Blue Rondo A La Turk - Dave Brubeck

[dasianewman]

i really want to learn this on the piano. i wonder how long itll take me?

[grafonolafavorite]

far out

[lexusis220d]

a great piece of music.... i can't even tell, when i have heard him and his band here in hungary but the experienbce was revelative...

[jakitoh]

"i cant eat tuna fish anymore tuna fish anymore"... that's Paul Gilbert's 9/8

[TheJbeatsProductions]

123123123 my fav part..the climax lol

[pedro911212]

these are guys are the nerdiest but coolest guys ive ever seen. make the coolest music by far 

[FuyuAkiWorld]

Brubeck needs to collaborate with Arto Lindsay and James Chance!

[FuyuAkiWorld]

YES! 121212123!

[Akira0ws]

one two, one two, one two, three

one two, one two, one two, three

one two, one two, one two, three

one two, three, one two, three, one two, three

that's the thing

[mycarpultunnel]

Classic example of "awesome".

[Billysan291]

Final Fantasy VII!

[willstrick25]

how do you count this thing???!

[Rais661]

@willstrick25 It sounds like it's in 9/8 time?

[Strikerx20]

@willstrick25 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3= 9

[FuyuAkiWorld]

@Strikerx20 15, actualy

[nabulcar2613]

3:31 - Do you hear that sound of camera too?

Or am I just scarred by Blue Turkish March.

[sterlingflowers]

Love me some Brubeck

[RickyRenegade]

24 people tried to tap their foot in 4/4

[fatapf]

Just..... AMAZING

[orhunlan]

24 people are armenian :D

[alphanum001]

@orhunlan why do you say that? do armenians hate dave brubeck?

[sterlingflowers]

@alphanum001 Of course not, we just didn't realize until 1959 that the world existed in 4/4 time

[MrSudlow1]

Can you say final fantasy 7 battle theme?

[fauxman]

@MrSudlow1 almost. that's 3+3+2 in 8. Same type of thing though.

[Mephistel]

@MrSudlow1 You...are definitely onto something, there.

[Isaoibhinnliomceol]

Anyone think that Riverdance from Eurovision 1994 (about 4:23 on Eurovision) sounds a bit like the start of this?

[johndevittire]

@Isaoibhinnliomceol a lot of traditional irish music pieces like 'jigs'(or 'slip jigs' for the purpose of comparing to this song) are in triplet time signatures, 6/8 or 9/8 or whatever so they sometimes will sound similar to piece a like this. From a purist point of view riverdance isn't a strictly traditional irish song, but because it has influences in irish music or more specifically irish rythm, is probably why there are similarities!

[VitalSigns1]

Good rhythm but what's the deal with the piano? It sounds really fucked up

[2Slipperman]

Keith Emerson brought me here!

[ecc84]

The new Orleans New York Club

Wishes to announce

The opening of new sessions

And new feels Daddy-O

Dave Brubecks the swingingest

And I wish to say

Farewell to Al Smith

Hello Dave

Jack Kerouac

[iuyu123]

Have only heard the version by A J.

[Mallets87]

The piece "Vesuvius" of Frank Ticheli sounds like this... but, this piece is older. I don't remember that Ticheli mentioned it in his score.

[runescaper1333]

sounds like dream theater's constant motion

[ACDCLedZeppelin93]

@runescaper1333 It's impossible to make new music. There's simply so much that sounds the same lol.

[CrazyDave408]

All the taco and burrito comments are to help people count the beats. There are 2 syllables in taco (2 beats) and 3 in burrito (3 beats). It helps you count along with the time signature. Read the description then try it.

[shizzmogris]

Hot Route!

[jimicheesecake]

If you cant feel it, and you must count it. Try this: Taco, Taco, Taco, Burrito, Taco, Taco, Taco, Burrito, Burrito, Burrito. % rinse/repeat.

[tenorplayer1234]

@franklywright its just in 9/8 playing to the dotted quarter note.

[vannah113]

im dancing to this and im like blah x_x

[pyromegalomaniac]

notebook. check

ramen. check

Microsoft Word. running

youtube. running

Amazing music. check. Ok, time to start my most important essay of my junior year so far.

[marisa7reimu7]

19歳の頃、この曲をコピーしてました。今思えば当然悲惨な演奏­でした...が、懐かしくて聴いてしまいました。アップありがと­う。

[SplitYoWigBack]

incredible musicians, its a shame that we don't have a new generation of daves around.

[pyromegalomaniac]

@SplitYoWigBack Chalange excepted. Prepare for genius

[stevevandien]

Great stuff. Love the DBQ, past, present and future:) --

[coolraceralex]

TACO TACO TACO TACO BURRITO!!!

[GuichoSax]

@coolraceralex Hahahahahahahahahahahaha excellent!!

[GlobalPSPower]

@coolraceralex u went to Gab didnt you?

[snowsurferdude]

This song is great to listen to, but a pain to play haha. You 23 people dont know what your talkin about

[CjjRed38]

I have always loved Dave's "Blue Rondo a la Turk" and was recently in Turkey. To my amazement while having lunch I heard another rendition of "Blue Rondo a la Turk. To hear this in Turkey was so great! Just wish it had been Dave's recording.

[lohphat]

Serious question:

With non-standard meter and the nature of jazz being improvisational, how do you keep track of the meter progression during the piece? I'd get caught up with just focusing on keeping the procedural timing instead of improv (that's why I'm no jazz musician ;-) )

Do you abstract out the phrasing and passages as units and then connect them or does it just kind of fall together on its own? At some point it has to sink into the sub-conscious.

[elpudino]

@lohphat Brother, if you gots to count then you aint playin it right. Just feel the riff

[plantashes]

@lohphat The head of the song just falls into place. It's a repeptitive riff with a clear duration (changes from minor to major help with this.) As for the solo section...that's in 12/8 time, which makes things much more standard.

[Canaveral305]

@lohphat As a musician, I tend to just try and remember what the song sounds like, so I won't need to count the beat, but counting is sometimes necessary if the time signatures changes too often, if you have to improvise and there's no any particular groove, in case of polymeters or others.

This particular song is impossible to count because it's too fast, so it's easier to just go with the general feel of it. ("taco taco taco burrito...") Or at least, it is easier for me.

[chrisisgayha7]

@Canaveral305 it's just 4 and a half notes



[TheFearlessFreep]

I'm here because of Emerson, Lake, and Palmer.

[suitedaddyo]

Awesome! No doubt.

[jiminycricket69]

im here cuz this music is epic like Take 5. not cuz of final fantasy

[SpaceDyeDream]

The very roots of progressive rock and metal. Artists like Brubeck made numerical complexity itself sound extremely beautiful and natural in music.

[MrSeanchealsibuds]

23 people don't know how to count music

[iflambeaux]

@MrSeanchealsibuds BING BANG BOOM! a tuff hard count tricky change ups yet simplistic.

[progeo1992]

@MrSeanchealsibuds I don't know either, but I didn't click on the dislike button.

[bmc31190]

@MrSeanchealsibuds I like this piece.. but when I hear something I don't like it definitely isn't because I don't know how to count it.

[Rimbaud27]

No words, this man is a genius.

[Rangrok1k]

I love trying to get my friends to dance to this, and watch them fail to even tap their foot to the melody.

All while I bounce happily in the background as if it were 3 beats to the bar.

[Blue85828]

Awesome!

[henryhumperink]

I am getting a craving for mexican food all of a sudden from listening to this song

[evansawesomevideos17]

@henryhumperink Well that's odd because it's based off a Turkish and Balkan rhythm

[TheDeBoNinja]

raiders drum and bugle corps played this for our 2011 show "blueccentric".........this song is freakin epic <3

[hamiltonjsh]

came here because of fucking fantastic music!

[GOOCHMASTER15]

This entire album is a masterpiece

[akedibo]

Jazz = win.

[n3cr0x]

why are 90% of the related videos sexual?

[Mrwubz]

@n3cr0x have you listend to this?

[n3cr0x]

@Mrwubz yeah i have, the lyrics don't contain 'sexual' keywords to be fair. Now i look at the related video's and there are 0 videos of the sort...

[bibz93]

@n3cr0x Why not? :)

[Top10VideosnStuff]

cuba cuba cuba mexico cuba cuba cuba mexico

[Cubroncs03]

I don't know why, and never have... but my favorite part is at 0:50 when Desmond squeals... maybe it's because he did it in the recording studio and they printed the album with it anyway, but it's just fucking dynamite! It's like hearing a live show every time...

[DebbSaxx1]

For sure Desmond influenced my sax playing style. :)

[fuddy598]

@MrJammification @JAWZxz i think we all need to calm down a tad ;) don't know how you can get so angry when listening to this music!

[flakeyF00nt]

boy these cats can really play the blues!

[TheQTWolf]

halva halva halva baklava,

halva halva halva baklava

halva halva halva baklava,

baklava baklava baklava!

let's do it right, eh?

[14paittst]

@TheQTWolf  Fantastic! Haha!

[goodnamepending]

I'm going to get a taco. This better be top comment when I get back!

[giane911]

FINAL FANTASY VII battle theme

[MrJammification]

@giane911 Nothing like it i swear :o

[CopperheadViper]

9\8 time

[Dropkickewok]

Bitches stay bitches. 

[tryapps]

I had this album at 15 and listened to it over and over weekly ... I was a young drummer following Morello but became passionate about the whole quartet!

[watoowatootheband]

Wooow.

[desfrias]

Forget silly tabs and notations, they should just print out the time signatures of this maze!

[lazyeddie04]

Joey Pero does a nice version of this.

[Zeo08]

i maybe wrong but which Final Fantasy Game was this song in, cuz i cant remember but all i kno is i hear and see it everytime this song plays, can someone help me please,

[darkssj2]

anyone else came here cuz of final fantasy 7 thumbs up.

[HH444]

@darkssj2 what does this have anything to do with ff7?

[darkssj2]

@HH444 the final fantasy 7 battle theme was based off of this song.

[SamuraiMasenko]

@darkssj2

The theme from FFIX when you have to escape the forest is based off of this, too.

[darkssj2]

@SamuraiMasenko cool

[Haptacular2093]

@darkssj2 I didn't. But all the same, the Brubeck Quartet is BOSS!

[savaqerq2]

taco burrito???? what happend to apple apple apple pineapple

[KICKFOREFATHERS]

@savaqerq2 I agree, apple apple apple pineapple it's the key

[50cal1968]

@savaqerq2 I learned this apple apple apple pineapple.

[jonjo12321]

AAAAHHHHH DROPKICKEWOK IS EXPOSED!!!!

The same comment is found 6 months before his on the video by buciodalla.

[jonjo12321]

love the swing parts.

[Zell666Dincht]

wtf with all those taco burrito comments???

[theragmanme]

@Zell666Dincht

It's a way to remember how the rhythm goes:

ta-co ta-co ta-co bur-it-o

[enricoshyster]

@Zell666Dincht taco, taco, taco, burrito :D

[ET11495]

Wedding Crashers brought me here.

[MrDirtyratmiller]

Burger burger burger tater chip.

[raewantscoffee]

Okay... I've heard this in a movie or a TV show or something. Anyone know what it is or how to figure it out??

[BateristaDeTucson]

oops! Joe*

[BateristaDeTucson]

Great song.  The Great Jo Morello on drums! Syncopation, time keep, and drive.....superb.

[lilsabin]

final fantasy theme song

[BASSHEAD89030]

there the reason why i want to wear glasses!

[MatemathicsMusic]

im 11 and i love this song ironic im not into the all the new crap haha

[JAWZxz]

@MatemathicsMusic Wow thats sooooooo cool dude, nobody actually cares how old you are, shut the fuck up.

[MrJammification]

@JAWZxz Wow, you just hit a new low. He wasn't boasting, just making a point. Shut up.

[JAWZxz]

@MrJammification He wasn't boasting, just seeking attention. Kids need to grow the fuck up, nobody cares how old they are, I listened to this when I was eleven, doesn't make me special.

[MrJammification]

@JAWZxz No he wasn't seeking attention you see, it's good to see another jazz lover at a young age. Why are you being so hard on him?

[JAWZxz]

@MrJammification I don't care if he's 5, nobody needs to see idiotic posts telling everyone how strange it is that they like X type of music, it's on every genre of music other than pop and everyone's sick of it.

[acamos3339]

Actually, the name is a play on a composition by Mozart named "Rondo Alla turka". This one belongs in the same league.

[jkid1134]

I just realized that I'm listening to a band that's 4 times older than me. They have certainly stood the test of time.

[darksideguy]

Why can't today's hipsters be into jazz like their predecessors.

[Heavymetalgamer28]

@darksideguy

Because jazz is too mainstream :P

[RickyRenegade]

I think Im gunu start using this song as a drumline warmup

[swaydy]

@LimboShrimp

I bet these 'nerds' earns more than you.

[LimboShrimp]

1:12

Look at all them nerds. This is what nerds did before computers existed.

Way cool.

[minnesotafan117]

@LimboShrimp

how does having glasses make them nerds?

[mrgalaxia12]

@LimboShrimp they were not nerds, they were hipsters, cool jazz. it was hip

[AllBobsAllTheTime]

@LimboShrimp Good point - cool jazz was kind of the ultimate in nerdiness back then.

[LimboShrimp]

@AllBobsAllTheTime Haha, it was mostly a joke. I was poking fun at the fact that they all wear thick glasses and are intelligent enough to play good jazz. If anything, calling someone a nerd is a compliment (essentially accusing them of being smart). Note that the definition of "nerd" and "geek" are quite different, although one may be both. I consider myself a little nerdy as well.

[AllBobsAllTheTime]

@LimboShrimp Cool jazz was actually called much worse when it emerged around the mid-century point. The hard boppers referred to cool as "faggoty white jazz" even though many blacks such as Miles and Trane were also into it.



[LimboShrimp]

@AllBobsAllTheTime HAHAHAHA! Awesome.

[RatKrazee]

now THIS si jazz.

[retrohuntersjr]

omg you guys are all fucking retards

[padleynj]

i hate reading the comments below. you are just a bunch of morons!!!

[craigguitar22]

nice , working on a guitar trancription of this by Doug Niedt

[fringedweller007]

take 5 is nice and accesable (sic) but this is more what Dave is about. this is much more serious jazz.

[colourfulwithaU]

@fringedweller007

1) Dave didn't write Take 5

2) Take 5 is very serious jazz

[meloncolopolis]

@colourfulwithaU Wrong.

[colourfulwithaU]

@meloncolopolis

Trollolol

[meloncolopolis]

@fringedweller007 Wrong.

[waters965]

desmond realy gets to the point in his solo with this, love Wright's, Morello's way of staying out of it and still be right there if you listen. All of them are with Motzart as far as i am concerned.

[BeowulfVids]

Sorry, It was 142/8 and don't ask me, ask Karlheinz Stockhausen.

[KeitelStevele]

12 34 56 789

12 34 56 789

12 34 56 789

123 123 123

[FinalFreak16]

1:20 ................. Omg...

[doobot]

Probably just being aware of what had been before and what was being done concurrently influenced Brubeck's music greatly. Like pop-artists with abstract expressionism.

[crimsonhawk52]

@PHSMustangSAXPlayer I didn't specify what you said sooo idk what you're disagreeing about. His style of playing is still not close to Parker or Coltrane. Coltrane was very advant garde. Bird was Hard Bop of New York. The Dave Brubeck 4tet was completely West Coast, more like Chet Baker and Stan Getz. In fact, Paul Desmond collaberated with Chet Baker at one point. In conclusion, you are dumb.

[CTPAXRU]

@crimsonhawk52 like it for the last statement lol

[bassxhippiexlife]

This reminds me of the clapping in 15 step.

[BeowulfVids]

@taihapernike, There was a song written in 104/16. Count that.

[BPhoenixProductions]

@BeowulfVids

there's no reason it can't be 26/4

[Juicefani11]

The slow parts have a great bass-line and the drum pattern sounds like someone is snooping around in a house in a ninja-costume at night.. :D

[beatlefan101]

I cannot get "Taco Taco Taco Burrito" out of my head now....

[PHSMustangSAXPlayer]

Sax soloist sounds like the perfect mix between Coltrane and Charlie Parker

[lugonniii]

@PHSMustangSAXPlayer That would be Paul Desmond.

[crimsonhawk52]

@PHSMustangSAXPlayer no? maybe stan getz, but defs not bird and coltrane

[PHSMustangSAXPlayer]

@crimsonhawk52 i didnt say he was... but the style of playing that he has developed shares characteristics with that of both Coltrane and Bird...

[DanielProctor775]

You hear something new every time.

[enoorkoiv]

Just pure brilliance!

[reclaimor117]

FF7 battle theme

[SLAIEH]

MAGIQUE !!!

[hapzap13]

This is sooooo cool.

[ninja2198]

best taco burrito comments ive ever heard you guys are hilarious

[Peartnoy518]

Reminds me of some dream theater riffs.

[BlueSaphire70]

These are some cool cats! I love it!

[idioticscheme666]

I always compare Dave Brubeck and Herb Alpert. But I just realized both of them cannot be matched with each other!

[farolero54]

Ademas de Take 5, esta obra es sublime, por su variedad rítmica y la improvisación que tiene el Alto y el Piano..

VAMOS A DISFRUTAR DE ESTA OBRA.

[guitarsteve619247]

Actually, I heard the name comes from the way the song is organized. It's organized in rondo form. which is repeating sectons with a solo like section. Like ABA ABA CDCD ABA. And "blue" being a description of a jazz tune. blue rondo a la turk. It's spoof of the name of the piece "turkish march" by mozart.

[Rasts]

GOD DAMN IT CAN NOT UN HEAR TACO BURRITO