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DAVE BRUBECK: No Time To Take Five

Dave Brubeck turns 88 on December sixth. Some would say he has earned the right to retire or take it easy. But this has been one of his busiest years yet, with dozens of concerts in the United States and Canada, recording sessions with his cellist son Matthew and Yo Yo Ma, and completion of a large-scale work for piano and orchestra inspired by the American photographer Ansel Adams. The guy doesn't seem to grasp the concept "relax."

But Dave's been working hard his whole life. From the age of twelve through his teenage years, he milked a cow twice a day (at dawn and dusk), hauled wood and well water, and herded cattle on the ranch his father managed near Ione, California. In his "spare" ...

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