Dave Brubeck Quartet - Blue Rondo a la Turk - AI remaster 2021

[@d.michaelpratt5987]

Each of the players in the Dave Brubeck Quartet was a superb musician. If you believe that the four were famous just because they played in unusual time signatures, just listen! Blue Rondo à la Turk is played in 9/8 time, a signature that I cannot even begin to fathom, but the music is absolutely gorgeous. A quartet for the ages! Hats off to the preservationists of this great performance.

[@ishrashad]

Iconic. Wonderful. And when I see these old clips it really bothers me that they pay so little attention to Joe Morello; Whose creative drumming and time signatures brought jazz into every living room and into mainstream music. Genius.

[@bernardwalker1874]

You have it almost right. It was Brubeck's unique time signature that popularized jazz, pushing it through to mainstream audiences.

[@dragoncarver287]

I have often wondered what Mozart would have thought, and then done with Jazz, or Blues or Boogie Woogie. I bet he wouldn't be able to compose fast enough. So much potential, so little time.

[@jorymil]

Joe was such a wonderful drummer. One of my favorites. You just have to look at how he holds his left stick; such touch on the snare.

[@jorymil]

Mozart was supposedly a fantastic improviser. Who knows if he'd have liked jazz or not, but he'd have done okay for himself. The goal when you're up there is to _not_ think: to know the basic music and your instrument so well that you're free to interact with everyone else. If you're thinking "Oh! I voice a G minor 7 like this," you're in trouble. Kind of like if you have to reach for a dictionary in the middle of a conversation, it kills it.

[@albertopa58]

Just an extraordinary piece. Love Paul Desmond playing sax.

[@martinabbate3599]

1960 14 years old. Purchased my first record. Time Out take 5 Up intill now the artist's visions were only in my head.Thank you.. I still have the LP.. This was inspired by the jukebox that was in the beat.Neck coffee shop down the street from my high school in lodi new jersey loaded with jazz records.. .

[@DonChingaso]

"What's the time signature, Dave?" Dave Brubeck: "Yes..."

[@jamessomma8226]

9/8

[@sipesthebest128]

What a treat to see (and hear) my favorite saxophonist of all.time - - Paul Desmond. A real pity he left us so early...

[@kcjazzcat7822]

The last concert I went with my father, before his passing, was Dave Brubeck at the Music Hall in Kansas City. Great show.

[@mattosborne5098]

This is my comfort music. When I think about going out to relax, this is what I want to hear. And so expertly played!

[@unnroolee]

Dave Brubeck's first question when auditioning musicians: "How many time signatures are you willing to play in ONE song?"

[@billc6087]

That first moment when they shift time signatures...always blows me away!

[@newnoggin2]

I tried to dance to this, but I ended up in the hospital.

[@mtc4him201]

😅🤣😂

[@lowend5566]

This is what Elaine Bennis was actually dancing to

[@borisbrinkmann]

2+2+2+3

[@analogdaniel]

​@@lowend5566😂

[@matherrjm]

I understand. It’s in9/8 time.

[@carlos-teran]

Simply beautiful. Congrats for a good remaster, I've seen the original and it's a lot of work to restore it.

[@j.haywire5841]

My dad bought this album and I, as an aspiring drummer, was forever changed. Saw Joe at a clinic in Baltimore and since I had studied his books, was foulish enough to ask, do you incorporate everything in your books while playing? Duh you think! What a drummers, drummer. Thank you Joe.

[@MugeM.1]

Adından kaynaklanan, Mozart'ın Türk marşından esinlendiğine dair bir yanlış yargı olsa da sanatçının bir dönem Türkiye'de bulunup sokak sanatçılarından esinlenmesi sonucu bu ismi verdiği eseridir

[@jamesdickenson1525]

One of the best jazz numbers I've ever heard. Brilliant!!!!

[@gsco82]

A piece of jazz history. I felt very fortunate to see Dave Brubeck play late in his career. He was a master of unconventional time signatures, as shown in this video.

[@derekmoss7286]

It was a Turkish rhythm he used...

[@mendynoma4272]

I remember seeing him perform this and “take five” about a week or two after I had attended a weeklong middle eastern music and dance seminar. I had a different perspective than most western audiences but still enjoyed his jazz.

[@germanmedicis625]

Dave is the only one who reads his sheet music. At the piano he is the center of the music, the one who coordinates, the one who directs, the one who creates. A genius.

[@Khayyam-vg9fw]

The sheets above the piano keyboard don't look like music notation but just ordinary handwritten lists/comments/notes or whatever. As far as I know, Dave Brubeck was not a strong reader of music notation.

[@germanmedicis625]

@@Khayyam-vg9fw Thanks for your reply. In any case, those papers in that place serve the pianist for something, unless it's the supermarket shopping list or something like that.

[@Khayyam-vg9fw]

@@germanmedicis625 I'd speculate that it's something like a set list.

[@georgesheffield1580]

But couldn't do it w/o Stan on that sax

[@tguit-fiddler5692]

@@germanmedicis625 maybe it was his shopping list, you don't know him, bro coulda just been hungry and waiting to get off work.

[@paulthomasunderwood]

I am old enough to remember Digby Wolfe. He was well spoken, along with other announcers. Stuart Wagstaff was another one who spoke clearly and distincly.🎉

[@trainliker100]

I was fortunate to see him twice in concert later in his life. One was much later, and he seemed rather weak and frail walking out to the piano. And then ... he started to play. Still full of energy and innovation and perfection.

[@Yowzoe]

1920-2012 !

[@Eduardomd54]

Brilliant ! ; 4 masters playing jazz !

[@sergioamayajr.5868]

I absolutely appreciate this wonderful composition. Thank you for posting it.

[@jamesconnors5653]

Superb. Morello is a giant.

[@larrymiller4]

I am so thankful I grew up on, among others, the Dave Brubeck Quartet. We often had the albums playing on the phonograph. I could never get enough of Dave's "block-y" style, and Paul Desmond has up until today been a major musical influence, including on my own guitar playing.

[@jamesewanchook2276]

Great at the top level of art!!!!

[@Saxymancan]

Demond’s ease of play and tone are simply staggering, mesmerising

[@blujay9191]

Couldn't agree more. A friend's dad told me that way back in the day there was talk about how his head was somehow perfectly sized and shaped for getting that pure tone. Like Stradivarius had a hand in making his skull. Gotta love that kind of talk from the 50s and 60s.

[@polbecca]

He always seemed to play with only the minimum amount of breath needed at any given time.

[@derekmoss7286]

One of our great jazz groups...

[@ricardoferrari5610]

Después de la intensidad de la intro, estos tipos preparan con ello un clima absoluto de tensión . Te llevan al límite en el que el oyente se pregunta: que viene después de semejante brutalidad armónica. De inmediato comienza la diversión y se encargan (con total maestría)de pasearte por diferentes paisajes sonoros.👌 Gracias!!👏👏👏👏👏

[@sammy2840]

Heard them on a record in ‘69! Have been a fan ever since! Unrivaled in their mastery of time signatures and advanced harmony! Just the best!

[@tomlehr861]

We just didnt rralize how good they were

[@sandyatkins6978]

I was introduced to this as a youth via Keith Emerson's version with the Nice. Going back to the original introduced me to a new world of music to me that I call cerebral jazz. This really expanded my musical universe.

[@writeract2]

Look how civilized the commentary, introduction beforehand and presentation was - so intellectual, civil, , cultural, dignified, sophisticaled and DECENT - unheard of today in ANYTHING!!!

[@valeriecarruthers7084]

Who was that announcer?

[@PeterTX]

​@@valeriecarruthers7084 Digby Wolfe

[@valeriecarruthers7084]

@@PeterTX THANK YOU!!

[@writeract2]

@@valeriecarruthers7084 I wish I knew but whoever it was we need to bring THAT kind of elevated, dignified intellectual civilized life BACK!!

[@Saxymancan]

Desmond’s playing, It’s just so apparently effortless, I’ve tried on numerous occasions to mimic his tone and fluid style to no avail, total legend

[@mjm5081]

Thank you for sharing! 🙏❤🌹 Paul Joe Dave Eugene 🌹❤🙏

[@lopezb]

Great version! I heard the record of his classic tunes at a friends' in the 60s, never owned it; but I like this much better, freer and just really really good.

[@clayauslewis4236]

Remember Digby Wolfe on Australian TV late 1960's. Very suave. I think my mother had a bit of a crush on him!

[@bradstephan7886]

Yes, those paintings were a perfect accompaniment. PS - Whenever I try to recall the name of this great song, it usually comes out something like Blue Turk a la Rondo.

[@Spyhook]

The tight restricted theme is an interesting study but how you relax when it flows like a bird

[@garytorresani8846]

Joe Morello made this song for me. An incredible tasteful drummer

[@genewilliams617]

Crazy how this was the "B" side of the Take Five '45'. Very nice back then to get 2 great songs on one 45 record.

[@dannyboy1731]

Great arrangement

[@sethwexler6910]

its the original way it was recorded. Not an arrangement. A little faster is all.

[@HankAndStuff64]

​@@sethwexler6910no, the middle portion with the saxophone and the piano is very different

[@osimnod]

Good grief, but what a complex piece of music! And yet the bass player is just chillin' in the background. Cool as a cucumber.

[@baconlatte]

hell yea

[@robertwoods1380]

A masterpiece and fully explained the artwork

[@robkuiters]

Mr. Desmond by far the best in town !!!............☘

[@frogandspanner]

With a minimal drum-set and subtly controlled drumming Morello punctuated the music to perfection.

[@billaveda6408]

Great musicians. The best.

[@notthatyouasked6656]

I saw Brubeck late in his career. Before starting this piece, he said that this one made his hands hurt. I can see why.

[@martinquarton184]

So good a band was named after the tune.

[@SKIPPERBIRDWOOD]

Wow! Channel 7 Sydney has fallen so far since programing like this.

[@alanc6781]

All channels have. I don't watch them.

[@dmorris61]

Nice work.

[@siza6993]

Hands up those who came here because of Keith Emerson!

[@user-qg2uf8jp3h]

yes indeed

[@alfching2499]

Not at All, Keith Richards

[@C.Chandler_May]

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[@alphascorpii185]

@@alfching2499 Keith Moon too, may be.

[@chrislane8466]

Keith Partridge.

[@profrodrigodornelles]

Thanks!

[@goodknight5861]

Brilliant !!

[@johnhawkins2777]

Superb stuff

[@anthonyalfredyorke1621]

Thanks for the wonderful music and have a great weekend. PEACE AND LOVE TO EVERYONE ❤❤.

[@richardmcnally2056]

Magnificent.

[@lowend5566]

I got flashbacks to the Propellerheads with that intro.

[@polbecca]

I've often wondered if this piece was an influence on the Rush song "Natural Science" whose main theme follows quite a similar pattern.

[@CharleyHolland]

You had me at Rush. Someone else mentioned this here. I think the answer is probably. A lot of it is shared passion for, and simply choice of alternative time signatures. If you're a band into that kinda thing in the 70s, Brubeck would have been a "must listen". Brubeck was influenced by Turkish music he heard. And so it goes: wheels within wheels.

[@brickalienproductions155]

love it

[@edgarcook9607]

Maybe I'd only say this 'cause I'm a drummer, but Mr. Morello is the most interesting musician here. Just DIG that left hand comping!

[@michaelkitchen5719]

A quartet working together. What more could you want?

[@HPHSGermany2010]

RIP Joe Morello

[@narosser]

Actually ashamed of myself as a quasi-music aficionado that I’d heard the Al Jarreau cover of this back in 1982 before ever hearing of this one. His take wasn’t bad in fact. Not as solid as the OGs here of course. 👌🏻

[@genewilliams617]

Difficult to top the originator. Al would have been a close second tho.

[@jeffreycollier1059]

More Joe Morello!!!

[@larrymiller4]

All drummers in the jazz world stop and pay homage at the shrine of Joe Morello.

[@Ronald-hx6zn]

Par excellence.

[@edcaouette8749]

Have Dave Brubeck goes to college. Great listen.

[@Pauley_in_GP]

Their understanding and mastery of music is awesome.

[@StratKruzer]

Awesome

[@divittokelly5603]

Love this piece. Jazz at its best.

[@siza6993]

Accountant bros thought to go for a gig after working a full day at the office.

[@Khayyam-vg9fw]

Pretty standard clothing for jazz musicians at the time.

[@edwardebel1847]

Don't forget the head CPA: Bill Evans...I once forgot his name while talking with a friend...I said, "You know, the accountant-looking guy..." My friend said, "Oh yeah, Bill Evans." You almost need that kind of mind to play in this league.

[@davew4998]

Nice!

[@ChrisB-ATHiker22]

Tight.

[@iadcrjca]

How did Paul get that glorious sound.

[@eveline1986]

Desmond the greatest

[@jenson3810]

But can he play Marry had a little lamb?

[@alliedfederalelectriccorp3469]

Got dam!🫡😎

[@SKIPPERBIRDWOOD]

It's a great record of them in their prime, and the footage is so clear. Old recordings of B&W TV are usually poor quality. How did you get it?

[@markstevenson6635]

Read the info in the header to find out

[@davidvernon3119]

Seems to me that they took off too fast and Paul Desmond struggled thru the first section to keep up

[@davidmccallum5732]

Hosted by Digby Wolfe. Nobody calls their kid Digby anymore - wonder why?

[@CharleyHolland]

When you think about it, man... Digby's a pretty hep name, Daddy-O.

[@mellilore]

Morello'a Ludwig drum kit interestingly seems to be a "Superbeat" one here (13"-16"-20" instead if his usual 13"-16"-22").

[@sethwexler6910]

Im surprised he didnt use an 18 inch bass drum. Wouldve never used a 22 for this group and music.

[@edgarcook9607]

I have never seen a "Superbeat" Ludwig outfit in the Ludwig catalogs from this era, and Ludwig never called them "Kits" in the 1960s! Perhaps the AI shrank the Bass drum. Or, it is just a Super Classic outfit with a 20" BD. The Jazzette would've come with an 18. Mel Lewis would use a 20" BD with calf heads, maybe Mr. Morello spoke with him.

[@edgarcook9607]

@@sethwexler6910 Back in the day, most guys would go with the 22.

[@mellilore]

@@edgarcook9607 8 lugs= 20" (and 18" as well) BD, 10 lugs= 22" BD (but also 24" and over), that as for WFL/Ludwig (to say, I've seen vintage 22" Leedy BDs with "only" 8 lugs) , so we can be pretty sure that's a 20". About the word "Kit", that's what we over Europe sometime use en lieu of "drumset". And finally yes, "Superbeat" never existed, it has become colloquial among enthusiasts and collectors for a mix of "Superclassic" toms (13" and 16") and "Downbeat" BD (20"), quite clearly a special order or a put together set.

[@ricktyler9453]

Liked t h e album version better, but anything they do is brilliant

[@AlanAuti]

Amazing! How did you achieve the enhancement of audio quality? I'm interested in trying to do this type of remasters myself....

[@CharleyHolland]

You need a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) or audio software. I use Logic Pro. Get some half-decent monitors. Listen to some great sounding recordings, then flip over to the music you're mastering, and try to adjust the various EQ controls until it sounds more like the reference track. Keep going backwards and forwards until it's as close as you can make it. You can also use the audio spectrum analyser, which is a visualisation of the music across the audio range. That might give you some clues... but ears are better. There's a function in Logic called Match EQ, which also can help you cheat a bit. There's plenty of remastering videos right here on KZbin. Good luck!

[@TomG-f4r]

Have your ai , make me some color posters of the background art

[@robcrockett3519]

Consumate musicianship.

[@brucekuehn4031]

Who is Al? What’s his last name? Small joke Paul Desmond holds pretty close to the regular version, but Dave makes some interesting excursions.

[@CharleyHolland]

Remaster. That is his last name. It's French, I think. Sometimes written "re' Master". Always pronounced: "Remma Stir". He was the conductor for the quartet, and was typically situated in the wings, stage left, in the eye-line of Dave.

[@foolishwatcher]

@@CharleyHolland Ah, yes. Monsieur Remaster. He was also the guy that mixed Dry Martini's for Paul to make sure that he always sounded like one.

[@sethwexler6910]

but live they wouldnt want to play it like the recording.

[@michaelayers3998]

Hey, it’s jazz. I’ve heard a number of recordings (both studio and live) of this and other Brubeck & Co numbers, and there are many variations, usually in the solos. Not uncommon.

[@brucekuehn4031]

On the big hit Take Five (written by Paul Desmond), with that ungainly 5/4 beat, the boys got better and better playing it after the famous recording. Some live versions are very fast and quite surprising.

[@mordachiapeargut]

Nice, but why did not AI clean up the cliches on the telercording.

[@CharleyHolland]

Because currently, the more AI filtering that is applied, the less real everything looks. I have the un-filtered version on my channel too, if you want to compare the differences.

[@joeoretti36]

Blame on myself , so much had to eat as novelty , modernism and the like , you name it , and not only in jazz but many others types of music , media gave us latest " talent " and you had to eat it aka buy records , see shows ...... Minute 3 on forwards it sounds like folk music from south Italy , with all my respect to south Italy s

[@dginia]

Audio sounds clipped out to me, especially Paul Desmond.

[@CharleyHolland]

I will ensure you receive a refund.

[@bjrinshore]

Different than their "Time Out" album...But that's Jazz. The Paintings add nothing to the briliance of the performance, I wonder who got paid to produce them.

[@davidlevy4901]

It’s on the time out album and it is an amazing piece of music

[@flashtheoriginal]

No close up of Gene... you bastards

[@paulpomme2502]

Desmond n'était pas dans un bon jour on dirait...

[@verkehrsteilnehmer-berlin]

The bass player doesn't wear glasses...

[@Zoltan-sb2hh]

Ez egy kicsit olyan mintha Kodály Zoltán írta volna 😁

[@chrischoir3594]

Did Rush steal this for Natural Science?

[@sethwexler6910]

lol

[@chrischoir3594]

@@sethwexler6910 you should check out Paul Gilbert's cover of this

[@boomerguy9935]

Everybody looks so intense except for Gene Wright who is just enjoying the ride!

[@melancholiac]

So relaxed that when he laughed with relief at the end of the Unsquare Dance recording, they kept it on the record.

[@greta3315]

Get better than this. Ever. Dare ya!!!!

[@eottoe2001]

Joe Morello is cooler than cool. The only one cooler is Gennaro Di Giacomo.

[@DonaldMerrit]

Is this jazz? My question is genuine.

[@CharleyHolland]

I think so. Brubeck's sound was simply one of many types of jazz, which took form just 50 years prior to this 1962 recording, and quickly diversified in many directions. Brubeck's music was comparatively studied, structured and accessible, which might not be to every jazz lover's liking... and that's the question you're probably actually asking here. I consider the popular music of Brubeck contemporary George Shearing to be jazzy, but not jazz. But either musician and their respective band members could smoke up some real stuff if they wanted to. They probably just couldn't make it pay.

[@TheHikuky]

There's not much fan for the ears there , beginning of the sphicodelc drugs...

[@alfredklek]

AI made Dave Brubeck have four chins, what the hell is wrong with you people?