Dave Brubeck makes the cover of Time magazine

On 8 November 1954, pianist and composer Dave Brubeck became only the second jazz musician (after Louis Armstrong) to make the cover of the revered Time magazine, despite the music having flourished for nearly four decades. Brubeck would soon create one of jazz's biggest hits with the catchy Take Five, but his quartet was already a big draw on the college circuit for an innovative style using bebop, and featuring a quietly dazzling saxophone improviser in Paul Desmond.