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http://youtube.com/watch?v=tCjFIenlGYo&mode=related&search=

Came across this yesterday! I don't know much about jazz but what do you think about it?

Matt

A classic.

Its a biggie.. well known like Monk's Round Midnight..both Jazz classics

Paul Desmond wrote it, but it came from Brubeck's studies with Darius Milhaud, who encouraged him to try new sounds and rhythms. Dave Brubeck still plays it all the time, and every time I have heard him play it, he plays it differently. He will be here again in April, with the quartet and with a big band. I am always impressed by the powerful intellect of his playing, as well as his warmth and personal charm.

That was great! Thanks for posting it. Does anyone have the sheet music to the piano portion of Take Five? I'm sure I could find a willing saxophonist to duet with if I learned it.

Nancy

There are several modestly-priced arrangements available, including alto sax and piano. It is published by Alfred. Yes, it is copyrighted.

This looks like the intro(zoom it))http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/store/smp_inside.html?cart=21012599114&item=1346391&page=00

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Tn27IcAapPI

Brubeck and "Take Five"...it just doesn't get any better than that.

Oh sure it does. It gets alot better. Did you hear George Benson's version on You tube?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Tn27IcAapPI

Always nice to hear a technical wizard in tasteful mode.

Virtuosic, I just listened to Benson. Now back to my original statement: Dave Brubeck and "Take Five." It just doesn't get any better than that!

I absolutely agree with this statement.

But, here we have that darn pesky 'personal taste' thing rearing it's head again

Roger, this isn't a "personal taste" thing; it's a FACT! lol

That made my day! Just picked myself off the floor! I can't get enough of this gracious and elegant jazz. Does anyone know why it was called Take 5? I have three different piano arrangements of it including one based on George Benson's. Also Toots Thielemans made a notable version. After quoting the signature melody you can do almost anything you want with it as long as you maintain that finger snapping five four.

The big question is when playing Take 5 SOLO PIANO how each of you handles the left hand chord and rhythm.

I play it as a modified 5/4 stride piano

Left hand plays:

Root Chord Root Chord ; Root Root(8va)

Right hand plays:

melody

I always thought it was because of the 5/4 time signature

So in your learned opinion, the relatively stone-fingered Brubeck is the ultimate, unparalleled jazz musician of all time, without peer? Benson and other consummate musicians of negligible importance in comparison? This is all quite an interesting concept, one I've never heard of before, and something that I would have to challenge. How did you arrive at this belief? Have you heard any other jazz pianists? Have you listened to much jazz?

Here's some suggested listening for Brubeck comparisons:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlUzK4Ua1iY&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBIyri8E8II

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzj6Q61h3oA

Virtuosic, the answer to your question is yes, I have listened to many jazz pianists. In my opinion, Brubeck is the master and no other ones come close. Granted, this is a statement of opinion, and I have stated mine. Does that make me ALL or just half bad? When I stated it was "fact", I was only trying to get a rise out of someone; it obviously worked. Thank you for the other listening suggestions. Brubeck is still #1...yes, my opinion.

can anyone on here play "Strange Meadow Lark"?
the first minute and 15 seconds alone is amazing.

Brubeck is goodness. i don't know about no one coming close to him, as its Dave that doesn't come close to others, but he's one of the best jazz pianists, definitely. i appreciate his melodicism more than anything.

You actually listened to Oscar Peterson's Youtube video of Sweet Georgia Brown and still feel that the stone fingered Brubeck blows Oscar away? :rolleyes: Dave couldn't even think a one bar stream of improvisatory eight, trip eight, and sixteenth notes at quarter = 400+ let alone construct and cleanly execute lengthy, slick, bebop stretches with full stride accompaniament for entire choruses. In my humble opinion, the idea of Peterson being pianistically inferior to Brubeck is Bizarro World logic, sort of like stating that a seven year old beginner with 2 weeks worth of piano lessons under his belt is a far better pianist than Cziffra or Horowitz, but what do I know?