Dave Brubeck - Golden Brown

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A little tribute to Dave Greenfield (keyboardist with The Stranglers who died with Covid-19 last week) and Paul Desmond (saxophonist with the Dave Brubeck quartet - the anniversary of his death is at the end of this month). Also because I've been enjoying editing videos and recording stuff over the last couple of months.
A couple of people have asked how I made this video so here we go -
I took a clip from a 1964 live version of Take Five ( • Dave Brubeck - Take Five ) and made the drum loop by chopping up the intro and turning it from 5/4 into the 3/4 - 4/4 groove that Golden Brown has. The upright bass sound is sequenced from Logic, and the piano part was played in using one of the piano sounds from a Nord Electro 5D. Then I played the sax part over the top (I play a King Zephyr alto and for this I used a hard rubber Yanigasawa mouthpiece rather than my usual bright Guardala).
The video was then edited using the clip I'd taken the drum loop from.
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[@laurencemasonsax]

Stream, download, or order the vinyl - song.link/x8dbz30pxcDBQ Hey! Thanks so much to everyone for the feedback on this, it's ended up getting a lot more traction than I'd anticipated... A few weeks ago, a label got in touch and asked if I'd be interested in releasing an extended version as a 45rpm vinyl, so I said yes. I've put another video up with more details of the release, along with a few answers to the questions I've had about this video. Head on over to my channel to view it, and thanks again for the support!

[@marrrrrrks]

That's awesome man

[@bingola45]

@@marrrrrrks Agreed. Although Joe Morello does do a bit of a Max Headroom at the start!

[@AlexVonCrank]

Amazing dude!!!

[@raymondwebb8711]

Would have liked to see the bass player

[@danielcheslett9417]

Hi Lawrence, I'd love to play the sax solo myself, do you have a sheet available?

[@keithkool]

The salt mine called 'KZbin' is a rough and deserted place but every now and then you will find a diamond like this one.

[@shawnowens6753]

Like this the purpose of youtube

[@hubertuskuhnt5958]

keithkool True words!!

[@konanhuet623]

the fuck you talking about, KZbin has the widest collection of music. Of course the bad stuff is here, but most of the great stuff is here too.

[@emmams5]

@keithkool, there's more to KZbin than classic jazz tunes, you should have a gander some day.....you'd be surprised what you find.

[@bbatibor]

Hey, you are a true poet, i got it.

[@FightFairLoseEasy]

Simply the coolest accountants you will ever see

[@brasseenschloppa3864]

You mean cool ? 🥶

[@raffaelerispoli1590]

Ahahahahahahah

[@moeberry8611]

Bwahahahahaha :p

[@vikramadoddamani]

Were they part-time accountants?

[@FightFairLoseEasy]

@@vikramadoddamani I dont know but they were certainly "creative" accountants

[@moroteseoinage]

It’s amazing that this cover was performed before the song was written!

[@quandotiregalanounprodotto4350]

Infatti è un fake...

[@TheArturziegler]

This version is from 1995, the orginal ist from 1981

[@jump2000]

@@TheArturziegleraren’t you people supposed to be real smart?

[@xisotopex]

@@jump2000 lol

[@deviklovecraft3835]

@@jump2000😂 Precisely what I was thinking

[@ebonyjewel-star866]

Only today,June 2024, listening to this, when I've listened to Take Five hundreds of times. Loving this too

[@Kurzula5150]

If you make an 8 minute version, there are at least half a million people who wouldn't object.

[@mrn6020]

wow, yes please!

[@sonjawhite5815]

Too fast

[@danle7022]

Plzzzzz

[@joyporcella81]

I like that 8 min brubeck

[@kepcar]

Eight hour LOOP!

[@TheMafrand]

This version just make me realize how great the song is.

[@chatssauvages06]

tout a fait raison pour moi c'est plus que géniale c est fantastique je penses qu'on aura plus des musiciens comme Dave bravo Claude progni

[@lindahandley5267]

Yes, just pure, raw talent. Love it.

[@baabaabaa-yp2jh]

Stays for a day.. Never a frown.. With Golden Brown!

[@crazypantz3492]

NEVER!

[@baabaabaa-yp2jh]

@@crazypantz3492 Hahahaha! I was walking through Woolies and G&B was b/g musak... My mate said "y'know this song's about hash!?!".... I went "Is it now mate!?!"

[@sotosmoud1747]

I want to express my gratitude to art, people and creativity. Thank you 🙏

[@beerzvideo]

My first reaction when I saw this was "I never knew Golden Brown was an old song from Brubeck" Well done!

[@mauve9266]

Literally it fooled me at first I was like wait a minute 😂

[@nathansealey6270]

Dude same

[@tristanpottier5547]

The same for me !!!!!

[@thatwiseoldbitchchannel]

Same!!!

[@dogtag869]

Beerz Video Same! Even tried to claim I knew it as fact. Thank heavens for comments from intelligent people.

[@JohnHirsch88]

The best thing Dave Brubeck never wrote

[@aceroandaluz9405]

LOL

[@michaelbennett8393]

He didn't write Take Five either. It was the saxophonist, whose name I've forgotten.

[@JohnHirsch88]

@@michaelbennett8393 Take it easy man

[@allanjcarpenter]

@@michaelbennett8393Paul Desmond.

[@tuftyaurelius9062]

@@michaelbennett8393 Yes! Paul Desmond.

[@omarsheriff51]

Dude I actually believed this was real. Incredible arrangement and edit !

[@MikeDijital]

SERIOUSLY... I was like " this song is that old "

[@bonechip01]

I forgot about 1min in for a few seconds, even though I know the original.

[@Sheaker]

Could You, please, elaborate? I see all comments saying they almost believe it. I don't really understand what... Please?

[@MikeDijital]

@@Sheaker The owner of this channel made the song using samples of the drums and other elements of the Brubeck Song "Take 5". the owner of the channel played the Sax parts. Golden brown is a song by the stranglers from the 1980's, but the owner of this channel did such an immaculate job mixing this all together, that its almost believable that Dave Brubeck wrote and performed this in the 40's. when actually it is impossible since the song wasn't written till the 1980's

[@Sheaker]

@@MikeDijital Holly Moly. Thank You! I just looked at 'Take 5" and it now makes sense.

[@bryden72]

My father in law whos recovering from a stroke gave me a massive smile listening to this as he's a big brubeck fan.

[@cplshujumi]

My old man passed a couple years back now, found out after he died that he was a huge Brubeck fan. I always loved Golden Brown growing up. So cool to find this little connection years later. Hope your father in law is doing okay, friend.

[@kairoarolsen1255]

@@cplshujumi This is no Brubeck tune. It was made in 1995 by Laurence Mason in the Brubeck style. The original is by The Stranglers from 1982

[@cplshujumi]

@@kairoarolsen1255 Oh I know! I was just saying it was a cool connection that resonated with me. Love the original Golden Brown by the Stranglers, gained a love for Brubeck and enjoyed the tie-in there. Though I didn't know this was done all the way back in 95!

[@duncanlaing6078]

Are you expecting anything when he passes then?

[@johnfloyd4166]

Nice one.good story.❤😊

[@Mayaman67]

The good old days when musicians looked like your science teacher.

[@see6052]

I was thinking the good old days when yanks were just amazing cool,talented,stylish, sophisticated,elegant smart, sassy. And everyone wanted to be them. How did things go from the guys in this video to twists screaming,ranting, foaming mouthed,fat, stupid, scruffy,demented half wits? Tragic

[@madwhitehare3635]

Keith David ...Mr Brubeck is Handsome! 😍

[@spiritrider963]

🤣 🤣 🤣

[@sumatoborukiSaru]

I reckon Dave looks a lot like Jeff Goldblum in some shots.

[@terrencemason5821]

Yet they smoked weed

[@thejesuschrist]

Glorious!

[@heem8814]

my grandma died # rip

[@dextermorgan7764]

@@heem8814 I dont see how that is relevant, sorry for being so blunt but its true.

[@TheMixCurator]

HAIL SEITAN Tasty tasty Seitan

[@the_Falcon_fall]

Amen

[@s.iddhartha]

Jack-spe-dicey

[@Hiphopasaurus]

This seriously passes as an original Brubeck work and production in 1964. Bravo.

[@BarManFesteiro]

golden brown on the piano like that just sounds insane to me its incredible

[@theproclaimer588]

Still can’t believe how cleverly Golden Brown was merged with this original Brubeck score. Incredibly well done fake. Hats off!

[@chatssauvages06]

bravo Dave et Paul c'est plus que bien fait c est extraordinaire ils sont formidables Claude progni

[@tombraem7482]

I read "fake hats off!". Still ok, imho.

[@felixmak1712]

Love it! So who is actually playing?

[@predeterminedmeat5024]

​@@felixmak1712The guy who uploaded it.

[@patrickmaline4258]

fake? what do you mean? are you trying to say someone else wrote the song, and d.b. is covering this smooth *ss classic, because if so, that’s not the same as faking, and you can’t fake what dave brubeck does. that sh*t is real. in a world filled with fake *ss sh*t, that sh*t is real. trying to impress people by knowing the original composer is a thing i guess. trying to make people feel bad for not knowing is something as well. peace.

[@chrisnagorka5199]

It sounds like a Brubeck original, which is the highest praise I can give this.

[@DeeJayCoolio]

It's definitely played well doesn't touch Brubeck. But I don't think that's what the poster was going for.

[@williamswaney2615]

Take Five was a Paul Desmond tune.

[@NuclearErrorBG]

The alto sax playing is amazingly similar to Desmond's style! Quite enjoyable!

[@sanguinefan1734]

When I listened to this video I began to wonder why I didn't know that the Stranglers record was actually a cover of a Brubeck original. It took a while to figure out what was going on. That will teach me to read the description before playing a video. Brilliant piece of work!

[@andrewphippsphillips1455]

@@sanguinefan1734 You and me as well. I was fished in to think Brubeck's Quartet had done it originally. Absolutely incredible patience to produce this.

[@tango22ah]

Mind blown. Had no idea, always thought it was a Stranglers original.

[@jonasthemovie]

It is a Stranglers original

[@kevinteahan7719]

Stranglers is the original!

[@yc__]

Some argue the stranglers covered their song from Dave Brubeck and then link this video as proof. Just shows how incedible good this song is done.

[@annharlo5941]

It an homage to Take Five. Don't overthink it.

[@yc__]

@@annharlo5941 Please read my comment again until you understand it.

[@192dude]

Stunning editing. You actually fooled me into believing The Stranglers played a cover of Dave Brubeck.

[@22448824]

And me

[@tomrogerlilleby2890]

Me too - although I should have noticed something was wrong with the photage already in the opening when this famous drummer starts playing the rhythm. This is of course photage Brubeck playing "Take Five" - with a new audio added.

[@patrickmichaelspencecooler4768]

I have always loved Golden Brown and it's unique 13/16 time signature, and have always greatly admired The Stranglers, a thinking man's band that crosses from punk through pop to neo classical. I spotted it as soon as they zoomed in on Brubeck's hands on the piano, he wasn't playing what I was hearing. I have a full backing track I produced of Golden Brown that I sequenced the harpsichord in real time on a Roland Juno G, so I know the hand movement. I did the sax solo on the keys also with alto sax samples on an SRX card, but I dont play brass intruments. Sample based synths have come a long way, you wouldn't know it was a synth if you heard it. Always The Sun and Peaches are great songs too.

[@Brascofarian]

I had to check, wasn't buying it tho.

[@MrAaronRock]

me too

[@gravityskeptic8697]

Getting old isn't that bad. Decades ago I thought this was Hotel lobby music, now I can fully appreciate how brilliant this is.

[@nikolaibaas2776]

You‘re right! I absolutely think the same

[@joepublic3933]

Hotel lobbies are wonderful places!

[@gravityskeptic8697]

@@joepublic3933 Very true. However, it took me 40 years to find that out.

[@joepublic3933]

@@gravityskeptic8697 Look at it positively; you've probably got another good 40 odd years of hotel lobbies ahead of you!

[@Methadone4Life]

True musicians at work...I'm 54 and enjoy many different types/genres of music now. Good music transcends many things.

[@Charles-qn1bt]

RIP Dave Greenfield... RIP Jet Black... LONG LIVE THE STRANGLERS! "Golden Brown" is a timeless, immortal classic that will outlast us all. (Nice work, Laurence)

[@ismailcoban3497]

Keep hands of chine white H and golden brown sugar 🥳

[@stuartmorley3836]

Not many STRANGLERS fans know that they did a cover version

[@yewest3105]

@@stuartmorley3836they didn’t actually this is a cover of The Stranglers

[@patrycjajankowska6121]

​@@stuartmorley3836wtf

[@ricardomcvitie328]

One of my favorite songs "performed" by the Brubeck Quartet. Dreams are made of this. Absolutely brilliant!

[@tonycliftontheman]

The suits. The ties. The haircuts. The talent. This puts me in another world! A glorious other world!

[@johnmoore9862]

Fashions come & go, but style is timeless.

[@maximechevalier1923]

Cuz i am a frenchie did not find the good way , or the words ..... you just described what i would say..

[@AndreyUfa7]

The world named as Jazz

[@arnoldoxenschwanz1385]

World of rampant sexism and white privilege :)))

[@EmoPineapple]

@@arnoldoxenschwanz1385 sexism and racism is temporary, music is immortal

[@cmwaters84]

My mom sang with Dave Brubeck..many yrs ago in Lansing, Mi...at an old Michigan theater ( long gone now, sadly)...i was happy to meet him!

[@topologyrob]

How amazing!

[@lindahandley5267]

I'm very impressed! You're mom must have been a very good singer!

[@sbbinahee]

Totally fantastic! I was baffled thinking Golden brown must've been an old instrumental that the stranglers must've got hold of! Totally fooled was I !

[@stephenhill8991]

Same here

[@dewimatthews]

Same! Still want to kid myself it’s real.

[@TheHookahSmokingCaterpillar]

Dave Greenfield was an awesome musician, and a really nice guy.

[@paulperry2707]

The Dave Brubeck Quartet is one of my favorites. They are still quite popular more than half a century later.

[@tuftyaurelius9062]

They’re actually playing Take 5 !🤣 Golden Brown has been superimposed as the sound trackM🤣

[@hermionestranger4964]

Just wanted to say that this was SO smoothly made, that my dumb ass didn't even realize that it was edited by the uploader - I legit thought that Dave Brubeck had recorded a smooth Jazz cover of "Golden Brown" or that maybe he wrote the original and the Stranglers had done a cover. This is VERY nicely done, holy moly. My hat off to you!!

[@control5835]

NO THIS IS GENUINE, IT IS REALLY A DAVE BRUBECK PIECE!!!

[@tristianobrien5114]

it is simply sup[erb

[@Steiger08]

Its so fitting, as it also has this 7/4 bar change, and Brubeck was a connoisseur of uneven time signatures... Very well done!

[@atzenanu5636]

Same here... ;)

[@carolineleiden]

See my reaction above: I thought exactly the same!

[@leighdonoghue9266]

Anyone else wish this version was about 3 days long?

[@Hithere-ek4qt]

Nope - you're the only one.

[@jaycegti2200]

Not any more. I do too.

[@Jodaco1043]

More like 5 days

[@thijsvandijk6135]

not really.....

[@doctortubes5046]

ME for shure !!

[@mellow.jazzcafe]

Just wonderful, a fine tribute to an exceptional song!

[@GuineaPigEveryday]

There is so much that you can justifiably hate about the modern day technology, how its used to scam people, AI especially, but something like this… a little tech trickery to combine two brilliant timeless art pieces and make something uniquely beautiful. Its just pure

[@kevinbirge2130]

That may be the finest sax playing I’ve ever heard. Controlled, expressive, soulful.

[@nickhammond9253]

Agreed!

[@jimioutback]

You should listen to Miles Davis track Flamenco SKetches - I dislike brass, but once Miles' screechy trumpet intro is done, 2 minutes in, begins some really mellow sax' - 2 great sax players playing one after the other...hope you enjoy

[@mademenchronicles2335]

He is good. Fela to is good

[@vikramadoddamani]

Paul Desmond ❤

[@pauldavies9360]

​@jimioutback not a fan of chet bakers playing then?

[@isitrealgood]

This is masterful. That you saw "golden brown" out of "Take Five" and made it happen.

[@forbesy8568]

🔂

[@chatssauvages06]

Oui en effet c est fantastique de jouer golden Brown dans take five c est génial j ai été dupé bravo Claude progni

[@debbieahrens8953]

That was my first thought when I first this last night in "The Umbrella Academy!"

[@roypruysvdhoeven1855]

YOU ARE RIGHT....TAKE FIVE AND GOLDEN BROWN LYING CLOSE TO EACH OTHER....

[@Heimrik01]

@@chatssauvages06 Salut, c'est un faux ?

[@nicolesoukalova]

Thank you Dave, thank you "Stranglers".

[@chatssauvages0618]

tout à fait raison merci stranglers pour l original et merci dave pour leur interprétation bon travail

[@sourjellybaby4286]

Love both versions.

[@MrFatboyslimline]

Golden Brown by The Stranglers is the best song EVER written if it was the only song left I would listen to I until I die saying that, after hearing this instrumental version by Dave Brubeck is just beautiful the sax is truly mesmerising I love it and would add it to my list with The Stranglers.

[@jonasthemovie]

This is not an instrumental by Dave Brubeck. It’s an instrumental cover by Laurence Mason.

[@thewoodclubandthewoodfamil9170]

This is probably the most impressive thing I’ve ever seen on the internet

[@deedsmillar6056]

Wait until you see the videos in colour.

[@chimwemwekalea165]

Me too man

[@jamiesharp152]

I love the way Brubecks face is framed by the sax,while tickling the ivories.Masters of the universe.

[@saabninefive93]

@@jamiesharp152 That is a very astute observation that I didn't really notice at first. I went back and watched again, and you are right on the money. Exquisite.

[@thewoodclubandthewoodfamil9170]

He was the bands audience . Even when joe does his drum solo he turns round to watch. Brubeck oozed class

[@stee-vo3332]

Reckon Dave Greenfield would approve. This is sheer brilliance!

[@laurajanocko5163]

Except for the fact that half of the people here think it was a Dave Brubeck original.

[@Radio478]

No modern tricks, just pure talent

[@jonasthemovie]

You’re joking right?

[@xr33tk]

It's *all* modern tricks, in case that wasn't sarcasm

[@davidjones9661]

​@@xr33tkYeah, I like when you enlighten someone, then they hide behind the "well didn't you detect my (NON) sarcasm... "Many dopes that really need ropes"... that one is ME. Haha.

[@fredfloyd34]

What a find...Yessss it is a fine gem.David Brubeck and his incredibly masterful musicians...

[@jonasthemovie]

You’re joking right?

[@fredfloyd34]

These musicians were the innovators .Nothing to this degree has come out...now a days.

[@jonasthemovie]

@@fredfloyd34 This song came out 1981, and Dave Brubeck had nothing to do with it.

[@kennztube]

I was totally lost, I did not get what was going on. I read a few replies and then realised how bloody brilliant a job has been made of this edit. Cheers.

[@nezbit8989]

This had me fooled, I thought for a moment that it was an original version! Brilliant just brilliant 👏👏👏👏👏

[@ceeryle]

Had no idea this was fake until I came to the comments. Brilliant execution!

[@borealmat1889]

Masterpiece, fool me again!

[@matthewstokoe5075]

Absolute genius. When I saw it this morning I (a bit of a Brubeck fan) actually thought the Stranglers must have covered it!

[@rondohunter8966]

Enlighten me: Did the Stranglers cover this or not? Sounds the same to me but I am not a musician.

[@pachy444]

@@rondohunter8966 Hi, maybe you didnt read the info. This has been faked (in a good way) to appear to be an old clip of them performing it. The stranglers were the genuine origin of this piece of music (which relates to heroin use) the tune & song is 100% stranglers.

[@rondohunter8966]

@@pachy444 Thank you. That clarifies a lot. Much respect.

[@RayasNegroOvejas]

And you’re a Brubeck fan? ;)

[@matthewstokoe5075]

@@RayasNegroOvejas oh yeah!

[@henq]

I normally don’t like when I’m fooled. But this is the exception. :-) Perfect execution of both the Stranglers’ song as a homage to Brubeck’s work. Chapeau!

[@anjou6497]

Wow, just so unexpected, loverly. 💥👍💘

[@evolution405]

I get what you mean🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@marcosdenizatrailhiker2037]

I think what they did was superior

[@GabrielRGomes]

take five and golden brown have similar piano patterns, and so his editing, although with noticeable cuts, was in some way smooth.

[@MichaelB-gi4lt]

Nine million views and still going strong. Epic on so many levels. Hugh Cornwall must be so proud…and let’s hope Dave is giving two thumbs up from heaven.

[@chris51lee]

Can't believe how good this is. Killer piano hitting all the minors at the right time. Brubeck never misses. So good you do notice.

[@timothyvanscoy6953]

So good and convincing I spent 15 minutes looking for Dave Brubeck's Golden Brown on Apple Music

[@jimmypage9283]

I actually thought for a moment that the stranglers had covered the song. First class, brilliant piece of work. The piano intro is very similar to take five.

[@SergioNasi]

Likewise!

[@jimmypage9283]

@ecky1965 it just shows you what a class song this is, not exactly take five but good enough 😁

[@billtracey9067]

It’s n 6:8 not 5:8 but very impressive

[@jimmypage9283]

@@billtracey9067 similar yes?

[@billtracey9067]

Jimmy Page loved it!

[@northseabrent]

This song is cooler than the cold side of your pillow....

[@larsohrt]

ha ha ha... So true :-D

[@ritahorvath8207]

well said ♥

[@robertpalmer2529]

100% agree

[@firsteerr]

if the cool side of your pillow was billy dee williams !!!

[@kalimbacloud]

Best comment I've read all week

[@jayteamoriarty-writer7534]

I watched this 5 times and shared it with my brother before i raised it wasn't real! Fantastic editing

[@VilhelmHammershoi1666]

It simply doesn't get any better than this ❤

[@praveenarshid4313]

This is the kind of content that KZbin was created for. Can’t stop watching.

[@nicghiran5969]

So true dear friend 👍

[@rossmcleod7983]

Praveen Arshid I’m here again too. Yesterday, day before that....been months really. Extraordinary rendition.

[@Peter_Libelle]

That was the content i was created for ;- ) Greets from Germany

[@albertsalt]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXmZaqx4ga6Gick

[@Peter_Libelle]

@@albertsalt thx 4 the Link 😁

[@memy4460]

Jesus Christ, this music is everything

[@pikusmaximus6539]

Geeez....I had to take 5 before I realized it was a mix, loved it.

[@grantchappell5118]

Genius!

[@doom6015]

I just love the way he looks at Paul Desmond while he's doing his thing.

[@Noutelus]

Same. Paul died way to young from lung cancer.

[@whispersmith]

Get you a partner who looks at you like Brubeck looks at Desmond

[@petergambaccini7396]

Thanks for the comment. I was actually going to say something about this. This is not the only video in which I've seen him look at Desmond like that.

[@Judas1911WR1]

you can just tell he is zoned out listen to his music while playing his own :)

[@rameswese7723]

@@whispersmith so good

[@SeattleSpursFan1882]

Not only is this effort a masterpiece, but the comment section gets a standing ovation as well!

[@Dark__Matter]

Nice work...... and best cover ever of Golden Brown.

[@LindaEnfield]

Wow! Brilliant edit and cover. Love The Stranglers and this song especially, pretty sure some novices will be fooled by the video as you have absolutely nailed it. Nice tribute to Dave too. RIP Dave and Jet, gone but never forgotten x

[@Biyoung]

its abourt heroin..... golden brown ..... aka brown sugar

[@tuftyaurelius9062]

@@Biyoung It’s also about a girl! Ambiguity was the aim.🤣

[@alasdairblackmore2592]

it could also be about how your goose is cooked in the light of "The Son" ... !

[@tuftyaurelius9062]

One wonders how many terminally ill cancer sufferers are actually overdosing with prescribed “heroin” (an opioid/opiate) : eg Oxycodone, fentanyl etc …and hence dying BEFORE their time?

[@tuftyaurelius9062]

@@Biyoung One wonders how many terminally ill cancer sufferers are actually overdosing with prescribed “heroin” (an opioid/opiate) : eg Oxycodone, fentanyl etc …and hence dying BEFORE their time?

[@BigMrC]

This confused the living hell out me ha ha. Went on a wild goose chase trying to find out if Dave Brubek wrote Golden Brown or if he did a cover and then the Stranglers did a cover of a cover, and THEN read your comments lol. Brilliantly done.

[@MrNewRevolutionary]

Same!

[@joepublic3933]

Nooo! Really? I of course didn't think exactly the same thing at all....not even a little bit.... nada.... Well alright then.

[@noodlehat3250]

The Stranglers originally wrote the song in 1981. Dave Brubeck's version is the cover.

[@olufemi7185]

I heard this. It sent a shiver down my spine. The Stranglers Original will never be beaten though!

[@BL-zq7vd]

Me too!

[@MrSirMrSirMr]

The bass player is so good he was able to get around the "must look like Dave Brubeck" clause of joining the band.

[@FelsNaptha]

thank you for making me laugh

[@InARoundaboutWay]

Hahahaha!!

[@neilzebub]

Bahahahaha, brilliant

[@fredericandreasjacob3295]

@@FelsNaptha same

[@johnvanhal2450]

😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@johnfloyd4166]

Beautiful version ❤😊

[@jamspandex4973]

Keep coming back to this, it is pure genius. One of those things that is just so perfect that when you see / hear it is just sooo obvious, that it seems amazing that no one thought of it before, which is why it is so perfect, because of course it was not actually obvious at all, until was done, then it just was so right, it just seems like it had always been that way, and couldn't be any other way. Absolutely astounding, and really so very, very rare.

[@branscombeR]

Me too ... back in 2023 to briefly believe! (Australia)

[@theprior46]

This is staggeringly brilliant to stitch such things together seamlessly - I'm in total awe of that ability. Professional talent in spade loads. Thanks for this incredible clip.

[@footycheck]

i love you Laurence Mason

[@tangentz0007]

I agree. Desmond so sweet!

[@48956l]

“Spade loads”

[@geofftayloruk]

Things is, nothing actually HAS been stitched together. It's all been played in on top of the drum loop....

[@CoronadoBruin]

This is beyond effing brilliant and impressive. Just speechless....

[@baldurk.1667]

So calm, so clear, no bells and whistles. Just wonderful song.

[@jow6845]

Apart from the uber cool music - all the guys are straight out of Mad Men ❤️‍🔥

[@johnhall1504]

One of the best drummers ever Joe Morrello

[@genewilliams617]

He was DEFINITELY one of the very best. So enjoyable to listen to!!!! And watch. Smooth!

[@ciupenhauer]

Will nobody mention the audio? This is the best tribute recording ever, so suave

[@AudioAndroid]

I bet Dave would be highly impressed over this and it's actually to perfect.

[@django-unchained]

This piano chord progression and melody is so weirdly haunting and unique. Even as a guitarist playing hundreds of songs this one always strike me as "different" yet so smooth and playful.

[@johnfloyd4166]

Yeah bit dark and changes❤

[@NS-qj8xj]

Find yourself someone that looks at you, the way Brubeck looks at his Sax player.

[@KitLaughlin]

It's beautiful, really.

[@skunk12]

1:49 The way the drummer is looking at someone offstage is how my mother-in-law looks at me. 😂🤣😆

[@juilietpritchard6560]

@@skunk12 😂😂😂😂😂

[@ppeterh]

You'd have to play like Paul Desmond to do that.

[@athhar3643]

Well, Paul Desmond did write for Dave the money maker.

[@astonmartinvee8]

You managed to do something that is technically elegant and also that evokes the memory of Dave Greenfield and the emotion of the original song and his early passing away. It is very good indeed.

[@jamesocon1]

Like it. But don't like that you used /mis-used Brubeck. A little underhand, but at least you acknowledged it.

[@dennisgearside9887]

You are probably a genius. In my book anyway!😊👍😷🍺

[@SvenTviking]

I only found out that I lived 200 yrds from Dave Greenfield two months after he died! I sorta recognised this guy I saw in Tescos over the road.

[@sianiechelty1119]

When life is flinging all kinds of awful stuff at us, at least we can head for for the cool-jazz of the master- Mr Brubeck and his great companions! xx

[@invaderstim8804]

I wish there was a longer version of this. It's so calming

[@80ssynthfan48]

There is a looped version on KZbin.

[@dirtybird99]

@@80ssynthfan48 but I still have to loop the looped version while I am in the shower . . .

[@OutOfMySystem]

This must have taken forever. You're filling people's hearts with joy, Laurence.

[@brianhill2171]

@Maxbinned this isn’t the original recording. The uploader made this entirely himself, it’s just over footage of the Brubeck Quartet

[@brianhill2171]

@Maxbinned i literally didn’t? Maybe if I was still a stupid 16 year old who actually cared about youtube comments lol, no someone just happened to like my comment

[@porsched]

I liked his comments ;)

[@Knaeckebrotsaege]

according to himself in another video, it took him 2 days, a couple hours on the first day to do the audio and record the sax, then a couple hours the next day to chop up the video

[@MADROCKS221]

I actually totally believed this was a real recording - what a brilliant piece of work. Greatly appreciated and very enjoyable - 3 days 10 watches love it.

[@soppoi123]

You Gotta Pump Those Numbers Up, Those Are Rookie Numbers!

[@ajconstantine3593]

The title of this video (w the syncopated cutting, obviously) is gonna have the OPPOSITE effect of a “tribute.” Most don’t read descriptions, especially any longer than a short sentence. That in mind, almost every non-hardcore Brubeck fan who sees this is gonna absolutely believe Greenfield keiped the whole riff from ol ‘Brubes,’ just like MadRocks thought. And I don’t blame him. Not sayin ... juss sayin. 🥴✌️

[@MADROCKS221]

AJ Constantine yes , I’d had a few drinks hehe I merely read Dave Brubeck Golden Brown and was hooked so to speak.

[@control5835]

IT IS! BRUBECKS ON AN OLD SKIFFLE COMPILATION PLAYING IT! IT WAS ENTITLED GREAT SILVER SANDS! DICKIE BISHOP SKIFFLE BAND THEN COVERED BRUBECK! JET BLACK WAS A DRUMMER IN JAZZ CLUBS! WHEATHER OR NOT THIS IS A VIDEO OF TAKE FIVE!

[@jazzroomrecords3759]

It's recorded now: Coming soon on Jazz Room Records: Vinyl 45 RPM. THE TAKE VIBE E.P. - "GOLDEN BROWN" C/W "WALKING ON THE MOON" Soon on jazzroomrecords.bandcamp.com/ and all good Record Stores. See the 45 release Video at kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3q3qWZooN58e8k

[@nexpro6985]

You can tell he's a man loving his work by the joyous expression on his face.

[@dirttyclean]

I don't want to steal away, that smooth Groove many will never feel 😞

[@marcfournier6406]

Nothing else to add besides ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT !

[@Nashe_Dete]

What an era this was, classy and sensual, something we will never re-live again. Brilliant.

[@BangTheRocksTogether]

Oh hell, yes! This transcends... something. Thank you.

[@Oldenuff2nobeta]

Been hammered to this fantastic track so many times. Its my unwind tune. Love this.

[@hughchapman5319]

Sublime. I can't be the only one who'd love an extended version of this..?

[@farcenter]

Yup

[@chatssauvages06]

oui Hugh vous ne serez pas je suppose a être le seul je pense qu il seront plusieurs aimer cette version en tant fan de Dave Brubeck j aime beaucoup cette musique Claude progni

[@pdstor]

It's up there in the description. Check it!

[@Jolar70]

This is obviously one of the deftest pieces of editing that has ever happened, and The Stranglers song is just amazing, and unexpected from them at the time, yet, the littlest detail of Dave Brubeck looking up to his saxophonist is my favorite part. He's just checking in, and it's SO sweet!

[@TTTzzzz]

The Stranglers were really a 'soft pop' band but they found out that their more aggressive music was more popular. In the end they returned to their 'roots'.

[@minkvelour]

"Dave Brubeck looking up to his saxophonist," I found that to be completely annoying, like get a room already! lol

[@TTTzzzz]

@@minkvelour I disagree. The shot was staged as a painting and it worked.

[@811chelseafc]

@@minkvelour he’s vibing with one of the greatest Sax players ever. Look into Paul Desmond.

[@CoffeeConnected]

When Dave Brubeck was looking at his saxophonist I was imagining him thinking "You better get this right, I'm watching you. One bum note and you're fired"

[@timberfallingcouple]

I hope you know what an absolute work of art this is. Thank you for sharing.

[@michaelduggan2031]

Absolutely wonderful.

[@dingdong6259]

this groove takes mankind further than any ambitious space program

[@solarbabies9682]

A very respectful and beautiful tribute to both artists. Well done!

[@kritzoventer6611]

You got me good! Then a little voice tried to tell me: Brubeck never did that. But I enjoyed it so much, I quashed that little voice with no apparent effort, and immersed myself in the exquisiteness of it all, momentarily self-convinced that Golden Brown was an original jazz track of the 60’s. Thank you 🙏

[@Charles-qq7vf]

Did EXACTLY the same thing!

[@mattrevan9524]

…or was it? 🤣 that 5/4 time signature is something else 😂

[@isabellabonjour6951]

Fantastic!!! ❤

[@chatssauvages0618]

tout à fait raison c est plus que fantastique c est magistralement bien interprété coup de chapeau à Paul desmond très grand saxophoniste et ainsi que le groupe

[@chatssauvages0618]

Parfaitement incroyablement bien interprété du grand dave brubeck

[@chatssauvages0618]

Du grand art ils sont fantastique

[@johnzilinckas8381]

Can’t stop watching this, one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen.

[@honiideslysses12]

What a great imagining of what could have been.

[@4282richard]

The best track that was never recorded.

[@ross2812]

For a year...I thought this was actually a Dave Brubeck Quartet recording. Absolutely brilliant.

[@eoallan1]

Me too!

[@fcb9950]

And me. Just shouted to the family I've been playing this for years and always thought the Stranglers wrote this🤪🤪🤪

[@FinnbarrGoesFast]

@@fcb9950 they did lol

[@fcb9950]

@@FinnbarrGoesFast 😂😂

[@AnyoneCanSee]

@@fcb9950 - You're not alone. I left a comment on the original Strangler's version saying R.I.P. to Dave Greenfield who wrote the music and a year later I'm still getting responses saying it was written by Dave Brubeck.

[@thegrumblychannel9459]

If I hadn't read the description I would have been searching everywhere to get hold of this version of Golden Brown.

[@silviorefondini]

...and you wouldn't have find it !

[@MsVorpalBlade]

That's the highest possible praise you can get from a crate digger 10/10

[@nicospilt]

@@silviorefondini Mr. Obvious.

[@theworldaccordingto4555]

I just love this! I'm a fan of both Dave Brubeck and The Stranglers. This is so well done!

[@arniekando6846]

Golden Brown' is officially credited to all four members of the classic lineup of The Stranglers (so that's singer/guitarist Hugh Cornwell, bassist/singer Jean-Jacques Burnel, keyboard player Dave Greenfield and drummer Jet Black)

[@jonasthemovie]

As it should be.

[@shannonpincombe8485]

This is one of the greatest songs. It's beauty and hauntingness is immeasurable.

[@chatssauvages0618]

OUI EN EFFETC EST UNE TRES GRANDE INTERPRÉTATION BRAVO POUR DAVE ET PAUL TRES GRANDS ARTISTES A CE JOUR INCOMPARABLE AVEC TIKE FIVE ÉTALEMENT CLAUDE PROGNI

[@chatssauvages06]

vous avez raison c est très beau et la hantise me hante tous les jours tellement c'est remarquable Claude progni