This is “Seven Minute Mind” by The Bad Plus, an avant-garde jazz band that I’ve been listening to a lot over the last few years. This piece is a cool experiment with time signatures. It changes meter every measure for the A section. The layout is 6/4, 3/4, 6/4, 3/4, 7/8, 5/8, 7/8, 5/8, 5/4. The bassist composed the entire A section before notating any of it, then went back and notated it all in the appropriate time signatures. I can’t imagine trying to count while playing this piece. I think it’d very difficult to play this piece without having this memorized.
Seven Minute Mind-Bad Plus
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This is definitely a type of piece that you ‘feel’ more than count each measure of. It must take a lot of good internal rhythm to keep on track. I really like the melodic groove of the song. I find the use of voicing/dynamics interesting too, for example when the piano cuts out around 1:36. You ears have to search for a bit until you hear the bass taking over. The players mix well together.
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