In 1946, Brubeck constituted an experimental octet he then created a trio in 1949 and finally a quartet, with whom he performed between 19. He went on to serve in the United States Army in World War II and later returned to music, resuming his studies under the watch of Arnold Schoenberg, who had invented the twelve-tone system of composition. He studied composition at Mills College in Oakland, California, under the tutelage of French composer Darius Milhaud. He worked as a pianist with local jazz groups from 1933 and studied music at the College of the Pacific between 19 in Fresno, California, where he later created and conducted his own twelve-piece orchestra. Brubeck learned piano as a child from his mother, Elizabeth, who was a piano teacher and taught him since he was four years old At the age of nine, he also began to practice on the cello. He is known for incorporating elements of classical music into jazz. American composer and pianist born on December 6, 1920, in Concordia (California) and died on December 5, 2012, in Norwalk (Connecticut).
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