Unsquare Dance

Dave Brubeck Quartet · 1961

Context

Composition by Dave Brubeck in 7/4 time, released on the album Time Further Out, recorded in May and June 1961 for Columbia. Released as a single, the track reached number 74 on the Billboard Hot 100, while the album peaked at number 8 on the Billboard 200.

In the genealogy of jazz

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

By the same artist

• Dialogues for Jazz Combo and Orchestra (1960)
• Take Five (1959)
• Blue Rondo à la Turk (1959)

Sources

• EN: Time Further Out

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