Playing the Changes - Tracking Darius Brubeck (12A)
Embracing his heritage, Darius Brubeck, son of legendary jazz musician Dave Brubeck, built on his father’s legacy as a jazz ambassador. He overcame formidable challenges to inaugurate jazz education in apartheid South Africa.
Playing the Changes shows the social impact of jazz music, by telling the story of jazz pianist Darius Brubeck (born in 1947), the eldest son of legendary jazz musician Dave Brubeck. People quite often see him as 'the son of’ but he has used this distinction with idealism. This story examines why and how jazz had a transformative role in different types of societies such as Poland and South Africa and tracks Darius Brubeck’s involvement in both. Not only by embracing it - but also carrying on his father legacy in his own social, educational and musical way.
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