DaveBrubeck18The legendary pianist turns 89 on December 6th and will be honored at the 32nd Kennedy Center Honors Gala. Brubeck said in a statement that his mother would have been delighted since Elizabeth Ivey Brubeck, a classical pianist, was at first disappointed by her son playing Jazz. He recalled that when he graduated High School back in 1938, his mother wrote in her diary: "I think there is some hope for David after all." In a recent phone interview from Seattle, he told the Associated Press:"She finally came around to what I was doing. She lived long enough to see good results, and she enjoyed going to the concerts."