Dave Brubeck
Day 76
#16 – David Warren ‘Dave’ Brubeck (1920–2012). American jazz pianist. Recordings with the Dave Brubeck Quartet include: ‘Take Five’ and ‘Blue Rondo à la Turk’ from the album Time Out (1959) and ‘Unsquare Dance’ from the album Time Further Out (1961).
His music is known for employing unusual time signatures. The Dave Brubeck Quartet’s best known recording ‘Take Five’ is in 5/4 time and is on the Time Out album. I checked all the time signatures of this album and used these as the focus. I added the staff in the background to support the idea and add texture to the background. After experimenting with the titles of the tracks and different colours, I decided it was simpler and stronger with just the coloured time signatures.
1.5 hours
Listen...
to excerpts from ‘Time Out’