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Al Kindi: Parfums Ottomans

by Chris May
January 4, 2012

Al KindiParfums OttomansLe Chant du Monde2012 (2007) Pianist Dave Brubeck and his quartet's exploration of “exotic" time signatures on the 1959 album Time Out (Columbia) was, for its era, strikingly adventurous. The disc's opening track, “Blue Rondo A La Turk," was in 9/8, and “Take Five" was in 5/4. More crazy than adventurous, thought Columbia's executives. They believed the jazz public would be baffled by the time signatures and, for almost ...