William's Song a Day Blog - est. September 2007

From: Time Out ; Year: 1959; Genre: Cool Jazz Yesterday I found out that legendary jazz great and bandleader Dave Brubeck passed away at the age of 91, a write up can be found here on BBC.com . While I'm not really a fan of the jazz sub-genre that is "cool jazz" I absolutely love Dave Brubeck's work in it; him and his quartet were simply amazing. Anyway, this song, of course, comes off his landmark Time Out album, and as with all of the other material on it, it features odd time signatures. Three to Get Ready bounces back and forth between a waltz 3/4 and a straight-up 4/4. When they are playing in the 3/4 waltz time it almost sounds like classical music and goes into the syncopated jazz feel in the 4/4. Hear Three to Get Ready on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Rammstein - Rammstein My song pick two years ago today: The Steve Miller Band - You Send Me My song pick three years ago today: Frijid Pink - House of the Rising Sun My song pic...

1304 The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five From: Time Out, Year: 1959 Yesterday I found out that Dave Brubeck Quartet drummer Joe Morello passed away and I figured it would be a good time to add one of their tracks to my list; this is probably one of the most popular tracks which he played on. This album: Time Out is mostly known for the songs with odd time signatures, which gave it a lot of distinction; this song in particular employs a 5/4 time signature. While I've never been a huge fan of Cool Jazz, I've always had an appreciation for Dave Brubeck's work, which this is a shining example of. Hear Take Five on YouTube. Watch a television performance on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Rammstein - Ich Tu Dir Weh My song pick two years ago today: Damn Yankees - Coming of Age My song pick three years ago today: Bread - Mother Freedom +