VALENTINE MUSIC

Dave Brubeck was designated a “Living Legend” by the Library of Congress, for a career that defied standard jazz conventions and spanned over six decades. He experiments in odd time signatures, improvised counterpoint, polyrhythm and polytonality remain hallmarks of innovation and contribute to his enduring popularity and acclaim.

NEA Jazz Master, Brubeck was celebrated globally with honors including the National Medal of the Arts, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors.

In 1954, Brubeck became only the second jazz musician to grace the cover of Time magazine. Throughout his career, he used music to bridge divides, leading racially-integrated bands in the Army and during the civil rights era, and touring globally for the U.S. State Department.

His diverse portfolio includes orchestral works, ballet suites, and large-scale choral pieces performed by prestigious global ensembles like the London Symphony Orchestra. Lullabies. Real Ambassadors with Louis Armstrong.

The Derry Catalogue was acquired by Primary Wave in 2026, and continues to be represented by Valentine Music (ex US and Japan), continuing our close relationship with the Brubeck family since 1977.

Nashville, 1974

“One Day At A Time”, is the timeless country and western classic composed by Marijohn Wilkin and Kris Kristofferson in Nashville in 1974.

Valentine's association with Marijohn was through the well-known producer Clarence Selman, her husband.

Recorded by more than 200 artists

It was first recorded by American country singer Marilyn Sellars in 1974 and became a US top 40 hit and top 20 in the Country charts.

#1 in the UK charts for Lena Martell in 1979.

#1 in the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts in 1980 for Cristy Lane.

Recorded by more than 200 artists including Roger Whittaker, Foster & Allen and Brotherhood of Man with many local language versions such as Los Tigres Del Norte “Un Día A La Vez”.

The song has been represented by Valentine outside the US since 1973.

Darius Brubeck is an American jazz pianist and composer based in London, UK and is the son of the Dave Brubeck. In the 1970s Darius Brubeck led his own groups, played with Don McLean, Larry Coryell and toured the World with Two Generations of Brubeck and The New Brubeck Quartet.

Darius introduced the first ever university jazz course in Africa at the U of KwaZulu-Natal in 1984, and established the internationally renowned Centre for Jazz & Popular Music in Durban, SA.

He has collaborated and toured extensively with South Africa's premier artists such as Afro Cool Concept and organised the multi-racial Jazzanians during the apartheid era, and under the name Gathering Forces for ‘world-music’ concerts. Brubeck has also worked with virtuoso bansuri player, Deepak Ram.

Together with his wife, Catherine, he has written a memoir of their 23 years in South Africa, Playing the Changes, and he is the subject of the documentary “Playing the Changes: Tracking Darius Brubeck”.

Darius now leads The Darius Brubeck Quartet and also tours with his brothers Chris and Dan in Brubeck's Play Brubeck.

Two of his pieces, ‘For Lydia’ and ‘Tugela Rail’ were selected by the ABRSM for its jazz syllabus.

Over a career that spans nearly fifty years, Judie has released more than 20 studio albums, successfully transitioning from a major-label chart-topper to a completely self-managed, independent artist who, in 2018, formed the successful touring trio Woman to Woman alongside Beverley Craven and Julia Fordham.

Many hits from co-writer and guitarist Mike Paxman are with Valentine Music, including:Heaven Can Wait · Shoot from the Heart · Nighthawks