I’m a grocery delivery man. One day I was listening to this as pulled up to a customers house and he was so happy. He said if you like Brubeck you’ll like this and he loaded me up CDs. We had a lot of great chats about jazz before he passed. RIP Mr. Hart.
That was a great tribute you paid to that man,he must of been a great guy.Not being smart,but you sound like a great guy yourself with the respect you show others.👍✌️
I'm an old dude, and in 1961, while a student at Michigan State, I went to a big dance on campus. While it was awesome that the band playing for the dance was Count Basie and his orchestra, we were all "blown away" when at the half-time break, the curtains on stage opened to the Dave Brubeck Quartet, playing Take Five, followed by Blue Rondo A la Turk, and others. Paul Desmond was on alto sax. Altogether, fifty two years later, it is still a night I haven't forgotten.
Jon Ritchey Firity Four years later. I like the year 1961....so much I have a '61 Chevy that I drive. Kennedy was President and artists like Dave Brubeck and Bert Kaempfert could still be on the pop charts and even get profiled on Dick Clark's American BandStand. "The Manchuran Candidate" won an Oscar for Best Picture. "Raw Hide " and "The Ed Sullivan Show" were the most watched on TV. The Berlin Wall went up that summer but not without communism losing face In 1961 Detroit was one of the 5 richest cities in the world. What a difference a half century makes....
Jon Ritchey Jon,...that had to be a magical moment in time that many never get to experience! Little did you know just how magical that moment would turn out to be!!!!
Conride Siweya Conride, Miles Davis did good, too in 1961. He won a Grammy that year for his work with Coltrane, Buddy Gist and Guille Evans in "Someday My Prince Will Come," released in 1960. There was still enough appreciation of jazz in pop music that he had at least one hit that year frequently played on the radio, "Sketches of Spain" (the 3 min version)
My dad was a saxophone player and he always played this song at home when he was rehearsing … beautiful and very dear memories… my house was always filled with the best jazz players. Rest in Peace , dear daddy!❤❤❤
Here you go, one of the most beautiful sax composition, yet not know by many. The great Joe Henderson with Flora Purim and George Duke Black Narcissus - written by Joe Henderson Hauntingly beautiful ruclips.net/video/jXBMywgcGYU/видео.html
I feel the same. I'm from 1992 and i listen to a wide variety of genres going from pop,metal even electronic music but this this is something else and i mean that in a good kind off way. I'm just glad platforms like RUclips exist so that great music like this can be shared and that the people who like it can express their delight on it.
@@wesleyvanwaeyenberghe7498 same except that I'm from 1998 and even though I played Trombone for 5 years I never could appreciate Jazz, up until the moment I was introduced to Lo-Fi beats and slowly into Jazz. Before all that, I always disliked it's style and sometimes "randomness"
My dad was a sought after semi pro musician, I was born in 57 and until I was 15 I remember hearing him practice . Never this beauty , he had a thing about Brubeck and wouldn't play if he felt he wouldn't do justice .
Probably one of the most copied songs in the world, period!! I'm 72 and still get chills listening/watching this video. That is why they are called the classics...eternal music that never dies or goes out of fashion.
I don't know why this particular performance moves me to tears. This - all the instruments - so powerful...so piercing, so immortal. What more can I say?
In 1960 I met my future husband and he asked me if I liked jazz and I said no and he played Take 5 for me and I have been a Dave Brubeck and jazz fan ever since!
I had this as my ring tone. One day my mom heard it and asked what song it was. She remarked that it was the very first record my dad had played for her when they were dating. What an introduction. No wonder she said he was the only man she ever loved! He passed away a couple of months ago, but this is part of what he left behind.
In 1962 the Dave Brubeck quartet played at Monmouth College in Long Branch, NJ. I was in high school and my brother was a student at Monmouth. Monmouth was founded on an old millionaire mansion and grounds and Brubeck played in the Great Hall of the mansion. I was with my girlfriend, later wife, and my brother with his girlfriend, later wife. We sat on blankets and were mesmerized by the playing. There were a number of doors from the Hall onto a patio. During Take Five, Paul Desmond went out on the patio for a smoke during Joe Morello's drum solo. A magical evening for a high school kid. In 2007 Brubeck was still touring and my wife and I saw him, at 87, play at a community theater in Rutland, Vermont. Still the master of Take Five.
I’m amazed at what Joe Morello is doing with his left foot. Not only keeping time in 5/4 but adding open hihats in between. All while doing all grace notes with the left hand and switching up the rhythm on the ride constantly. In 5/4. I haven’t heard much of his work but I will soon. This guy is a beast.
For those of you who do not know, (but care) this song has a time signature of 5/4 - 5 beats to every measure (quarter notes get 1 beat), instead of the usual 4/4 time or 4 beats to every measure. Most Western music is written in 4/4 time. If you count along with the song you'll find it quite interesting - but you gotta be quick! 1-2-3-4-5, 1-2-3-4-5 etc. Place emphasis on beat 1. It's quite amazing! I find it extremely difficult to play in 5/4 time because I am so used to 4/4. Brubeck was famous for writing/playing in odd time signatures. While his name is most often associated with Take Five, it was actually his sax player, Paul Desmond, who composed it. Thanks so much for the upload!
Saw Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond on tour in The De Montford Hall Leicester in the late 1950's they were fantastic, I'm now 77 and will never forget that concert.
+George Gray Cool:) Saw them in 2002 or so. 35 now and still in my memory as well:):):) Point of course is.... How long those guys kept going! Crazy....
Could be. All i remember name-wise is Dave Brubeck. I thought it was pretty cool seeing a guy still kicking it while he had hist first hit in 1948 :):)
Just told my son to play this regularly to my 2 week old grandson - He will grow up musical. I'm jamming to it on my old Radio King's. Makes me feel glad to be alive.
The Big Band era, mostly prior to and during WW II featured much larger aggregations of musicians. Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Count Basey and His Orchestra, were a couple of them. Quite different music.
My dad is dying. He has weeks left. I’m so happy for music and this song in particular because the memories it brings back are worth more than any dollar I make every day. Love you Dad, this song is for you!
I ,too, grew up listening to , and playing rock. It took me years to 'get' jazz, but Joe Morello and the rest of the quartet helped me out. I listen to as many of their recordings I can lay my hands on. I used to avoid drum solos like the plague, but not Joe Morello solos. He was a genius. Thank goodness he gave up violin to take up drumming.
Years ago, my teenaged daughter loved collecting vintage records and if I saw an album she needed to own, I'd buy it. I put this album on her bed one day. She came out later with the album exclaiming, "I LOVE this! How would I ever hear this if you didn't get these things?"
These guys played at my college in 1961. Truly epic performance. To my knowledge, the only group in history where each member of the group was recognized at the same time as the best on his instrument (1st place) in the annual poll by Downbeat Magazine.
Those polls were so subjective. Not easy to say these guys, although great, were better than, for example, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, or Ed Thigpen on their instruments. I find that pretty tough to swallow.
I've believe it's the most recognizable jazz piece in the world. And probably one of the most-played classic jazz numbers. I'm 86 and Dave comes alive in my studio by the sea, thanks to Altec and their big monitors. Both Altec and Brubeck are gone but their music lingers on. Nothing like I've heard since.
@@tequilaal kids today. Hyped bass with sloppy transient response. Bass ports are junk for any kind of critical listening. But they put em in nearly all affordable monitors. Amazing how few people understand or respect transient response
Drummer Joe Morello with the impressive control of the hi-hat with his left foot playing a song in an odd-time signature (5/4) by playing a closed hi-hat "chick" sound on the 2nd beat of each measure and playing an open hi-hat "splash" sound on either the 4th or 5th beat of each measure (sometimes both) -- all using just his left foot. And doing it in 1959 before odd-time signatures became more popular. Masterful musicality. He looks so cool doing it, too -- very nonchalant, effortless and relaxed.
Entire solo improvisation by Paul Desmond here is super excellent; you can observe how Dave pays attention to Paul and how he smiles when the saxophonist hits some amazing tonal structures …
This changed my life! And in 1975 I was blessed to be on stage with Mr. Brubek helping to hold a huge sheet of plastic over he and his group as they played an outdoor concert.
Many thanks for your kind message! Newfoundland has fascinated me since I was a child, yet never have had the opportunity to visit. Blessings and best wishes to you!
It's "spring break 1960". I'm 18 and with three high school buddies from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. We're in Ft. Lauderdale, FL sitting in the Elbow Room chillin' on our Michelobs. "Take Five" starts the minute the first beer is served and never stops until the bar closes. We were all caught up in Brubeck's groovy sound. And, now at age 75, I still love this classic. To top off our visit we were guests of our bartender, Greg, at the Miami Playboy Club on our last weekend on that visit. A blast from the past!!
You're so right. These guys were the best and their genius is timeless. Love watching Dave watching Paul play - those two were on the same musical wavelength, ya dig?
The genius of Jazz its illusion of simplicity and ease. These guys look and sound like they're playing as easy as you and I could breathe... But there's so much complexity going on beneath the surface.
I knew Paul Desmond....used to listen to his music then sit with him, drinking coffee (him smoking cigarettes) late night at Seventh Street South in Greenwich Village... Great memories
Take Five" was my first exposure to jazz.....my Dad would play Brubeck all the time on his stereo at home...(it also helped that Brubeck was a spokesman for Selmer Musical Instruments, which my dad sold at his store, Dekalb Music in Decatur, GA,,)... Requiescat in pace, Dave...
If I may.. returning to the home in the Netherlands in i believe was 1959., I asked my older niece who was playing on a black and white TV. Her answer DAVE BRUBECK. NEEDLES to say it changed my life forever. Returning to Africa made me search for jazz. All I could get was African highline from Ghana, Cote Divoir. When moving to USA in 1967 I just about lived at the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach.
Your comment set me thinking. I've never considered drumming from that perspective before (I'm not musical, and I've been brought up to worship the soloists like John Bonham and Keith Moon). But I guess the timing is the WHOLE reason for having a drummer - the quartet depends on him. Anyway I measured Morello's beat (using a digital metronome) and I reckon it sets off at around 202bpm and finishes around 207bpm. The change was not distinguishable to my ear, but could it be that Paul Desmond was hurrying him along a bit? The thing is, I don't know. Over 5 minutes a very slight increase in tempo may be nothing. I'm a runner and I know that maintaining the same tempo based on nothing but your own internal clock is damned hard. Too many other external distractions, not to mention distracting internal thoughts. So all I can say is that Morello here is in effect pancake flat in his timing fluctuations, to say it's a live performance and he isn't listening to any kind of metronome. In any case his look of intense concentration throughout should have told me as much.
+Ciaran Guilfoyle from what I know Desmond and morello had a few conflicts here and there due to timing in that Desmond rushed a lot. You can tell when Morello notices because he plays down in the bass drum harder. It's his way of keeping check but apparently Brubeck had his time cut out for him keeping the two together
I have always heard this song as kid in 1960's on the radio, from turntable inside a record store or in 1970's before the start of the Late, late, late movie on WGN TV Chicago. I can't imagine seeing this band live, WOW!!👍🥰
@gregnormal0 I may have responded already but my dumb phone sticks & kicks me out!! I am doing well Greg and hope you are too!! I am a fan of this song, just not an expert on really great jazz. The Beatles are my favorite band but I keep an open-mind re: different music genres. You take good care, stay well and be safe too! Tracy J./Chicago, IL😉👍
@gregnormal0Very hard to pick favorite song!😳Top 5: Let It Be, Back In The USSR, Something, Hard Day's Night and Abbey Road connected part towards end of LP. Sorry but I only know this song "Take 5" for this Jazz Band.🥺
@gregnormal0Born and still live in Chicago, IL. This song has been a part of my 59 years of life. I liked it as a grade schooler but never knew the name of this song. You have a very nice day!
Genius is when you can play your instruments without looking at them. Instead you can watch and love at the same time your brilliant colleagues strut their stuff. Just as these 4 guys are doing. Pure absolute sublime GENIUS played by 4 of the finest musicians in any genre who have ever lived.
Yes, it does that too, for the individual listener. This piece may well evoke the feelings associated with the time and place where a listener first heard it, but I can't remember when or where I first heard this. "Take Five" always sounds "in the moment" to me.
There are some pieces of music it's hard for me to imagine having ever not existed; the main riff from this song is one of them. I have this feeling like it always existed, it was there, in the fabric of reality, waiting to be discovered.
I've always been fascinated by great musicians who could not read music. Dave Brubeck was one of those. Although he graduated from the University of the Pacific with a BA in music, it was discovered that he couldn't read, but he received the diploma if he promised never to teach music. There are so many great artists in the rock world who are in the same boat, but it is sort of unusual in the modern jazz world. Regardless, the man was brilliant as was every member of his quartet, including Joe Morello, who was legally blind. Another giant. In my opinion, he and "The Senator," bassist Eugene Wright were one of the best rhythm sections ever to hit the bricks. Just fantastic talents.
Gabriel Ferreira obviously Mister Brubeck could read and write music but only at a beginners/intermediate level. He probably could not sight read music at an advanced level which is what most studio musicians do
when i was 11 my parents took me to see Dave Brubeck live at the Blue Note in NYC, shortly after he passed away, it was his last live performance. I just wish I appreciated and understood how lucky I was to be able to see such an amazing musician perform. rest in peace to a musical genius
When I'm out with the gang for a Beer and a little nonsense fun, I've been known to listen to country music. When I'm forced, because of circumstance, to listen to classical music...I do so like a good boy...If I manage to get decent tickets to watch a single vocalist such as Frank, Ella, Peggy Lee and the like, I'm delighted. I give great credit to all the old Traditional New Orleans crowd, for without them we wouldn't have this. But when I'm driving alone at night...sipping on a Brandy in a darkened room by the fire, THIS, my friends, is the music I listen to.
J.R. Same. My teacher played this for us in class (It's a jazz class I'm taking at my high school) and I love it now. It always gives me these really good vibes when I'm feeling down.
Thumbs down? Lost souls with no rhythm. Seriously besides being a great band/ tune the main reason I love this it reminds me of my childhood and hearing this on the radio all the time.
Dave Brubeck cancelled a tour of the southern states because the promoter wanted Mr WRIGHT replaced by a white man. Dave Brubeck truly was a man of moral integrity.
I am incredibly impressed watching the drummer! Look at him! He is so "tuned in with such phenomenal discern and attention to every detail ( and even in-between at that) you can just read it in his every time tuned move!".😁 All of it is so sweet in my ears, I literally surrender my entire being while listening to the Quartet! I just realized something random. This was Dave Brubeck's Quartet , and they officially released the album "Take 50" in 1957. I am 57.I did say random lol! I have been listening to him since I was a little kid! My Uncle & Aunt had a great passion for all kinds of music. Very eclectic. Because of that I also have an eclectic taste. My Uncle would bring his albums, or REEL TO REEL, and me and my 3 sisters would listen to it all! I loved it then and I love it now! Then my Father went and bought an AMAZING STEREO SYSTEM! 2 front speaker's and 2 other huge speakers (Maybe bass ?? I'm not recalling the name! ) The fronts were EPI'S. Sound would come out in the front & the sides of THOSE speakers. The other 2 just kicked it up like 100 notches!! It had the manual equiliser, 2 cassette tapes, it would allowed you to record one cassette to the other cassette. You could also Record what you are playing! It could record songs even from a radio station!! That stereo had many more features! He got a very good quality album/record player, with a diamond needle. That diamond needle would make the sound of an album sound absolutely crystal clear! Granted you didn't scratch the album! Flawless sound!! I have my Uncles and Father's discerning ears as well! I can't tolerate any distortion!!! None!! Those speakers were in every corner 9f the living room, and sitting in the center gave you an impeccable sound, and LOUD, With ZERO DISTORTION!! My Grandfather , after working all day 6 day's a week also played in a band. He was the drummer!! Had his sweet set of drums, and 1 played the piano and the 3rd man played some sort of brass instrument 🤦🏻♀️🤷♀️🎺that's it in the emogie 😂! I love listening to my music!! It's the only time I can get completely emersed him it, and divert my attention away from the chronic pain I'm in! Well, that's my 2 cents 😂 so many memories , wonderful memories just came to me and I let it all spill out here! So, enjoy the master's of music! Widen your selection of types of music, it's good to soothe the soul and create an ambiance of your choosing. Have a blessed life everyone!! 😁💜🎶🎹🥁🎺🎵🎶🎵🎧
I know nothing about jazz. Its not really my thing. But I've been listening to this piece over and over for a few years now and Mr Desmond still manages to put the hairs on my arms up every time. Take Five is rightfully a classic but his solo is incredible.
I am from Costa Rica, so Jazz is not the music I grew up with, but when I heard this version of Take Five, my emotions were so deep that I got goosebumps. And I was not even watching it live! That is art at its best.
the quartet played at my college in central washington in '65. the thing i remember was when they played "take 5," one at a time, after brubeck softened his play and left the stage, desmond had a solo, then softened it, and left the stage, then eugene wright did the same, leaving joe morello on the stage by himself where he then ripped into the most massive, beast mode, drum solo of all time, then as they left the stage, they returned one at time - the song never stopped through all of this. we could hardly breathe when they finished that piece. decades later, my friend Joe, who was there with me that night in college, and i buddied up and we saw brubeck perform live again, in seattle. not long after that performance he passed away. wanna watch some damn fine drummin', youtube morello and look for his solo performance. perididdle joe!!
Joe Morello. One of the greatest drummers of all time. Made complex time signatures look easy. And the fact that he was blind. Proves that anything is possible.
Being blind actually helps you play better. If you play an instrument and never tried , go for it. Close your eyes and play any piece. Closing your eyes, the absence of stimulus, is the new luxury.
My first exposure to jazz was a pair of Brubeck albums that my parents had when I was a kid: Time Out and Jazz Goes to College. And now, I live in the area where Brubeck was raised. What a lucky guy I am.
The first time I heard Joe Morello play a solo in Cardiff in the sixties ,I started exploring Dave Brubeck and was hooked now nearly 69yrs old and have been playing drums since 15yrs old he was a master and the quartet ace.
In high school our band director took us on the bus to Drury College in Springfield, Missouri to a jazz clinic. Joe Morello the great jazz drummer put on a show, then lectured us on what made him the great musician he was at the time. That was back in 1970. Seeing Joe perform brings back memories of that day.
Jazz for a lifetime- my brother was playing this by heart at 16- used to come home from school- he would pretty much play the whole album- I was so lucky !
No other musician has played more beautifully and with such soul and lyricism as Paul Desmond. Without him, I doubt we would have heard of Dave Brubeck.
I'm 73, borned 1950 in Amsterdam and my Dad took me as I was 6 years old to a Cafe, Dave was playing. It was the first time for me, but not the last. Great Music and people. Thanks Dad, and Dave
I discovered Jazz as a teenager over 50 years ago, and it all started with "Take Five" I couldn't wait to get to the music store and buy my own copy...
You've just listened to the greatest jazz drummer who ever lived. And to 3 other guys who, along with Miles Davis, John Coltrane and several others DEFINED an entire genre for generations. If you think I'm overstating, realize this was recorded in the same decade as the Beatles and the Stones. Brubeck's quartet is still revered today as jazz artists as much as Lennon, McCartney, and Jagger are as rockers.
I’m a grocery delivery man. One day I was listening to this as pulled up to a customers house and he was so happy. He said if you like Brubeck you’ll like this and he loaded me up CDs. We had a lot of great chats about jazz before he passed. RIP Mr. Hart.
That was a great tribute you paid to that man,he must of been a great guy.Not being smart,but you sound like a great guy yourself with the respect you show others.👍✌️
@@cahg3871 thanks so much.
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Very nice memory for you, what a cool guy too🥰
you did it for the cd's?
It's 2024 and still rocking to this. ❤
You bet! Great!
Jolly good show!?! X
kc 120 yea my bro played 1949 im og 70 thank you good stuff cool;
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Metal head rocking to this :)
I'm an old dude, and in 1961, while a student at Michigan State, I went to a big dance on campus. While it was awesome that the band playing for the dance was Count Basie and his orchestra, we were all "blown away" when at the half-time break, the curtains on stage opened to the Dave Brubeck Quartet, playing Take Five, followed by Blue Rondo A la Turk, and others. Paul Desmond was on alto sax. Altogether, fifty two years later, it is still a night I haven't forgotten.
Jon Ritchey Firity Four years later. I like the year 1961....so much I have a '61 Chevy that I drive. Kennedy was President and artists like Dave Brubeck and Bert Kaempfert could still be on the pop charts and even get profiled on Dick Clark's American BandStand. "The Manchuran Candidate" won an Oscar for Best Picture. "Raw Hide " and "The Ed Sullivan Show" were the most watched on TV. The Berlin Wall went up that summer but not without communism losing face In 1961 Detroit was one of the 5 richest cities in the world. What a difference a half century makes....
Chaim Yamin So what? says Miles Davis
Jon Ritchey I was a freshman/sophomore at Univ Michigan at the same time. I remember how new and exciting their music was.
Jon Ritchey Jon,...that had to be a magical moment in time that many never get to experience! Little did you know just how magical that moment would turn out to be!!!!
Conride Siweya Conride, Miles Davis did good, too in 1961. He won a Grammy that year for his work with Coltrane, Buddy Gist and Guille Evans in "Someday My Prince Will Come," released in 1960. There was still enough appreciation of jazz in pop music that he had at least one hit that year frequently played on the radio, "Sketches of Spain" (the 3 min version)
My dad was a saxophone player and he always played this song at home when he was rehearsing … beautiful and very dear memories… my house was always filled with the best jazz players. Rest in Peace , dear daddy!❤❤❤
Here you go, one of the most beautiful sax composition, yet not know by many.
The great Joe Henderson with Flora Purim and George Duke
Black Narcissus - written by Joe Henderson
Hauntingly beautiful
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Doesn't matter how old you are, this piece of art is for everyone. I was born in 1999 and its one of my favourites.
Great music
Man i was Born year after you, this.. is insanely good today when I heard that got up right away at 6am grabbed a cup'ojoy and had tho play with them
I feel the same. I'm from 1992 and i listen to a wide variety of genres going from pop,metal even electronic music but this this is something else and i mean that in a good kind off way. I'm just glad platforms like RUclips exist so that great music like this can be shared and that the people who like it can express their delight on it.
@@wesleyvanwaeyenberghe7498 same except that I'm from 1998 and even though I played Trombone for 5 years I never could appreciate Jazz, up until the moment I was introduced to Lo-Fi beats and slowly into Jazz. Before all that, I always disliked it's style and sometimes "randomness"
Amen...does not matter when you are born! This is a classic! An American original!
I was born 1958, but for some reason this piece still gets under my skin. Totally beautiful.👏👏👏👏👏❤️
It's hypnotizing.
In 1957, great!
My dad was a sought after semi pro musician, I was born in 57 and until I was 15 I remember hearing him practice . Never this beauty , he had a thing about Brubeck and wouldn't play if he felt he wouldn't do justice .
Me too. 58ter
Probably one of the most copied songs in the world, period!! I'm 72 and still get chills listening/watching this video. That is why they are called the classics...eternal music that never dies or goes out of fashion.
I don't know why this particular performance moves me to tears. This - all the instruments - so powerful...so piercing, so immortal. What more can I say?
You said it all!
Ok yeah.....good music moves the soul.
全くその通りですね。
デイブブルーベックのテイクファイブは1番素晴らしい
@@dcfire2222😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
Im not sure music like this can b repeated......
In 1960 I met my future husband and he asked me if I liked jazz and I said no and he played Take 5 for me and I have been a Dave Brubeck and jazz fan ever since!
Bee movie ya like jazz
Jazzy JEC ggkgg
I’ve often thought I don’t like a genre, before someone plays me the really good stuff from it- sounds like your feller has taste 😉
Get a life
Lovely story! ♥
I had this as my ring tone. One day my mom heard it and asked what song it was. She remarked that it was the very first record my dad had played for her when they were dating. What an introduction. No wonder she said he was the only man she ever loved! He passed away a couple of months ago, but this is part of what he left behind.
Sorry for your loss of your father.
Great song - I love it! May your dad forever be a blessing
i know it’s been a few months but i’m hoping you and your family are well
We hope you'll be alright
@@nyell5453 One day at a time...
Absolute Class for those who appreciate music. The improvisation, the technique and soul of the track makes this unforgettable.
This is art! Fucking GREAT!
This is perfection. Period.
This is pure bliss.
One of the most recognizable jazz standards-that unmistakable opening gets me every time.
In 1962 the Dave Brubeck quartet played at Monmouth College in Long Branch, NJ. I was in high school and my brother was a student at Monmouth. Monmouth was founded on an old millionaire mansion and grounds and Brubeck played in the Great Hall of the mansion. I was with my girlfriend, later wife, and my brother with his girlfriend, later wife. We sat on blankets and were mesmerized by the playing. There were a number of doors from the Hall onto a patio. During Take Five, Paul Desmond went out on the patio for a smoke during Joe Morello's drum solo. A magical evening for a high school kid. In 2007 Brubeck was still touring and my wife and I saw him, at 87, play at a community theater in Rutland, Vermont. Still the master of Take Five.
When Paul went out on the patio to have a smoke did you go out to talk to him ???
Such an awesome story!! Thank you for sharing!!
I’m amazed at what Joe Morello is doing with his left foot. Not only keeping time in 5/4 but adding open hihats in between. All while doing all grace notes with the left hand and switching up the rhythm on the ride constantly. In 5/4. I haven’t heard much of his work but I will soon. This guy is a beast.
I don't know what any of that means but his drumming is incredible. So subtle and classy and it seems like he is barely trying.
I bought the 45 in 63. And started playing the drums. To it. Amazing song and jazz group!!❤
It's a unique masterpiece of jazzmusic. It gave Joe Morello the stage for his epic drumsolo.Take five will be heard in 100 years.
Absolutely 🤗
This is the jazz that's seen me through , The Dave Brubeck quartet, listening to it now has the hair standing up everywhere .
One of the most recognizable Jazz compositions of all time!
For those of you who do not know, (but care) this song has a time signature of 5/4 - 5 beats to every measure (quarter notes get 1 beat), instead of the usual 4/4 time or 4 beats to every measure. Most Western music is written in 4/4 time. If you count along with the song you'll find it quite interesting - but you gotta be quick! 1-2-3-4-5, 1-2-3-4-5 etc. Place emphasis on beat 1. It's quite amazing! I find it extremely difficult to play in 5/4 time because I am so used to 4/4. Brubeck was famous for writing/playing in odd time signatures. While his name is most often associated with Take Five, it was actually his sax player, Paul Desmond, who composed it.
Thanks so much for the upload!
Thanks jm this helped with my assignment
You can actually count 1-2-3-1-2 too. I find it easier that way
I knew that
or 3/4:2/4 or 10/4 (or 10/8, which is the way I hear it - 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5 and...)
Thanks for the info!
Saw Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond on tour in The De Montford Hall Leicester in the late 1950's they were fantastic, I'm now 77 and will never forget that concert.
+George Gray Me too George '57 maybe unforgettable....
+George Gray ....You so Lucky. Nothing like this group today. They dressed up and looked dapper also which is a plus.
+Stevie Sugano
like the Blues Brothers, you mean?
+George Gray Cool:) Saw them in 2002 or so. 35 now and still in my memory as well:):):)
Point of course is.... How long those guys kept going! Crazy....
Could be. All i remember name-wise is Dave Brubeck. I thought it was pretty cool seeing a guy still kicking it while he had hist first hit in 1948 :):)
My grandfather just passed and this was one the songs that most marked his life. God rest his soul.
First heard while on Okinawa 1958. Became a Brubeck fan from there. Jazz goes to college ain't too shabby.
Just told my son to play this regularly to my 2 week old grandson - He will grow up musical. I'm jamming to it on my old Radio King's. Makes me feel glad to be alive.
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Brilliant idea!
Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Joe Morello, and Eugene Wright. Does not get any better than this.
Everybody onstage is gone except for Eugene Wright, hes 96 years old God-bless. This is a quintessential classic
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@@ericjohnson4091 Eugene Wright just passed away on December 30, 2020 😭
rest in peace
I agree, I truly LOVE the cool, bop, and avante garde period jazz quartets of the 50’s & ‘60’s. The three BEST eras of Jazz EVER!
Outstanding how the drums and bass hold this together. Song is 60 years old, but timeless.
James Aviv this Tune. an EVERGREEN 👏💓🥁
It was originally composed for the drummer, Joe Morello, to showcase his drumming. While this is good, the drum fills version is the one for me.
I'm about to hit 60 and it holds me together.
That's what happens in good jazz.
It's not a song
One of the all time great pieces of music. It transcends time.
No big deal.
Just an incomparable masterpiece.
@Kbean Kbean Yep, that's because it's in 5/4 time. Like the great Jethro Tull song Living in the past.
Dave Brubeck - Take Five
(Guitar Pro Tab) Enjoy!!!
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@Plane Fan underrated comment
Not a big jazz fan... But this is cool
As I've gotten older, I've realized that the Big Band music of my parents generation is the best! They truly were The Greatest Generation!
The Big Band era, mostly prior to and during WW II featured much larger aggregations of musicians. Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Count Basey and His Orchestra, were a couple of them. Quite different music.
My dad is dying. He has weeks left. I’m so happy for music and this song in particular because the memories it brings back are worth more than any dollar I make every day. Love you Dad, this song is for you!
Damn hope you alright
Rest in piece
Swell thanks
Its all goid in Thailand 😎🤗☺😉🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
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I'm an old rock and metal head but this rhythm section brings tears of joy to my eyes, unbelievable
I ,too, grew up listening to , and playing rock. It took me years to 'get' jazz, but Joe Morello and the rest of the quartet helped me out.
I listen to as many of their recordings I can lay my hands on.
I used to avoid drum solos like the plague, but not Joe Morello solos. He was a genius. Thank goodness he gave up violin to take up drumming.
you spellt Walter wrong
Im with ya i love metal but chops is chops cheers
Years ago, my teenaged daughter loved collecting vintage records and if I saw an album she needed to own, I'd buy it. I put this album on her bed one day. She came out later with the album exclaiming, "I LOVE this! How would I ever hear this if you didn't get these things?"
@Fred Wills I know it!
What an awesome dad you are!
One of the most recognizable pieces of music ever written. Also one of the most unforgettable pieces of music ever written.
Who can even play like this now? No one.
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These guys played at my college in 1961. Truly epic performance. To my knowledge, the only group in history where each member of the group was recognized at the same time as the best on his instrument (1st place) in the annual poll by Downbeat Magazine.
Michigan state?
Those polls were so subjective. Not easy to say these guys, although great, were better than, for example, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, or Ed Thigpen on their instruments. I find that pretty tough to swallow.
Lucky guy ;)
Whoever added this on RUclips. You're a blessing m8 .
Now that's quality
Brubeck is one of the reasons I fell in love with jazz in high school.
Me too! -with Desmond, in Junior High School. -played it for all my girlfriends into my 60’s. ❤
55 years later it is still one of the best!
too true
Ages like wine.
+Les Bromwell Verdade!!!
+Les Bromwell ........The Top of the Heap in American Jazz History.
+Stevie Sugano Uh..."Kind of Blue" ?!?
It's the 'broken' time signature and fluidity of expression that makes this soooooo amazing for me...
I've believe it's the most recognizable jazz piece in the world. And probably one of the most-played classic jazz numbers. I'm 86 and Dave comes alive in my studio by the sea, thanks to Altec and their big monitors. Both Altec and Brubeck are gone but their music lingers on. Nothing like I've heard since.
would love to see a photo of your studio with the altecs
Altec lansing definitely still exists. and is part of jbl. Or James bollough lansing .
u know it's a surfing song also
Altec lust here. Can I be in your will?
@@tequilaal kids today. Hyped bass with sloppy transient response. Bass ports are junk for any kind of critical listening. But they put em in nearly all affordable monitors. Amazing how few people understand or respect transient response
Just can’t get enough of Joe’s drums. Walk in that room tonight and that pocket would still exist.
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GREAT comment, jaygatsby1! I burst out laughing reading your quip. A perfect compliment!
The sax arrangement is so cool, relaxing, and refreshing.
This jazz classic will live forever. RIP Brubeck, Desmond, Wright, Morello.
Drummer Joe Morello with the impressive control of the hi-hat with his left foot playing a song in an odd-time signature (5/4) by playing a closed hi-hat "chick" sound on the 2nd beat of each measure and playing an open hi-hat "splash" sound on either the 4th or 5th beat of each measure (sometimes both) -- all using just his left foot. And doing it in 1959 before odd-time signatures became more popular. Masterful musicality. He looks so cool doing it, too -- very nonchalant, effortless and relaxed.
Entire solo improvisation by Paul Desmond here is super excellent; you can observe how Dave pays attention to Paul and how he smiles when the saxophonist hits some amazing tonal structures …
Niiiice
After all it is Desmond's tune.
Even at age 76 this is one of the mightiest classics in my music library.. 🎷
Even at the age of 16, this is one of the mightiest classics in my music library...
This changed my life! And in 1975 I was blessed to be on stage with Mr. Brubek helping to hold a huge sheet of plastic over he and his group as they played an outdoor concert.
Zeppolino100 Are you IA Local 1, by any chance?
Zeppolino100 Awesome memory. Thank you for sharing. Merry Christmas. Blessings and best wishes, from Newfoundland.
Dorkily,
-Loran
Many thanks for your kind message! Newfoundland has fascinated me since I was a child, yet never have had the opportunity to visit. Blessings and best wishes to you!
No, but I loved everything Quick Draw McGraw!
Zeppolino100 "I'll do all the thinkin' around here Babalouie and don't you for-get-it!!"
It's "spring break 1960". I'm 18 and with three high school buddies from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. We're in Ft. Lauderdale, FL sitting in the Elbow Room chillin' on our Michelobs. "Take Five" starts the minute the first beer is served and never stops until the bar closes. We were all caught up in Brubeck's groovy sound. And, now at age 75, I still love this classic. To top off our visit we were guests of our bartender, Greg, at the Miami Playboy Club on our last weekend on that visit. A blast from the past!!
Johnny Canuck ... same... hip.
bless you,Johnny!
Cheers brother.
that was beautiful to read, i’m not even 20 yet. glad you had a great experience with this piece.
What a great story!
The most sweet sounds of saxophone I have heard. Paul Desmond was a great saxophonist.
Jazz is timeless, this music doesn't age. Perfection.
exactly
Awsome Always
Some of it ages - like everything else,. But this piece sure doesn't.
You're so right. These guys were the best and their genius is timeless. Love watching Dave watching Paul play - those two were on the same musical wavelength, ya dig?
oozrenn too true
The genius of Jazz its illusion of simplicity and ease. These guys look and sound like they're playing as easy as you and I could breathe... But there's so much complexity going on beneath the surface.
This rocks my old (65) soul, remember listening to this as a kid and liking. it sounds better the older I get..
... ditto!
Grandpa I kinda like this Melody too , I'm pretty young in comparison to you
This dude lived til a day short of 92. 65 (or now 67) is still young!
I knew Paul Desmond....used to listen to his music then sit with him, drinking coffee (him smoking cigarettes) late night at Seventh Street South in Greenwich Village...
Great memories
Take Five" was my first exposure to jazz.....my Dad would play Brubeck all the time on his stereo at home...(it also helped that Brubeck was a spokesman for Selmer Musical Instruments, which my dad sold at his store, Dekalb Music in Decatur, GA,,)... Requiescat in pace, Dave...
The coolest cats playing the coolest music and looking like a high school faculty.
All of them make glasses look so damn COOL 😎
They all look like science teachers that just walked onstage and performed the hottest music ever recorded.
High school teachers, accountants, insurance salesmen, even FBI agents. They still were cool.
FEW
An eternal classic.
If I may.. returning to the home in the Netherlands in i believe was 1959., I asked my older niece who was playing on a black and white TV. Her answer DAVE BRUBECK. NEEDLES to say it changed my life forever. Returning to Africa made me search for jazz. All I could get was African highline from Ghana, Cote Divoir. When moving to USA in 1967 I just about lived at the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach.
Atomic Clocks are set based on Joe Morello's timing.
+Filthy McNasty That is one of the best comments I've ever read on RUclips!!!
Your comment set me thinking. I've never considered drumming from that perspective before (I'm not musical, and I've been brought up to worship the soloists like John Bonham and Keith Moon). But I guess the timing is the WHOLE reason for having a drummer - the quartet depends on him. Anyway I measured Morello's beat (using a digital metronome) and I reckon it sets off at around 202bpm and finishes around 207bpm. The change was not distinguishable to my ear, but could it be that Paul Desmond was hurrying him along a bit? The thing is, I don't know. Over 5 minutes a very slight increase in tempo may be nothing. I'm a runner and I know that maintaining the same tempo based on nothing but your own internal clock is damned hard. Too many other external distractions, not to mention distracting internal thoughts. So all I can say is that Morello here is in effect pancake flat in his timing fluctuations, to say it's a live performance and he isn't listening to any kind of metronome. In any case his look of intense concentration throughout should have told me as much.
+Ciaran Guilfoyle from what I know Desmond and morello had a few conflicts here and there due to timing in that Desmond rushed a lot. You can tell when Morello notices because he plays down in the bass drum harder. It's his way of keeping check but apparently Brubeck had his time cut out for him keeping the two together
True fact, a great drummer.
+Ciaran Guilfoyle in jazz unlike rock and roll, the tempo changes (swings) as well based on the progression of the song. So I doubt it was a mistake
It's nice to have a chill saxophone feature every once in a while. The bass and drumkit hold this piece together so flawlessly
Joe Morello is a drummer of note , still spoken of with respect .
I have always heard this song as kid in 1960's on the radio, from turntable inside a record store or in 1970's before the start of the Late, late, late movie on WGN TV Chicago. I can't imagine seeing this band live, WOW!!👍🥰
@gregnormal0 I may have responded already but my dumb phone sticks & kicks me out!! I am doing well Greg and hope you are too!! I am a fan of this song, just not an expert on really great jazz. The Beatles are my favorite band but I keep an open-mind re: different music genres. You take good care, stay well and be safe too! Tracy J./Chicago, IL😉👍
@gregnormal0Very hard to pick favorite song!😳Top 5: Let It Be, Back In The USSR, Something, Hard Day's Night and Abbey Road connected part towards end of LP. Sorry but I only know this song "Take 5" for this Jazz Band.🥺
@gregnormal0Born and still live in Chicago, IL. This song has been a part of my 59 years of life. I liked it as a grade schooler but never knew the name of this song. You have a very nice day!
Genius is when you can play your instruments without looking at them. Instead you can watch and love at the same time your brilliant colleagues strut their stuff. Just as these 4 guys are doing. Pure absolute sublime GENIUS played by 4 of the finest musicians in any genre who have ever lived.
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Dave was a neighbor of former gf of mine. This is timeless...
This music is beyond any time or place. It just IS.
music is the best way to capture the feeling that a time and place gives you in my opinion!
Yes, it does that too, for the individual listener. This piece may well evoke the feelings associated with the time and place where a listener first heard it, but I can't remember when or where I first heard this. "Take Five" always sounds "in the moment" to me.
julio jaramio
Probably the ultimate jazz piece ever done.
Probably the ultimate jazz piece ever done.
*_Христос Воскресе_*
Доброе утро друзья мои. Это Вам для приятного, солнечного и успешного дня...
*_С Богом!!!_*
Tema legendario. Sin duda, uno de los más emblemáticos del Jazz. Una maravilla. Los años seguirán pasando, pero este tipo de temas no perecerán.
Greatest jazz tune ever. A true work of art without a single word.
There are some pieces of music it's hard for me to imagine having ever not existed; the main riff from this song is one of them. I have this feeling like it always existed, it was there, in the fabric of reality, waiting to be discovered.
I feel the exact same way.
Yeah same here like how tf u come w something like this
Dave Brubeck - Take Five
(Guitar Pro Tab) Enjoy!!!
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That last line is poetry, man.
@@monkeyman12328 Ok
I've always been fascinated by great musicians who could not read music. Dave Brubeck was one of those. Although he graduated from the University of the Pacific with a BA in music, it was discovered that he couldn't read, but he received the diploma if he promised never to teach music. There are so many great artists in the rock world who are in the same boat, but it is sort of unusual in the modern jazz world. Regardless, the man was brilliant as was every member of his quartet, including Joe Morello, who was legally blind. Another giant. In my opinion, he and "The Senator," bassist Eugene Wright were one of the best rhythm sections ever to hit the bricks. Just fantastic talents.
Well said, Mike.
Didn't know that. Now I like Dave Brubeck even more.
Gabriel Ferreira obviously Mister Brubeck could read and write music but only at a beginners/intermediate level. He probably could not sight read music at an advanced level which is what most studio musicians do
Yea, thinking now, it makes a lotta more sense. Thank you.
Take Five, un véritable chef d'oeuvre du JAZZ
Merci !
Renaud
Seen these guys in person twice, what a privilege ❤️
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Grew up listening to my Dad's jazz records. This was one of his favorites.
when i was 11 my parents took me to see Dave Brubeck live at the Blue Note in NYC, shortly after he passed away, it was his last live performance. I just wish I appreciated and understood how lucky I was to be able to see such an amazing musician perform. rest in peace to a musical genius
This is easily one of the greatest musical compositions of my 68 years. This is a superb piece of music. This is art.
Your mom knew good music from back in the day. That's wonderful and it still sounds beautiful and relaxing today -the year of 2023. Take five!
maaan good use, but you know is not like high fiving, take five as in taking 5 minutes
Apart from the amazing music, the cinematography is just freaking brilliant.
Oh, I so love this "Take Five" - first my entrance was to the Jazz music through this composition!!!💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
When I'm out with the gang for a Beer and a little nonsense fun, I've been known to listen to country music. When I'm forced, because of circumstance, to listen to classical music...I do so like a good boy...If I manage to get decent tickets to watch a single vocalist such as Frank, Ella, Peggy Lee and the like, I'm delighted. I give great credit to all the old Traditional New Orleans crowd, for without them we wouldn't have this. But when I'm driving alone at night...sipping on a Brandy in a darkened room by the fire, THIS, my friends, is the music I listen to.
I keep coming back to this video really enjoyed watching..those guys really rock
I dont know how ANYONE could give this a thumbs down... it always puts a smile on my face.
J.R. I'm just sorry this version didn't also give us Joe Morello's drum solo!
J.R. Same. My teacher played this for us in class (It's a jazz class I'm taking at my high school) and I love it now. It always gives me these really good vibes when I'm feeling down.
They're moldy figs, daddi-o!
Thumbs down? Lost souls with no rhythm. Seriously besides being a great band/ tune the main reason I love this it reminds me of my childhood and hearing this on the radio all the time.
Telstar62a Skib-a-bobba-doo-wop, Daddio.
You can add this to the all time great performances of all time .
The only living member of the quartet, Eugene Wright, has died on December 30, 2020. Right before 2021.
We will never forget this band
bfdzb
Very sad that they’re all gone. What a legacy they left behind!
Dave Brubeck cancelled a tour of the southern states because the promoter wanted Mr WRIGHT replaced by a white man. Dave Brubeck truly was a man of moral integrity.
I am incredibly impressed watching the drummer! Look at him! He is so "tuned in with such phenomenal discern and attention to every detail ( and even in-between at that) you can just read it in his every time tuned move!".😁 All of it is so sweet in my ears, I literally surrender my entire being while listening to the Quartet! I just realized something random. This was Dave Brubeck's Quartet , and they officially released the album "Take 50" in 1957. I am 57.I did say random lol! I have been listening to him since I was a little kid! My Uncle & Aunt had a great passion for all kinds of music. Very eclectic. Because of that I also have an eclectic taste. My Uncle would bring his albums, or REEL TO REEL, and me and my 3 sisters would listen to it all! I loved it then and I love it now! Then my Father went and bought an AMAZING STEREO SYSTEM! 2 front speaker's and 2 other huge speakers (Maybe bass ?? I'm not recalling the name! ) The fronts were EPI'S. Sound would come out in the front & the sides of THOSE speakers. The other 2 just kicked it up like 100 notches!! It had the manual equiliser, 2 cassette tapes, it would allowed you to record one cassette to the other cassette. You could also Record what you are playing! It could record songs even from a radio station!! That stereo had many more features! He got a very good quality album/record player, with a diamond needle. That diamond needle would make the sound of an album sound absolutely crystal clear! Granted you didn't scratch the album! Flawless sound!! I have my Uncles and Father's discerning ears as well! I can't tolerate any distortion!!! None!! Those speakers were in every corner 9f the living room, and sitting in the center gave you an impeccable sound, and LOUD, With ZERO DISTORTION!! My Grandfather , after working all day 6 day's a week also played in a band. He was the drummer!! Had his sweet set of drums, and 1 played the piano and the 3rd man played some sort of brass instrument 🤦🏻♀️🤷♀️🎺that's it in the emogie 😂! I love listening to my music!! It's the only time I can get completely emersed him it, and divert my attention away from the chronic pain I'm in! Well, that's my 2 cents 😂 so many memories , wonderful memories just came to me and I let it all spill out here! So, enjoy the master's of music! Widen your selection of types of music, it's good to soothe the soul and create an ambiance of your choosing. Have a blessed life everyone!! 😁💜🎶🎹🥁🎺🎵🎶🎵🎧
this made me discover my love for jazz as a child, I turned 17 now, still my favorite piece to play
I know nothing about jazz. Its not really my thing. But I've been listening to this piece over and over for a few years now and Mr Desmond still manages to put the hairs on my arms up every time. Take Five is rightfully a classic but his solo is incredible.
Those who dislike this song should...
Have a great life. They're not less valuable because of their musical taste.
Or lack of musical taste. ❄️🐈
Ya, Jazz clearly aint for everyone, it's meant for musicians i think.
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いつまでも色褪せない名曲ですね～❤❤❤
NO Auto Tune, No stage antics, JUST the SOUND of Jazz from WAY back in the day..
well - autotune would have desroyed the sound in a matter of seconds.
@@waltertanner7982Spot-on!
I am from Costa Rica, so Jazz is not the music I grew up with, but when I heard this version of Take Five, my emotions were so deep that I got goosebumps. And I was not even watching it live! That is art at its best.
Hello Marie
the quartet played at my college in central washington in '65. the thing i remember was when they played "take 5," one at a time, after brubeck softened his play and left the stage, desmond had a solo, then softened it, and left the stage, then eugene wright did the same, leaving joe morello on the stage by himself where he then ripped into the most massive, beast mode, drum solo of all time, then as they left the stage, they returned one at time - the song never stopped through all of this. we could hardly breathe when they finished that piece. decades later, my friend Joe, who was there with me that night in college, and i buddied up and we saw brubeck perform live again, in seattle. not long after that performance he passed away. wanna watch some damn fine drummin', youtube morello and look for his solo performance. perididdle joe!!
Those were the days, my friend...even then, we KNEW they were great days...
Paul Desmond, playing the saxophone, Brubeck's close chum and bandmate, composed one of the group's biggest and best hits Take Five
Joe Morello. One of the greatest drummers of all time. Made complex time signatures look easy. And the fact that he was blind. Proves that anything is possible.
Wow, I never knew Joe Morello was blind - dark glasses were kind of 'cool' back then so I just figured he was 'cool' - which he was.
He wasn't fully blind. He had partial vision (see Wikipedia). Nonetheless I agree.... anything is possible.
wow i had no idea he was blind.....just incredible!!!!
Being blind actually helps you play better. If you play an instrument and never tried , go for it. Close your eyes and play any piece. Closing your eyes, the absence of stimulus, is the new luxury.
he wasn't really blind just hard sight but lost is sight slowly
I,m 55 this year just bought my first miles davis album .dave is next 😊 never too old to learn
one of my favourite from MILES DAVIS "SOLEO" from" sketch from Spain" album,12 minutes of real pleasure
My first exposure to jazz was a pair of Brubeck albums that my parents had when I was a kid: Time Out and Jazz Goes to College.
And now, I live in the area where Brubeck was raised. What a lucky guy I am.
TOTALLY AWESOME !! That Drummer is the COOLEST GUY ON THE PLANT EARTH
I love this, my first exposure to jazz! Long live Jazz!
Long live jazzzzzzzzzzzz baby!:)
The first time I heard Joe Morello play a solo in Cardiff in the sixties ,I started exploring Dave Brubeck and was hooked now nearly 69yrs old and have been playing drums since 15yrs old he was a master and the quartet ace.
Paul Desmond on that alto sax is something else.
Considering this piece is in 5/4 time ...... a total wow.
extremely hard rythm, yes
As a Sax student who has performed this piece, once you get the feel for 5/4, it actually comes quite naturally. It's a lot of fun.
M Phylo
yup.... I'm jealous.
Pat TheHombre Haha It just takes a bit of practice
Years ago my drum teacher told me to split the measure-2/2-3/4 and I finally able to play it.
In high school our band director took us on the bus to Drury College in Springfield, Missouri to a jazz clinic. Joe Morello the great jazz drummer put on a show, then lectured us on what made him the great musician he was at the time. That was back in 1970. Seeing Joe perform brings back memories of that day.
My very first concert. Shakespeare Theater, New Haven Connecticut, 1966.
Jazz for a lifetime- my brother was playing this by heart at 16- used to come home from school- he would pretty much play the whole album- I was so lucky !
No other musician has played more beautifully and with such soul and lyricism as Paul Desmond. Without him, I doubt we would have heard of Dave Brubeck.
Disagree; Brubeck was great before and after Paul Desmond. However, I do rate Desmond number two alto after Cannonball.
I'm 73, borned 1950 in Amsterdam and my Dad took me as I was 6 years old to a Cafe, Dave was playing. It was the first time for me, but not the last. Great Music and people.
Thanks Dad, and Dave
In awe of the sheer musical talent of these gentlemen.
One of the cleanest Saxes iv ever herd.....
What a pair of lungs of Paul Desmond, that solo, my goodness.
I discovered Jazz as a teenager over 50 years ago, and it all started with "Take Five" I couldn't wait to get to the music store and buy my own copy...
Take Five - Emily Bear (8)
as your average rock&roll fan, I first remember hearing about Brubeck, in a line from Steely Dan's Donald Fagen solo album "The Nightfly"
My dad remembers the whole Time Out album when it was the new thing, still thinks it's one of the best jazz albums of all time.
im a teenager discovering jazz in 2018, how timeless
Sera: Father knows best. It still is.
You've just listened to the greatest jazz drummer who ever lived. And to 3 other guys who, along with Miles Davis, John Coltrane and several others DEFINED an entire genre for generations. If you think I'm overstating, realize this was recorded in the same decade as the Beatles and the Stones. Brubeck's quartet is still revered today as jazz artists as much as Lennon, McCartney, and Jagger are as rockers.