Dave Brubeck - Unsquare Dance

The original

[@TheKinkybootbeast]

The dancers are Bill McGrath, and Carlu Carter. Originally from Canada (Royal Winnipeg Ballet), but migrated to Australia in the early 60's. They were regulars on Barry Crocker's show - also working with the likes of Don Lane, and Johnny O'Keefe. Bill died a few years ago, but Carlu is still going strong! She still walks her dog in Queen's park every day.

[@MyLifeWithLove]

Carlue feels quite alone these days... first time ever that she is without a beloved dog.... I still visit her time to time but she is very fragile and ready to be reunited with Bill

[@magistra137]

Thank you! I wasn’t happy about the fact that these wonderful dancers weren’t credited at all. I am so happy that you rectified this and gave them the recognition that they deserved!

[@philippealtayrac3344]

@@magistra137 i agree with you , it's good that the mistake is fixed up

[@DawnDavidson]

Thank you for that! I was wondering who these amazing dancers were! Fabulous!

[@philiprutter1]

Who was the choreographer??? Also deserves huge applause!

[@malcolmdale]

I've spent 81 years on this earth and never seen anybody dance in 7/4 time before. I bought this album when it came out and haven't heard it for years! Many thanks for upload.

[@Ystadcop]

I've never met anyone who can count in 7/4 time, including me. Lesson please.

[@rumidude]

@@Ystadcop Between the bass and clapping, they are doing the 7/4 beat, all quarter notes. Listen to them: bass-clap-bass-clap-bass- clap-clap.

[@orphanlush]

@@Ystadcop 1-2-3-4-1-2-3

[@Ystadcop]

@@rumidude Thanks - got it now.

[@Ystadcop]

@@orphanlush Thanks, got it. Now 13/8 please. (No, you'll be relieved to learn, I'm not a drummer).

[@sadrevolution]

Dave Brubeck - making semi-unconventional time signatures listenable since 1959

[@russs7574]

Oh my goodness, I have been looking for this song for over 40 years. It was the day before Opening Day 1969, and here in Pittsburgh, the local TV station that carried the Pirates games did a piece on a bunch of the young players who were expected to be contributors that season....Manny Sanguillen, Richie Hebner, Al Oliver and a couple others. Anyhow, this was the music that was playing behind the action footage of these guys playing in Spring Training. I was a 13 year old trombone player who played in my Jr. High concert and jazz bands, and I fell in love with the song, but never knew the title. I asked our band director the next day, but he wasn't a baseball fan, so he didn't see the story. So time passed, and I never did know what the title of the song was. Until now, by the sheerest of accidents. I clicked over to this video after watching a performance of "Blue Rondo a la Turk." Better late than never, I suppose.

[@justlecrust9491]

Yeah thats why i love youtube, you find all sorts of stuff from your past, feels so good finding something you've lost. Im glad you finally found your song again

[@brianfergus839]

Super story 👍 From another Pirates lifer… I was 7 in 1969. I wish the video you mentioned was archived.

[@dorothymcclelland715]

Manny's still at the ballpark signing autographs and taking pics at Manny's bbq stand!

[@gorobei9]

I love this. My seven year old heard it and got up to dance. After a minute, she turned to me with a giant smile on her face and said "this is hard!" Thank you for bringing such wonderful music into the world.

[@russs7574]

You gotta tip your hat to these two dancers. 7/4 time is not easy to dance to.

[@caroly1993]

Holy Jesus! Your "seven year old" must be now 18.

[@Ak3r0n]

I give it a 7/4

[@PanglossDr]

+Ak3r0n 7/8 for me

[@clowntrooper61]

Clever

[@1999NOZA]

eh 5/4

[@paul77035]

Funny - I just snorted my beer

[@acohen1980]

me 3...4

[@hilaryfredman4195]

I'm nearly 83 yrs of age. Remember being introduced to B's music long before marriage in 1961, but, which boyfriend? This plus the choreography is Ab. Fab! Hope it's appreciated by my grandchildren & others with whom I'll share!

[@TheKinkybootbeast]

Hi deeplyflawed, the dancers are Bill McGrath and Carlu Carter. Originally from Cananda - moved to Australia in the early sixties. Bill did most of their choreography. He died a number of years ago, but Carlu is still alive and well.

[@LazyIRanch]

Thanks for that info! Glad to hear she's still around. I'd love to sit with her and hear stories about anything she wanted to talk about.

[@monikaszymanowska5142]

Thanks! They move like top figure skaters.

[@trackdusty]

@@monikaszymanowska5142 Interesting. Thanks.

[@user-sj9li4zn4u]

Просмотрел уже полтора десятка раз. И готов смотреть бесконечно! Это - песня и сказка!

[@GH-oi2jf]

It reminds me of Russian folk dance in its athleticism combined with artistry and strorytelling.

[@audiotalker4455]

​@@GH-oi2jf 7/8 times is more similar to Balkan dances

[@robkb4559]

Have loved Unsquare Dance for years but just found this. Thanks for putting it up here. So cool!

[@charlesvanderhoog7056]

Fabulous dancers, absolutely of the highest order. They make zero mistakes and are perfect in their synchronism.

[@SlimKeith11]

THe choreography is TERRIBLE and very dated. It doesn't hold up well. I can refer you to at least 20 other dancers and films that are FAR superior.

[@philiprutter1]

@@SlimKeith11 you're full of crap. Make your living as a nasty critic, do you? Ick. The dance, and choreography here; are full of joy.

[@nicolad8822]

@@SlimKeith11Tell us you know nothing.

[@yodservant]

Love Brubeck, never seen this before, thanks for the upload😊❤

[@KintyreOfMull]

I remember hearing this song as a kid on the Captain Kangaroo Show, and loving it. Little did I know, I was being exposed to the greatness of jazz. This clip is another expression of the greatness that is the Dave Brubeck Quartet.

[@nealbradleigh5069]

MY POINT, EXACTLY! Baby Boomers were so blessed with such a wealth of eclectic music styles, courtesy of that amazing medium, television. The demand for artistic creativity to fill those hours of local and network programming could be likened to a new California gold rush!

[@5610winston]

@@nealbradleigh5069 As the saying goes, "I may be old, but I saw all the coolest bands."

[@howardhughes7596]

@@5610winston As I sit her remembering that I saw Paul Desmond fall completely hard on his butt at the rear entrance to the Scottish Rite Auditorium in Fort Wayne, Indiana as he went in to perform that evening from my parking spot across the snowy road. Great concert ... I feel privileged to have been able to see them live.

[@subversivelysurreal3645]

Ohmigod, you made me remember Captain Kangaroo! 🍉✌🏽🇵🇸❤️🤣 THANK YOU!

[@kristinb5121]

What a good memory you have. I remember Mr Greenjeans, but no individual programs!

[@karthiksankaran9514]

Simplistic set and graceful dance, thanks for sharing this gem.

[@ruud6809]

Thank you!! music like this brings smiles to many old people. They might have lose their memory or they suffer from Alzheimer but I still have my father (80)and we enjoy this music!!

[@lynnfarrington8651]

One of my fav Brubeck pieces

[@HayTatsuko]

I love the choreography and the execution by the dancers almost as much as I do Brubeck's music and its lovely, nifty 7/4 time signature. this is simply super fun to watch. thanks for sharing!

[@Mister_Will]

Not sure what everyone's going on about the dancers being square, I'm pretty sure these two are the two coolest human beings ever to exist.

[@papercup2517]

I'm not sure what you mean about everyone going on about the dancers being square, but if you mean the the title, it means, I think, that it's not a Square Dance (traditional American country dance style) and that it's also not 'square' as in not boring or un-hip.

[@RoryCloud]

UNsquare, silly. 😊

[@mike-shericampeau748]

My son was playing this on the piano and I wanted to know more about it. This is fantastic!

[@christinemurphy8576]

I did too!

[@condeirazabal]

‘Unsquare Dance’ was released in 1961 as part of the Dave Brubeck’s “Time Further Out” album. This record enjoyed high sales, reaching #8 in the Billboard charts, the de facto measure of popularity used by the record industry at the time. Regarding the elements of music, the piece most compelling attractiveness lies in its unusual rhythmic structure: a fast, “un-square” metre (three-time with a longer final beat) is accentuated throughout the track by the plucked double-bass with a recurring three-note interval. The second foundation brick in the rhythm is a syncopated pattern of hand-clapping. This rhythmic base, albeit rather thin in texture, manages to sound rich, instantly appealing and memorable. The ABA architecture of Unsquare Dance begins, after the rhythmic intro, with a melodic motif in the piano (0’11’’-0’32’’) that reappears, with further development (1’38’’-1’58’’) after a deceptively simple drum’s rim solo (0’33”-1’37”). The casual timbral character of the percussive use of the drum’s rim give the piece a tap-on-the-table joviality and magnetism. The piano carries the majority of the melodic weight (the double bass also has melodic significance), but it has also an important rhythmic role, one that enriches even further the zippy nature of this piece. The ending contains one of the most widely used melodic motifs in popular music, the 7-note “shave and a haircut, two bits” (1’55’’). This ending, and a final laughter (1’59’’), confirm the casual, lively mood of the piece and its light-hearted mass appeal. ‘Unsquare Dance’ unusual metre might be a component of its “popularity” as it makes the piece immediately puzzling, requiring many hearings in order to unravel and “square” the dance.

[@jonathanpoor1833]

+franz conde also, I hear a bit of "turkey in the straw", right before he goes into the shave and a haircut...

[@JohnSmith-mk8hz]

Wow, please give the eulogy at my funeral.

[@FRANKM1939]

It was also used by Chevrolet in a commercial in the early days of color TV.

[@scrub4eternitychannel230]

Wow you did your research nice

[@Luis-vz4bn]

7/8 time, my friend. Great info tho, thank you!

[@BrianCollinsonPsych]

That just leaves me speechless! I don't know who these dancers are, but they have my undying admiration and respect!

[@Mrc172]

Hi Brian. The dancers are Carlu Carter and Bill McGrath, both Canadians, who moved to Australia. This routine was filmed in Sydney on Digby Wolfe's Variety Show, Revue '61.Wolfe, an English actor eventually moved to the U.S.A where he made appearances on The Monkees, The Munsters and I Dream Of Jeannie. He also had something to do with Rowan & Martin's Laugh In though I don't know in what capacity. Cheers.

[@graytonw5238]

@@Mrc172 Wow, thanks for that info! I just googled the names, and apparently Bill died, but I can't tell if Carlu is still around or not. She'd have to be right around 90 now, so if she's still going, then good for her. This video of them was amazing. I've watched it many times and still can't figure out how they kept that 7/4 time in their heads as they were dancing.

[@allexxxsani4312]

Не могу насмотреться и Дейв Брубек и танцоры просто прекрасны.

[@purplealice]

I always loved "Time Further Out", and this piece in particular. The dancing is amazing and I've never seen dancers with bodies like theirs before.

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

Wow! I love the stage set and costumes, music, and the dancing. I can't imagine having the stamina and skill to dance like that. Wonderful, thanks for posting.

[@ttsheldy]

Carlu Carter and Bill McGrath! Married Canadian dancers who made their careers in Australia.

[@nealbradleigh5069]

Thank you for the info!

[@markhughes7927]

Nice to see that country dancing continues its perennial life unabated!❤

[@michaelscody]

I have loved this song since I heard it on the original album, but I never thought anyone could choreograph an actual dance routine to it. Amazing!

[@ramonpineda7514]

I heard this song about a month ago the clapping along with the bass was truly hypnotic. While listening to it all I could think of was African percussion.

[@xtnjohnson]

Oh, wow, this makes me smile. Finally remembered the name of the piece (in my mind it was always "Clap Hands....) and here I find this charming dance.

[@BananaBug]

I just love to emagine this in a nature documentory on humans and there mating dance

[@Raidenofficial]

😂😂

[@kronsild]

Please not! They would overestimate our intelligence and sozial skills, would become curious about to meet us and then see the disapointing reality.

[@hayleyburns.9384]

@@kronsild 😂😂 you got that right. Severely disappointed.

[@pauldouglas4158]

I'm here because I'm old and saw him in 1961( my mom took me) at the theater in the round Long Beach California

[@eastvandb]

I'm old, too, but I saw him in '76. The Commodore in Vancouver, BC.

[@Aenes-rp5lj]

Wonderful square dance with wonderful music! Thank you very much!

[@edisone1]

When my Mom played this album (in the '60s) , I remember eagerly awaiting this particular track - which I wanted to be repeated until Mom had heard enough .... haha

[@wolfgangmarkusgstrein8522]

One of the absolute best - if not THE best - thought-out pieces of music of all time. An impressive example of less is more and is in 7/4 time, as so many mentioned before. A pure stroke of genius!

[@jonasbrinkworse5436]

Everything here is incredible. I really wish the quality was better, the video encoding quality i mean, that's the only quality that could improve, everything else is incredible. This piece is genius, and to have made an actual unsquare dance is a feat in itself - somewhat literally even!

[@billwendell6886]

Welcome to TV land. This is what TV looked like until solid state came along in the early 60's.If someone " cleaned it up" it would just look A I fake. A very early video tape format. Video tech was vacuum tubes, not the best detail. PS Vacuum tube audio is another story, hear a good tube system and you will never listen to solid state again. PPS Lucy and Desi filmed all of their shows, this is why we have their work .And it looks great. Understand that high quality video did not happen until about 1956. Most of early TV is lost, it was aired but not taped.

[@NexxuSix]

Did anyone else get recommended this video 15 years later?

[@DavidOfWhitehills]

No. Yes

[@howardleban5524]

yep

[@gordonadams5891]

I love the simplicity of the set.

[@mandolinic]

Agreed. Some very simple and minimalist paintings and props, and you immediately know where the action is set. Clearly everyone involved in this production was at the top of their game.

[@tandmark]

Probably this pair is the Hugh Lambert Dancers, who performed Unsquare Dance twice in 1962 for the Ed Sullivan TV show. Since the Dave Brubeck quartet isn't shown, this is probably the 11 November 1962 show (the band was on stage during the June 17 1962 performance). FWIW, Hugh ended up marrying Frank Sinatra's daughter, Nancy.

[@marks677]

+tandmark Many thanks for taking the time to post this info. I'm 60+ but haven't seen this before - it's a real period piece. Great to have such accuracy about the 'where and when.' Saw Dave B and the band onstage in London when he was around 77 - unforgettable.

[@lenampisi5927]

Check the London symphony in 2001 very nice.

[@JW-gc4xh]

Thanks for the info. I bought the album back in the day -- but wasn't watching much TV. Look what I missed!

[@deltacharlie152]

No it's not. The dancers are Carlu Carter and Bill McGrath. The dance was filmed in the Channel 7 studios in Sydney Australia back in 1962. Here's a video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nICplX5sr7CChaM

[@geoffnelson4777]

@@deltacharlie152 March 1962 - "Dave Brubeck-Craven Filter Special". Telecast 3 Apr '62 - my records show.

[@jacobpomerenke6529]

This is the best music peace I have listened to in my live.

[@havingagr8time]

Totally delightful! Fantastic dancing to Take Seven!

[@jb47vintage]

That was awesome. I'm not a very skilled musician but when I watched this I felt my life wouldn't have been complete if I hadn't seen it.

[@carolineandrews3292]

Incredible rhythms. So intricate.

[@janhenderson60]

i love the original recording of this piece for Morello's laugh at the end - brubeck and morello- genius.

[@mbrowne67]

Did a modern dance to this in college many years ago. The teacher was very like the woman in the video. She and the man do a great job on their dance here, and the music is catchy!

[@ukiuki8]

I find this music now! i lesoned this music 35years ago on radio. from japan.

[@SniffMyDeadwax]

ukiuki8 Japanese influences were at work in London from the late 59s I found a Japanese Jazz album only yesterday

[@user-broccoli-farts]

Cool, man! That’s the jazziest square dance ever

[@mmills5951]

My mother did a modern ballet to this in 1969 at a local talent contest. She took 3rd. I was 9.

[@gilesellis8002]

There are No words that come me, A serene profound Happiness, Tks.

[@talktomeaboutlife]

one TWO three FOUR five SIX SEVEN one TWO three FOUR five SIX SEVEN and again

[@MaxFruchtman]

It always sucks when everyone else deletes their comments and it looks like you're arguing with yourself :'(

[@want-diversecontent3887]

.1.2.12

[@thomaslgrice]

as a drummer, I eschew 2 syllable counting points. For me it is |one, two, three, four, one, two, three| I would also think of it as |ONE, two, THREE, four, ONE, two, three| Musically, the bass line is more important than the hand claps and earn the accent.

[@nixieNICLA]

I love this clip. SO GREAT... circles in the squares... :) Dave was jazzy and snazzy that's for sure xx

[@zenbooter]

nixie I'm a little late getting here, but I love you.

[@harry2993]

7/8? SHOUT OUT to the time signature nerds out there! one TWO one TWO one TWO THREE or one 👏 one 👏 one 👏 👏

[@want-diversecontent3887]

@DerBlasewitzer It's so fast that it might as well be 7/8.

[@imbees2]

Just happened to find this song. Glad everyone loves, likes and misses it. Dave Brubeck, Golden Brown

[@AgentXPQ]

It's worth noting, that one of the unsung stars of this video is whoever did the wardrobe tailoring- I wonder if this dance would have been as effective without the skinny, Praying Mantis look of the outfits.

[@fostercathead]

Oh, yeah it would have! ;-)

[@watchgoose]

preying, not praying. they do not "pray" but they do prey on other bugs.

[@jamesha175]

@@watchgoose they are the 'praying' mantis because they hold their arms in a manner that resembles praying

[@ibdaffy]

Oh brother, "Praying Mantis" look? You are probably the type of person who drinks wine and instead of it tasting like fermented grape juice, you find floral and citrus overtones with a slight wisp of dark chocolate and hazelnut with just a kiss of nutmeg...

[@c.y.hollander5592]

Apparently, their Latin name is "mantis religiosa", which seems to make it clear that "praying mantis" is the original name, although "preying" is an understandable way to hear it.

[@vernonhills9468]

Well I have never been a fan of the jazz, but after I heard " Take Five". and Unsquare Dance" by Dave Brubeck, I must have more?!!!! More more more, baby. Next up is Dr. John's "Right Place Wrong Time" I am finally getting what the fuss is all about. Thank you Allah/God/Goddess for the blessing of music. 🙏🙏🙏

[@daveybass655]

Professional entertainers from back in the day, always impress me, beyond words. Such professionalism in every performance. It's astonishing what we have today passes for entertainment.

[@constructioneerful]

Yes I wonder how much we pay our entertainers now? Is that the problem?

[@rickhershberger]

This is from back when talent, artistry, creativity, instead of heavy production and image, actually meant something in the worlds of music and dance. Bye, Dave. Your genius was unique.

[@MrJazzohjazz]

Dave mentioned that this tune was not played live in concerts because it was so difficult to play without mistakes.

[@KS-sj8nb]

@Bert Butler Zappa live? I don't think so.

[@michelcouzijn5862]

Just happy & delicious to watch. And it no doubt took a huge perseverance to achieve this level of performance.

[@appelelle]

"Who here because Dave Brubeck?" :-(

[@Funnysterste]

Whobeck?

[@anniefannycharles9951]

Me. The dance is ridiculous. Sorry.

[@chrisk8187]

Brubeck was a jazz genius!!! "Time Further Out" etc.

[@chrisk8187]

Annie, You must be TOO young to "get" it! Sorry for YOU!

[@droolbunnyxo9565]

Take Five 👍

[@graytonw5238]

I don't know how many times I've watched this in amazement, wondering how those dancers were able to keep their moves coordinated while dancing in 7/4 time. After watching it again, I'm beginning to see now how any change in their "routine" during the first 6 beats is made only on the 7th beat. I can see now that this allowed them to keep their moves in line with the more traditional and intuitive 4/4 time, but account for one less beat by switching it up just before going right back to the first beat. Fantastic talent!

[@Nafiganado]

Original time signatures... Niccce :)

[@gillesbourgeois5348]

+Nafiganado not so original, middle eastern music used it since rythm exists....No, music don't stop beyond USA borders.....

[@Nafiganado]

+Gilles Bourgeois Well, I did not mean original in sense first used, but uncommon, outstanding... it's unusual for daily listening :)

[@gillesbourgeois5348]

uncommon for occidental ears, I'm a western european musician and I can tell you it's not easy at all to understand that sort of time signature, although I love it !

[@Nafiganado]

+Gilles Bourgeois Me too. My father was a jazz pianist, besides, in childhood i lived with grandmother, who turned on "Radio of freedom" station, that was prohibited in USSR... Nevertheless, it was possible to tune... There were breaks between "atomic world" news and then... there was old jazz, which i was listening often before getting asleep :)

[@June_Hee]

Gilles Bourgeois uncommon for oriental ears as well

[@jouko9312]

The essence of 1960's. Those were far, far better days.

[@alisdairmclean8605]

Without a doubt!

[@williamtatum2147]

Yet another excellent recommendation Mr. Lynch!

[@merseydave1]

I have loved this, ever since I first heared it in the mid 1970s ... in the late 1980s "the not so famouse then" Emma Thompson used it as the intro to her comedy sketch show on the B.B.C.

[@Marybrunette]

hello dave how are you doing today?

[@merseydave1]

@@Marybrunette You are acting as if you know me, you do not

[@Marybrunette]

@@merseydave1 smile ☺ i guess you must be a big fan of oldies songs, so where are you from?

[@Gracenotesmusic]

From my friend with the best Jazz collection and info - "In case you ever wondered if you could dance in 7/4"

[@TheSnerggly]

This tune reminds me of when I was an under aged kid in a dirty taxi going down some steep hill in San Francisco in the 70's. I had a fake id and we would go into these dingy old bars to listen to this type of music. I miss those days.

[@pascalemv]

the dancers are excellent! being able to keep the unusual beat and dancing at the same time... amazing! btw this dance is a 7/4 dance. it's a 4/4 combined with a 3/4.... and it's called unsquare dance because it reffers to the square dance (folklore dance in 4/4)... but it's modified in 7/4 so they called it unsquare dance!

[@5610winston]

Somehow 'Heptagon Dance' doesn't roll off the tongue quite as gracefully.....

[@giantoak4742]

What a beautiful movement this made me Smile.

[@agentcee1381]

I know this piece is called "Unsquare Dance", but I never thought I'd see anybody actually dance to it! Who are these people? They're amazing!

[@neongirl77]

Apparently a Canadian couple! But who's the choreographer??? I'm dying to know!

[@neongirl77]

Ok, I found out: Ron Poindexter. SF Ballet, turned TV choreographer.

[@agentcee1381]

@@neongirl77 Thank you!

[@neongirl77]

@@agentcee1381 You are very welcome! Thank god for the internet... sometimes!

[@antonystringfellow5152]

I've never seen this footage before, I didn't know the title and it's been decades since I last heard this song yet, as I hovered over the thumbnail and saw the clapping, with no audio, this started playing in my head instantly. I recognized a song I haven't heard in decades just from seeing a few seconds of clapping hands! Thanks for uploading... great tune!

[@MrKoenPieter]

best song I ever heard!

[@afroslover8665]

Ugh I love Dave Brubeck. 7/4, my favorite time.

[@mariagawlik8234]

I want it to be my 1st Wedding dance !

[@sandrasanders706]

Heard this for years..now I know the name, and I didn't know Brubeck did this..dancing is perfect for this song..

[@davidsaka7403]

After seeing this dance today, of cource through Google, I tried it with a firend. Its SO fun..especially when you do it in the University's library :D

[@LazyIRanch]

Awesome! Please don't ever change and "grow up". Too many grumpy people in this world have forgotten how to play. Someone laughed at me for exuberantly dancing down the aisle of our local grocery store last week. I told them, "You play Donna Summer's music, you're going to have dancing." OOOoooooooo I feel love, I feel love I feeeeeeel LOOOOOOVE!!!!

[@blangmusic]

Merci pour ces hits

[@neurofire]

Loved the dancing - corny choreography but fun to watch and she has all the hallmarks of a classical ballet dancer - ya just can't hide that level of skill. Oh, and he's no slouch either.

[@selinamcgrath8530]

Both classically trained in Canada. Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Then came to Australia.

[@winstonelston5743]

Hardly corny. The time signature of this work sets the traditional square dance moves out of their comfort zone.

[@alexhawkes5098]

RIP Uncle Dave. Taught some of his grand kids to do this. xxx

[@guillotin3]

this shit is bananas

[@behindyou-.-4352]

B-A-N-A-N-A-S

[@aarontheperson6867]

@@behindyou-.-4352 Again the shit is bananas

[@nope24601]

You watch a classy piece of art and call it shit.... Shame on you.

[@martinkapferer8872]

...cant stop listening and watching...extremely viral...great ;-)

[@KlausSgroi]

Can you imagine when THIS was popular TV? A different era entirely.

[@RoryCloud]

Dynamite interpretation of a Brubeck classic. The challenge for the listener, of course, is to clap along without missing an unsquare beat. Anyone with fair rhythm will get the 1234567... count quickly enough, but beware the ending! Unlike Bill McGrath and Carlu Carter, many a cocky clapper has crapped out in the climactic culmination! Focus! (In the original, you can hear a guffaw even from the great Joe Morello that they'd managed to navigate the "shave and a haircut" change up.) Great stuff.

[@user-od7wv7bz3z]

60 лет назад, людям нравилось такое смотреть

[@natalya6091]

And now...?

[@user-od7wv7bz3z]

chudno smotritsya

[@donnataylor3628]

Love this song! I would love to have seen the Nicholas Brothers dance to this beat!

[@LazyIRanch]

YES! Those guys were the bomb!

[@sparkybish]

No, Silver Linings Playbook did not bring me here. This has been my favorite Brubeck song for years. Can't help but clap along whenever it comes on my iPod.

[@Jack-gm8hw]

I have to play this in the marching band. Only saxophones and percussion. One of the hardest songs I ever had to play.

[@Bennyb99]

Baby Driver anyone else?

[@TheEgovice]

bananas

[@unconnu7671]

yeah man

[@ammo76534]

Better Call Saul

[@nelilopez8527]

Ben Balandran i love that movie 😍😍😍😍

[@candlelitsmiles]

CT27NX Lol comment your opinion wherever you want but why did you choose a comment that'll have an overwhelming number of people who like the movie?

[@bonginkosisithole3567]

Never in my life did I think I'd ever see people dancing in 7/4, well damn! 🔥

[@jennachellali9663]

It's very good !!! 😍😘👌

[@puttentanesame6687]

WOW. Got sweaty just watching this one. Breaking norms is always a thing. Thank God for that.

[@PunchKickLipstick]

This song makes me want to dance in ways I don't know how.

[@fiddlercrab3]

Bill McGrath and Carlu Carter! Thank you! They're rockin...

[@wcresponder]

Not a single twerk or pelvic thrust . That's some fine dancing right there.

[@wcresponder]

@Sun Dancer You often need to provide a reference or catch item to get attention. You will also notice I did comment on the video's dancing. I also noted the lack of something not opposition in the original comment. I and many people don't like and find twerking disgusting so we express this. Just as much as you express your opinion and didn't withhold your comment out of politeness.

[@mikebarat1950]

@Sun Dancer That's exactly what I was thinking Sun Dancer.

[@TheAuntieBa]

This is just FUN! Love Brubeck. No wonder these dancers are so slim ;-).

[@mmciau]

The Video recording came from an Australian TV Show "Digby Wolf Show" - I stand corrected. These were the regular Dancers from the Light Entertainment Show and I was lucky to see the Quartet in Adelaide in the early 1960s at Centennial Hall. Mike

[@andrewmair7371]

Interesting Mike❕The Digby Wolf Show❕Rings a bell 🔔 I was born in 53 but remember DW … very cool info there 😎 & always encouraging to see white people who can dance 💃 Never mind the Time Sig … Cheers 🥂

[@guestmichael16]

As a kid i watched them dance on bandstand etc. Great memories! I hope Carlu is well. What a dancer! 😊

[@parkmusor9794]

Baby Drive the best film 4ever!

[@andreasandre4756]

One of the best that I have ever heard - '' Unsquare Dance''

[@georgiahoosier]

Anyone else old enough to remember back in the 60s when the teacher would roll a big TV on a cart in for the class to watch some PBS program? There was one about books that used "Unsquare Dance" as its theme, but for the life of me I can't remember the name of the show. Some mind boosting would be much appreciated

[@furiosasinclair2018]

Same! What WAS that show??? We must have had the same teacher...I remember wanting so badly to be that lucky kid the teacher called on to wheel in the mighty "Advanced Media Equipment" cart from whatever cave they stored it.

[@kattee1956]

I wonder if you are thinking of Cover to Cover. It had a sort of rag-timey theme from what I remember as a kid in the 80s.

[@trythinkingforachange4201]

Emma Thompson had a show called 'Thompson' that used this as a theme. She danced to it at the beginning of the show.

[@SusanaMPAll]

The TV hardly ever worked.

[@natalya6091]

Thank you very much and Blessed New Year! Hello from Moscow.