Desmond: Take Five / The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Live in Belgium, 1964

[@boomerguy9935]

I started out as a self-taught rock drummer in a garage band in the mid-60's. Then I heard this song. My life was changed forever. I found an excellent jazz drummer with a style very similar to Joe Morello's which was light, flowing and very powerful. I am still practicing. I could listen to this forever while I can only take 5 minutes of Buddy Rich. Joe's playing is perfection. In all of his videos, he is a true gentleman who is always modest. Rest in peace, Joe. You still live in my heart.

[@gerardomoonshine4984]

❤

[@warplanner8852]

Thank you for calling my attention to Joe Morello's drumming. I am desperately old but _Time Out_ was _the_ album to have when we were seniors in high school and college if you were hip. Like you, I could loop this for hours on end!

[@dennishipsley8703]

Same experience as you. I'm 75. Picked a new silver sparkle Slingerland kit in 1976 and still play light rock, jazz, swing. Have been offered 5-6 thousand dollars as my kit is mint....chrome is perfect and the wrap is tight with NO fade, yellowing or ginger ale. A little of Buddy goes a long way.

[@michaelroach4219]

Excellent comment, Boomerguy.Joe Morello was great.I would rather listen to him then drummers who sound like they're playing exercises.

[@RC2067]

❤

[@MrAdamNTProtester]

Never gets old

[@annedwyer797]

Joe Morello might look like a baby-faced accountant, but his drum solo on "Take Five" is the coolest, yet most elegant drum solo in the history of jazz 🎶. I also like the way Brubeck turns and and actually watches Morello play.

[@bjornjanlert1013]

yes .. Think they played i LULEÅ (Sweden) I went in school there ..1955 .. ! remember ... well ..

[@antonyconnolly2738]

& after that great piece, He gives Brubeck His cue to get back 'On Track', as it were !! 🎶😀

[@timweatherspoon4554]

A Timeless Piece....all of these Gentelmen are Masters....poor Mr. Eugene Wright The Bassist didn't get his individual highlight...but i gueass it was the times then, A GREAT JAZZ PIECE.

[@boomerguy9935]

Right. The drummer decides when he is finishing his solo and gives the leader the cue when to come back in, on the downbeat.@@antonyconnolly2738

[@boomerguy9935]

The "accountant" look wasn't really a choice. That uniform was mandatory at the time. If you didn't dress accordingly, you didn't work. Some places still require this. My first tuxedo was given to me by a sax player. I still have tuxedos and suits in my closet, just in case.

[@gypzs9]

Timelessly elegant, emotional, intense, hypnotic, excellent, instructive, inspirational, reflective, joyful, smooth and so cool.

[@stuartgarfatth1448]

You have said my heart, my mind, my words. Thank You.

[@Каранат-и8ж]

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[@rolanddeglain9175]

Perfectly described. The essence of classy jazz.

[@gordon8463]

Bravo...!!!....Ce sont exactement les mots qui sont dans chaque note de musique de ce morceau légendaire...Ah Paris 1965.... cave St Germain....souvenirs.....

[@georgefarrington895]

Simply wonderful.

[@WhiskyForBeginners]

Dave Brubeck's playing here is so understated that the first time I ever saw a video of "Take Five," I thought that Paul Desmond was Brubeck. Now that's class.

[@fionatsang9353]

Paul Desmond wrote Take Five (it was originally intended just to let drummer Joe Morello have a solo, then turned into the band's greatest hit). Desmond didn't have any family to will his belongings to, so he left his royalties earned by Take Five after he died to the Red Cross; it's estimated that every year they receive $100,000 from his legacy.

[@teritrip-tm9ui]

I’m a 71 year old black woman in Georgia and found it’s way to my house. Amazing timing.

[@btsr2553]

I'm nearly six decades old Bavarian. All the best to Georgia, where I will probably never get to. A hearty "Servus!" from Bavaria.

[@EddieDunne-p3k]

Right on sister❤

[@philt8800]

All the musicians in the song are absolute geniuses

[@TitoRivera-yx2uo]

Why because they are white and playing black music!

[@philt8800]

@@TitoRivera-yx2uo Music has nothing to do with creed or colour

[@MySkull77]

@@TitoRivera-yx2uo So,Eugene Wright now is white?

[@dbsmith975]

Yes, we know!

[@jean-michelgirard4156]

A whole office of accountants playing a timeless classic.

[@9L252AL]

I like that.

[@boomerguy9935]

Actually, they didn't have a choice. The required work clothes back then from casual to formal was in 3 categories: Casual - sport coat and nice slacks Dress - suit Formal - tuxedo Been there, done that. I still have all 3 wardrobes because some venues require it.

[@ldcrumley]

Coolest damn accountants on earth.

[@crockermud]

I'm a retired architect. About time at 75! In drafting class in junior high, the teacher played music. Evidently that was the tradition. Anyway that tune was played every day. I loved it. To this day the drum solo is the greatest I've ever heard. It's a hoot to watch these "hep cats" play!

[@CarolynBatson-cn2ie]

Retired accountant lucky U - I am at 75 a Tax Accountant and not yet retired - I am cooling down from a rough tax season with my favorite Jazz pieces.

[@cesarfarias7016]

The look of Brubeck to Paul Desmond says everything!!!

[@michaelperry2581]

Morello is the bomb on the drums. My dad was a drummer in a jazz band in the 1930s and later met Morello when Brubeck was playing in Concord, California in the early 1960s.

[@luizamsalgado]

WOW!

[@boomerguy9935]

Everything I've ever heard or read about Joe says that Joe was the perfect gentleman in all ways. He was never condescending to a student and was always complimentary to fellow musicians. Unfortunately, I heard the opposite about Buddy Rich but that is another story. My favorite drummer of all time is Joe Morello and my favorite living drummer is Jeff Hamilton, also a gentleman.

[@TheWyldHeart]

ohh did you Dad ever share stories? I would love to hear his stories from that decade~ jazz drummers are my favorite musicians! I myself am the daughter of two jazz pianists so it was such an interesting childhood!

[@jm_1214]

Jazz drumming is very difficult

[@richardpokora5118]

Music that never grows old.

[@merlecarll7015]

This was done 60 years ago supporting my theory thar good music and art last forever.

[@timatkinson9291]

One of the greatest jazz pieces ever produced!!!!!

[@daniraestar2401]

That was beautiful!

[@mariesprayberry4139]

My own favorite piece of jazz. RIP all four of these phenomenal gentlemen.

[@antonyconnolly2738]

Yes... The way Dave Brubeck likes to watch His other compatriots... some of the time, whilst He is STILL playing !!! 👍🏻😀

[@thomasmoje5926]

Oh my..so smooth an immortal jazz classic. Joe Morello just plays it like it's a walk in the park. Staying in 'five' during the drum solo section is not easy.

[@41PH4B3TS0UP]

I’ve tried to conquer this groove and failed. I can get the ride pattern, kick and hats on 2 and 4 but as soon as try comping the snare it all turns to shit. Joes is a phenom.

[@thomasmoje5926]

@@41PH4B3TS0UP hard to keep thinking in 'five' my natural inclination is to fall back in a 'four feel' I try to keep the hi-hat foot strokes on beats 'two three and 'five' while steady light bass drum notes on all 5 beats whether that is technically correct or not it works for me. The hardest part of the tune is the drum solo sections because the figures run over the bar lines.

[@41PH4B3TS0UP]

@@thomasmoje5926 I don’t really have an issue with the 5 because the ride holds the pattern nicely and you obviously land the kick on one and to my ears the keys and bass sound like the 2, 3, 4, 5 The comping is insanely difficult for me. That’s the limb that makes the brain say ya nah I don’t think so. I just respect Joe for making it look like a cake walk. What a phenomenal drummer.

[@jasminastojakovic4093]

👌 👍 😍 🥰

[@jackdolphy8965]

Keep that 5/4 … That’s why Joe Morello was Joe Morello!

[@billthomas8994]

One word that comes to mind is Elegant

[@traviskoch1883]

marvelous stupindus symphonic

[@jacquesbacon7427]

A jazz absolute masterpiece. The drummer's solo is amazing, playing in a very difficult way the many drummers cannot handle ; I am not a musician, so I do not know why

[@The_Deliberate_Photograph]

Listening to Joe Morello play so comfortably and fluidly in 5/4, and then hearing his call and response from the snare to the tom...it's just amazing, and I can't help but think the great jazz/rock drummer Ginger Baker learned significantly from hearing him. I wish I could have met Joe. I did have the honor of meeting Dave Brubeck, and telling him how much he influenced my own piano playing, with his rhythmic left/right hand syncopation.

[@bobdoyle8508]

Dave BrubeckQuartet totally phenomenal Could listen to this all day Morello is amazing RIP Will love Take 5 forever❤😊

[@johnnyrogers5066]

An art form in itself. Dave B's music takes us to another place. These are gems to cherish for all time.

[@porkstack]

@Zając Trusev Who said he did, Desmond is credited with composing "Take Five," but Brubeck says the tune was a group project with Desmond providing two main ideas. "Paul came in with two themes unrelated, and I put it together as a tune and made a form out of it," Brubeck says. "He came in with two themes.19 Nov 2000

[@agnidas5816]

@@porkstack Brubeck didn't even understand what jazz is. His themes were just shit on a stick and he couldn't tell teh difference. Only stuff I can listen to him playing is not his own. Desmond brought way more than two themes.. he brought something which Brubeck never managed to grasp in the entirety of his career.

[@Ronald-hx6zn]

One of the very best of any genre in music,PERIOD.

[@LC3123]

NYC. Strolling down the street. Heard this song playing in a bar. Went in. Changed me.

[@justindawson5930]

It might have been meant for a “take a 5 minute break” song but it became legendary

[@antonioromao4161]

This is the best solo I ever heard

[@carolschmeer8595]

I'm a young 68 & I love this song & all the musician's

[@TantoVa]

All the hours of my life I would listen this jazz with Brubeck, Desmond, Morello and Wright. The time is not sufficient

[@mooseydeucy]

Classic!! My parents had this on when they had company and that is how I grew to groove to it!

[@warplanner8852]

You hear this piece and wonder how many time Mr Brubeck & Co. played this and had small variations - like perfect waves crashing on the beach.

[@kimakers4353]

I learned to play Take Five on the piano in high school. Tough, but once it clicked, I loved it. 😊

[@isidorocuenca45]

i love jazz am listening since i have 16 , now i have 66 and my favorite is take 5 i I love it

[@robnickelsen6650]

What is amazing is their improvisations are always new and spontaneous. Heard it how many times? It’s genius.

[@antonyconnolly2738]

Yes, that's the true definition of 'Jazz'... 🎶🙂

[@jevric23]

Whenever I need inspiration, or to get my head straight, I play Take Five (any version). Their elegance while playing together and the melody itself is timeless!

[@rrl4245]

Absolutely beautiful, and all in suits and ties. How things changed...

[@georgeplungis5283]

I heard Dave play at Scope in Norfolk & the first chair cello player from the Norfolk symphony played back & forth with the drummer during Take Five & I had a seat right in front of them, totally amazing.

[@marikototsuka908]

心に響く　　一度きいたら　忘れない　何度も聞きたくなる　マジックのように　何度でも

[@bewitched7492]

Everytime..Timeless Take Five👍... Till the end of time.

[@Leofiora]

The best performance of this work 👏👏👏

[@mmukherjini2161]

Love this….grounds me….takes me back to a time when angst and fear didn’t exist…..thank you for posting 😮😅😊

[@VickieRevellese]

Can anyone believe that amazing drummer Oh Lord I just think that's just so awesome There's nothing that can pass to that beautiful drama

[@detroitiron6784]

Absolutely perfect music to drink a cocktail to.

[@earthlycolorbrown6246]

Or just lay in the arms of one who makes You forget You thought of a cocktail...

[@DesL228]

still love it in 2022

[@paulamontana9970]

Fine jazz - classic, sexy ! The variety of instruments are interesting , and make up the music , each individual ! I love it !

[@suzannemcclure7412]

Love hearing Paul Desmond on that sax.

[@VickieRevellese]

Oh Jesus help me They are just both amazing Why did you give me such love for music I just don't know

[@luizamsalgado]

Morello wonderful master of metres! Such an intelligent drum solo! This really paved some new ways for drumming and drum solos

[@tinantmyriam1936]

Absolutely fabulous music 🎶 🎵 👌 ❤

[@davidryder3800]

Now this is what you call music.

[@SusanMartin-yd1jt]

.I was a wee lass at 7 or 8 when I would skip school and plant myself in front of my dad's home-made,huge speakers. I was enthralled with Getz,Mulligan,Peterson, Rollins, Holiday, Sinatra,Bennet,et al. I skipped school a lot...from 1964 on...

[@michaelperry2581]

Every time I watch this video I think of four high school science teachers getting together after a day of teaching and playing jazz like this.

[@MariaSouza-yq1wb]

Maravilhosa música! Mágico Dave Brubeck...

[@johnledingham852]

I could never tire of listening to this classic piece of music. The original version with the Dave Brubeck Quartet stands head and shoulders above all the other renditions. But while it sets the benchmark, this piece of music permeates the music world and so many other great outfits have benefited by having it in their play list. I think that adds to the value of the successful acceptance of this great masterpiece.

[@pennymoquin9776]

Great song, great album and great band

[@brownrm47]

Paul Desmond is amazing unequaled.

[@IanCockburn-r7m]

I love the little nod from Desmond at the end, as if to say to the audience yes we are that good. Don’t forget this is live and heading to the credits of a tv show. Just wonderful.

[@glyngriffin8260]

Sunday Afternoon, a bottle of Vodka, a litre of Tomato Juice, (+ Worcestershire Sauce, Tabasco, and Celery Salt), and Dave Brubeck. I'm closing in on Heaven.

[@johnglad5]

Heard this days ago and can't stop playing.

[@evangelospainting7070]

Here is were you see the respect of the musicians to each other ❤🎉

[@VickieRevellese]

That's just impossible It's too amazing Oh my God it's just absolutely beautiful God bless the fingers and his whole body too Oh Lord save us

[@gustadoce]

Excelente maestro !!!.

[@mikelowe2094]

Paul Desmond is superb!

[@raymondmaynard2438]

DB and the accountants still listening to this it is 2023 Fri 27 OCT timeless one of the greatest songs and brilliant musicians

[@norevenge11]

Jazz drum solos can be defined as controlled chaos leading to timed serenity.

[@isabelleburo8846]

Merci pour ce grand moment hier soir à Leverkusen

[@alde6058]

Mi mamá tenía 5 años cuando grabaron este vídeo. Yo tengo 35 años, amo esta canción. La amo tanto que cuando muera quiero lo pongan.

[@adrianmendez1303]

En clase de sax me ha tocado interpretar está excelente melodía y es un deliete Paul unos de los mejores...

[@Juan-bc4do]

Toda una genialidad

[@jlinnlinn4241]

Timeless. Like Mozart. Bettovin, etc. Always have ears for his music!

[@sidneiasantos3982]

Simplesmente maravilhoso, que prazer ouvi-lo.

[@josepabloestefan3526]

Estoy viendo ésto en dvd. Mágico es poco decir. Los calificativos huelgan...la performance de todos los músicos que participan es maravillosa! Me emociona hasta las lágrimas!

[@bligon4573]

Saw them in person 5 times 😅

[@Drisshaoudi]

❤❤❤Les belles années

[@malcoltman2585]

love the understated discord on the piano pure dreamland !

[@JamesEvansJr-w7z]

Timeless classic.... eternal 😊

[@dutro76]

初めて聴いたときの衝撃を今も鮮やかに覚えています❤

[@chandravadanbhandari7876]

The pioneers of Jazz Music !

[@kurttoy5035]

Jazz is to me a musical treasure. Give me this chestnut over what I like to call disposable music with vile lyrics anytime.

[@cpndSimyule]

this is outrageous!

[@davidtaysom3592]

Still one of the best things I ever heard

[@hanspeterschlaich898]

So great!

[@gillesnoennec1968]

C'est le seul morceau que j'écoute les yeux fermés et je n'ai pas envie de les rouvrir.

[@TBNTX]

My absolute favorite.of all time.

[@warrenbiker]

"Softest,suttlest newonces of the human pyche"Duane Allman describing Davis' playing

[@rcpsammy7186]

I've lost count of how many albums I own by Brubeck....80 or so? 😊

[@danielelangella2559]

☺️😊

[@davidallbaugh6858]

My Dad was the same

[@carbeloscar]

Cuando Take Five entró por mis oídos me enamoré del jazz 😍🎶

[@urbanbader4113]

Timeless a pioneer for them following up with bride ears👍🏽

[@chrishollandsworth6700]

Yes! Me. Too! (Ci! )

[@ramoneliasmesa6915]

A mí me pasó igual

[@geomicer]

What if they had not recorded this for us? It's so beautiful. 😊

[@antonyconnolly2738]

It would have been sacrilegious !!! 🙂

[@thomasBednar-z1e]

Stunned, overwhelming

[@massy-r2o]

ベストメンバー。　　特にジョーのファンです。歳とってメタボになったけどね。。

[@mejiamiguelina8804]

Está música es para personas cultas , finas , inteligente y d buen gusto con una alta sensibilidad vno es para todo el mundo

[@dan22breizh6]

Bonjour à toutes et tous, la classe intemporels il nous manque énormément à tous, je l'adore, la où il est il doit composer quelques chefs d'oeuvres, qu'il repose en paix, bien cordialement Dan 🇨🇵👍🙏

[@Schmegals]

Ouais

[@stuartdryer1352]

D'accords!

[@joseemilianomedinacuellare1737]

Simplemente sublime, saludos desde Mexico 🇲🇽

[@-a-l-t-]

mesmerizing truly

[@ismaelbritezserviciosaduan260]

INCREIBLE.. LAS ENTRADAS A TIEMPO...

[@lukequigley121]

Come here every few weeks to get a "Take Five " fix.. Some times i got to have it..

[@juliocesaralves7502]

Que espetáculo magnífico 👏 Gratidão 💖🌍💖🕉🙌💃

[@markl1301]

Besides the version of "Take Five" included on the "Time Out" LP (original first pressing, with a jacket autographed by two of Dave's sons, which I've played hundreds of times), I have listened to this live version several dozen times. Every time I do, I could swear that, starting around 3:15, I can hear the faintest of humming coming from Dave. Has anyone else noticed this? MarkT

[@b2likebee]

❤love it, so elegant 💫

[@kyleblackman5183]

Indeed !

[@jackeaton9561]

The original and the best.

[@keithmotsinger918]

One of my faves.

[@jbroheretoday]

Absolutely love it.