Today's Listen:
Dave Brubeck -- TIME OUT
with / Paul Desmond(as), Joe Morrello(d), Eugene Wright(b)
One of the most well known / popular Jazz recordings of all time.
The notes talk of Brubeck's experiments with time signatures. "The outcome of his experiments is this album. Basically it shows the blending of three cultures: the formalism of classical western music, the freedom of Jazz improvisation, and the often complex pulse of African folk music. Brubeck even uses, in the first number, a Turkish folk rhythm."
In other words, a novelty. Notes only a professor at Julie Art would write. Complete and utter. Nevertheless, a couple of catchy tunes.
take five
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryA6eHZNnXY
blue rondo a la turk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqPC-BkylxA
three to get ready
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZLMHglUTaI
I think the reason the drum solo on Take Five works so well, is because Brubeck keeps playing throughout Morrello's solo. Like they switched places. Often times during drum solos, everyone else stops playing, thereby destroying the flow of the music.
Cheers
Dave Brubeck -- TIME OUT
with / Paul Desmond(as), Joe Morrello(d), Eugene Wright(b)
One of the most well known / popular Jazz recordings of all time.
The notes talk of Brubeck's experiments with time signatures. "The outcome of his experiments is this album. Basically it shows the blending of three cultures: the formalism of classical western music, the freedom of Jazz improvisation, and the often complex pulse of African folk music. Brubeck even uses, in the first number, a Turkish folk rhythm."
In other words, a novelty. Notes only a professor at Julie Art would write. Complete and utter. Nevertheless, a couple of catchy tunes.
take five
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryA6eHZNnXY
blue rondo a la turk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqPC-BkylxA
three to get ready
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZLMHglUTaI
I think the reason the drum solo on Take Five works so well, is because Brubeck keeps playing throughout Morrello's solo. Like they switched places. Often times during drum solos, everyone else stops playing, thereby destroying the flow of the music.
Cheers