Time Further Out


Time Further Out is a 1961 studio album by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. It features the "Classic Quartet": pianist Dave Brubeck, alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, bassist Eugene Wright, and drummer Joe Morello. The album was recorded by engineer Fred Plaut and produced by Teo Macero.

Overview

Time Further Out continues the Dave Brubeck Quartet's exploration of unusual time signatures that began on their 1959 album Time Out. The tracks are ordered by the number of beats per bar, starting with "It's a Raggy Waltz" and "Bluette" in 3/4; "Charles Matthew Hallelujah", a tribute to his newborn son, in 4/4; "Far More Blue" and "Far More Drums" in 5/4; "Maori Blues" in 6/4; "Unsquare Dance" in 7/4; "Bru's Boogie Woogie" in 8/8; and concluding with "Blue Shadows in the Street" in 9/8. The time signatures are listed on the album's cover, where they are referred to as "tempos".

Cover art

Echoing its predecessor Time Out, Time Further Out also features modern artwork on its cover, this time by Catalan-Spanish artist Joan Miró. The work depicted on the cover is Miró's 1925 painting "Calculation".

Track listing

All pieces were composed by Dave Brubeck.
  1. "It's a Raggy Waltz" – 5:12
  2. "Bluette" – 5:21
  3. "Charles Matthew Hallelujah" – 2:52
  4. "Far More Blue" – 4:38
  5. "Far More Drums" – 4:00
  6. "Maori Blues" – 3:54
  7. "Unsquare Dance" – 2:00
  8. "Bru's Boogie Woogie" – 2:28
  9. "Blue Shadows in the Street" – 6:35
The 1996 CD reissue adds the following tracks:
  2. "Slow and Easy " – 3:29
  3. "It's a Raggy Waltz" – 6:37

    Charts

The album charted, peaking at #8 on the Billboard 200. The track "Unsquare Dance", taken from the album, cracked the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #74.

Personnel