![]() ![]() All in all, a must have for any discerning music lover. ![]() Rounding off the package, American jazz singer Carmen McRae’s 1962 vocal version of ‘Take Five’ gives an extra dose of sophistication to proceedings. ![]() As cool and complex as they get, stirring up those meters like a slick Manhattan. The B side sees ever more experimentation from the quartet, with the time signatures Dave heard on the streets of Istanbul providing the inspiration that gave birth to the lead track from Time Out - ‘Blue Rondo a la Turk’. Timeless genius written by the quartet’s saxophonist Paul Desmond and performed by Dave Brubeck, Paul, Joe Morello and Eugene Wright, reissued for a new generation of listeners. Accolades aside, it’s an intricate, absorbing and elating piece of jazz history, with one of the most recognisable melodies ever to be written. 6 The album is a subtle blend of cool and West Coast jazz. Recorded at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City, it is based upon the use of time signatures that were unusual for jazz such as 9 8, 6 4 and 5 4. Released in 1959 as part of the Quartet’s Time Out LP, which become the first jazz album to sell more than a million copies with the ‘Take Five’ single also taking that that coveted spot whilst going on to become the best-selling jazz single of all time. Time Out is a studio album by the American jazz group the Dave Brubeck Quartet, released in 1959 on Columbia Records. On the A side one of the most famous jazz pieces of all time. For their third release, Major Keys lovingly remaster and reissue three of his key pieces as The Dave Brubeck Quartet including the instantly recognisable ‘Take Five’ on 180g vinyl in a Major Keys sleeve. Take Five Recorded by The Dave Brubeck Quartet Piano/Vocal/Chords Sheet Item: 00-0158TSMX. Brubeck said it's a good idea to shake things up a bit, and that's exactly what he did with the song 'Take Five.' 'Take Five' was the third track on the album Time Out, recorded in 1959. A certified maestro of his time, king of Cool Jazz with a penchant for unusual time signatures, Dave Brubeck is as prolific as they come. All musical material is re-recorded and does not use in any form the original music or original vocals or any feature of the original recording. ![]()
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