Chris Brubeck

Christopher William Brubeck (born March 19, 1952) is an American musician and composer, both in jazz and classical music. As a musician, he mainly plays bass guitar, bass trombone, and piano. The son of jazz pianist and composer Dave Brubeck, he joined his father and brothers Darius and Daniel in 1972 to form the New Brubeck Quartet. He later formed the Brubeck Brothers Quartet.

Biography In his youth, Brubeck took lessons in piano and trombone before teaching himself bass guitar. In the early 1970s, he was a member of the rock bands Heavenly Blue and Sky King, but played jazz with his brothers on two albums with guitarist Larry Coryell. Until 1999, much of his career was spent with folk singer Bill Crofut.

Discography Two Generations of Brubeck (Atlantic, 1974) A Cut Above (Direct Disk Labs, 1978) Live at Montreux (Tomato, 1978) See How It Feels (Blackhawk, 1986) Unsquare Dance with Bill Crofut (Albany, 1991) Red, White, & Blues with Bill Crofut (Albany, 1992) Trio Brubeck (Jazz Heritage, 1994) Across Your Dreams with Bill Crofut (Crofut, 1995) Second Nature (Blue Forest, 2000) Bach to Brubeck (Koch, 2000) Triple Play Live (Blue Forest, 2000) Watching the World (Blue Forest, 2003) Convergence with the Czech National Symphony (Koch, 2005) Classified (Koch, 2008) Live at Arthur Zankel Music Center (Blue Forest, 2011) Lifetimes (Blue Forest, 2012) Timelines (Blue Forests, 2018)