Blue Rondo à la Turk

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jazz composition musical work

Blue Rondo à la Turk is a jazz composition by Dave Brubeck, renowned for its innovative use of unusual time signatures and fusion of Turkish rhythms with cool jazz.

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Label	Occurrences
Blue Rondo à la Turk canonical	7

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7728903 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Blue Rondo à la Turk
Context triple: [Dave Brubeck, notableWork, Blue Rondo à la Turk]

A. Boléro
Boléro is a famous orchestral piece by Maurice Ravel, renowned for its hypnotic repeating melody and gradual, relentless crescendo.
B. Spiegel im Spiegel
Spiegel im Spiegel is a minimalist, meditative piece for piano and melodic instrument by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, renowned for its serene tintinnabuli style and reflective atmosphere.
C. Syncopation
Syncopation is a 1942 American musical drama film centered on the history and development of jazz music.
D. Pictures at an Exhibition
Pictures at an Exhibition is a famous 1874 piano suite by Modest Mussorgsky, inspired by an art exhibition and later widely known through orchestral arrangements, especially Maurice Ravel’s.
E. Arietta
Arietta is a small town located within Hamilton County in the state of New York, known for its rural character and proximity to the Adirondack Park.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Blue Rondo à la Turk
Target entity description: Blue Rondo à la Turk is a jazz composition by Dave Brubeck, renowned for its innovative use of unusual time signatures and fusion of Turkish rhythms with cool jazz.

A. Boléro
Boléro is a famous orchestral piece by Maurice Ravel, renowned for its hypnotic repeating melody and gradual, relentless crescendo.
B. Spiegel im Spiegel
Spiegel im Spiegel is a minimalist, meditative piece for piano and melodic instrument by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, renowned for its serene tintinnabuli style and reflective atmosphere.
C. Syncopation
Syncopation is a 1942 American musical drama film centered on the history and development of jazz music.
D. Pictures at an Exhibition
Pictures at an Exhibition is a famous 1874 piano suite by Modest Mussorgsky, inspired by an art exhibition and later widely known through orchestral arrangements, especially Maurice Ravel’s.
E. Arietta
Arietta is a small town located within Hamilton County in the state of New York, known for its rural character and proximity to the Adirondack Park.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	jazz composition ⓘ musical work ⓘ
associatedWith	experimentation with time signatures in 1950s jazz ⓘ
catalogedIn	Dave Brubeck discographies ⓘ
composer	Dave Brubeck ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
firstRecordingArtist	The Dave Brubeck Quartet ⓘ linked to: Dave Brubeck Quartet
genre	cool jazz ⓘ jazz ⓘ third stream ⓘ
hasCoverVersionBy	Al Di Meola ⓘ The Swingle Singers ⓘ linked to: Swingle Singers Various jazz ensembles worldwide ⓘ
hasInstrumentation	alto saxophone ⓘ bass ⓘ drums ⓘ piano ⓘ
hasLiveVersion	Time Out: Live at The Newport Jazz Festival 1961 ⓘ
hasPart	alto saxophone solo ⓘ drum solo ⓘ piano solo ⓘ
hasReception	critically acclaimed for rhythmic innovation ⓘ
hasTitleLanguage	English ⓘ
includedIn	many Dave Brubeck compilation albums ⓘ
inJazzEducation	frequently analyzed for odd-meter phrasing ⓘ
inMusicTheoryDiscourse	example of additive rhythm in jazz ⓘ
inspiredBy	Turkish street musicians ⓘ
key	E-flat major ⓘ
length	approximately 6 minutes 44 seconds ⓘ
notableFor	complex rhythmic patterns ⓘ innovative use of unusual time signatures ⓘ integration of Eastern and Western musical elements ⓘ
originalAlbum	Time Out ⓘ
originalAltoSaxophonist	Paul Desmond ⓘ
originalBassist	Eugene Wright ⓘ
originalDrummer	Joe Morello ⓘ
originalPianist	Dave Brubeck ⓘ
partOf	Dave Brubeck’s Time Out suite of rhythmically experimental pieces ⓘ
performer	The Dave Brubeck Quartet ⓘ linked to: Dave Brubeck Quartet
producer	Teo Macero ⓘ
recordLabel	Columbia Records ⓘ
releaseYear	1959 ⓘ
rhythmicInfluence	Turkish rhythms ⓘ
rhythmicStructure	9/8 grouped as 2+2+2+3 ⓘ
structure	alternation of fast 9/8 sections and slower 4/4 blues sections ⓘ
styleFusion	Turkish rhythms with cool jazz ⓘ
timeSignatureFeature	alternation of 9/8 and 4/4 ⓘ
titleWordplayOn	Mozart’s Rondo alla Turca ⓘ linked to: Rondo alla Turca