"Blue Rondo à la Turk" is a jazz standard composition by Dave Brubeck.
"[2] Contrary to popular belief, the piece is neither inspired by nor related to the last movement of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No.
Taking the smallest time unit as eighth notes, then the main beats are: Rock keyboardist Keith Emerson used this piece (uncredited) as a foundation of his "Rondo" beginning when he was with the progressive rock band The Nice; it appeared on the album The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack.
[6][7] On his 1981 album Breakin' Away, Al Jarreau performed a vocal version of the song, with lyrics by himself.
[8] The track is used in the soundtracks of the 2005 comedy film Wedding Crashers, the 2003 Swedish documentary Närvarande, and an Emmy-award winning 2019 episode of The Simpsons entitled "Mad About the Toy".