The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Time Further Out

Time Out may be the best-selling and best-known of Brubeck’s “time” albums (and is still a great listen), but Time Further Out is my favorite, as it explores time signatures from 3/4 to 9/8, and the tunes memorable. Favorites on this disc are the 7/4 “Unsquare Dance”, “Far More Blues” and its companion “Far More Drums” (both in 5/4), and “Bluette” in 3/4. And if you listen closely, you’ll notice that the meter increases with each song: “Raggy Waltz” in alternating 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4-2/4 patterns, “Bluette” in 3/4, the next in 4/4, the “Far More…” songs in 5/4, and so on, up until the final tune which is in 9/8.