Time Changes

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

Time Changes
Studio album by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
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
Dave Brubeck chronology
At Carnegie Hall (1963) Time Changes (1964) Dave Brubeck in Berlin (1964)

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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. 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

• Dave Brubeck — piano
• Paul Desmond — alto saxophone
• Eugene Wright — bass
• Joe Morello — drums
• Rayburn Wright — orchestra conductor
• Fred Plaut, Robert Waller — recording engineers

External links and sources

• https://web.archive.org/web/20121216140255/http://www.davebrubeck.com/live/ davebrubeck.com
• http://www.jazzdisco.org/dave-brubeck/catalog/album-index/ Brubeck discography