| Brubeck Time | |
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| Studio album by The Dave Brubeck Quartet | |
| Released | February 14, 1955 |
| Recorded | October 12–14 and November 10, 1954 30th Street Columbia Studios, New York |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Length | 40:00 |
| Label | Columbia CL 622 |
| Producer | George Avakian |
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| Allmusic | [1] |
Brubeck Time is a jazz album by The Dave Brubeck Quartet. It was recorded in 1954 and originally released in 1955 under the Columbia label as CL 622. According to a 1955 letter written by Avakian to Brubeck, the cover was "designed around the Boris Artzybasheff painting which was on Time magazine's cover of November 8th".
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Most of the pieces in the album are old standards revisited by the quartet. There are two original compositions, though: "Audrey" and "Stompin' for Mili".
This piece was meant to contrast the excitement of "Stompin' For Mili." Brubeck recalls the recording of the piece in a 1955 letter:" 'I would like,' said Gjon [Mili], closing his eyes and raising his hand expressively, 'I would like to see Audrey Hepburn come walking through the woods.' 'Gee,' said Paul wistfully, 'So would I.' 'One,' I said, noticing the glazed expression about Paul's eyes 'two, three, four'. And we played it. Hence, the title."
The piece is a 12-bar blues in the key of B-flat minor; however, the melody of "Balcony Rock," an improvised blues in B-flat Major, recorded on Jazz Goes to College, is used to conclude "Audrey."
There is an "alternate take," released as "Makin' Time," that is rarely heard. It was released on a Columbia compilation LP called I Like Jazz! around 1955.[2]
This song was recorded for photographer Gjon Mili. Mili had agreed very reluctantly to film the Quartet at work, and the band felt "on pretty shaky ground" at the session. Their first attempt to record was, as a result, very tentative, and Mili's dismissive pronouncement after this "take" made Brubeck's "blood [begin] to boil." The resulting second "take," heard on the album, was an "expression of rage and frustration."[3]
The piece was an improvisation on the chord progression to "Oh, Lady Be Good!"
Tracks 1, 2, 7 recorded on October 12, 1954; tracks 5, 8 recorded on October 13; tracks 3, 4 recorded on October 14; track 6 recorded on November 10, 1954.
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