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If one were to describe a generic jazz composition, perhaps it would be 32 bars long, in the key of F, with a 4/4 time signature, and arranged for 5 or 6 players. While many a jazz chart would match this description, the musical tapestry of jazz offers so much more. In this hour, we will explore jazz that is in a variety of uncommon, i.e. not 4/4, time signatures. Stat tuned for the sounds of 3/4, 7/4, 10/4, 11/4, 9/8, 22/8, and even the bizarre 3-2/3 / 4 time.
Artist | Track | Album |
Dave Brubeck | Unsquare Dance | Time Further Out |
Dave Brubeck | Eleven Four | Countdown — Time in Outer Space |
Don Ellis | Upstart | Jazz in 3-2/3 / 4 Time |
Don Ellis | Whiplash | Soaring |
Bob Curnow's L. A. Big Band | The First Circle | The Music of Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays |
Snarky Puppy | Flood | Tell Your Friends |
Stan Kenton | Time for a Change | Kenton '76 |
Max Roach | Lover | Jazz in 3/4 Time |
Charles Earland | Sheila | Unforgettable |