Time Changes Explained

Time Changes
Type:studio
Artist:The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Cover:Time_Changes_album-cover.jpg
Released:1964
Recorded:November 1963 at Columbia's 30th Street Studio, New York City
Genre:Cool jazz, West Coast jazz
Length:35:00
Label:Columbia
Producer:Teo Macero
Chronology:Dave Brubeck
Prev Title:At Carnegie Hall
Prev Year:1963
Next Title:Dave Brubeck in Berlin
Next Year:1964

Time Changes is a 1964 album by The Dave Brubeck Quartet, based upon the use of time signatures that were unusual in jazz music.

The whole second side of the album, the composition "Elementals", resulted from a relationship with Rayburn Wright, The Eastman School of Music and its "Arranger's Workshop" and an impending concert in Rochester, New York. It was Mr. Brubeck's first orchestral composition.

Overview

"Time Changes" is a continuation of Brubeck's hit albums Time Out, Time Further Out and Countdown—Time in Outer Space, exploring the elements of time in jazz and music, while extending itself into a "do-it-yourself" concerto, which comprises the whole of side two, with orchestral accompaniment.[1] The cover painting is by the internationally acclaimed American abstract painter Sam Francis.

Track listing

On the original vinyl LP:

Side A

  1. "Iberia" - 3:00
  2. "Unisphere" - 5:43
  3. "Shim Wha" - 4:03
  4. "World's Fair" - 2:45
  5. "Cable Car" - 3:00
  6. 'Theme From Elementals' - 3:09 (CD only)

Side B

  1. "Elementals" - 16:35

Personnel

All pieces composed by Dave Brubeck, except "Shim Wha" by Joe Morello. The album was recorded over various sessions that took place in November 1963.

Musical

External links and sources

Notes and References

  1. Original liner notes, Columbia LP CL 2127 –Ted Macero