BALDWIN: Some sad news to share with you today from the music world. Jazz legend Dave Brubeck has died. As a pianist, Brubeck is credited with bringing jazz to the mainstream, but also breaking racial barriers. In fact, during the height of his career, he canceled dozens of concerts in the south when they wouldn't allow his black bass player in certain venues. We had Bill Cosby on earlier today. Listen to what he had to say about Brubeck.</s>BILL COSBY (via telephone): As I have said, racism is a waste of time. And people who tried to push it and keep it out front because of whatever their idiocy happens to be, there are people like Dave and others, Benny Goodman, et cetera, et cetera, Louis Armstrong, they all knew that in playing these places, that they were given an opportunity to say, no, it's not going to be that way.</s>BALDWIN: Bill Cosby there. Brubeck worked with Charlie Parker and Duke Ellington, just to name a couple of other greats. His manager tells us Brubeck died of heart failure one day before his 92nd birthday.
Jazz Legend Dave Brubeck Dies