''Time In'' is a 1966 studio album by

Dave Brubeck David Warren Brubeck (; December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Often regarded as a foremost exponent of cool jazz, Brubeck's work is characterized by unusual time signatures and superimposing contrasti ...

, the last of Brubeck's 'Time' series. All the compositions on it were written by

(two co-written with his wife Iola Brubeck) and performed by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Stylistically, they cover a considerable range, from slow ballads in a

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sound, to some of the religiously themed work he began to essay in the later 1960s (''Forty Days'', which would later appear in his ''The Light in the Wilderness: An Oratorio for Today''), to more driving

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-influenced numbers.

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's reviewer Thom Jurek wrote that it was "one of his most musically adventurous. ... of all the 'Time' recordings, this is the least commercial ... Though it is seldom celebrated as such, this is one of Brubeck's finest moments on Columbia." '' The Absolute Sound'' Jeff Wilson wrote: "This 1965 release ended the Dave Brubeck Quartet’s series of time-themed albums, the most famous being 1959’s '' Time Out'', which contained the ever-popular '

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'. ''Time In'' was also one of the final records by a much-loved quartet that included Paul Desmond on alto saxophone. With more than two dozen albums behind them by the time this album was recorded, was the foursome a spent force? Definitely not—and, in fact, one listen to ''Time In'' will dispel any notions of the quartet as 'polite jazz'. On the ironically-titled opening track, 'Lost Waltz' , the group swings with an urgency that reaches its peak during Brubeck’s vigorous solo. 'Softly, William, Softly' is a deeply expressive ballad, and 'Lonesome' is equally moving. Throughout ''Time In'' Brubeck’s compositions bring out the best in Desmond, whose light, airy sound was the musical equivalent of a martini so dry it would have passed inspection by

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Track listing

#"Lost Waltz" (

) 3:52 #"Softly, William, Softly" (D. Brubeck) 5:38 #"Time In" (D. Brubeck) 3:57 #"40 Days" (D. Brubeck) 4:38 #"Travellin' Blues" (D. Brubeck, Iola Brubeck) 5:57 #"He Done Her Wrong" (D. Brubeck) 2:14 #"Lonesome" (D. Brubeck, I. Brubeck) 7:10 #"Cassandra" (D. Brubeck) 4:18 Bonus Tracks added to 2004 CD issue #"Rude Old Man" (Eugene Wright) 2:22 #"Who Said That?" (D. Brubeck) 3:32 #"Watusi Drums" (D. Brubeck) 2:23 (''Times are as given on the CD; the album numbers differ slightly.'')

Personnel

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piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

Paul Desmond Paul Desmond (born Paul Emil Breitenfeld; November 25, 1924 – May 30, 1977) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer and proponent of cool jazz. He was a member of the Dave Brubeck Quartet and composed the group's biggest hit, " ...

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alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgians, Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in the key of E♭ ( ...

* Gene Wright –

double bass The double bass (), also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, the bull fiddle, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched string instrument, chordophone in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions ...

Joe Morello Joseph Albert Morello (July 17, 1928 – March 12, 2011) was an American jazz drummer best known for serving as the drummer for pianist Dave Brubeck, as part of the Dave Brubeck Quartet, from 1957 to 1972, including during the quartet's "clas ...

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drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

References

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