QSF PLAYS BRUBECK TRACK NOTES by Jeremy Cohen QSF Plays Brubeck celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of Time Out. With it we hope to introduce to a new generation of music lovers and string players the great world of Dave Brubeck's music. Written some fifty years ago, the works that are here arranged for and performed entirely on four stringed instruments have lost none of their rhythmic zest and harmonic color. The fact that little of Brubeck's early music has been visited upon by the world of chamber music in general and string players in particular has encouraged me to dive into this project with full energy and zeal. After all, in my home we were taught about the "Four B's"—Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, and Brubeck. And, as we know, the other three are all well represented in chamber music. 1. Three To Get Ready: This track from the B side of Time Out (remember B sides?) finds its melody in 3/4 waltz time but with intermittent breaks for swinging responses. The dialogue of Waltz–Swing–Waltz–Swing gives this piece its unique character. I added some playful harmonic lines and some gospel chorale bits to the swing sections to give it a rich string character. 2. Strange Meadowlark: In 2001 I arranged Strange Meadowlark based solely on its slow outer sections and we recorded it that same year on our debut CD, 4tet San Francisco. I expanded it for this recording to include the full swing section in the middle of the tune. This newer arrangement keeps the piece very close to Dave'