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Spotlight

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Dave Brubeck is 87 years old, and going strong. The cowboy-turned-jazz-musician never learned to read music, but plays some of the jazz world's most popular tunes, like "Take Five," which remains the best-selling instrumental jazz single ever.



be going strong
to continue to exist and be successful or work well, after a long period:
After two hundred years, the town's theatre is still going strong.
His father is still going strong (= alive and well) at 94.

turn
To change so as to be; become: His hair turned gray. I am a lawyer turned novelist.