Drummer reacts to "Take Five" by Dave Brubeck Quartet

Thank you to our patron William A for this GREAT selection... wow man. I knew the one sax line from a call waiting service at a local business but the rest of the song was new. This had so much going on and it was all so good... I want to hear it again already!
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• Dave Brubeck - Take Five
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[@erolbulut2584]

One of the greatest and most influential drummers of the 20th century. A god.The great Joe Morello.

[@normandaubry]

You couldn’t be more right. He doesn’t need 20 toms, 4 bass drums and 20 cymbals to do magic

[@L33Reacts]

He is no joke. I need to hear more! I actually have another one loaded up already it should be out in less then a week

[@normandaubry]

@@L33Reacts Fantastic! i hope that’s the video with the drum solo that I am thinking about. The drum solo in this version of Take is child’s play compared to the one I’m thinking about from Morello. What a beast. Fun fact: Morello teached Max Weinberg, Bruce’s’ Springsteen E Street Band drummer.

[@normandaubry]

The solo accessible via the following link. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpzWd39vi72hedU is one of the top 3 solos that I ever seen. I just can’t believe how good his left hand is, with the traditional grip. And the part where he plays with his right hand only… what a lesson in drummer. Performances like are why I always uncomfortable when I see people qualify some popular drummers of recent years as being the GOAT. they build on the shoulders of great that were there before.

[@markstromberg1148]

@normandaubry I will say that you should watch the KZbin performance by Neil Peart with the Buddy Rich Big Band (if you've not already done so). Peart's kit for Rush was famously large with percussion and later, electronic drums, but he manages to perform creatively on a few drums, illustrating your point that skilled drummers can get a smaller kit to "sing."

[@davidwolf4677]

5/4 time signature. Paul Desmond has such a soft, caressing, melodic tone. Happy to say I saw Dave Brubeck live 50 years ago, performing with his talented sons.

[@beatmet2355]

It’s hard to believe his solos are improvised. It sounds so fluid and melodic, like there’s nothing to it.

[@827dusty]

I'm a Rock, and Blues guy, but this is an iconic jazz bit, that most musicians from any genre knows well, and appreciates.

[@bluetopguitar1104]

Yes,same here.

[@827dusty]

I can't count how many movies, tv shows Radio intros or commercials have used this music over the last 60 years. Truly an iconic song.

[@-R.Gray-]

I don't doubt that it was Brubeck's experiments with time signatures, and his drummer Joe Morello that inspired Ginger Baker's Blind Faith solo on "Do What You Like", which was also in 5/4 time. There was another Brubeck song "Blue Rondo A La Turk" in 9/8 time that was adapted by Emerson Lake and Palmer.

[@gsparkman]

The jazz for those that don’t like jazz. This has been a constant in my playlist for 50+ years.

[@user-fc8lz1cg4x]

Best jazz song ever. I played this at my dad's funeral cuz he was the coolest daddio ever. ❤

[@BrianR.]

1959 cool.. doesn't get much better than this.

[@robertthole695]

one of the greatest songs ever, of any genre

[@tomtompkins7546]

Best selling jazz single of all time.

[@t0dd000]

So good.

[@joelliebler5690]

Monumental song and album for modern jazz!

[@L33Reacts]

I see why! This is fantastic

[@janewells5970]

I introduced this album to my children when they were in grade school and my son still adores it to this day! It’s a classic filled with Legends!

[@realbser1956]

All legends right here. I was going to suggest this along with the Al Jarreau vocal version son glad this has been taken care of. A classic of modern jazz recorded in 1959, the same year as Kind of Blue by Miles Davis. Written by Paul Desmond on alto sax. Brubeck on Piano, Joe Morello with that drum solo and Eugene Wright holding it down on the bass. ❤❤

[@ripvanwinkle2002]

Dave surrounded himself with the best!

[@HRConsultant_Jeff]

One of my earliest childhood musical memories of an instrumental piece which stood out from most of what I was hearing on the radio.

[@BroadwayJosh]

Dude! Dave Brubeck? Excellent! My Mom and Dad, bless their souls, met at North Texas State University in Denton in the early 1960s. Their music college is one of the premier jazz schools in the United States. Some years back, my Dad was telling me about his days at North Texas, and out of the blue he said "Me and your Mama were backstage after a Dave Brubeck concert while we were at North Texas." That simply blew my mind! "What! You never told me that! Those dudes are legends!" My Dad had this smug little smile on his face when he saw my reaction.

[@gmcsrbosavl6964]

Several Snarky Puppy guys went to NTSU, right?

[@PaulScherdell]

The whole band are masters.

[@brendamilloy2557]

You can hear the influence of this chill tune in songs from the 60s & 70s. Steve Winwood and Traffic used a Take Five vibe in the percussion in "The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys"; again you can hear the influence with Steve Winwood and Blind Faith on "Do What You Like."

[@SpiderMcGee]

Dave Brubeck was highly influential on the '50s and '60s jazz scene. Donald Fagen referenced him in the song "New Frontier".

[@michaeldowson6988]

1959, this album, Charles Mingus & Miles Davis producing seminal jazz all at once.

[@user-pf7jm9go6o]

This title is a great play on words... take 5, as in take 5 minutes, or take a break, but the song is in 5/4 time, which gives it its quirky tempo.

[@andywatts8654]

I’m sure someone put some lyrics to it right? I wonder which came first

[@flamencoprof]

@@andywatts8654 Music first. "The first known cover was by Carmen McRae on the 1961 live album Take Five Live, supported by Brubeck, Gene Wright and Morello.[48][49] For the recording, McRae sang lyrics written by Brubeck's wife Iola; these lyrics would later be used for other vocal recordings." (Thx Wikipediea :-)

[@erickvermeulen9734]

I love it how Dave Brubeck worked with different rhythms, also in Unsquare Dance and Blue Rondo a la Turk.

[@fayesouthall6604]

Both of those are fantastic and may be even better than Take Five ! Blue Rondo A La Turk is genuinely brilliant!

[@robertlear2712]

When I graduated 8th grade my parents got me a newfangled portable stereo record player. That would have been 1962. I didn’t like music on the radio so I asked the guy at the record store about progressive jazz. He gave me a Dave Brubeck album. My live was forever changed. I was fortunate enough to see Dave Brubeck in concert in 1967.

[@robertacolarette1594]

Dave Brubeck a giant of jazz.

[@geob3963]

Dave Brubeck - Blue Rondo à la Turk, John Coltrane - A Love Supreme Miles Davis - Porgy & Bess Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Moanin’ Benny Goodman Trio - Moonglow

[@fayesouthall6604]

Wouldn’t disagree with that list ! I’m fond of John Coltranes version of My Favourite Things from The Sound of Music, the first few bars follow the tune then wild improv jazz. Just so cool. 😎

[@joannparker1977]

This is the ultimate jazz experience.

[@rachelpsmith3129]

Moanin' by Art Blakely and the Jazz Messengers. Blue Train by John Coltrane. I'm learning about jazz now in my old age and I do not regret starting with those two songs. Great reaction! Who Was In My Room Last Night by the Butthole Surfers, Anarchy in the UK by the Sex Pistols. Blister in the Sun by the Violent Femmes. Jesus Built My Hot Rod by Ministry. I love this jazz but I feel like it's time to eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we.... etc. Any of these songs I listed would crank it up.

[@fayesouthall6604]

As I’ve got older I’ve started to love Jazz. Instrumental and vocal.

[@rubbersole79]

Damn. That drum solo had me mesmerized.

[@user-ez6vk2bw7q]

I'm 68, and I was 3 when my parents bought the quartet's new album Time Out (a reference to the unusual times like 5/4 and 9/8) and the first single off it, Paul Desmond's "Take Five", became the biggest selling jazz instrumental ever, more than anything even from the swing era. These musical geniuses were at the forefront of West Coast, or "cool", jazz (as opposed to East Coast "bebop" like Charlie Parker, "The Bird"). My dad was into Stan Kenton, Dinah Washington and Billie Holliday. My mom was into Glenn Miller, Django Reinhardt and Dave Brubeck. A few years later my dad introduced me to The Beatles, but I still like '50s and '60s jazz. Thanks for the memory.

[@robertthole695]

the way his left hand is spread out on the keys is wild as fuck

[@TheSoundOutside]

Arguably, the most recognizable song in the history of the genre. Even music fans who couldn't spell jazz if you spotted them the"J" , the "A" and the "Z" know this song and know it well. As to Joe Morello? The epitome of taste, timing and talent .

[@jasonc5413]

I saw them in Cardiff in 2003. They were in their 80's. They were awesome.

[@helenespaulding7562]

This album was huge. My mom Had it. I was like 12 at the time and it was my first exposure to jazz. It was a “cross-over” album in that non-jazz people got exposed to the genre. A true classic of the period.

[@CliffordLake]

Been waiting for this reaction...

[@L33Reacts]

Glad you enjoyed, my friend. Yeah that was awesome. 👏

[@lisarainbow9703]

The Al Jarreau vocal version of this is spectacular.

[@AgingDrummerBoy-ly1js]

I used to practice playing this all the time. I always loved his time signatures, and I still listen to it once in awhile because it's an awesome classic! ✌️❤️🤟🥁

[@alpetrocelli4465]

His music was as cool as Miles’. What a groove. ✌️❤️🎶

[@danevans5823]

Arguably the most influencial and most famous jazz song ever.Many covers and like you said heard in phone waiting and dentist chairs

[@fayesouthall6604]

Just incredible. The first instrumental to get into mainstream charts

[@auapplemac1976]

Suits and ties were the cool way most musicians dressed back then.

[@BernardHodgson]

Loved this when it came out and now I could fit right into the band, glasses and suits

[@UFOS4]

This song remains timeless and always so cool. Jazz isn’t my favorite, but this song is exceptional.

[@kevinlundgren1169]

I heard this 40 years ago when I was a teenager , then went and bought the album ! My friends in jr. high wasn't sure what to think , they were just into the hard rock and punk rock , they stop by my place and I have Dave Brubeck playing , or some big band ! I still got respect because I didn't give a damn what anybody thought ! It is nice to crank this up now and then and just chill !!

[@pete3883]

Ginger Baker

[@johnpbh]

I was 6 when this came out and my parents were switched on enough to have the album... So glad I had this huge musical education...! Keep on rocking young sir.

[@joeybonin7691]

The sax solo by Paul Desmond was amazing. I've heard several live recordings of this tune, and each solo is unique and excellent. By the way, it's rare for a "jazz" record to make the Billboard hot 100. This one made it.

[@kelvinheron3425]

Acoustic music for the mind and body. Enchanting.

[@Blue-qr7qe]

Probably one of the first jazz pieces I heard as a kid. And heard, and heard, and heard... I couldn't get enough.

[@johnmavroudis2054]

Any list of incredibly cool songs MUST include this gem. (Also: "TIME IS TIGHT" by Booker T and the MGs)

[@JamesJoyce12]

This is one of those songs you can listen to and think that folks a 100 years from now will still be listening to it - unlike 99% of the music we listen today. Oh yeah - and Kind of Blue will also be around 100 years from now. AC/DC - maybe not so much - but possibly.

[@t0dd000]

99% of the music of any era will be forgotten.

[@lloydwilliams4368]

Take Five written by saxophonist Paul Desmond. He did a nice solo album called "Take Ten" with that song featured.

[@ceeceerider]

This is just so good. Love the old classic jazz standards. This one especially makes me smile.

[@thomasmcintosh390]

I was four when this hit the airwaves. I remember it coming out. One of my favorite all time tracks of any genre.

[@jessicalee7119]

What a great piece of music ~ ~ ~ ~ looking forward to your take on it ~ 😊

[@astroteech]

I was 5 or 6 when my mother bought this album. She was a weekend jazz pianist with the local musicians' union in Sacramento CA in the 1960's and beyond. I felt there was something unique at the time, but didn't recognize it until my late teens when I took bass guitar lessons, and this song became one of my assignments. So blessed at the time. I moved on and up to John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra. God is a musician. Music is the holy spirit.

[@gerrydantone6834]

What a great video and great song!!! The audio and video quality was top notch. Great reaction all around.

[@jimwilson5148]

In the movie "Pleasantville", there is a scene that takes place in a diner. The album cut of this is playing on the jukebox. Every movement, down to eye movements, is timed to the drum solo. It is one of the most brilliant pieces of film editing I've ever seen.

[@dianegardner7210]

I was obsessed with this song and album for awhile -absolutely love it

[@DavidCalvert-mh9sy]

I'm glad you liked this performance from the Dave Brubeck Quartet. They were the kings of cool jazz.

[@flamencoprof]

I'm in my early 70s, and this was my Dad's music. I found this LP in the radiogram around 1966. I sucked up the liner notes and they were a major part of my musical education. All those different time signatures primed me for when I got into Flamenco in the Nineties.. They certainly helped me when I went to Bali, where they do 19s, 17s, you name it.

[@laurencaulton103]

A cool jazz classic.

[@jonathanmurphy3141]

A few years ago, I got a live album from 1962 of Dave Brubeck's band, and Tony Bennett. Both Brubeck and Bennett were in the US Army during WW2, and endured the Battle of the Bulge and into Germany. I learned in a Jazz documentary that the two men didn't meet for a time, yet during calm times during the War, or stationed after, time to entertain the troops, Brubeck and also Bennett joined in playing Jazz. During the live concert when Tony is singing "Lullaby of Broadway" he changes the lyric to "Lullaby of Brubeck". Cool!

[@jamescpotter]

Joe Morello - my favorite drummer. The epitome of melody.

[@bluetopguitar1104]

"Cool Jazz" post ww2. My dad's generation. My dad was a big jazz head so this music was around the house. I later grew to appreciate it more and more.

[@bigjoe8922]

I first heard take five at Candlestick Park they used to play it during pitching changes . I loved it the first time I heard it my favorite jazz song.

[@dannyc8041]

Great, easy to listen, jazz. Love it!

[@FTamer-bk8jw]

This was my introduction to Jazz. 1975 college dorm. Good choice.

[@spazimdam]

Probably THE standard in jazz. Back in the day my rock band even did a guitar cover of this. It was always great fun to play.

[@kurtv4946]

An amazing drummer and the greatest alto sax player of all time. Nice to see you do some jazz. Jazz has some amazing drummers.

[@anderssundin354]

Grooviest time signature, always loved fives.

[@robertvaughn6646]

My fav jazz piece

[@gold98gtp]

You should watch 'JOE MORELLO: The Great Drum Solo' from the Drummerworld chanel -an 8 minute solo where he puts his sticks down and plays with his hands.

[@genegarrett3372]

I was listening to NPR just two days ago and they had a couple people discussing this song on some jazz show.....small world.

[@derekthomson4043]

I also had that relegated to elevator music as a teen, but now, see it as a masterclass. It is Fantastic, so it is.

[@deadwood75]

There was a shorter version of Take Five on the radio in the 1960s. We dug it.

[@beatmet2355]

Dave Brubeck gets credited sometimes in writing it on social media, but it’s actually Paul Desmond’s song. One day I’d like to get Time Out on vinyl, but it’s one of the higher priced jazz albums, but I have a bunch of their other albums, including their 1958 Newport Jazz Festival performance. I just found it, yesterday.

[@corawheeler9355]

I remember when jazz bands were the staple of late night TV, like the Steve Allen show. This is great.

[@danielschaeffer1294]

Steve was no mean jazz piano player himself. He also kept his ear to the ground - there’s a KZbin vid of Zappa on his show demonstrating how to turn a bicycle into a musical instrument. Hilarious. Steve was the inventor of late night talk TV, and his format had been copied for over half a century.

[@jollybobo6379]

Requested this with several reviewers to no avail. This was major for broadening jazz to the common people

[@L33Reacts]

I promise this channel is a unicorn compared to most channels in that department. Genre has no meaning here. Only good music! 👍😄

[@cherylwoodward]

Ahhh, my favorite drum solo! So glad you got to hear it. Listen to the recording too. The individual contributions are very different.

[@dhaibhcuin]

I got to see them live about a year before Dave died. I think he would have been 98 at the time and they were great.

[@jamescoate862]

This song was so popular when it came out.

[@johnwhite7320]

Awesome. Thanks

[@Grizazzle]

So slick... love it!

[@nemo4907]

This is CLASSIC TOO KOOL FOR SCHOOL JAZZ! Brubeck is know for odd time signatures and improvisational solos! Unsquare Dance was my introduction in early music class.

[@lindataggart9076]

My fav jazz.

[@tomcollens4621]

Wonderful stuff.

[@rk41gator]

CLASSIC!

[@LornaDay-gt9po]

Thank you

[@cindyfalstrom7231]

Indeed, very recognizable to many unless you grew up in a cave -lol. My parents played this regularly. A great classic jazz performance. Thank you.

[@kevinmarsh8922]

This album changed how jazz was played. Before "Take Five", "Unsquare Dance" and the other songs on this album, jazz was played in standard time signitures, after unusual time signitures became normal.

[@chrismatthews8717]

It's so impressive. They make 5/4 sound perfectly normal. It would be so easy to drift in a solo, but they hold it down. They look very fool in their suits, too.

[@tommonk7651]

One of the GREATEST drum solos ever! I think this is the biggest selling jazz single of all time.... Desmond wrote the song after the band toured in the Middle East and heard different rhythms. They wanted to experiment with time signatures on this album.

[@gerardcote8391]

Dave Brlubeck was working for tge State Department and he saw that in other countries they didn't use 4/4 so when he came back to the US he made an album with non stmdard time signatures. This one is in 5/4 hence take 5.

[@davidhanson8681]

Dave played the piano vamp to Paul asked if he could come up with a couple of solos in 5/4 time. Paul came back the next day with two and both were used in the recording.

[@mattreynolds612]

I wouldn't say styles or genre were incredibly different between this and Miles. Both on the forefront of music, & jazz in particular. 🎶🥁💃🔥🕺✌️

[@ronrestorff4548]

If you are wondering about the tuning those drumheads are real calfskin as from the cow. If the humidity or temperature changes you are retuning, so they didn't sound like cardboard.

[@johnwilliamson3879]

Take Five because it's in 5/4 time.

[@georgepitts1057]

About the suit-and-tie performance...it was a deliberate effort by jazz artists of the day to gain some RESPECT for the music.

[@marksmith9566]

Rondo A La Turk is my favorite cut from this album. Have it on open reel tape!

[@TheGsjoberg]

Joe Morello was one of John Bonham’s influences. He picked up playing with his hands from Morello.

[@Mike-jl1rl]

Time Out and Jazz Samba 2 of the best albums ever!