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The piece is sometimes incorrectly assumed to be based on the Mozart composition "[[Rondo alla Turca]]". In 2003, during an interview, Dave Brubeck commented that "I should've just called it 'Blue Rondo', because the title just seemed to confuse people."{{citation needed|date=August 2010}}


==Derivative pieces==
==Derivative pieces==
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Later, Emerson folded the melody into the 14-minute "Finale (Medley)" on the 1993 [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]] release ''[[Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Emerson, Lake and Palmer album)|Live at the Royal Albert Hall]]'', as well as improvisations on "[[Fanfare for the Common Man]]". Those medleys also included themes from other well-known tunes including "[[America (West Side Story song)|America]]" from ''[[West Side Story]]'', "[[Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565|Toccata and Fugue in D]]", and "[[Flight of the Bumblebee]]".
Later, Emerson folded the melody into the 14-minute "Finale (Medley)" on the 1993 [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]] release ''[[Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Emerson, Lake and Palmer album)|Live at the Royal Albert Hall]]'', as well as improvisations on "[[Fanfare for the Common Man]]". Those medleys also included themes from other well-known tunes including "[[America (West Side Story song)|America]]" from ''[[West Side Story]]'', "[[Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565|Toccata and Fugue in D]]", and "[[Flight of the Bumblebee]]".


Emerson frequently used "Rondo" as a closing number during live performances throughout his career. Also, Genesis based the song "The Knife" on this one by The Nice.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Knife_(song)</ref>
Emerson frequently used "Rondo" as a closing number during live performances throughout his career.

French singer [[Claude Nougaro]] used this composition as a musical foundation for his song "À bout de souffle".{{citation needed|date=June 2015}}

The song "Vesuvius" by [[Frank Ticheli]] borrows a motif from "Blue Rondo".{{citation needed|date=June 2015}}

The opening bars of Blue Rondo are quoted at length by pianist Albert Gianquinto in "Midnight Creeper," a 1967 live performance by blues harmonica player [[James Cotton]], included on the album ''The Montreal Sessions''.{{citation needed|date=June 2015}}


== Renditions ==
== Renditions ==
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* [[Claude Nougaro]] who also wrote the French lyrics (1965)
* [[David Benoit (musician)|David Benoit]], [[jazz fusion]]/[[smooth jazz|contemporary jazz]] pianist, covered the song on two of his albums: 2006's ''Standards''<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r840559|pure_url=yes}}|title=Standards overview|work=[[AllMusic]].com}}</ref> and 2008's ''Heroes''<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1384320|pure_url=yes}}|title=Heroes overview|work=[[AllMusic]].com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/albums/Heroes/|title=Heroes : David Benoit : Concord Music Group|work=[[Concord Records|Concord Music Group]]}}</ref>
* [[David Benoit (musician)|David Benoit]], [[jazz fusion]]/[[smooth jazz|contemporary jazz]] pianist, covered the song on two of his albums: 2006's ''Standards''<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r840559|pure_url=yes}}|title=Standards overview|work=[[AllMusic]].com}}</ref> and 2008's ''Heroes''<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1384320|pure_url=yes}}|title=Heroes overview|work=[[AllMusic]].com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/albums/Heroes/|title=Heroes : David Benoit : Concord Music Group|work=[[Concord Records|Concord Music Group]]}}</ref>
* [[Al Jarreau]]'s version from the 1981 album ''[[Breakin' Away (album)|Breakin' Away]]'' contains added lyrics.
* [[Al Jarreau]]'s version from the 1981 album ''[[Breakin' Away (album)|Breakin' Away]]'' contains added lyrics.
* [[Richard Clayderman]] instrumental cover on ''Light Classics''
* [[Project Trio]] on ''Project Trio''
* [[Canadian Brass]] on ''[[Swingtime!]]''
* [[Canadian Brass]] on ''[[Swingtime!]]''
* [[Marcel Dadi]] with classical guitar on ''Guitar Memories''
* [[Sergey Kuryokhin]] on "Some combinations of fingers and passion" (as "A Combination Of Power And Passion (Blue Rondo A La Russ)")
* The Italian rock progressive band [[Le Orme]] on the single "{{Interlanguage link multi|Blue rondo a la turk/Concerto n. 3|it}}" published in 1973
* [[Paul Gilbert]] on his 2012 album ''[[Vibrato (album)|Vibrato]]''
* [[Paul Gilbert]] on his 2012 album ''[[Vibrato (album)|Vibrato]]''


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This article is about the jazz standard composition. For the 1980s English band, see Blue Rondo à la Turk (band).
"Blue Rondo à la Turk"
Instrumental by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
from the album Time Out
Recorded1959
GenreJazz
Length6:44
LabelColumbia
Composer(s)Dave Brubeck

"Blue Rondo à la Turk" is a jazz standard composition by Dave Brubeck. It appeared on the album Time Out in 1959. It is written in 9
8 time, with one side theme in 4
4, and the choice of rhythm was inspired by the Turkish aksak time signatures.[1] It was originally recorded by the Dave Brubeck Quartet with Dave Brubeck on piano, Paul Desmond on alto saxophone, Eugene Wright on bass, and Joe Morello on drums.

History

Brubeck heard this unusual rhythm performed by Turkish musicians on the street. Upon asking the musicians where they got the rhythm, one replied "This rhythm is to us what the blues is to you." Hence the title "Blue Rondo à la Turk."[2]

Rhythm of "Blue Rondo à la Turk": the arrows on the tempo dial show the tempi for ♪, ♩, ♩. and the measure beat. Starts slow, and speeds up to approximate the tempo of "Blue Rondo à la Turk".

The rhythm is an additive rhythm that consists of three measures of 2+2+2+3 followed by one measure of 3+3+3 and the cycle then repeats. Taking the smallest time unit as eighth notes, then the main beats are:

♩ ♩ ♩ ♩. | ♩ ♩ ♩ ♩. | ♩ ♩ ♩ ♩. | ♩. ♩. ♩. |

Derivative pieces

Keith Emerson used this piece (uncredited) as a foundation of his "Rondo" beginning when he was with progressive rock band the Nice, using it on the album The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack. Emerson's version was in 4
4 time and Brubeck, meeting with Emerson in 2003, described it to him as "your 4/4 version which I can't play." Emerson, a great admirer of Brubeck, took this to mean that Brubeck preferred his own version, as Brubeck would have had no difficulty in playing Emerson's interpretation.[3]

Later, Emerson folded the melody into the 14-minute "Finale (Medley)" on the 1993 Emerson, Lake & Palmer release Live at the Royal Albert Hall, as well as improvisations on "Fanfare for the Common Man". Those medleys also included themes from other well-known tunes including "America" from West Side Story, "Toccata and Fugue in D", and "Flight of the Bumblebee".

Emerson frequently used "Rondo" as a closing number during live performances throughout his career.

Renditions

References

  1. ^ "The Music of Dave Brubeck". academy.jazz.org. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016.
  2. ^ Hedrick Smith. "Rediscovering Dave Brubeck". PBS.
  3. ^ Emerson, Keith. "Meeting Mr. Brubeck Again". Official Keith Emerson Website. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Standards overview". AllMusic.com.
  5. ^ "Heroes overview". AllMusic.com.
  6. ^ "Heroes : David Benoit : Concord Music Group". Concord Music Group.
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