Harmony

Dave Brubeck Quartet

Dave Brubeck, jazz pianist and composer passed away December 5th at the age of 91. He was famous for organizing Dave Brubeck's Quartet and for using uncommon time signatures like 5/4 and 9/8 time (as compared to the more common 4/4 and 3/4 time meters) to create a very "groovy" sound.  His death in combination with our current studies on Westward Expansion and it's negative effect on Native American culture have caused me to wonder...what if?

What if our Founding Fathers would have lived up to our nation's guiding axiom of "All Men Are Created Equal" and not exterminated/ marginalized the "beautiful sounding instrument" of Native Culture?!?

What beautiful music they could have made together...instead they chose the "dissonance of superiority and singing out of tune in a minor key"...

Listen to Brubeck Quartet's most famous song
 "Take Five"...the "Harmony of What If"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2In5a9LDNg

My hope is that my students and our great nation will keep striving toward that intended "Harmony" of "All Men Are Created Equal"!