Bru's Boogie Woogie - Dave Brubeck Quartet

Bru's Boogie Woogie - Dave Brubeck Quartet

2:27

Time Further Out, 1961

Written by Dave Brubeck

This song's album is supposedly a jazz interpretation of a Miro painting called "Calculation."  You could have fooled me.  This song is a upbeat number that swings with energetic rhythm.  I especially like the machine-gun piano run around the middle of the piece.  I don't know the first thing about time signatures and don't understand what Brubeck is doing when he plays with them, but I really like the results. 

Toki's Theme - Dave Brubeck Quartet

Toki's Theme - Dave Brubeck Quartet

2:08

Jazz Impressions of Japan, 1964

Written by Dave Brubeck

A sprightly, toe-tapping melody, with, as the album says, vague hints of Eastern music here and there.  It also sounds like it could be the theme to a spy thriller on TV.  The alto sax is the main line here, highlighting Brubeck's elegant piano riffs.  It's lively, it's staccato, it's over too quickly, really.