DAVE BRUBECK: IN HIS OWN SWEET WAY

Written for the January/February 2011 Film Comment. — J.R.

Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Way
(Bruce Ricker, U.S.) 
Ironically, the most popular American jazz musician is also one of the most undervalued among the cognoscenti. As the leading distributor of jazz documentaries (and Clint Eastwood’s jazz consultant), Bruce Ricker may be the ideal filmmaker to re-introduce Brubeck to a wider public. Although he regrettably doesn’t include a full performance of any song before the final credits, Ricker conveys what a wonderful person Brubeck is and gives a fine notion of some of the richness of his music.—Jonathan Rosenbaum
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