Dave Brubeck - Take Five

"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
03/30/2016 at 08:41 • Filed to: None

ONCE AGAIN I FOIST MY MUSIC CHOICES ON YOU HAHAHA. But no, seriously, this is one of the best postwar jazz compositions and great for a Wednesday.

DISCUSSION (26)

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
03/30/2016 at 08:46

That reminds me, I need to go to the record store this weekend.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
03/30/2016 at 08:48

With aim or completely aimlessly?

Steve in Manhattan > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
03/30/2016 at 08:49

5/4 time ain’t easy.

64Mali > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
03/30/2016 at 08:49

I will agree it is one of the best and most iconic.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Steve in Manhattan
03/30/2016 at 08:53

The main beat is hard enough at the relatively simple “1-1-2-3, 4-5" before the sax comes in over the top. Paul Desmond does a great job making it seem easy, but I’m quite convinced it isn’t.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
03/30/2016 at 08:55

I prefer aimlessly, it’s worked for me up to this point. Found a second pressing of Dave Brubeck Quartet LP the last time around.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
03/30/2016 at 08:57

Sounds like me approach to the used books and music store here. If I try to plan to get anything I want *exactly* it’s not going to happen.

ttyymmnn > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
03/30/2016 at 08:58

You’re coming in on the pickup to beat 5, and that and the whole first measure act as a pickup to the whole song. Good stuff, and yes, it sounds easier than it is. Great music is often that way.

sonicgabe > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
03/30/2016 at 09:04

5/4 is probably my favorite time signature.

Also, here’s Pavement’s take on it. They do the 5/4 thing, then a bar of 6/4 to round it all out. Good times.

You got Jazz in my indierock!

You got indierock in my jazz!

Two great tastes that taste great together!

sonicgabe > sonicgabe
03/30/2016 at 09:14

Here’s another fine example of 5/4. The first verse. Brutal.

I saw Helmet back in 2007 and someone yelled out for this song. The response was “We don’t know how to play that right now.”

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > sonicgabe
03/30/2016 at 09:14

You launched me on a five or ten minute quest to ID time signatures in some Spoon songs, so well done.

Roundbadge > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
03/30/2016 at 09:14

And to think Brubeck was only allowed to graduate provided he promised never to teach piano to anyone...

In high school (early 90's) I took drum lessons from an instructor, and she instructed me to bring in a tape of something in the style I’d like to learn. I brought in the ‘Take Five’ album. She was a bit speechless, not having any idea where to begin. I didn’t really understand why until I’d been playing for a lot longer. Once I’d gained a better sense of feel, and still wasn’t any good at playing jazz, I understood her bewilderment. It’s not something you can just pick up without dedicating a lot more time than I ever did to it.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
03/30/2016 at 09:15

Exactly.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > sonicgabe
03/30/2016 at 09:31

I was also listening to some Maiden with funky signatures this morning. Number of the Beast they play at a lot of concerts, but Phantom of the Opera not so much.

Jcarr > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
03/30/2016 at 09:31

Did someone say odd time signature?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jcarr
03/30/2016 at 09:33

No, nobody said weird time signature. Not a one. Well maybe once. A little bit. Hardly at all.

sonicgabe > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
03/30/2016 at 09:35

Spoon are masters of hiding weird time signatures in their songs.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > sonicgabe
03/30/2016 at 09:39

Speaking of Maiden with funky timing:

LOREM IPSUM > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
03/30/2016 at 09:49

Makes me want to take a spin in a ‘90's Infiniti.

luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln! > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
03/30/2016 at 09:59

Love that one.

gmctavish needs more space > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
03/30/2016 at 10:08

Mmm that sax tone

uofime-2 > sonicgabe
03/30/2016 at 10:42

Can’t play their own song, how embarrassing.

Roundbadge > sonicgabe
03/30/2016 at 13:53

I was just listening to this on the way in to work this morning.

sonicgabe > uofime-2
03/30/2016 at 17:00

I think it there was a new member that joined before the tour and they hadn't got around to learning it yet. I know that they have played it live since.

sonicgabe > Roundbadge
03/30/2016 at 17:05

It never gets old. But I do. I saw them touring for Unsung. It was my very last day of high school. I just got up and walked out halfway through the school day. What were they gonna do? Suspend me? Got to meet Helmet because I left early. They borrowed boards from my friends so they could skate before the show. It was a good day.

Roundbadge > sonicgabe
03/30/2016 at 17:58

Oh wow....THAT is an outstanding story!

Around that time I had some real luck with picking out albums based on hearing 10 seconds of one song from it, and that was one of them. Also happened to be the very first CD I ever bought. I ripped the MP3 I was listening to today from it.