Brubeck gets nod from another jazz great

[August 10, 2010]  NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) -- Jazz legend Dave Brubeck turns 90 on Dec. 6, but the birthday celebrations got off to an early start on the closing day of the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival.

With Wynton Marsalis' quintet playing "Happy Birthday" to a New Orleans beat, festival producer and founder George Wein led the audience in serenading the pianist Sunday.

Brubeck was a late addition to a festival program that included performances by Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Ahmad Jamal and Chris Botti on the main stage at Fort Adams State Park in Rhode Island.

[Associated Press; By CHARLES J. GANS]

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