Pioneering
jazz pianist and composer Dave Brubeck has died, aged 91.
The
musician, whose recordings included 'Take Five' and 'Blue Rondo a la Turk', was
once designated a "living legend" by the US Library of Congress.
He died
on Wednesday morning in hospital in Connecticut, his manager Russell Gloyd told
the Chicago Tribune newspaper.
The
musician, who played with the likes of Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald, would
have turned 92 on Thursday.
He
enjoyed phenomenal success with The Dave Brubeck Quartet in the 1950s and '60s,
selling millions of albums.
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