Simcha Blass Simcha Blass Simcha Blass (November 27, 1897 – July 18, 1982; ) was a Polish-Israeli engineer and inventor who developed the drip irrigation system with his son Yeshayahu. Simcha Blass was born in Warsaw, Poland, which was then part of the Russian Empire, to an Orthodox Jewish family. He was active in the Jewish self-defense units organized in Warsaw to defend Jews during the end of World War I. His engineering studies in Warsaw were interrupted by the Polish-Soviet War and completed after that war. During the war, he was recruited to the Polish Army, there he invented for the
To Hope! A Celebration accompanied by Brubeck and his quartet featuring Bobby Militello on Saxophone. To Hope! A Celebration To Hope! A Celebration is a 1996 live album by the American jazz pianist Dave Brubeck. The audio CD consists of a recording of a live performance of the Catholic mass as arranged and composed by Brubeck - it is the second recording Brubeck did of this piece. The earlier original vinyl LP 1980 recording (Pastoral Arts Associates (PAA) LP record DRP-8318) of "To Hope! A Celebration By Dave Brubeck (A Mass in the Revised Roman Ritual)" - featuring Dave Brubeck on Piano, Jerry Bergonzi