Dave Brubeck - Unsquare Dance

Captain Farrell- My Mission to you: This needs to be incorporated in an amazing song.

[robertbrittenham]

Brubeck was a master! Great rhythms, great time signatures, great chords. Dave Brubeck was absolutely cool!

[omargiugiangiugia]

I've been having this in my head everyday for the last...like, two years. And i'm still like, "MOAR!!!"

[hughvane]

This used to drive my serious music students crazy when I asked them to foot shuffle to either the beat OR the rhythm. Some hilarious movements ensued. At a summer retreat I asked them to do a chain dance, kicking out one leg on the first beat. Chaos!

[fromthesidelines]

Recorded in May 1961, featuring Dave, Eugene Wright on bass, and Joe Morello on drums (Paul Desmond "sat out" this side, so this is essentially a "Trio" effort).

[trfesok]

I saw Brubeck at Yale a few years ago (2005, I think), performing his "Requiem" with a live choir and orchestra. He did this song as an encore and said that it became popular as a TV theme-- in Austria, I believe! Thanks for uploading!

[erikloggen]

The final accord PINGELEPANGELE PAMPOOM!!! HAHAHA laughing the COUNT

[emmettk]

 Unusual 7/4 time signature-
Clap along. Some people find it harder than others.

[lsmftymf]

Emma Thompson used this composition as the theme song for her 1988 BBC variety series Thompson.

[h.n.i.c]

0:23 it kinda sound like the Spiderman theme song

[Velociraptor]

they used this song in a tribute to Saul Bass and i thought it fit the style perfectly

[ChantMacleod]

No, it's 7/4. Says so in the liner notes for the album.

[sammyv]

Was this on a Picasso advert or something sure i've heard it before

[PsychedelicKiller]

Can somebody explain what type of Jazz is this and why and how did it develop? Thank you, much appreciated

[dos]

7/8, not 7/4, its a double time feel

[KE]

drum rhythm is very difficult to play.