Blue Rondo à la Turk

Dave Brubeck Quartet · 1959 · A nine-beat rhythm, then a classic swing.

Context

A two-part piece: a section in 9/8, inspired by the asymmetrical rhythms Dave Brubeck had heard from street musicians in Turkey, and a swinging section in 4/4. Placed as the opener of Time Out in 1959, it shows the quartet's interest in unusual meters and became a standard.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Cool (Birth of the Cool), West Coast. Among the origins and influences of Cool: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Bossa nova, jazz samba.

By the same artist

• Take Five (1959)
• Dialogues for Jazz Combo and Orchestra (1960)
• Unsquare Dance (1961)

Sources

• EN: Blue Rondo à la Turk
• EN: Time Out (album)

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