Strange Meadow Lark

Dave Brubeck Quartet · 1959 · Intro de piano libre, puis swing à quatre temps

Context

A composition by Dave Brubeck and his wife Iola. It opens with a piano solo without a clear meter before moving into a fairly classic 4/4 swing when the rest of the quartet enters.

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)
• Blue Rondo à la Turk (1959)
• Three to Get Ready (1959)
• Kathy's Waltz (1959)
• Everybody's Jumpin' (1959)
• Pick Up Sticks (1959)

Sources

• EN: Time Out (album)

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