Music great - Dave Brubeck dies

[MdmeX]

@ age 91

"Take Five" is playing in my head

[Exile]

Here it is:

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

[Exile]

and one of my favourites, you can scroll to min 3 if you impatient(or pressed for time):

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

[Historian]

Re: Take Five

@ age 91

"Take Five" is playing in my head

As great a band leader as he was, the irony is that Dave Brubeck received his greatest fame from a piece he had nothing to do with creating. The huge hit “Take Five” was composed by his saxophone player Paul Desmond, but became a signature tune for the Dave Brubeck Quartet (of which Desmond was a member) as well as the band’s biggest hit.

This is reminiscent of the situation with Duke Ellington’s “Take the A Train,” which was composed by Ellington’s piano player Billy Strayhorn and became probably the most famous tune recorded by the Duke Ellington Orchestra.

RIP Dave Brubeck.

[Islandman]

I remember as a youth I used to think that this was an instrumental version of Jacob Millers "Standing Firm". lol.

[Historian]

But Why?

I remember as a youth I used to think that this was an instrumental version of Jacob Millers "Standing Firm". lol.

But why? Paul Desmond’s “Take Five” is written in an odd time signature (5/4)! This, I can assure you, is a very unusual rhythm.

[World Fan]

Radio tribute right now

http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/wkcr/

Top right to listen

[Islandman]

If you listen to the melody of "Standing Firm" it is clearly taken from Take 5:

"Jah would never give the power to...a bald head man...."

and later on...

"Bald head and pork-eaters......"

Check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfIIWKEMK-M

[Historian]

You Are Absolutely Correct!

If you listen to the melody of "Standing Firm" it is clearly taken from Take 5:

"Jah would never give the power to...a bald head man...."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfIIWKEMK-M

And you are perfectly correct, Iman! I had completely forgotten about this Inner Circle recording, but the melody is an obvious copy of “Take Five” (which Paul Desmond composed in the late 1950s).

Respect, boss!

[Reggaedoc]

As great a band leader as he was, the irony is that Dave Brubeck received his greatest fame from a piece he had nothing to do with creating. The huge hit “Take Five” was composed by his saxophone player Paul Desmond, but became a signature tune for the Dave Brubeck Quartet (of which Desmond was a member) as well as the band’s biggest hit.

This is reminiscent of the situation with Duke Ellington’s “Take the A Train,” which was composed by Ellington’s piano player Billy Strayhorn and became probably the most famous tune recorded by the Duke Ellington Orchestra.

RIP Dave Brubeck.

Absolutely. Take Five was the first jazz piece to sell a million copies, and influenced music all over the world, including Jamaican ska and reggae. Take five was the fundamental rhythm in quite a few reggae hits. Long live the great Brubeck.

[Gamma]

yep ... a wonderful piece!!