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Strange Meadow Lark (ver. 1) by Dave Brubeck - Piano Sheets and Free Sheet Music

  
About the Song
Strange Meadow Lark is the second track on Side 1 of Time Out,a 1959 album (originally issued as CS 8192) by The Dave Brubeck Quartet, based upon the use of time signatures that were unusual for jazz (mainly waltz or double-waltz time, but also 9/8, and most famously 5/4). The style is a subtle blend of cool and West Coast jazz. Although the album was intended as an experiment (Columbia president Goddard Lieberson was willing to chance releasing it) and received negative reviews by critics upon its release, it became one of the best-known and biggest-selling jazz albums, reaching number two in the U.S. Billboard "Pop Albums" chart, and producing one single—Paul Desmond's "Take Five"—that reached number five in the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. In 2005, it was one of 50 recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry. It.    Download this sheet!
About the Artist
David Warren Brubeck (born December 6; 1920 in Concord; California); better known as Dave Brubeck; is an American jazz pianist. Regarded as a genius in his field; he has written a number of jazz standards; including -In Your Own Sweet Way- and -The Duke-. Brubeck-s style ranges from refined to bombastic; reflecting his mother-s attempts at classical training and his improvisational skills. Much of his music employs unusual time signatures.His long-time musical partner; alto saxophonist Paul Desmond; wrote the Dave Brubeck Quartet-s most famous piece; -Take Five-; which is in 5 4 time and has endured as a jazz classic. Brubeck experimented with time signatures through much of his career; recording -Pick Up Sticks- in 6 4; -Unsquare Dance- in 7 4; and -Blue Rondo la Turk- in 9 8. He also provided music for the TV animated miniseries -This Is America; Charlie Brown-. Strange Meadow Lark is the second track on Side 1 of Time Out,a 1959 album (originally issued as CS 8192) by The Dave Brubeck Quartet, based upon the use of time signatures that were unusual for jazz (mainly waltz or double-waltz time, but also 9/8, and most famously 5/4). The style is a.
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