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Lecture

Judge Dennis Davis
The Genius of Jazz Pianist Dave Brubeck

Tuesday 9.08.2022

Summary

A comprehensive survey of the life and work of the pioneering American composer and jazz pianist Dave Brubeck (1920–2012). The album Time Out (1959) by the Dave Brubeck Quartet was the first jazz album to sell over a million copies, its songs becoming standards that still receive regular play to this day.

Judge Dennis Davis

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Dennis Davis is a judge of the High Court of South Africa and judge president of the Competition Appeals Court of South Africa. He has held professorial appointments at the University of Cape Town and University of the Witwatersrand, as well as numerous visiting appointments at Cambridge, Harvard, New York University, and others. He has authored eleven books, including Lawfare: Judging Politics in South Africa.