Dave Brubeck

Jazz: Season 1: Episode 8 -- The postwar years bring prosperity, but the Cold War threat makes these anxious years as well. In jazz, this underlying tension will be reflected in bebop, and in the troubled life of it's biggest star, Charlie Parker. Dizzy Gillespie, tries to popularize the new sound by adding showmanship and Latin rhythms, while pianist Thelonius Monk infuses it with his eccentric personality to create a music all his own. Dave Brubeck mixes jazz with classical music to produce a million-seller LP. But one man remains determined to give jazz popular appeal on his own terms, the trumpet player Miles Davis.

President Obama meets and celebrates this years Kennedy Center Honorees - Dave Brubeck, Mel Brooks, Grace Bumbry, Robert DeNiro, and Bruce Springsteen - who share their feelings on the experience. December 10, 2009.

Dec. 7 - Actor Robert De Niro and rocker Bruce Springsteen were both lauded at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington D.C. Other honorees included jazz musician Dave Brubeck, comedian Mel Brooks and opera singer Grace Bumbry.