Dave Brubeck, legendary jazz musician and pianist, died today, 91 years old.
For many young people, Brubeck probably does not mean a lot, or even nothing at all. But take a little time and listen to his classic “Take Five” with Paul Desmond on alto sax, and you might understand what we heard and felt back then, in 1961, before rock and roll and pop, and all the new music. It was really something…
A Swede's view from D.C.
Internationally renowned journalist Klas Bergman will on a continuous basis cover the 2012 U.S. election process from a Swedish American perspective. Born in Stockholm, Bergman spent most of his adult life outside Sweden, reporting from western and eastern Europe, the Middle East and the U.S., based in Washington, DC and working mainly for the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter and the Christian Science Monitor.
His primary domicile has been America, ever since his early student days in California in the 1960s. He now lives in the Washington, DC area.
Klas Bergman's second book, "Drömmarnas Land" is released in Sweden on Sept. 20. isbn 978 91 7331 515 9. 278 pages, hard cover, in Swedish.
Carlsson Bokförlag.
