According to this work's composer, it was transcribed literally from the birdsong he heard while alone on an island one day.
According to this work's composer, it was transcribed literally from the birdsong he heard while alone on an island one day. In the first two minutes of this work, the saxophone twice does not play with the piano, bass and drums, but in the last four or five minutes, there is a saxophone solo followed immediately by a piano solo. The meter of this work, which is in 9/8 is grouped into a 2,2,2,3 pattern, but a "2,2,2" pattern occurs every fourth measure and is inspired by aksak meter. It features (*) Gene Wright and Joe Morello on bass and drums respectively. This song appears as the first track before "Strange Meadow Lark" on the album Time Out. For 10 points, name this jazz standard by David Brubeck, whose title puns on a Mozart work and refers to its Anatolian influences.
According to this work's composer, it was transcribed literally from the birdsong he heard while alone on an island one day.
"Blue Rondo a la Turk"