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Time Further Out

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Time Further Out
Studio album by
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
ReleasedNovember 1961
RecordedMay & June 1961
GenreCool jazz, West Coast jazz
Length37:02
LabelColumbia/Legacy
ProducerTeo Macero
The Dave Brubeck Quartet chronology
Near-Myth
(1961) 		Time Further Out
(1961) 		Brandenburg Gate: Revisited
(1961)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

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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

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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

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All pieces composed by Dave Brubeck.

Side one

  1. "It's a Raggy Waltz" (3
    4    ) – 5:12
  2. "Bluette" (3
    4    ) – 5:21
  3. "Charles Matthew Hallelujah" (4
    4    ) – 2:52
  4. "Far More Blue" (5
    4    ) – 4:38

Side two

  1. "Far More Drums" (5
    4    ) – 4:00
  2. "Maori Blues" (6
    4    ) – 3:54
  3. "Unsquare Dance" (7
    4    ) – 2:00
  4. "Bru's Boogie Woogie" (8
    8    ) – 2:28
  5. "Blue Shadows in the Street" (9
    8    ) – 6:35

Charts

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Review: Time Further Out". Allmusic. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
  2. ^ Down Beat: April 12, 1962 Vol. 29, No. 8, p. 26
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ "Calculation 1925 by Joan Miro | Oil Painting Reproduction Replica on Canvas".
  5. ^ a b "Chart & Awards: Time Further Out". Allmusic. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
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