Time Further Out
Time Further Out (subtitled Miro Reflections on the album cover) is a jazz studio album by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Recorded and released in 1961 on the Columbia label, the album features the lineup of the "Classic Quartet": pianist and leader Dave Brubeck, alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, bassist Eugene Wright, and drummer Joe Morello. The album was recorded by engineer Fred Plaut and produced by Teo Macero. Overview. "Time Further Out" continues the Dave Brubeck Quartet's exploration of unusual time signatures that began on their 1959 album "Time Out". The tracks are ordered by the number  of beats per bar, starting with "It's a Raggy Waltz" and "Bluette" in 3/4; "Charles Matthew Hallelujah", a tribute to his newborn son, in 4/4; "Far More Blue" and "Far More Drums" in 5/4; "Maori Blues" in 6/4; "Unsquare Dance" in 7/4; "Bru's Boogie Woogie" in 8/8; and concluding with "Blue Shadows in the Street" in 9/8. The time signatures are listed on the album's cover, where they are referred to as "tempos." Cover art. Echoing its predecessor "Time Out" (whose cover featured work by S. Neil Fujita), "Time Further Out" also features a piece of abstract  modern art on its cover, this time by the surrealist Catalan-Spanish artist Joan Miró. The work depicted on the cover is Miró's 1925 painting "Calculation". Track listing. All pieces composed by Dave Brubeck. The 1996 CD reissue adds the following tracks: Charts. The album charted, peaking at #8 on the "Billboard" 200. The track "Unsquare Dance", taken from the album, cracked the "Billboard" Hot 100, peaking at #74.