Time Further Out
| Time Further Out | ||||
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| Released | November 1961 | |||
| Recorded | May & June 1961 | |||
| Genre | Cool jazz, West Coast jazz | |||
| Length | 37:02 | |||
| Label | Columbia/Legacy | |||
| Producer | Teo Macero | |||
| The Dave Brubeck Quartet chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Down Beat (Original Lp release) |  [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Time Further Out (subtitled Miró Reflections) is a jazz studio album by the Dave Brubeck Quartet released by Columbia Records in November 1961. It features the "classic" lineup of the quartet: pianist and leader Dave Brubeck, alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, bassist Eugene Wright, and drummer Joe Morello. The album was recorded by engineer Fred Plaut and produced by Teo Macero.
Overview[edit]
Time Further Out continues the Quartet's exploration of unusual time signatures that began on their 1959 album Time Out. The tracks are ordered by the number of beats per bar: "It's a Raggy Waltz" and "Bluette" are in 3
4; "Charles Matthew Hallelujah", a tribute to Brubeck's newborn son, is in 4
4; "Far More Blue" and "Far More Drums" are in 5
4; "Maori Blues" is in 6
4; "Unsquare Dance" is in 7
4; "Bru's Boogie Woogie" is in 8
8; and "Blue Shadows in the Street" is in 9
8. The time signature of each song is listed on the cover of the album (where they are referred to as "tempos").
Cover art[edit]
Echoing its predecessor Time Out (whose cover featured a painting by S. Neil Fujita), Time Further Out also features a piece of abstract modern art on its cover, this time by the surrealist Catalan artist Joan Miró. The work depicted on the cover is Miró's 1925 painting Calculation.[4] In his liner notes, Brubeck says the album is a "jazz interpretation" of the painting, and was conceived as a "blues suite".
Track listing[edit]
All pieces composed by Dave Brubeck.
Side one
- "It's a Raggy Waltz" (3
4) – 5:12 - "Bluette" (3
4) – 5:21 - "Charles Matthew Hallelujah" (4
4) – 2:52 - "Far More Blue" (5
4) – 4:38
Side two
- "Far More Drums" (5
4) – 4:00 - "Maori Blues" (6
4) – 3:54 - "Unsquare Dance" (7
4) – 2:00 - "Bru's Boogie Woogie" (8
8) – 2:28 - "Blue Shadows in the Street" (9
8) – 6:35
Charts[edit]
In the United States, the album peaked at #8 on the Billboard 200.[5] On the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, "Unsquare Dance" peaked at #74.[5]
Personnel[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Yanow, Scott. "Review: Time Further Out". Allmusic. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
- ^ Down Beat: April 12, 1962 Vol. 29, No. 8, p. 26
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ "Calculation 1925 by Joan Miro | Oil Painting Reproduction Replica on Canvas".
- ^ a b "Chart & Awards: Time Further Out". Allmusic. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
