Editing Dave Brubeck (section)

===Recognition===
[[File:Kennedy Center honorees 2009 WhiteHouse Photo.jpg|thumb| Brubeck (third from left), among [[Kennedy Center Honors|Kennedy Center honorees]] 2009, flanked by President and Mrs. Obama at the Blue Room, [[White House]], December 6, 2009 (his 89th birthday)]]
In 1975, the [[Asteroid belt|main-belt]] [[asteroid]] [[5079 Brubeck]] was named after Brubeck.<ref>{{cite web|first=Alan |last=Chamberlin |url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=5079+Brubeck |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309115626/http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=5079+Brubeck |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 9, 2012 |title=JPL Small-Body Database Browser |publisher=Ssd.jpl.nasa.gov |access-date=July 13, 2013}}</ref>

Brubeck recorded five of the seven tracks of his album ''Jazz Goes to College'' in [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]]. He returned to Michigan many times, including a performance at Hill Auditorium where he received a Distinguished Artist Award from the University of Michigan's Musical Society in 2006. Brubeck was presented with a "Benjamin Franklin Award for Public Diplomacy" by [[United States Secretary of State]] [[Condoleezza Rice]] in 2008 for offering an American "vision of hope, opportunity and freedom" through his music.<ref name=PCOLPublicdiplomacy /> "As a little girl I grew up on the sounds of Dave Brubeck because my dad was your biggest fan," said Rice.<ref name=PCOLrice>[http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=17963 "Whatever Happened to Cultural Diplomacy?"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423064602/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=17963 |date=April 23, 2008 }}, All About Jazz, April 19, 2008.</ref> The [[State Department]] said in a statement that "as a pianist, composer, cultural emissary and educator, Dave Brubeck's life's work exemplifies the best of America's cultural diplomacy".<ref name=PCOLPublicdiplomacy /> At the ceremony, Brubeck played a brief recital for the audience at the State Department.<ref name=PCOLPublicdiplomacy/> "I want to thank all of you because this honor is something that I never expected. Now I am going to play a cold piano with cold hands," Brubeck stated.<ref name=PCOLPublicdiplomacy />

California Governor [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] and First Lady [[Maria Shriver]] announced on May 28, 2008, that Brubeck would be inducted into the [[California Hall of Fame]], located at [[The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts]]. The induction ceremony occurred December 10, and he was inducted alongside eleven other famous Californians.<ref>{{cite news|title=Artists Dominate the 2008 'California Hall of Fame' |publisher=California Arts Council |url=http://www.cac.ca.gov/artsnews/featuredetail.php?id=46 |date=May 28, 2008 |access-date=December 13, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091211062515/http://www.cac.ca.gov/artsnews/featuredetail.php?id=46 |archive-date=December 11, 2009 |df=mdy }}</ref>

On October 18, 2008, Brubeck received an honorary Doctor of Music degree from the prestigious [[Eastman School of Music]] in [[Rochester, New York]]. Similarly, at the Monterey Jazz Festival in September 2009, Brubeck was awarded an honorary [[Doctor of Music]] degree ([[D.Mus.]] ''[[honoris causa]]'') from [[Berklee College of Music]].<ref>{{cite news |publisher=Berklee College of Music|url=http://www.berklee.edu/news/853/dave-brubeck-to-receive-honorary-doctorate|title=Dave Brubeck to Receive Honorary Doctorate|date=August 19, 2009|access-date=July 26, 2011}}</ref> On May 16, 2010, Brubeck was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree (honoris causa) from the [[George Washington University]] in Washington, D.C. The ceremony took place on the National Mall.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mediarelations.gwu.edu/george-washington-university%E2%80%99s-commencement-line-finalized|title=The George Washington University's Commencement Line-Up Finalized – A. James Clark and Legendary Pianist and Composer Dave Brubeck to Receive Honorary Degrees; First Lady Michelle Obama to Headline Weekend Celebration|publisher=George Washington University|date=April 21, 2010|access-date=July 13, 2013|archive-date=June 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604114814/http://mediarelations.gwu.edu/george-washington-university%E2%80%99s-commencement-line-finalized|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:Dave Brubeck 2009.jpg|thumb| Brubeck at the White House for the 2009 [[Kennedy Center Honors]]]]
In September 2009, the [[Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]] announced Brubeck as a [[Kennedy Center Honors|Kennedy Center Honoree]] for exhibiting excellence in performance arts.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kennedy Center Honorees for 2009 Are: Mel Brooks, Robert De Niro, Grace Bumbry, Bruce Springsteen and Dave Brubeck|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/09/AR2009090901512.html|date=September 9, 2009|access-date=July 26, 2011}}</ref> The Kennedy Center Honors Gala took place on Sunday, December 6 (Brubeck's 89th birthday), and was broadcast nationwide on [[CBS]] on December 29 at 9:00&nbsp;pm EST. When the award was made, President [[Barack Obama]] recalled a 1971 concert Brubeck had given in [[Honolulu]] and said, "You can't understand America without understanding jazz, and you can't understand jazz without understanding Dave Brubeck."<ref name=washpost />

On July 5, 2010, Brubeck was awarded the [[Miles Davis]] Award at the [[Montreal International Jazz Festival]].<ref name="Montreal International Jazz Fest">{{cite web|url=http://www.montrealjazzfest.com/history/miles-davis-award.aspx|title=Miles Davis Award – Festival International de Jazz de Montréal|publisher=Montrealjazzfest.com|access-date=July 13, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518035137/http://www.montrealjazzfest.com/history/miles-davis-award.aspx|archive-date=May 18, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 2010, [[Bruce Ricker]] and [[Clint Eastwood]] produced ''[[Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Way]]'', a documentary about Brubeck for [[Turner Classic Movies]] (TCM) to commemorate his 90th birthday in December 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/26871-in-dave-brubeck-s-own-sweet-way|title=In Dave Brubeck's Own Sweet Way|work=JazzTimes|access-date=January 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104024433/http://jazztimes.com/articles/26871-in-dave-brubeck-s-own-sweet-way|archive-date=January 4, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Concord Boulevard Park in his hometown of Concord, California, was posthumously renamed to "Dave Brubeck Memorial Park" in his honor. Mayor Dan Helix favorably recalled one of his performances at the park, saying: "He will be with us forever because his music will never die."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://patch.com/california/concord-ca/concord-native-dave-brubeck-dies-at-91 |title=Concord Remembers Native Dave Brubeck |first=Emily |last=Henry |date=December 5, 2012 |access-date=June 8, 2018 |work=[[Patch.com]]}}</ref>