Dave Brubeck - Blue Rondo à la Turk free for downloading

The roots of prog rock music

The most abrupt yet harmoniously positioned transitions in all jazz.

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

"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 9/4 time signature while in Morocco. The beat count is 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2-3.  Yum!

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.

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

It has classıc Turkish music time signature 9/8.

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.

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

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.

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.  :)

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

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.

Great quality recording. Still fresh sounding 57 years later.

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

Nas' Jereau of Rap brought me here.

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