as a gifted and dedicated artist and human being, who spent his life emphasizing the social impact of jazz to the world. Playing the Changes examines why and how jazz had such a transformative role in different societies such as (post-)Soviet Poland and Mandela's South Africa, where jazz was present, but disowned through apartheid, tracking Darius Brubeck's involvement in both those communities. Carrying his father's legacy in his own social, educational, and musical way, Playing the Changes shows Darius Brubeck to be an idealist who embraced people regardless of their roots, founding the first-ever jazz university on the African continent in South Africa in 1983. Read more about that here, and let me know if you'd like to see the full film for review consideration. write your comments about the article :: © 2024 Jazz News :: home page |