The Dave Brubeck Quartet was an American modern jazz group formed in San Fr… Read Full Bio ↴The Dave Brubeck Quartet was an American modern jazz group formed in San Francisco in 1951 by jazz pianist Dave Brubeck (1920-2012). In what became known as the band's classic line-up, the band featured Joe Morello (1928–2011) on drums, Eugene Wright (1923-2020) on bass, and Paul Desmond (1924-1977) on saxophone. The band remains best-known for their use of odd time signatures, and were a premier group in the cool jazz movement. They produced several standards, including Take Five and Blue Rondo à la Turk.

Throughout the years, and changing line-ups, the group maintained a strong fan-base among jazz fans of all ages.

Blue Rondo %C3%A0 la turk
The Dave Brubeck Quartet Lyrics

Blue Rondo A La Turk (Round, Round, Round)

Round, round, round a melody
Round, round, round a harmony
Round, round, round a melody,
Harmony, melody-steadily

Round, round, round a melody
Round, round, round a memory
Round, round, round a melody,

Memory, melody, merrily.

There's a melody I used to play
Counterpoint every yesterday.
Swiftly up and down I hasten and
Chasten my fingers and heart to play.

Round, round, round a melody
Round, round, round a memory
Round, round, round a melody
Memory, harmony-steadily

Round, round, round a melody
Round, round, round a mystery
Round, round, round a melody,
Mystery, mirror of history.

Taking over all my reveries
Hearing passions in the melodies
Play it up and down so wearily
Stumbling, fumbling, tumbling.

Round, round, round a melody
Round, round, round a harmony
Round, round, round a melody
Harmony, melody, memory

Round, round town I follow you.
Round, round town I'm calling you.
Round, round town I hasten to do
All the chasing you want me to.

Open up an opportunity,
For I know that you will be
Truly happy and content with me.
Measure me, treasure me, pleasure me.

Open up an opportunity.
Open up an offer. You will be
Truly happy and content with me.
Measure me, treasure me, pleasure me.

Round, round, round a melody
Round, round, round a you and me.
Round, round, round a melody
You and me, melody and harmony.

Round, round, round a melody
Round, round, round a harmony
Round, round, round a melody,
Harmony, mystery-you and me.

Don't you see
That we were meant to be,
One and the same.
Melody, married to harmony,
One and the same.
Change the score
We will be ever more
One and the same.
Melody, married to harmony
One and the same.

Here it comes, our symphony,
Measure by measure.
A melody and harmony,
You and me in harmony.
You and me so happy
Were making it
Shaking the blues ain't bothering me.

Here it comes, our symphony,
Measure by measure,
A pleasure.
A melody and harmony,
You and me in harmony
You and me so happy
We found a new rondo,
To end the blue rondo today.

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

Written by: Dave Brubeck

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Comments from YouTube:

@Largo64

8y↑1.6K

I was seventeen when this was released. It was fresh and new. I was pretty fresh and new then, myself. Now I'm old and slow, but I still get a charge from this album and especially Blue Rondo à la Turk. This stuff, unlike people, just never gets old.

@benjaminmoseslieb9856

8y↑42

I think it still feels fresh.

@weltgeist2604

7y↑4

Hi Larry I watch your videos, this is my first time watching this.

@philipjacques7153

7y↑16

Thanks, Larry! Just hearing of Dave's passing. I was the classical kid until my brother brought this album home. You can't like classical and not like this. Rest in peace, Dave!

@Largo64

7y↑9

Paul Desmond's sweet alto sax is fantastic!

@sojouner7025

7y↑8

Our body will get old but our spirit, inner force, will never age; less we give in to that process. Now, let's boogie babies!

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@michaelflory9519

3y↑47

Starts out in 9/8 time, then switches to American jazz 4/4 time, then back to 9/8 time. This was composed by Paul Desmond after they took a trip to Turkey to discover the Turkish style of music.

@user-dj9ig2hc9r

There's a bit of Mozart's Rondo a la Turk in there, too.

@sulatlalaki

8y↑549

My parents played the crap out of this when I was a little kid. Even now, decades later, I can hum practically every riff, every part! True jazz

@LeeAnnLovelace

8y↑18

+Charles Pruett Yes! My father played this record for me almost daily when I was a child.... and I'll never get tired of listening to it.

@TennsyonRoberts

7y↑3

Charles Pruett it's not a song really to hum to. it's 9/8 time one of the fastest time movements in any song. I guess the swing part you can hum but not the 9/8 time

@jamescecil3563

Charles Pruett Me too Charles

@christopherburke2348

7y↑29

What? You can hum to anything. whether it's 9/8 or 4/4.

@calebandresen

7y↑25

9/8 is a time signature, not a tempo

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@JudithIN410

6y↑356

Saw and heard Brubeck live in Louisville in 2003. He played well beyond his scheduled 1.5 hours. They had to practically use a hook to get him off the stage. His joy in playing was obvious. He was almost 82 at the time. This was a Sunday afternoon concert; he had played one the previous night at the University of Louisville. I have the original LP.

@btnapoli

5y↑11

Judith IN I had the same experience when they performed at the Meyehoff in Baltimore. The acoustics at the Meyerhoff are par excellent. Probably from the same tour. It was his 80th birthday tour. I’ll never forget it.

@thomashughes3573

4y↑6

I had tickets around that time to see him perform in Charlotte, NC. Unfortunately he became ill before the date and had to cancel. I could have seen him at the Newport Jazz Festival in 2009, but I opted to go on Sunday (Esperanza, Josh Redman, Cedar Walton playing) , and he performed on Saturday. Before he scheduled another date in my area, he passed away. I've seen some greats over the years, but he is one who sadly got away.

@NJA1039

4y↑3

Fuck. I am sad to have missed him. I love seeing comments like these

@dannuttle9005

3y↑6

I saw him around the same time. He was escorted to the piano, looked quite frail. Then he started playing. He may as well have been 30 and at the top of his game. One of the best experiences of my life.

@mytide46

3y↑2

Lucky you!! ✌️❤️

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@sandraeckelhofer

4y↑118

1959
Dave Brubeck - piano
Paul Desmond - alto saxophone
Eugene Wright - double bass
Joe Morello - drums

@greywater3186

42w↑2

The bass is probably my favorite part of this tune. I’m immediately transported to the early ‘60’s, where I have a cocktail and the room is dark.

@mertozelmusic

7y↑213

So proud to be a Turkish musician living in Concord,CA the birthplace of legendary Dave Brubeck.

@olamarvin

5y↑1

I'd like to learn how to sing one-two, one-two, one-two, one-two-three in Turkish some day. It won't be easy. It's not something you can learn in bir, iki, üç.

@osmankose7310

5y↑2

Ali ece’den geldik 9-8 lik roman müziğinden esinlenmiş dave abimiz.

@palimelodies793

3y↑3

Ele güne karşı yapayalnız da bu time signaturünde sanırsam değil mi hocam

@ryanmason9320

2y↑2

Concord High School grad here, class of 2004. I used to go running in Dave Brubeck Park next to Concord High.

@rustyking8783

21w↑1

Wow. I live in Fremont CA, 41 miles from Concord. I never knew Dave Brubeck was a local hero. Btw, l have Joe Morello's original 1964 gold presentation Ludwig snare drum. Best thing l own.

@boredombutcher5369

7y↑301

The roots of prog rock music

@sanicyouth6540

6y↑21

A prog rock band called The Nice has a tune called Rondo that borrows a few bits from this piece.

@purplelizard2348

6y↑16

Sanic Youth Emerson Lake and Palmer covered it as well

@SimoneSaviolo

4y↑6

@@purplelizard2348 This piece reminds me a lot of Karn Evil 9. Of course, it's actually the other way around!

@duckbrew

4y↑3

Hmmmm. Lemme think.No it's not.

@juliocastillo4685

4y↑1

I agree with you. the opening of a song could have been a inspiration to play Thick As A Brick because the piano sounds very similar to this song.

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@brucemckenzie7927

2y↑24

I had the great pleasure (and long beloved memory) of seeing / hearing Brubeck’s Quintet and The John Coltrane Quartet in the same concert at the old Crosley Field (the old Cincinnati Reds ballpark shortly before it was exterminated) in summer 1967. What a poignant thrill (Coltrane passed not long after). Clubs are my preference for live jazz, of course, but Brubeck was a star at the time so he was drawing high demand at the time—and how else would I see Coltrane and Brubeck on the same ticket?😲

@MissBinks

2y↑2

WHOA!

@michaellastname4922

35w↑1

There is -- or was -- a congregation in San Francisco that had an icon of St. John Coltrane. It's probably long gone, as this was in the 1960s or 70s ... when the world and I were younger.

@bronzeageancientone4844

4y↑123

If you play an instrument, you know just how unbelievably talented this group was. We’re not worthy.

@viscountrainbows2857

27w

I'm a guitarist and I am always floored by the majesty of arrangement, since I am kinda chaotic.

@koshersalaami

6y↑85

What gets me most about this piece is just how cool the transitions are between the 9/8 ad 4/4 sections where the measures alternate.

@alanmacdonald2634

3y↑1

Seamless!

@royw4883

2y↑1

its hard but catchy

@lindawetzel5480

2y↑10

When one speaks reverently of jazz, this classic is playing in the background.

@admifaris980

3y↑29

yang dateng karna caption bang radit adaaa???

*Keren bgt dah radit, pengetahuannya luas bgt anjir wkwk

@alanawinarta9887

Mantap

@mutiarakaligrafi

Wah jadi IG storynya dia lu

@Pranantika_Albymesha

Jadi IG story anjirr

@jackieclark2004

16w↑6

I never heard a piece so musically unique. Love this ❤

@fredsherwood9009

46w↑6

Dave Brubeck played at Michigan State University way back in the Sixties. It was maybe in a big athletic hall, or wherever, and I was able to just walk up to him afterwards. Just voiced my appreciation and chatted briefly about a previous time I’d seen him. Here was probably our best known jazz musician, and he couldn’t have been more polite and casual. What a cool guy!

@joeboygo

43w↑7

I first discovered this song, and the mainstream jazz of the 50s, through old Playboy channel clips. That's right, I can thank Hef for turning me on to a whole world of great music, along with a bunch of other wonderful stuff.

@coco_rthritis6462

1y↑11

The Dave Brubeck quartet made odd time signatures feel so natural. Across the world these time signatures are natural, but in the "West" (especially the U.S.) it's mostly 4/4, 3/4, 6/8, and sometimes 12/8. After listening to a lot of other time signatures they start to feel much more natural as well.

@buddybarber232

7y↑129

The most abrupt yet harmoniously positioned transitions in all jazz.

@gilbertorosales5317

2y↑8

Damm...these guys are FAR GOOD...and show their musical skills with TIMELESS MUSIC...so actual...so fresh...so. Right...so so GOOD...1959?...ain't it today?. .simply GREAT

@gilbertorosales5317

2y↑2

Thanks...cheeeeers...

@AC-nq6os

8y↑162

Great quality recording. Still fresh sounding 57 years later.

@wug6175

4y↑2

*61

@progisloveprogislife4501

4y↑9

@@wug6175 the comment is 4 years ago bruh

@samuelweber9987

2y↑2

@@wug6175 62

@AC-nq6os

39w↑1

@@nolotilanne 64 indeed.

@IrishElf

1y↑4

This song is amazing. Get a bunch of blind kids, some bongos, and a couple of people who love to sing way too much, and this turns into a crazy improv jazz session. This has inspired me to listen to more of Dave Brubeck.

@perry2171

7y↑45

I started listening to Brubeck 58 years ago and I still like it as much today as I did then. I am now in my rust years but still listen to Time Out all the time. I had the privilege of seeing brubeck several times in concert. Fantastic music.God rest his soul.

@SDsailor7

I like your comment ( in my rust years) how appropriate. I am there also.can I use it?Cheers

@perry2171

Yes, of course you may use it assuming you are at least 80 or more. If not, use anyhow. Regards.

@SDsailor7

Not 80 but getting close Ha!Cheers

@blazer7731

3y↑17

1:52 the best Jazz transition and the grooviest melody in Jazz🔥

@greywater3186

42w

#FACT

@cocleum

1y↑2

ホームステイした時にホストファザーが貸してくれたラジカセに入れっぱなしだったCDに入ってたこの曲
名前も忘れてしまって数年間やっと見つけた

@durulseren2134

7y↑339

It has classıc Turkish music time signature 9/8.

@moneybags999

5y↑42

That's why it's called a la Turk. :-)

@bdschannel4733

4y↑14

One third of Bulgarian folk music is in that time signature. Here it is even more common than in Turkey.

@inkoinfinity2

4y↑5

@@bdschannel4733 I like the genre of folk,but don't know any Bulgarian folk. Recommendations please?

@bdschannel4733

4y↑3

@@inkoinfinity2 Not in that particular time signature, but just the first I could think of right now: https://youtu.be/wqMFgHRP9FE

@inkoinfinity2

@@bdschannel4733 wow, very nice

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@jukmifggugghposer

4y↑62

What a great recording and mix, sounds crisp even by today’s standards.

@prod_ultra

@@Pharoset he's implying the opposite

@Raddland

6y↑288

This is very far ahead of it's time. Lots of music use this kind of hectic but controlled misdirection now, but for the 50s, this seems really far ahead. Flawless execution too.

@greywater3186

42w↑1

It was far ahead.

I love this tune so much, especially the change at 2:14

@wigwagstudios2474

19w↑3

I first heard this song in a rather cruddy 8 bit form back in 12th grade, when i had a study hall, there were these 2 kids across me who would play a fanmade super smash bros game on Scratch, and there was some stage they'd ALWAYS play that had an 8 bit version of this song and it always annoyed me, but then the other day i found out that it's actually a REAL song and my mind was blown [and now i'm obsessed with the song!!]

@heavenlyeverleigh3680

3y↑37

Some people might think this is wierd, but I’m a kid and I’m actually searching for this! My piano teacher suggested it and it really IS fantastic! I see why he likes listening to this stuff so much. I’m gonna start listing to this kind of music more often😃

@jim.great.singer

2y↑4

Good for you kiddo. That's the greatest jazz group in history so it's cool that you appreciate it.

@sirjer73

1y↑3

@@jim.great.singer there not the greatest jazz group ever. Stop it. I'm a big fan but come on now Miles Davis had bout 4 working bands better alone!!! Not to mention the Coltrane quartet , Blakely's late 50s early 60s groups and Mingus group of the same era.

@L3ver

46w↑1

@@jim.great.singer Oscar Peterson trio

@nothilton4943

11w

same here, and it was just 'cuz i heard it on the radio on the way to school

@JeremyNasmith

@@sirjer73Fair enough, but Time Out remains the milestone album that deliberately broke beyond the comfortable rhythms of familiar time signatures so elegantly that each composition quuckly became a quintessential Jazz classic. This experiment could more easily have failed, a forgotten footnote in the catalog, were it not so true to the spirit of Jazz. Luckily its success opened the doors of experimentation to later artists and was an important step on the way to Abstract and Fusion Jazz, and even Progressive Rock.

@muppetrowlf1473

2y↑4

Always reminds me of Keith Emerson. God bless him.
When I listen to Trilogy by ELP, there’s no doubt about who was Keith’s biggest influence.

@rustyking8783

21w↑1

Take Five was the first jazz 45 to sell 1 million copies. Time Out was the first jazz album to sell 1 million copies.

@robertperrella4194

5y↑9

dave brubeck has a unique knack for timing and phrasing!!!!!!!!!!! he is a true natural talent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@iccionesosnowitz356

7y↑35

the critics were brutal when this came up... "there is no swing in it" etc... oh man

@timmorris566

3y↑2

As a rule critics are idiot wannabe's

@rayinferno

7y↑74

The swing at 1:40 and 6:25. Goosebumps So freaking jazzy!

@JeanCarlos-or9vz

4y↑5

Yeeaah i fucking love this part

@johnladd5016

29w

Yes! 😎🎸

@Steinbach1984

3y↑17

The relief when they get back into a comfortable 4/4 blues is audible...

@denisshabanov7462

3y↑3

i've been listening to this for few weeks and i now feel uncomfortable while listening to 4/4 section

@sunkintree

The 4/4 part is squaresville man. Strictly for the suits. Uncool.

@electronroom

3y↑3

electronic music producer here loving this so much.

@waltsnow1762

4y↑7

Was in Salzburg 1986 , went to a Dvorak concert and the trio played Dumky's Trio . As they got into the quick beat part , I leaned over to my friend and said '' that sounds like Dave Brubecks Blue Rondo ala Turk '' and him also being a Brubeck fan says '' by golly , it does ''....it was a wonderful concert !

@markulyssestraeger

7y↑36

Bye Dave, R.I.P. You were a giant.

@boredombutcher5369

7y↑3

Rip Keith Emerson too.

@kacurry1

12y↑12

My dad played this damn near every weekend!. THANKS DAD

@ordrieboykin1914

3y↑1

My neighbor played this every day which made fall in love with jazz.

@dannycaplan6614

22w

Instead of being a typical 9/8 with three groups of threes, this has three groups of twos and one group of three. I love this one!

@henryigbokejr.1580

8y↑55

New to Jazz, this is one of my favorite joints !

@kathy2trips

6y↑3

Welcome to the fold!

@franbedle

3y↑4

This is not jazz, this transcends genres, this is perfection.

@paolaginelli5277

47w↑3

MASTERPIECE !!!! 😍😍😍😍

@thomashughes3573

9y↑168

"Take Five" is a great tune, but to me this piece is the brightest star on the album. Brubeck is interviewed on Ken Burns' "Jazz" documentary, and he talks about picking up this 9/8 time signature while in Morocco. The beat count is 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2-3. Yum!

@2330Silk

7y↑19

This recording was dedicated to experimentation with time signatures. The switching between the 9/8 Turkish Folk Music signature and the standard 4/4 Jazz signature is so very well done.

@topraka

6y↑19

Elsewhere it says that he picked up the 9/8 (not 9/4) in Istanbul "Walking around Istanbul one morning, Brubeck heard a group of street musicians playing an exotic rhythm, fast and syncopated. It was in 9/8 time—nine eighth notes per measure—a very unusual meter for Western music…. Later that day, Brubeck had an interview scheduled at a local radio station. Like many broadcasters at the time, the station had its own symphony orchestra. When Brubeck arrived, the musicians were taking a break from a rehearsal. He told some of them about the rhythm that he’d heard on the streets and asked if anyone knew what it was. He hummed the tune, and several of the musicians started playing it, adding flourishes and counterpoint, even improvising on it. It was a traditional Turkish folk song, widely known—in Turkey.
As the tour continued, Brubeck kept listening for interesting rhythms, and he kept asking his quartet to experiment with them. Later, back in the States, the group recorded “Time Out”—an album of songs with unusual time signatures. “Take Five,” which is written in 5/4 time, was the breakout hit single. On the single’s b-side was “Blue Rondo a la Turk,” a song written in 9/8 time, like the music Brubeck had heard in Istanbul."

@z.nastoski7055

6y↑5

G Sutton - 7/8 and 9/8 signatures are not common in Turkish folk music. The only way D. Brubeck could hear this rhythm in Istanbul is if the musicians were from Macedonia, or playing a Macedonian song.

@topraka

6y↑2

Musicologists say it is very common in Turkey. Please see the following: https://www.jasstudies.com/Makaleler/1627256747_18-Yrd.%20Doç.%20Dr.%20Sadık%20YÖNDEM.pdf , http://babayagamusic.com/Music/nine-eight-rhythms.htm , https://mizraq.com/aksak-rhythms-58-78-98-108/ , look for the word "aksak" in this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_in_Turkish_music , http://aslahan.com/turkish-romany-dance.html , even in children's songs https://www.j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/viewFile/1661/772

@topraka

6y↑2

One of my favorite Turkish 9/8 are the "karşılamas" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f1s6hewThY , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQWW3WSn17M Here is my associate Murat Bayhan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE-ohnxA8Gw

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@arthurrichard8578

4y↑13

Unique, virtuose, un changement de rythme incroyable

@Polderjongen

42w↑3

What a treasure !

@danieltonga6052

9y↑68

That SAX solo... Reminds me again why I'm such a huge fan of this quartet. I've always been impressed with the virtuosity of each and every band member and their ability to blend together. But Paul's playing puts the cherry on top every single time.

@2330Silk

7y↑4

People criticize me for saying Joe Morello was one of the greatest drummers of all time. Listen to what he is doing.

@pbrazor50

4y↑2

He once famously remarked that he wanted the sax to sound like a dry martini. But the remark became so well known, and was so often repeated, that Desmond later expressed regret about saying it. Still, his playing does have a bit of dry martini flavor, I think.

@greywater3186

42w

This is my favorite tune. I really enjoy listening to it when home / in the car on rainy / blustery nights.

One is instantly cool when pulling this out.

@Moluccan56

23w

@@2330SilkNo criticism from me! I discovered him last night, although I’ve had this record for 3 decades. Great talent and style.

@BeerGuy1050

15w

desmond was a petty low tier player with bitter resentment to anybody with skill. not representative of jazz

@monomamori

3y↑7

This is amazing! Just discovered Dave Brubeck from my Music History lesson. This is a nice one!

@jacksterlling2213

4y↑133

Jazz, Science and Reading: the three most important things in the world.

@catalan66ful

4y↑1

I steal you this one. Take care of you

@popcorns6472

4y↑10

I'll take oxygen over Jazz any day

@mintymojito9057

What about love and joy though

@dmcdgames2388

4y↑7

You forgot Jesus he is more important than anything. God in the flesh or Emmanuel.

@deanguida

4y↑6

@@dmcdgames2388 based

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@MrSexyaligator

5y↑5

Way ahead of its time!!!!Pure masterpiece!!!!!!!

@rjgiddings

4y↑3

My dad turned me on to this album... god I miss him.

@voicetube

2y↑9

Maybe my favorite overall old-school jazz track ever!

@voicetube

2y↑1

Now listening again further through the track, I'm going to change my comment to say definitely my favorite old school jazz track ever :-)

@pauljohnson3340

8y↑49

I work in a hotel and we have a bar attached. Got bad karaoke going on tonight. This is getting me through it all and then some. :)

@NaniJapaneseForWhat

It's been 5 years since this comment, how are you now?

@chloex7399

47w↑4

I'm a kid playing an arrangement of this in my community band and this is really incredible.. so hard to keep track of the time signatures and these musicians do it with ease and great tone

@thejdmguru621

10w

Trying to play this piece made me realise just how intricate this song is. Every note that Dave plays has a reason and story of its own behind it. Almost like Kraft Werk’s music.

@tristanperciful6609

2y↑3

Yo this is in my marching band show this year

@drstrangecoin6050

4y↑26

It's a tad nuts how smooth the timbre of the sax is early in this piece: it almost gives the introduction a classical "chamber music" quality. So clear and crisp.

Not only does it show off the control Mr Desmond had over his instrument, but also a feather in the cap to the folks in the engineering booth for being able to capture both sides of his performance so well.

@BeerGuy1050

15w

desmond low tier sax in jazz world. he had a bad attitude to match

@majoraswrath6182

4y↑3

FINALKYLY FOUND IT. I HEARD IT YEARS AGO, THEN HEARD IT AGAIN IN A DREAM LAST NIGHT, I FINALLY FOUND IT!!

@cellpat2686

1y↑1

Heard this for the first time today and it was very good. He will live on thru his music. Dave Brubeck (1920 - 2012)

@pegclairezach

5y↑3

Dave is just plain good ol sweetness and his music will live forever. Believe it.

@MikeBlitzMag

3y↑2

Flip side of their Take Five single, and a rare instance where a given genre's finest moment is one of its most obvious ones. Absolute, utter perfection.

@elcape67

8y↑15

I still adore this and the passages in swing send shivers down my spine, so smooth

@spacecat7247

2y↑1

Forgot about this and it came to me a few days ago!!

@qubenlink

44w↑1

We had this album

@albertob.932

6y↑3

Masterpiece. Dave Brubeck is a GENIUS!

@pbrucpaul

4y↑5

At 1:53 I love how Paul Desmond just "Step's out" to start his Saxophone Solo.

@SuperRugby11

5y↑1

I am seventy. It was 1959 when my older brother played this and it has never left my memory. It still great as he was...

@dominicportelli7468

30w↑1

Masterful.

@Cordova10-8

3y↑12

Played this in jazz band in high school, tenor saxophone. Heard a lousy modern version of it on a Visa commercial and I immediately said, "Blue Rondo Ala Turk!" My wife thinks I'm a werido.

@elizabeth6540

I heard it on the visa commercial too! I recognized it right away because it was part of our marching band music in high school

@dodecafono

I'm here because that ad. I used to listen to this in a MP3 compilation I made years ago. That ad activated pleasant memories from my teenager years

@icychill105

7y↑11

found this on vinyl at a goodwill and recognized take five so i bougt it. this is a great jazz album and im glad i got it

@cannibalizeme

2y↑4

my name is milly i first listened to this track when i was at oreganos w my dad and from then on 10 yrs later i still cry every time i hear it so beautiful thx for lsitemninn

@t.n.21

Did you listen to it when you were one year old?

@jamesj1944

4y↑3

Hey Brubeck was one of my heroes of music when I was a teenager he still rules.

@immabeamazing

8y↑26

they played a version of this in an old attraction of knott's berry farm, the peanuts playhouse. my dad filmed it so for years I watched this video of me at knotts and wondered what the song was. 8 years later I'm in trigononmetry and my math teacher plays this. finally I learn what the song is! now 3 years later, it's been quite the ride with this tune. (:

@beroparsoundmusiccorp.2334

8y↑7

Such an amazing technical song every rest just as important as every note.

@TheEpoxyExperts

8y↑42

Album covers like this makes me miss and appreciate the days of vinyl and stylus. Aside from being table side at the Blackhawk Jazz Club, vinyl y stylus is the best way to experience the simple complexity of J A double Z.
Dave with his Swiss watch-like rhythm, P. Desmond's saxo-conviction, Eugene Wright's and Joe Morello's persuasive bass and percussion beat signatures is unrivaled in this album. Play this album at my dirge.

@francisbowman8702

38w

Still play my vinyl

@C.Church

I forget the airline, but the onboard plane radio stations are how I learned of Dave Brubeck about 20yrs ago. Missed the name and gladly sat through the loop to catch him when it came back on.

@mariadorantes4361

1y↑6

Creo que cada instrumento ejecutado con tanta maestría hace la pieza en conjunción armoniosa con los demás tan indispensables para crear esta joya musical!!!!!!!!!

@rexmage

4y↑10

This sounds like it could be boss music in a JRPG.

@ryangrill7322

3y↑1

It's quoted in the FFVII Bombing Mission music

@solortiz5223

1y↑2

light is the fastest thing we know

@-nnd-6920

6y↑3

I’ m just starting listening to jazz music, I’ve never heard something like this, thie is so magic omg

@abrahampalmer1153

4y↑1

Never to late to start I started listening to jazz around the age of 22 and never regret it ever since than.

@jcl99clemsomboy

8y↑7

Dave Brubeck will be missed.

@francoise522

3y↑1

Mon morceau préféré depuis toujours ? Blue rondo a la turk. I like it very much !

@69BigJay

This song was used in Paul Mazursky’s “ Next Stop Greenwich Village “ When Brubeck died in 2012 I ran into Mazursky in LA’s Farmers Market and interviewed him for news radio.

@gianlucachiaretto5120

STATE ATTENTI...!!!
Questo quartetto crea dipendenza...!!!

@stevenwilliambaylessparks3730

2y↑8

Along with Take 5, an essential recording of what the Fifties sounded like to intellectuals around the world.

@Chicanery_Artifice

47w↑2

tip that fedora sir

@BeerGuy1050

15w

of all the great jazz in the 50's this is some of the weakest

@stevenwilliambaylessparks3730

15w

@@BeerGuy1050 Maybe you're right; nonetheless, it introduced many a lonesome soul into the infinite world of jazz.

@KanDoIt

Smashing! Those who grew up with this kind of music were really lucky. Cuz in our generation we have nothing as masterful as this.

@jeffraynes3660

That's why we have to keep reminding them of this kind of music and musicianship. 😀

@kurttoy5035

Along with Marian McPartland, Dave Brubeck is my favorite among classic jazz pianists. May his music live on forever!

@123agidee_2

4y↑4

Joe morello is probably my biggest drumming influence in jazz

@pobrepaco

8y↑6

Jazz at its best!!!!!

@alainperrieregenevincent54

3y↑3

C'est LE MORCEAU de référence pour tout musicien de jazz.
Je travaille ce morceau pour la guitare jazz.
Je l'ai re-écrit sur partition.

@kobebetty

5y↑1

I'm 26 its December 12th 2018 I'm hearing this magical music for the first time! How come this doesn't have more views?! It's a masterpiece

@andrewdeangelo1

1y↑2

It's been 4 years, how are you liking your journey through jazz? Lol

@kobebetty

@@andrewdeangelo1 loving it mate currently listening to Paul hardcastle

@anthonyhencher6190

this is thee very best,what more does one want,having this and more Dave QU when in my coffin. you bet your bottom dollar!!

@tacostein9786

I saw Dave Brubeck on Saint Martin in the early nineties and I was blown away! I only new the records, but to see them live was too much! Realy great! It was in the “La Belle Creole”. One of my fondsen memories!

@6infinity8

I used to play this at the orchestra. Still not tired of this exotic metric!

@charlesbarry971

44w↑5

One of the first jazz tunes in quintuple time.
Dave Brubeck was a genius.
On of the most innovative groups

@greywater3186

42w↑3

9/8

Take Five is in 5/4

@JazzizCafeLoveJazz

5y↑3

Amazing tune! Love it! Thanks for share it!
Dave Brubeck compuso "Blue Rondo à la Turk" inspirado por unos músicos turcos que escuchó en la calle y el inusual tema vio la luz en 1959 como parte de su álbum "Time Out". Un trabajo bastante experimental con siete temas publicado por Columbia Records, en el que el piano de Brubeck estaba acompañado por Eugene Wright al bajo, Joe Morello en la batería y el saxo de Paul Desmond, que compuso "Take Five" otra pieza fundamental del álbum. #cooljazz

@ezraong713

3y↑3

0:08 Demonstration of Rondo form.
0:18-0:23 Demonstration of the "Karsilama Rhythm".
0:44 Brubeck's alteration.
1:51 Transition into Blue's sax solo.
2:00 Varied phrasing.

@NindyPo

3y↑3

Because of Raditya Dika I go to check this and listen.. Its really nice ❤

@TaesaVerdi

1y↑3

This song just made me smarter

@user-gx4kw6mq3e

27w↑1

Obrigada por compartilhar este tesouro!!!!!!!!! som que toca na alma

@baldskits

He came to play my senior year in college. It was wonderful.

@jim.great.singer

2y↑1

What a great song, in a 12/8 time signature; so great.

@reformd6662

9/8 *

@jim.great.singer

@@reformd6662 Aah yes, thanks for the correction.

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