![]() ![]() According to Hall, some of his fellow musicians were soldiers who had been injured in combat and were recruited for the group from their beds in military hospitals. ![]() One of his most innovative compositions, 1959's "Blue Rondo a la Turk," with its exotic nine-beat rhythm, was based primarily on a folk song that Brubeck heard while touring the Middle East in 1958, according to jazz writer Kevin Whitehead's Why Jazz? A Concise Guide.Brubeck's virtuosity led to his being appointed bandleader, even though he was a lowly private first class and was outranked by the other members. According to Hall, the unorthodox 5/4 beat that makes Brubeck's "Take Five" so distinctive, developed because his drummer Joe Morello got bored playing 4/4, and started fooling around with an uneven time signature for kicks. ![]() "Nobody expected it to be successful," Morello, who died last year at age 82, once recalled. "But now, Dave can't do a concert without including that piece." It was even used as the theme song for the Today Show in the early 1960s. ![]()
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