of all the jazz i've been listening to, which really isn't to much, i've really come to appreciate dave brubeck's work the most. maybe it's because it's what i first really started paying attention too. my dad's friend, an older guy, piano player and tuner, recommended brubeck to me when we started discussing odd time signatures in music. so i gave it a listen. the track "blue rondo a la turk" on the album "time out" is a masterpeice. it's got it's hectic upbeat tune to start out and progresses into a very powerful driving composition and then, bam, dave drops into walking bass line jazz leaving hints of what was just happening and then fully immersing the listener in a cool groove, while clashing, it sounds so perfect, then once you think you've got it, the cool groove explodes back into the up-tempo composition it once was. what a great song. i need to transfer this vinyl record, along with my other vinyls to digital format.
