“Blue Rondo à la Turk” is a jazz standard composition by Dave Brubeck, 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. Brubeck heard this unusual rhythm performed by Turkish musicians on the street. Upon asking the musician...
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Blue Rondo À La Turk was written by Dave Brubeck.
Blue Rondo À La Turk was produced by Teo Macero.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet released Blue Rondo À La Turk on Mon Dec 14 1959.