As recognizable as this track is to even a novice of jazz, I can't stress enough its importance or its beauty. Often overshadowed by Brubeck, here Desmond is able to let fly with a grace that highlights both his improvisational chops AND his restraint. Though Dave Brubeck has always been the most recognized member of his quartet (fancy that.), this album's third track, "Take Five", highlights the talent of Paul Desmond, both as composer and musician. The beauty and reality of ALL these things enter your listening room via this disc in a way that bridges the gap between live and recorded music. Having played in jazz ensembles in my younger days, I've always realized that there are small sounds and nuances which come across so easily live, yet are practically inaudible on CD recordings- the buzz of a snare the attack of piano hammer on string the whooshing of air through open saxophone keys.
The outstanding remaster of the 1959 recording coupled with the fidelity of the SACD format combine to create a "sense of space" that I haven't felt on any recording before or since. It also includes two tunes not heard on the original album: “I’m in a Dancing Mood,” a piece from the Thirties musical This’ll Make You Whistle, and “Watusi Jam,” a trio performance - sans Desmond -based on the piece “Watusi Drums,” heard on the 1958 live album The Dave Brubeck Quartet in Europe.Whenever I have a new guest in my listening room who hasn't been exposed to SACD or other high resolution formats, this is the disc I grab to "wow" them. The record will be released on December 4th, two days before the 100th anniversary of Brubeck’s birth.Īlong with the alternate “Take Five,” Time OutTakes will feature previously unreleased versions of several other pieces from the original Time Out LP, including “Blue Rondo à la Turk,” a piece inspired by a rhythm that Brubeck heard a street musician playing in Turkey while on a State Department tour. The tapes that make up Time OutTakes originally came to light while author Philip Clark was researching A Life in Time, a biography of Brubeck released this past February in honor of the pianist’s centennial year. Watch Eminem Join Ed Sheeran to Perform 'Lose Yourself' at Detroit Concert Whereas on the final, Brubeck and bassist Eugene Wright play behind Morello’s feature, here the drummer takes the spotlight alone. In his drum solo, Morello sticks close to the rhythm of Brubeck’s “1, 2, 3 1, 2” piano vamp, slowly building up density and excitement as he goes. You can also hear alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, who composed “Take Five,” getting used to improvising on the tune. They play the tune faster than on the familiar take and drummer Joe Morello hadn’t yet settled into the famously relaxed beat that made the five-beat structure feel so natural. On the alternate version, you can hear how the band is still acclimating to the feel of the piece’s 5/4 rhythm.
Wednesday, in advance of Time OutTakes’ December release, Brubeck Editions is unveiling a never-before-heard early run-through of “Take Five,” streaming above. Roughly 61 years after the release of “Take Five” on Brubeck’s Time Out album, the late pianist’s estate will release TimeOutTakes, a new album of previously unreleased alternate versions of pieces from the iconic LP. But it was also a huge hit and the first platinum-selling single in jazz history. “Take Five,” a 1959 track by the Dave Brubeck Quartet, was always a musical oddity: a swinging, instantly catchy jazz piece written in the uncommon time signature of 5/4.
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