Dave Brubeck - Take Five

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  • Опубліковано 21 січ 2012
  • Live in Belgium 1964
    Paul Desmond (alto sax), Joe Morello (drums), Eugene Wright (bass) and Dave Brubeck (piano)

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  • @20thcenturyremnant
    @20thcenturyremnant 3 роки тому +9127

    Remember that Brubeck cancelled an entire jazz tour of the US South when promoters insisted he replace Eugene Wright with a white man. A man both musically and morally at another level.

    • @Tomas-vx8gw
      @Tomas-vx8gw 3 роки тому +81

      you understand that three of the four members are white, right?

    • @Tomas-vx8gw
      @Tomas-vx8gw 3 роки тому +68

      @Probably a human why is he morally on another level?

    • @Tomas-vx8gw
      @Tomas-vx8gw 3 роки тому +146

      @Probably a human Oh sorry, I misunderstood, I thought he referred to the bassist, my bad

    • @rutasdieciseis6336
      @rutasdieciseis6336 3 роки тому +63

      A gentelmen

    • @johnmontgomery3174
      @johnmontgomery3174 3 роки тому +376

      J.L.C.O. has a really good concert honoring Brubeck here on YT. Wynton Marsalis says, during the intro, that Brubeck stood up for civil rights when others didn't. You're right about him.

  • @waltsnow1762
    @waltsnow1762 7 місяців тому +2894

    Bought this album when I was 19, I'm 77 now. My girl friend and I loved jazz and now she has been my wife for the last 54 years! We still love jazz !

  • @markshrimpton3138
    @markshrimpton3138 8 місяців тому +694

    In the 1980s I lived in Edinburgh (capital city of Scotland) and one day in June 1984 I was walking down Castle Street going home from work. Coming up towards me were a lady and gentleman, by their clothes, Americans. As they came nearer I realised that the gentleman was Dave Brubeck no less. By sheer chance they looked at me, guessed I was local and asked if I knew where the US consulate was. I had the pleasure of escorting the Brubecks there, pointing out a few features of Edinburgh’s New Town. He gave me four tickets for his show at the Usher Hall later that week. I still have 2 and they’re signed.

    • @dowdallerno1
      @dowdallerno1 3 місяці тому +11

      Brilliant stuff 👏👌

    • @keithsouthgate67
      @keithsouthgate67 3 місяці тому +10

      A jazz number on a different level to 95%

    • @idaman1950
      @idaman1950 3 місяці тому +15

      How cool is that?!

    • @francineg3230
      @francineg3230 3 місяці тому +10

      Oh, lucky you!

    • @helenmcfarland2997
      @helenmcfarland2997 3 місяці тому +9

      If that had been me, I would probably be unable to speak at first and knowing who he was and how much I loved and good jazz who knows when I would have spoken again. This is pure class!

  • @Delmon83
    @Delmon83 8 місяців тому +603

    Dave Brubeck's tempered, calm and magnetic gaze towards the saxophonist is a marvel

    • @stephenc1795
      @stephenc1795 8 місяців тому +26

      I liked that too. It’s as though he’s watching the notes being played.

    • @johnboughton7451
      @johnboughton7451 8 місяців тому +18

      It’s because the saxophonist wrote the composition

    • @paulamiles9559
      @paulamiles9559 7 місяців тому +10

      He saying a silent thank you, Paul

    • @juicypoofs3530
      @juicypoofs3530 7 місяців тому +3

      love.

    • @adriver7978
      @adriver7978 7 місяців тому +7

      He has a Jeff Goldblum vibe

  • @tommyjonq
    @tommyjonq 2 роки тому +7398

    They set the atomic clocks to this drummer.

    • @gravityrules
      @gravityrules 2 роки тому +175

      One would think so!
      Brilliant

    • @siccolindsay610
      @siccolindsay610 2 роки тому +230

      Quite the underrated comment.

    • @HyzersGR
      @HyzersGR 2 роки тому +77

      @@siccolindsay610 It appears in many youtube comment sections. Especially for Bernard Purdie.

    • @ivancarvers9844
      @ivancarvers9844 2 роки тому +75

      never heard it said about Ginger Baker... but then again, connecting something atomic to an explosive as mr Baker...

    • @caveatemp
      @caveatemp 2 роки тому +60

      Funny. But really good drumming should breathe. Perfect time is a machine. Dead and with no soul.

  • @passamaquoddy8311
    @passamaquoddy8311 Рік тому +3432

    I remember when I heard it the first time playing in the radio. I was 12 years old then and asked my father:" What's this?" He looked up from reading the newspaper and grinned:"It's good, isn't it?"
    I am 72 years now...

    • @kodebruijn4753
      @kodebruijn4753 Рік тому +105

      77 and going strong.... jazz, cuban...I love it

    • @sollygratia
      @sollygratia Рік тому +68

      Similar. My father was a drummer, and Joe Morello was his favourite.

    • @qpwo_1
      @qpwo_1 Рік тому +61

      Wow, beautiful memory

    • @thomasfisher5742
      @thomasfisher5742 Рік тому +35

      you could play this to a young Mozart ..if you had a time machine and he would find nothing to improve...on ..

    • @csmelen
      @csmelen Рік тому +43

      Nice to know you inherited your dad's great taste in music.

  • @evermar1
    @evermar1 3 дні тому +9

    I am a 70 year old guy who was raised on Rock and Roll. I don't think my young ears were mature enough to understand the sheer beauty of this composition. This makes me feel like I am born again to the joy of music.

  • @closey2112
    @closey2112 Місяць тому +77

    The quintessential jazz song. Dave Brubeck wasn’t just a trend setter in the jazz scene, he broke down racial barriers.

    • @glennhfriedman4571
      @glennhfriedman4571 18 днів тому +4

      Dave simply wanted the best people around hi,, Color wasn't ever an issue with him

    • @closey2112
      @closey2112 18 днів тому +1

      @@glennhfriedman4571 absolutely! He knew who he wanted. No matter what.

    • @nottoday.9503
      @nottoday.9503 8 днів тому +2

      Yep. Didn’t care whether they were black, white, brown or red. Just that they were good. DEI “professionals” could learn a lot from him.

  • @shurelyshnot
    @shurelyshnot Рік тому +1667

    Serious men, playing serious music, in serious suits, with serious ties... and it is glorious.

    • @shakvras
      @shakvras 10 місяців тому +53

      That's some serious shit!

    • @bitten1406
      @bitten1406 10 місяців тому +6

      @@shakvras

    • @timaigh
      @timaigh 10 місяців тому +4

      The necktie is not glorious, it's hideous.

    • @cliffpeebles9705
      @cliffpeebles9705 10 місяців тому +13

      Serious shoes too, featured on piano.

    • @NobodySpecial512
      @NobodySpecial512 10 місяців тому +13

      @@timaigh Its black and white. For all you know the tie is Chartreus.

  • @sixwest
    @sixwest Рік тому +5865

    The definition of a masterpiece...you play it in your house and the neighbors complain that it's too loud. The police come and arrest the neighbors...

  • @user-mr2bk7ku9x
    @user-mr2bk7ku9x 6 місяців тому +343

    I swear Joe Morello was a metronome in his past life. Dude did NOT miss A SINGLE BEAT. Perfect timing through and through. Holy shit.

    • @williebrooks5085
      @williebrooks5085 5 місяців тому +8

      I get the feeling of the commentors just it's just give me a feeling rush and passion magnetic!!!!

    • @Dodiabs-pv9uy
      @Dodiabs-pv9uy 3 місяці тому +4

      Plus he’s not even looking at the kit half the time staring at something in the distance 😂

    • @BlueCollarBookClub
      @BlueCollarBookClub 3 місяці тому +4

      @@Dodiabs-pv9uy Considering Joe was legally blind and all, he’s still damn good.

    • @Rutherford_Inchworm_III
      @Rutherford_Inchworm_III 3 місяці тому +5

      He pretty much monopolized precision jazz dynamics in the 60s and 70s. The first bell-less ride cymbals were commissioned by Morello in the early 60s. He didn't want a single joule of momentum being lost to the bell that he couldn't account for in his hands. He was also the first guy to make it cool to whip your sticks around reverse for solos. I imagine he used them a lot more intelligently than I did.

    • @edwardsieferman1205
      @edwardsieferman1205 2 місяці тому +3

      I read a comment once that Morello's drumming was SO precise they could set the Atomic Clock to HIM... Hard to argue with that!

  • @RJLNetWork
    @RJLNetWork 5 місяців тому +314

    Just four distinguished looking gentlemen playing a piece of classical, artistical, musical jazz and not even breaking a sweat doing it. Dave Brubeck, playing the piano like a boss and watching everyone else play with admiration in his eyes. Paul Desmond owning the sax like he was born with it in his mouth. Eugene Wright making love to that bass like it was his wife of 50 years. Finally Joe Morello playing that drum solo like he could do it in his sleep forever. These men were legends of Jazz and they knew what they were doing! 🎻🎻🥁🥁🎷🎷🎹🎹🎼🎼🎵🎵🎶🎶

  • @johncsajaghy4766
    @johncsajaghy4766 4 роки тому +9450

    Those are the coolest accountants I've ever seen man.

  • @profile1674
    @profile1674 2 роки тому +5325

    They may look like four accountants, but this is a musical powerhouse right here. Every note is in its place, every break is spot-on. Simply brilliant!

    • @christopheroliver2465
      @christopheroliver2465 2 роки тому +90

      Debit Cash, Credit Sales...right to the bank.
      "Scooby waa, wa-wa-wa...contact!"

    • @seekingwisdom8
      @seekingwisdom8 2 роки тому +242

      That’s called class. These guys were great artists, elite musicians. The respect they had for the music is reflected in their attire. You didn’t go on stage looking like a burned out pot head or homeless person when you had the great task of playing the only genre of music “native” to the United States. I’m a drummer and have played wearing a coat and tie more than any other attire.

    • @christopheroliver2465
      @christopheroliver2465 2 роки тому +77

      @@seekingwisdom8 Agreed...as an Accountant who now teaches Accounting, I give them much respect.

    • @basicallywellfed3453
      @basicallywellfed3453 2 роки тому +112

      They look like men, not bums.

    • @jeroenspinette7635
      @jeroenspinette7635 2 роки тому +19

      Four 9 to fivers but they are 5 to niets!

  • @billc6087
    @billc6087 7 днів тому +7

    My mother was a Brubeck fan long before I was born. For her 80th birthday I got tickets to an intimate concert in a small hotel venue. Festival seating. She asked if I could find seats where she could see his hands on the keyboard. I stood in line for close to three hours in 100° heat and got second row center! My proudest moment as a mother's son.

  • @christianperez7846
    @christianperez7846 7 місяців тому +399

    When I was a kid, jazz used to literally make me queasy. I’ve grown to adore it. Does anyone else feel like it’s the music of what’s happening?! Like, jazz represents the offbeat rhythm of day to day life. It’s the soundtrack to rotating wheels on a car that passes you by. It’s about people living their lives.

    • @DREAM.designes
      @DREAM.designes 7 місяців тому +7

      Yeah i feel that

    • @christianperez7846
      @christianperez7846 7 місяців тому +5

      @@DREAM.designesseldom triumph, often try. You know what I mean

    • @matthewwinn4006
      @matthewwinn4006 7 місяців тому +9

      Interesting analysis, interpretation.

    • @paulfelkner6749
      @paulfelkner6749 7 місяців тому +6

      Jazz is extremely diverse, this piece is on the edge compared to other "take five" takes, not even sure like it yet🎼🎷 😎

    • @badlaamaurukehu
      @badlaamaurukehu 7 місяців тому +1

      Like an environmental mirror?

  • @auralfixxation6702
    @auralfixxation6702 3 роки тому +2944

    If this song doesn't get you into jazz, nothing will.

    • @chrisirving8712
      @chrisirving8712 3 роки тому +66

      You would have to drag me out of a jazz club 🍺

    • @eight50
      @eight50 3 роки тому +16

      Yep, kicking and screaming!

    • @BartholomewSmutz
      @BartholomewSmutz 3 роки тому +24

      This will get you into Jazz and Chet Baker will get you quickly out of it. His music is unlistenable to me.

    • @C0wboyzfan4life
      @C0wboyzfan4life 3 роки тому +11

      Jazz been in my dna since as a toddler

    • @juliancoronary8552
      @juliancoronary8552 3 роки тому +2

      This song actually did when my music teacher played this

  • @mandolinic
    @mandolinic 4 роки тому +4358

    Hats off to the drummer who kept the rhythm going for 7 minutes without a break.

    • @LarsBlitzer
      @LarsBlitzer 4 роки тому +455

      Not only that, but at a 5/4 signature, rather than 4/4 beat or a 3/4 waltz type of beat. Phenomenal.

    • @scottschumacher7926
      @scottschumacher7926 4 роки тому +33

      jazztimes.com/features/tributes-and-obituaries/dave-brubeck-remembers-joe-morello/

    • @DEeMONsworld
      @DEeMONsworld 4 роки тому +197

      @@LarsBlitzer 5/4 is not particularly difficult, it actually swings, just 4/4 with an extra beat to the measure. Listen to the mission Impossible theme. but Yes, Morello was a groove master, one of the smoothest, deceptively subtle drummers of all time, pun intended.

    • @manly1974
      @manly1974 4 роки тому +95

      @@DEeMONsworld It's more like 3/4 + 2/4.

    • @katsebua
      @katsebua 4 роки тому +129

      Notice the modest percussion set. Doesn't need a trailer-full of gaudy doodads.

  • @mrmilkmanthedragonwarrior
    @mrmilkmanthedragonwarrior 2 місяці тому +454

    Whos listening in 2024❤️

    • @KongGooksu
      @KongGooksu 2 місяці тому +2

      Hi

    • @mrmilkmanthedragonwarrior
      @mrmilkmanthedragonwarrior 2 місяці тому +1

      Hi
      @@KongGooksu

    • @juliepenney2683
      @juliepenney2683 2 місяці тому +2

      🙌🏾☝🏾🙏🏾💜💯🎉

    • @charlottethomas4124
      @charlottethomas4124 2 місяці тому +1

      Immer wieder.
      Seit einigen Jahren.
      Pures Zuhören.
      Edel berührt.
      Fast jedes Mal,
      anderen Zauber
      ENTDECKEN.
      Wundervolles
      SCHÖN

    • @gjm1953
      @gjm1953 2 місяці тому +2

      Me! In 2024, 2025, 2026,,etc.

  • @mellow.jazzcafe
    @mellow.jazzcafe Рік тому +2070

    You don't have to like jazz to appreciate this. Beautiful!

    • @tommytwogloves16
      @tommytwogloves16 Рік тому +11

      Sitting in the pen as a 10 year old in ‘60 at Guido’s Back Rock on Hyde St. was the apogee of my youth.

    • @Gaugain69
      @Gaugain69 11 місяців тому

      Really ???..."You don't have to like jazz to appreciate this"...I'm sorry ,but you're wrong. Tell me if none "need" to appreciate jazz after this...ua-cam.com/video/NFjmWI-d6d4/v-deo.html ...Regards!

    • @gecieldionelo7304
      @gecieldionelo7304 11 місяців тому +1

      Rau conniff

    • @jackellock7113
      @jackellock7113 11 місяців тому +5

      Well, this ain't Country music

    • @HadToChangeMyName_YoutubeSucks
      @HadToChangeMyName_YoutubeSucks 11 місяців тому +8

      I'm pretty sure you have to like jazz to appreciate this. I love jazz and I love this, but let's not fool ourselves, if you're only into country or hip hop this ain't your digs.

  • @exynth1a215
    @exynth1a215 3 роки тому +2105

    Accidentally clicked on this.
    One of the best mistakes of my life

    • @ivanvaldes6567
      @ivanvaldes6567 3 роки тому +67

      There are no accidents

    • @michaelvanzyl9418
      @michaelvanzyl9418 3 роки тому +40

      @@ivanvaldes6567 Master Oogway is that you?

    • @ryu4045
      @ryu4045 3 роки тому +12

      Same! That was amazing.

    • @Leofiora
      @Leofiora 3 роки тому +15

      Mistakes Can Be Great Discoveries

    • @aidenupshaw1483
      @aidenupshaw1483 3 роки тому +15

      They say jazz is built on happy accidents lol

  • @karlmadsen3179
    @karlmadsen3179 21 день тому +26

    still awesome in 2024

  • @julieclonan2427
    @julieclonan2427 8 місяців тому +58

    Thankyou Dad , for introducing me to this when I was 6 , now 60 , timeless ❤🇬🇧

    • @MarieProvost77
      @MarieProvost77 Місяць тому +2

      Same... I owe a lot of my open ears to my dad, who was playing this in my very formative years (5+)

  • @michaelcharlong5645
    @michaelcharlong5645 10 місяців тому +1028

    It's arguably one of the best live recordings of all time.

    • @CorePathway
      @CorePathway 9 місяців тому +12

      Ann Wilson covering Stairway to Heaven at the Kennedy Center honors, at age 64 would like a word with you. If you’ve not seen it, go there now and thank me later.

    • @julieclonan2427
      @julieclonan2427 8 місяців тому

      ​@@CorePathwayWill do thanks for the recommendation 😉🇬🇧

    • @FriendxA
      @FriendxA 8 місяців тому

      small rooms will do that.

    • @TuajanaNicholaswshC
      @TuajanaNicholaswshC 8 місяців тому +3

      Literally just found this

    • @TuajanaNicholaswshC
      @TuajanaNicholaswshC 8 місяців тому +3

      ​@CorePathway seeing Robert Plant tear up...I get goosebumps when I watch it.

  • @jeffhess4650
    @jeffhess4650 Рік тому +1119

    When my father passed a few years ago, one of my siblings asked me what I wanted from his possessions. I didn't hesitate. "I want dad's Dave Brubeck albums." I got them, and even though I have CD copies of all of them, I still listen to the vinyl when I need a boost. And, oh yeah, dad was a drummer.

    • @-Thauma-
      @-Thauma- Рік тому +30

      Thanks for sharing your story ❤

    • @hildawallace7691
      @hildawallace7691 Рік тому +14

      And what a serious boost it Always is; too too cool. Woohoo!!!

    • @hildawallace7691
      @hildawallace7691 Рік тому +4

      Could he drum it like that cat in this? That was Spectacular!!! If he even got Near his talent, he was something Else. Bet he could if he appreciated this; just a hunch. 👍🏼

    • @jeffhess4650
      @jeffhess4650 Рік тому +6

      @@hildawallace7691 My dad was good, but he was no way near to the level demonstrated by Morello.

    • @magdasanchez89
      @magdasanchez89 Рік тому +6

      That's was the best gift3 you could get

  • @blairnelson2953
    @blairnelson2953 8 днів тому +3

    When my son (who can not carry a tune) was little he heard this and said "Dad! They are playing two songs at once!" - I'm still trying to wrap my head around it.

  • @sfperalta
    @sfperalta 8 місяців тому +126

    Stunning. That drum solo leaves me speechless. Pure mastery.

    • @ToniBoordane
      @ToniBoordane 5 місяців тому +7

      The kick back into the piano and sax after that absolute insanity is so juicy

    • @cesarmirabal1734
      @cesarmirabal1734 8 днів тому

      Tom Morello

  • @arthurdurham
    @arthurdurham 2 роки тому +1632

    I wonder if people who don't play an instrument understand how hard this is. The timings are impeccable

    • @chrisprosser25
      @chrisprosser25 2 роки тому +27

      You need to be ready to blow with this lineup.

    • @lonely_ghost9857
      @lonely_ghost9857 2 роки тому +58

      As drummer and Percussionist, i admire how well he kept it steady and am intrigued by how everyone was able to maintain that same beat and rhythm

    • @lonely_ghost9857
      @lonely_ghost9857 2 роки тому +5

      @@HallikTruce1111 I probably would've lost count and that pocket halfway through the solo

    • @brndxt
      @brndxt 2 роки тому +28

      As an amateurish drummer, I can handle simple pop, rock, and rock and roll. Jazz is above and beyond me. Wish I could play like that.

    • @karlforster4907
      @karlforster4907 2 роки тому +9

      I enjoy most music, played very little as a child, not very good. I feel I'm missing a lot not knowing music.

  • @mooshuguy5141
    @mooshuguy5141 3 роки тому +820

    The mood, the suits, black & white film, the song itself, perfection.

    • @tambalas7104
      @tambalas7104 2 роки тому +8

      i can't say more to that!

    • @iansimpson7058
      @iansimpson7058 2 роки тому +14

      B&W is an art form that allows us to see the composition without being distracted by the scene.

    • @yvetterenee8256
      @yvetterenee8256 2 роки тому +4

      I prefer some color and spice. But, the song is nice. 😁

    • @miccal99
      @miccal99 2 роки тому +9

      This might be the coolest 7 minutes ever

    • @allwheeldrive
      @allwheeldrive 2 роки тому +6

      Yeah. One of the greatest EVER.

  • @juergenweidner1
    @juergenweidner1 3 місяці тому +53

    You just cannot be more cool, calm and collected. Stunning and one of my favourites since my teens. Now I am 64 and still love this one.

    • @rosezingleman5007
      @rosezingleman5007 Місяць тому

      Same here. I was 16 when I bought the album. 64 now.

  • @jeffreyhartwig4965
    @jeffreyhartwig4965 8 місяців тому +6

    When Dave Brubeck took this band on tour, he was asked to keep his bass player in the back. Mr. Brubeck told his bass player at that venue that his mic was not working and get front and use his. Mr. Brubeck also canceled a tour costing him personal income because he would not comply with the racial restrictions on that tour. Man of good character he is 🤙🏽

  • @eckookoo1914
    @eckookoo1914 4 роки тому +1506

    Growing up in S. Korea in the early 60’s I had to listen to this EVERYDAY bcuz our daddy played this EVERYDAY. Some 60 years later, I listen to this everyday, almost. Perhaps, Daddy is listening too...

    • @Isseki_Nicho
      @Isseki_Nicho 4 роки тому +24

      James D Robertson keep it to yourself.

    • @Isseki_Nicho
      @Isseki_Nicho 4 роки тому +10

      James D Robertson ego trip

    • @Joe_Pittard
      @Joe_Pittard 4 роки тому +5

      He's dead, isn't he? If so, he can't see you. He's in one of two places, neither of which has a view of Earth

    • @berenicehickey7027
      @berenicehickey7027 4 роки тому +4

      James.d.roberts Shhhh..

    • @Joe_Pittard
      @Joe_Pittard 4 роки тому +6

      @James D Robertson chill out, dude

  • @kurtporter1323
    @kurtporter1323 3 роки тому +715

    I'm 65 and remember hearing this song while upstairs pretending to be asleep. Sweet...mom n dad were so cool

    • @oombaclyde5736
      @oombaclyde5736 3 роки тому +4

      If only.

    • @Moe_Preme
      @Moe_Preme 3 роки тому +3

      The 3rd 👁 era

    • @josephsanders2556
      @josephsanders2556 3 роки тому +11

      68 and still saying jazz is the root of all modern music that's gonna last

    • @melvinhunter3011
      @melvinhunter3011 3 роки тому +9

      1'm 67, introduced early too. Mellow sound entering the 60's. Opposite what was happening in the real World.

    • @robertbender9607
      @robertbender9607 3 роки тому +16

      Funny coincidence. I'm playing it to get my kids out of bed this morning.

  • @durangomcmurphy1529
    @durangomcmurphy1529 15 днів тому +3

    I was in High School in 1967 . The quartet was scheduled to play a gig at the Univ. of Miami , near the pool by the student Union .
    For whatever reason , it had rained earlier , only about 4 of us showed up . I got to hear " Take 5 " live , sitting about 20 ft away from the band . Unforgettable .God bless them all .

  • @lcke8380
    @lcke8380 6 місяців тому +92

    I love how Dave Brubeck listens carefully and calmly turns around after the solo ends, it's so classy.

  • @blanchestarbong582
    @blanchestarbong582 3 роки тому +1390

    After I finish this drum solo I'm going to file your taxes.

    • @rincewindtwoflower3989
      @rincewindtwoflower3989 3 роки тому +53

      We are Dave Brubeck's band and we can all file your taxes!

    • @tengkusulaiman
      @tengkusulaiman 3 роки тому +17

      Wrong, IRS man always sound indian english.

    • @neuvocastezero1838
      @neuvocastezero1838 3 роки тому +29

      I hate to keep stealing this guy's comment but "these were the times they dressed like 'we're preparing to launch a drum solo from the control booth''"

    • @theacebooncoon90
      @theacebooncoon90 3 роки тому +4

      lmao!!! This!!

    • @mowl
      @mowl 3 роки тому +2

      😂

  • @denizhanozcan348
    @denizhanozcan348 3 роки тому +2046

    A glass of whiskey and a cigar appeared in my hand while listening to this.

  • @user-jz4rv2fr4f
    @user-jz4rv2fr4f Місяць тому +12

    My father loved jazz music and when played this piece I was mesmerised as a youngster.
    My father passed away in 2005 and for our reflection, to represent the jazz he loved so much, I had this played, so we could have a few moments to remember the life of Robert James Gray, and to take five...

  • @josephdirvin401
    @josephdirvin401 3 місяці тому +30

    I hitch hiked from Philadelphia to somewhere in North New Jersey to catch his act. I had just turned 18. I am now 77 and Brubeck and group still enthralls me.

  • @andrewmclean9812
    @andrewmclean9812 Рік тому +434

    Probably the most quintessential cool jazz track ever made.

    • @johnmaer
      @johnmaer 8 місяців тому +9

      It out-miled Miles and his more abstract arrangements that never captured the simplicity or listenability of Mr. Brubeck's flagship composition. As others have noted, it is a legacy live recording which is as much fun to watch as it is to listen to. American jazz, copied around the world, but born and raised in the USA.

    • @TuajanaNicholaswshC
      @TuajanaNicholaswshC 8 місяців тому +3

      Goat

    • @dave-yj9mc
      @dave-yj9mc 7 місяців тому +1

      @@johnmaer You're right.... and the quality of the recording is awesome... I love watching Dave's reaction to the drum solo....5:53 then he jambs on the piano! Pure Gold.

    • @johnmaer
      @johnmaer 7 місяців тому +1

      @@dave-yj9mc Indeed. I thought Ramsey Lewis was new wave jazz in the early 60's but Brubeck and his ensemble set the benchmark or gold standard. Amazing artistry.

    • @lindavalentine542
      @lindavalentine542 6 місяців тому +1

      Never too late to wake up

  • @dave-yj9mc
    @dave-yj9mc 7 місяців тому +33

    I'm glad people are still listening to this in 2023!

    • @victormaxim8734
      @victormaxim8734 24 дні тому +2

      i am from south africa still listening to this, 1964 year i was born, love it, especially how only four instruments make this massive

    • @fantomas3066
      @fantomas3066 19 днів тому +2

      Et même en 2024, en revenant de mon travail à 21h30 CD, et hop, le bonheur

    • @glennhfriedman4571
      @glennhfriedman4571 18 днів тому +2

      2024

    • @jorgemayorga6934
      @jorgemayorga6934 12 днів тому +1

      2024 !

    • @kittrasis
      @kittrasis 3 дні тому

      It's the epitome of cool.

  • @WilfBond55
    @WilfBond55 5 місяців тому +62

    I love the little moves at the start of Joe Morello's amazing drum solo. Brubeck just turns to watch him. Wright pulls his bass and himself out of the picture so the entire camera focus is on Morello. That's respect.

  • @NackDSP
    @NackDSP 11 місяців тому +793

    It's incomprehensible today. These guys playing that fast, improvising with no net, the expensive film spooling through the camera. It comes out so tight and clean. Fantastic.

    • @Thesnakerox
      @Thesnakerox 10 місяців тому +53

      Not to mention the fact that the song is in 5/4 time, as opposed to the typical 4/4

    • @trevorstanding6462
      @trevorstanding6462 10 місяців тому +10

      Have you heard Charlie Parker play, he was a bit fast !

    • @monizdm
      @monizdm 10 місяців тому +4

      I wouldn't be so sure.

    • @_-_Michael_-_
      @_-_Michael_-_ 9 місяців тому +15

      Not like it matters, this was TV broadcast, with analogue TV cameras and the recording was most likely stored on film but as whole cut piece that was broadcasted not filmed on film. Just if someone was courious.

    • @owenrobinson5243
      @owenrobinson5243 9 місяців тому +29

      It's immeasurably brilliant and wonderful, but it's not at all incomprehensible today. Not in jazz, nor in other forms - there are metal bands today, for instance, who are similarly dextrous with time signatures and grooves, and who are similarly exciting but in their own thrilling ways.

  • @georgestaunton6994
    @georgestaunton6994 3 роки тому +650

    Eugene Wright, the Senator, passed away December 30. He's the one on bass, and was the last surviving member of the Dave Brubeck Quartet. History passed with him. Thanks for the music and for providing the steady bass beat.

    • @jeffbecker8716
      @jeffbecker8716 3 роки тому +7

      The Senator? Hmmm, I wonder if he was the inspiration for Doctor Senator from Fargo season 4? Took place in 1950/51 and Loy's son was a beebop trump player.

    • @berndkruger5030
      @berndkruger5030 3 роки тому +7

      R.I.P.

    • @jonathanwilkinson1461
      @jonathanwilkinson1461 3 роки тому +8

      Didn't know he passed, R.I.P Gene..

    • @andydavies1810
      @andydavies1810 3 роки тому +2

      Bang on George!

    • @garybacica5709
      @garybacica5709 3 роки тому +8

      I was so damn mad when I found out. The second to last day of the worst damned year i have ever lived through and 2020 did this wicked thing; took Eugene Wright.

  • @catzenhouse
    @catzenhouse 8 місяців тому +40

    I think the word "sublime" was invented for this song and these musicians. My favorite since I was a small kid. Love, love, love this.

    • @sophialewis5474
      @sophialewis5474 18 днів тому

      I think you are right on sublime and slightly inferior, I add, the creation of word awesome for our drum soloist❤

  • @jamesbean7560
    @jamesbean7560 7 місяців тому +25

    They're all gone but their music lives on....certainly a kind of immortality.

  • @ScialomRoland
    @ScialomRoland 3 роки тому +923

    I've been hearing Brubeck Take Five since I was 16, almost 60 years ago, and it is still perfect. Brubeck is immortal.

    • @tomandsherylruss3906
      @tomandsherylruss3906 3 роки тому +4

      Truly immortal!

    • @koitorob
      @koitorob 3 роки тому +4

      His music may be immortal, but Brubeck isn't. He died in 2012!

    • @nt559
      @nt559 3 роки тому +11

      The author in fact is Paul Desmond

    • @ScialomRoland
      @ScialomRoland 3 роки тому +11

      @@snausagesmcqueef1604
      I would need to write a short novel or make a movie to
      tell what things I liked the most. Do you remember Truffaut's Les 400 Coups? It's this way.

    • @richarddilorenzo8188
      @richarddilorenzo8188 3 роки тому +8

      His music is...unfortunately he wasn’t. Lived a productive life, died at age 91. What a wonderful talent! Sons Chris and Darius following in their father’s foot steps.

  • @irishhockey2181
    @irishhockey2181 3 роки тому +3080

    This was filmed almost 60 years ago but the video quality is still better than security cameras

  • @michaelweilmuenster5754
    @michaelweilmuenster5754 8 місяців тому +157

    This song gives me goose bumps every time I hear it. I've never seen it performed before. This for me is the epitome of what jazz should sound like.

    • @NeoRipshaft
      @NeoRipshaft 8 місяців тому +7

      You cannot begin to comprehend what you're missing - unless you live in the middle of nowhere, there will be a college or university with a jazz music program near you - this is a Jazz standard, it will be performed fairly regularly during recitals - either figure out when these are and attend (they're usually open to the public and very happy to have people show up), or befriend some of the musicians - you wont regret it.

    • @badlaamaurukehu
      @badlaamaurukehu 7 місяців тому

      ​@@NeoRipshaftYou phishing for groupies now? Back under your rock!

  • @serioushex3893
    @serioushex3893 3 місяці тому +17

    i think what i like the most about the song is that everyone gets their time to shine for the song. You get the sax solo, you get the piano section, you get the drum solo, and you have the big bass just tying the whole thing together perfectly.

  • @ronkoestlinger1172
    @ronkoestlinger1172 4 роки тому +1609

    If this song doesn't make you like jazz nothing will.

    • @nix9vex13
      @nix9vex13 4 роки тому +42

      Wellllll.... there are other options. This is a fairly mainstream entrance for jazz tbh.
      Don't forget the Duke, Mingus, Miles, Bird, Blakey, Dolphy, Dexter Gordon, Jerome Richardson, Evans and quite a few others that also have made some poppy Jazz along the way. Mind you, specially Mingus and Duke, there is a plethora of wonder to be had beyond the poppy side once you enter their world.
      Not saying Brubeck was one dimensional and you shouldn't compare ... and Brubeck was my entrance to Jazz too as a kid ... but your statement is rather bold.
      Have a lovely day
      :)

    • @waxazy
      @waxazy 4 роки тому +32

      As a matter of fact some chick i had a huge crush on told me to listen to this piece on my way home from some sort of date we had one day. i reckon is was the piece which opened me to jazz and many years later i am still grateful to Georgiana that jazz is no longer an unknown place to me :D

    • @andrewtodaro2874
      @andrewtodaro2874 4 роки тому +11

      This does, it’s quintessential jazz for me 😊

    • @hackberryflat
      @hackberryflat 4 роки тому +13

      This is one form of Jazz. Try a little swing: listen to Benny Goodman's 1937 arrangement of Louie Prima's Swing, Swing, Swing. Listen to Midnight In Moscow (Dixie Land). Listen to Peggy Lee's rendition of FEVER. Listen to Tuba Skinny Band on UA-cam. Listen to the theme song of the television series Perry Mason. All that's Jazz.

    • @nicholassarmiento7508
      @nicholassarmiento7508 4 роки тому +2

      Nick Bosman nice to see another mingus/duke fanatic!

  • @1KSarah
    @1KSarah 4 роки тому +3041

    They look so serious with their suits, ties, and thick glasses.
    Like a bunch of scientists taking a break.

    • @johnleney9541
      @johnleney9541 4 роки тому +24

      The Hanson Brothers do jazz!

    • @fsh2950
      @fsh2950 4 роки тому +145

      Yes, KSarah, they DO look serious. But it was a different day. They WERE serious. And in a way, they were scientists of their craft. If you ever heard the original studio recording, you would hear an even better drum solo. Nonetheless, this is a great version, too. Hope you enjoyed it.

    • @fsh2950
      @fsh2950 4 роки тому +56

      P.S., if you go back to early 60s Beatles, their look, too, was quite serious, with suits and ties, although with more of an avant garde style. They were viewed as such radicals back then, but in looking back, they looked very traditional, the hair notwithstanding.

    • @timsydlowski5208
      @timsydlowski5208 4 роки тому +34

      Pre lasic eye surgery. era. 😁. Americans can claim jazz as their own. So much talent here.

    • @JeriGillam
      @JeriGillam 4 роки тому +100

      It's 5/4, so some science involved.. ;)

  • @LEESS1005
    @LEESS1005 8 місяців тому +5

    While listening to this my 3yo granddaughter walked in and went absolutely MENTAL,she never stopped jigging around the room,she loved this,and asked me to play it again.

  • @ThrasherMan
    @ThrasherMan 8 місяців тому +7

    I love the fact that the song 'Take 5' is in a 5/4 time signature, especially because 5/4 isn't a very common time.

  • @zedfoxtrot41
    @zedfoxtrot41 2 роки тому +1544

    I love how their looks at one another seem so JUDGMENTAL AND SEVERE, but then when you look again you realize that they're trying to enjoy the incredible performance of their peers while simultaneously concentrating on their very demanding parts. It took 100% from everyone, and the result of their effort can amaze and delight listeners more than half a century later. What astonishing artists. What accomplishment. This is musical treasure.

    • @osten_petersson
      @osten_petersson 2 роки тому +15

      I guess u Never played in a band

    • @zedfoxtrot41
      @zedfoxtrot41 2 роки тому +39

      @@osten_petersson I guess you never passed English.

    • @osten_petersson
      @osten_petersson 2 роки тому +2

      @@zedfoxtrot41 did :)

    • @allandavis8201
      @allandavis8201 2 роки тому +13

      Music is the rhythm of life. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

    • @someonesomeone7423
      @someonesomeone7423 2 роки тому +4

      well the bassist had an easy bass line for this song

  • @lilybond6485
    @lilybond6485 3 роки тому +821

    I never get sick of it, bored with it -- every time I hear this - it’s like the first time. Pure magic.

    • @dean3434
      @dean3434 2 роки тому +8

      Me too. Always! Between this tune I first heard as a child and a bit later Poinsianna by Ahmad Jamal I then was gifted and hooked onto a different music.
      Dean Jackson
      Seattle

    • @WildernessMusic_GentleSerene
      @WildernessMusic_GentleSerene 2 роки тому +8

      A departure from 4/4s rhythm we hear the other 99.9% of the time. Hail the 5/4s.

    • @susanbrown2909
      @susanbrown2909 2 роки тому +11

      Same here..class personified,and a time I’d quite easy return too,if I could.

    • @danbytp
      @danbytp 2 роки тому +8

      First heard it way back in the '60's(anyone remember the '60's),and just listened it now in July,2021.Everytime I hear it I just want to do a Snoopy dance.😁

    • @annhitchcock3093
      @annhitchcock3093 2 роки тому +4

      Yeah

  • @user-ip8ph1kr7w
    @user-ip8ph1kr7w 5 місяців тому +14

    The tune makes your soul ‘’take five’’ while being at the apex of life.

  • @user-yb2fp7de3x
    @user-yb2fp7de3x 8 місяців тому +29

    I saw these guys play this and a whole concert "live" in the Spring of 1962. Incredible music making!

  • @mwafrikahuru5000
    @mwafrikahuru5000 3 роки тому +710

    The audience Dave Brubeck made this piece for realy hasn't discovered it yet, I am a 23 year old in Africa and I just found this song and I could feel my soul float in calm in the midst of hard times.

    • @robertsmit3705
      @robertsmit3705 3 роки тому +11

      Paul Desmond introduced me into Jazz, still grateful thank you

    • @lewisblakley8288
      @lewisblakley8288 3 роки тому +8

      Man Jazz is like one of the best Genres of music listen to Charles Mingus next.

    • @melodiefrances3898
      @melodiefrances3898 3 роки тому +19

      Well, actually, many of the people for whom this was made found it long before you were born, but it's great that you have found it too

    • @gtrrs71
      @gtrrs71 3 роки тому +4

      Here's another gem: Bill Evans and Stan Getz. ua-cam.com/video/cPDjojyKCBg/v-deo.html

    • @jendamum
      @jendamum 3 роки тому

      Cool, Mayuu. They're amazing. Enjoy!!

  • @mikeanthonybrooks
    @mikeanthonybrooks 4 роки тому +585

    It doesn't even feel like an odd time signature. The stability is incredible. One of the best pieces of music ever written.

  • @mundoapoc8626
    @mundoapoc8626 6 місяців тому +7

    Dear Tori, I listened Take Five for the firt time when I was eighteen. I suddenly realized that Jazz was my music. 53 years after, I listen to this music and I feel the same beautiful sensation. When I am down I put Take Five and I have that positive shock and I feel young again!. See Dave Bruveck and Paul Desmond and the players is magic! Thanks internet!

  • @fnutboy
    @fnutboy 7 місяців тому +17

    One of the greatest nights of my life was taking my dad to see Dave. Wow, we were entranced....and Dave came across as the nicest person. I just love how he turns around to watch Joe do his stuff. French grip open handed, played the ride with his right-hand....a pioneer of modern drum playing. Xx

  • @lancechristensen3554
    @lancechristensen3554 3 роки тому +244

    Brubeck once told me about Take 5 "If the song's good, it never gets old."

    • @lesleyhawes6895
      @lesleyhawes6895 3 роки тому +16

      I danced to this in school when I was sixteen, I loved it then, and still do now, sixty years later.

    • @lancechristensen3554
      @lancechristensen3554 3 роки тому +4

      @@lesleyhawes6895 The best groove an rhythm. Such a master.

    • @dirklammertse4174
      @dirklammertse4174 3 роки тому +2

      Historical words. He is right. It never gets bored. Stay cool greetings from Holland

    • @imbees2
      @imbees2 3 роки тому

      Take five never gets old. It’s still vibrant and ongoing in 2021.

    • @dirklammertse4174
      @dirklammertse4174 3 роки тому

      @@imbees2 I know I listen every day, and not only this, I like Audrey too. Greetings from Holland

  • @bartlemy
    @bartlemy 3 роки тому +1571

    When the most funky of musicians looked like a politicians and accountants. How times have changed!

    • @glo-wrm
      @glo-wrm 3 роки тому +99

      Now the most funky politicians and accountants look like musicians?

    • @jettaeschroff6924
      @jettaeschroff6924 2 роки тому +74

      now the most funky musicians look like nyan cat shat on their head

    • @juttasahm5146
      @juttasahm5146 2 роки тому +3

      @ Bertlemy
      ....and so sad in this case...but the music is still great :-)

    • @amzy1496
      @amzy1496 2 роки тому +67

      You mean when people actually had class?

    • @2manycatsforadime
      @2manycatsforadime 2 роки тому +10

      Respect

  • @user-zp7vs5pv3i
    @user-zp7vs5pv3i 20 годин тому

    From a rebellious old teenager in the early 60s to 72 years old in 2024, still the same reaction, stunned silence, tears, overwhelmed by deep internal sadness.

  • @teesimone2018
    @teesimone2018 6 місяців тому +8

    This song will always remind me of growing up back home in NJ. I loved in the northern part so we’d drive back and forth to NY city a lot. Reminds me of being a backseat passenger on the cold winter nights when my father would take us to NYC for Christmas shows, restaurants etc.
    those nights can never be duplicated.

  • @chrisguerra2341
    @chrisguerra2341 3 роки тому +162

    Thank you Dad for telling me this was your favorite song in 1958 and exposing me to Jazz

    • @jimjimsandburg2754
      @jimjimsandburg2754 3 роки тому

      Back when college professors played jazz. Late 1950s and early 1960s.

    • @mariamalmquist9294
      @mariamalmquist9294 2 роки тому

      Thank you dad! Well he was born 1940. And visited the States.

    • @mariamalmquist9294
      @mariamalmquist9294 2 роки тому

      God music . Love it.

    • @abderraizi1356
      @abderraizi1356 2 роки тому

      the same thing with my dad

    • @dean3434
      @dean3434 2 роки тому

      Well, I'm not Dad, but I've made sure all my family has heard this classic tune. And I remind all the family often of this tune. Really!

  • @johnhunter4686
    @johnhunter4686 Рік тому +504

    I had the good fortune to see the original quartet in Lausanne, Switzerland during the Winter of 1960. I am still in the groove after all these years. RIP Dave, Joe, Paul, and Gene.

  • @adamdrach5394
    @adamdrach5394 8 місяців тому +6

    I just love reading the comments here, so many people that had their lives touched by this wonderful music, including me.:)

  • @alanswann9338
    @alanswann9338 8 місяців тому +44

    Four great musicians, on the top of their game, playing a timeless classic. Sublime.

  • @johnrobinsoniii4028
    @johnrobinsoniii4028 4 роки тому +422

    Believe it or not,I met the Bassist,Eugene Wright fifty-one years ago. I was in the ninth grade in junior high school and he performed with a quartet at our assembly. He even gave me his book which I still have today.

    • @minadelgado1767
      @minadelgado1767 4 роки тому +5

      So cool!!

    • @argelbargel7680
      @argelbargel7680 4 роки тому +2

      That is very cool.

    • @gladstone6338
      @gladstone6338 4 роки тому +5

      I am glad you met one of these superb musicians. I saw them in 1965 at Northern Illinois University for the first time when I was 18 years old. Some years later I graduated from NIU with a degree in jazz performance and theory which I find sureal to this day. I think Gene Wright is the last surviving member Of the group

    • @choco_L8
      @choco_L8 4 роки тому +1

      how lucky!! I would've loved to see a jazz performance at my school.

    • @tiagoginebro8187
      @tiagoginebro8187 4 роки тому +1

      Niiiiiiice

  • @technictimetech6293
    @technictimetech6293 3 роки тому +249

    Spent an hour just listening, smiling and reading the comments
    Time well spent
    Thank you Gentlemen

  • @finlaymorrey7236
    @finlaymorrey7236 5 місяців тому +26

    I introduced my girlfriend to Jazz, unsure if she would enjoy it or not. Take Five was the first song I showed her and she was instantly hooked. Now she won’t sleep without jazz playing in the background haha, thank you Mr Brubeck for everything you have done for music

    • @rogerhuggettjr.7675
      @rogerhuggettjr.7675 5 місяців тому +3

      Jazz is the best sleeping music. Chet Baker, Coltrane or as I've been listening to this month, the Peanuts Christmas album.

  • @stephenbarrette610
    @stephenbarrette610 4 місяці тому +5

    Nothing I can add, just an absolute masterpiece, and I’ve loved it for 60 years.

  • @mactherealestateman
    @mactherealestateman Рік тому +241

    My dad was a jazz aficionado. Dave Brubeck was one of his favorites. In fact, I have the Time Out album from 1959 he let me "have". Dad died in 2020. RIP.

    • @gypzs9
      @gypzs9 8 місяців тому +5

      Sorry for the loss of your dad. He passed on something truly wonderful: the love of great musicianship. Exactly as should be, a joyful thing.

    • @CynthiaPollack
      @CynthiaPollack 8 місяців тому +1

      I was born In Dec 08 1960 and believe it or not I was born on the same day as Jim Morrison and Richard Pryor and Walt Disney and he died of an over dose in 1960

    • @CynthiaPollack
      @CynthiaPollack 8 місяців тому

      he was a Carpenter during the day and he played the harmonica at night music was I believe it what kaep me going
      you please call harmonica

    • @CynthiaPollack
      @CynthiaPollack 8 місяців тому

      I no I was born on December 1960 the same day Morrison was born

    • @CynthiaPollack
      @CynthiaPollack 8 місяців тому

      thanks for your patients I hope that helped with

  • @morrisparrish76
    @morrisparrish76 Рік тому +424

    I was 12 when this album came out; mom & dad listened to music like this; I thought they were crazy! They said to me “boy someday you will understand”…I’m 75 now & they were right!

    • @tommytwogloves16
      @tommytwogloves16 Рік тому +4

      Used to watch them at Guido’s Blackhawk Club on Hyde Street in SF. We were kids and we sat in the chicken-wire pen.

    • @ResonancerTube
      @ResonancerTube Рік тому +3

      I fell in love with them when i was 1week old.

    • @morrisparrish76
      @morrisparrish76 Рік тому +2

      @@ResonancerTube 75 years old or one week old; we both got it!

    • @Juliaflo
      @Juliaflo Рік тому +2

      Born in 1947 or 1948? Either way, you are older than I am--I remember hearing this great song.

    • @markonovakovic6762
      @markonovakovic6762 Рік тому +1

      And all these years later, some 28 year old (me) is still listening to this absolute masterpiece. Speaks volumes to how timeless this is.

  • @smoothpicker
    @smoothpicker 6 місяців тому +28

    I grew up in the 70s playing guitar in rock bands. But this kind of music was always amazing to me. I would sit for hours and try to play along with the album and learn new things and broaden my musical knowledge. Still love it till this day. Such an amazing group of musicians on that stage!!❤❤

  • @gerardocapone4183
    @gerardocapone4183 3 місяці тому +5

    I was 6 years old when I heard for the first time , this beautiful musical piece .....Now I'm 65 and I do enjoy it again and again.....

  • @Scalpaxos
    @Scalpaxos 2 роки тому +492

    How is this music even possible? Timeless masterpiece.

    • @winstonelston5743
      @winstonelston5743 2 роки тому +12

      The question is, how did the world exist before this? There are a few musical performances that fall into that puzzle, some Bach, some Beethoven, the Mendelssohn Octet, Borodin's first string quartet, Claude Bolling's sonatas for two pianists...

    • @paulgarbutt8113
      @paulgarbutt8113 2 роки тому +4

      awsome

    • @DSAK55
      @DSAK55 Рік тому +5

      @@winstonelston5743 Brubeck was classically trained, his teacher was Darius Milhaud

    • @christian-fo2ob
      @christian-fo2ob Рік тому +1

      @@DSAK55 I can hear it in his solos, where did you learn that?

    • @Chigger
      @Chigger Рік тому +2

      Timeless? What do you mean? It's clearly 5/4, and that time signature, especially in this song which was an advent of it, has solidly stuck around for decades.

  • @eight50
    @eight50 3 роки тому +811

    What a lot of us fail to realise is both the physical (suits, ties etc.) and emotional (let’s be “looking cool”) restraints that were part of the scene in those days, were arguably responsible for this technical and musical masterpiece. Watching this live clip really highlights the tension, the energy and the synergy between these musicians. They weren’t taking it easy playing some cool jazz. This was serious, intense and tight musicianship at it’s very best. Phenomenal piece of music played by consummate professionals that will stand the test of all time. I have no doubt this will be listened to in 500 years time, and beyond.

    • @eru.maewos7673
      @eru.maewos7673 3 роки тому +27

      Yep, perfectly said. People nowdays look to those times as everything was perfect and beautiful. But what they don't realise is that a lot - and I mean A LOT - of work was put on the image and etiquette to have this kind of appearance. You can be sure that they appear "happy" and "cool" but they probably were as nervous as a person can get to perform live - even in studio - as they were doing here. This can be applied for the whole "TV and Radio" scene of the era - 20s to 60s -

    • @virajs
      @virajs 3 роки тому +6

      hey Trent T you seem to know your shit, I would like it very much if you guided me to more such works of tight musicianship and melodious jazz.

    • @eight50
      @eight50 3 роки тому +10

      @@virajs Don’t really know that much, but you could try Bill Evans Trio ua-cam.com/video/uco5FNbjqv0/v-deo.html
      Or maybe John Coltrane with Stan Getz is very cool:
      ua-cam.com/video/pc6CWfBgIt8/v-deo.html
      Or for something a little later maybe Kieth Jarrett:
      ua-cam.com/video/gJOPahb8TkE/v-deo.html
      Jack is sensational drummer.
      Hope you enjoy

    • @gypzs9
      @gypzs9 3 роки тому

      yes, indeed

    • @projectorion8186
      @projectorion8186 3 роки тому +1

      True about the professionalism but I doubt it will still be listened to in 500 years

  • @sumraeggwhites1827
    @sumraeggwhites1827 3 місяці тому +8

    Love is when someone looks at you in the way Brubeck looks at saxophonist

  • @vorderlader5681
    @vorderlader5681 8 місяців тому +18

    Absolutely beautiful! A masterpiece in Music History

  • @Letseatdinner
    @Letseatdinner Рік тому +818

    I love the way Dave Brubeck looks on Paul Desmond with such admiration as he’s playing the sax solo. What a band.

    • @chevy4x466
      @chevy4x466 Рік тому +45

      Real knows real.

    • @chevy4x466
      @chevy4x466 Рік тому +11

      @@trackerbacker pretty ez to look at Paul that way. But, ur point is well taken

    • @chuckaudio3191
      @chuckaudio3191 Рік тому +13

      The look on Dave's face said: "He wrote it... this is how you play it. "

    • @ellenmmartin
      @ellenmmartin Рік тому +4

      So ture, but Brubeck was also cross-eyed (hence the specs) so his stare is also a bit peculiar.

    • @chevy4x466
      @chevy4x466 Рік тому +1

      @@ellenmmartin u right. That fucka was cross eyed as phuck

  • @K.J.734
    @K.J.734 3 роки тому +254

    I remember meeting Mr. Brubeck after a concert in Edmonton, Alberta in 78. I was about to shake his hand when he uttered those 4 words I'll never forget, 'don't squeeze too hard'. Words to live by. 🤘

    • @Nwmguy
      @Nwmguy 3 роки тому +22

      Provably meant it literally. If he injured his hand be would not be very pleased.

    • @512amstrad
      @512amstrad 3 роки тому +8

      @@Nwmguy probably because he still suffered pain due to an accident he had

    • @janetmiller8723
      @janetmiller8723 3 роки тому +1

      That was perhaps the tour I so fortunately heard him and the group play at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington.

    • @midlifecrisisactor7655
      @midlifecrisisactor7655 3 роки тому +1

      I’m from Calgary ..it’s cool to read your post

    • @martello44
      @martello44 4 дні тому

      Many Americans squeeze too hard when they shake hands especially Back 40 years ago. Brubeck probably had some bad experiences that he was trying to avoid

  • @paulevans240
    @paulevans240 2 роки тому +826

    Joe Morello was a ‘drummer’s drummer’ par excellence. He traveled to places like Africa and Turkey in order to learn polyrhythms. His technique, timekeeping and flair may never be matched, IMO. He started on the violin, and was a prodigy, and then became an artist on the drums.

    • @kingkong5483
      @kingkong5483 2 роки тому +10

      🆒

    • @hounddog946
      @hounddog946 2 роки тому +14

      I like his style. I’m a big Neal Pert fan also R.I.P

    • @ReedGratz
      @ReedGratz 2 роки тому +18

      I found myself sitting behind Joe Morello at a concert several years ago. Though he couldn't really see me bowing in awe to him, I was thrilled. He chatted, so nice, to me and my wife. Music Hero!

    • @duhusker4383
      @duhusker4383 2 роки тому +6

      @@hounddog946 Morello had more talent in his left pinky toe than Pert in four limbs as a drummer.

    • @paulrosato6164
      @paulrosato6164 2 роки тому +16

      @@duhusker4383 Easy, skip! The guy was just saying he's a fan of other drummers too. I don't think they're comparable in the least. Both are superior drummers in their respective generas. Them and many more give our world beautiful beats.

  • @TomPitcock
    @TomPitcock 7 місяців тому +4

    They just don't make music like that anymore. I grew up listening to blues and jazz and I don't see it getting any better than this.

  • @highvolumepls
    @highvolumepls 5 місяців тому +14

    Love the Dave B smiling in background exactly captured by cameraman, awesome style and pure jazz groove

    • @antonyconnolly2738
      @antonyconnolly2738 3 місяці тому

      Yes, the Camera was in just the right place, framing Brubeck inside the Sax !!! 🎶😀

  • @jordianme1441
    @jordianme1441 10 років тому +701

    Joe Morello, you will live forever. Each single drummer of this world will remember you.

    • @gerardoerak
      @gerardoerak 9 років тому +6

      Absolutely ¡¡¡.

    • @williamwhiting6285
      @williamwhiting6285 9 років тому +30

      Clean, crisp, innovative, rhythmic, talented beyond belief. Joe Morello.

    • @DBSplayers
      @DBSplayers 7 років тому +18

      these kids nowadays only know Casey Cooper and Travis Barker etc... legends like Joe Morello are forgotten

    • @mrchrisgutierrez
      @mrchrisgutierrez 7 років тому +22

      Kevin Nguyen Drums I started off by idolizing Travis Barker but years later I found myself listening and studying Rich, Krupa, Morello, Elvin Jones, Jo Jones, Butch Miles, etc. These cats definitely knew their craft

    • @rickbywater5026
      @rickbywater5026 6 років тому +5

      Who is casey cooper and Travis Barker? never heard of them , yea buddy Rich and Gene Krupa and joe were setting the standards so to speak for generations of drummers to come, Neil Peart is the only now a days drummer I know that can play anything and everything.

  • @Anarcath
    @Anarcath 4 роки тому +347

    Isn’t it amazing how Dave is both the performer and the audience, the way he watches others’ solos. Beautiful.

  • @originalacousticguitar
    @originalacousticguitar 3 місяці тому +9

    That drum solo is amazing. Starts off simple and then builds and builds. By the end my jaw had dropped. Effortless playing!

  • @MCGomez
    @MCGomez 6 місяців тому +17

    The beauty of Brubeck‘s solo ❤

  • @reneabbott2008
    @reneabbott2008 10 місяців тому +396

    This drummer is an inspiration to anyone that's interested in drumming 😮

    • @danielcobbins8861
      @danielcobbins8861 8 місяців тому +23

      I have heard that Joe Morello was a big influence for John Bonham of Led Zeppelin.

    • @drlemmy4551
      @drlemmy4551 8 місяців тому

      ​@@danielcobbins8861i Heard it too.

    • @stevepompei3694
      @stevepompei3694 8 місяців тому

      Yeah but where's the double bass

    • @albertschepis
      @albertschepis 8 місяців тому +10

      I read that Karen Carpenter's love of drumming included learning 5/4 time and this particular song, but I can't find a video example of it. Anyone?

    • @Vinj94
      @Vinj94 8 місяців тому +4

      Joe Morello was blind

  • @countryboy44555
    @countryboy44555 Рік тому +493

    My dad loved this song, he would always point out, since I played drums, the amazing talent on display here. It’s been 5 years since I lost him, but he’s always here when I listen to this song!

    • @gianniscossa3548
      @gianniscossa3548 Рік тому +1

      ❤ un capolavoro !

    • @WendyPomeranz-vz4gr
      @WendyPomeranz-vz4gr Рік тому +3

      4 years without my dad. Same, brings tears, a smile & my dad next to me everytime I hear it😢❤

    • @peterfarrar9015
      @peterfarrar9015 11 місяців тому

      Dave Brubeck's brilliant foot tapping addective world famous music, "Take Five," with the outstanding dominating drum player, added to this wonderful musical video. Golden words of this exciting pulse excellerating music, by Peter E. Farrar.

    • @32goingon17
      @32goingon17 11 місяців тому +2

      If you can play in 5 or 7, you can play anything.

    • @giselevaquer1864
      @giselevaquer1864 9 місяців тому

      ❤un régal a savourer

  • @alverstone14586
    @alverstone14586 4 місяці тому +2

    They had glasses, had their hair slicked back. and wore a jacket and tie and they were Brilliant! Thank you Dave Brubeck!

  • @dougmorris5625
    @dougmorris5625 6 місяців тому +4

    I grew up as a teen in the early 60's listening and loving Brubeck's music. Still do at the age of 78.

  • @williamjc7195
    @williamjc7195 4 роки тому +485

    i think joe morello's drumming is some of the most tasteful I have ever heard.

    • @christinemusselman5499
      @christinemusselman5499 4 роки тому +3

      Agree 100%! So cool!

    • @tacey505
      @tacey505 4 роки тому +6

      As i pointed out, many consider Joe to be the best drummer ever. Its like he's wearing VR glasses, he rarely looks at his set.

    • @linuxbegginer361
      @linuxbegginer361 4 роки тому +1

      Yeah

    • @dalegreer3095
      @dalegreer3095 4 роки тому +8

      He's so deft! I mean, it's like he has a light touch, full of nuance and color, but he keeps the beat going too.

    • @KB4QAA
      @KB4QAA 4 роки тому +8

      @@dalegreer3095 Exactly! Too many (most) drummers think thrashing and playing loud is the epitome of drumming. But that doesn't take skill.

  • @slicksnewonenow
    @slicksnewonenow 3 роки тому +366

    It's always amazed me, how a band could be SO LOOSE and yet SO TIGHT at the same time!
    Incredible.

    • @solidtank7957
      @solidtank7957 3 роки тому +5

      Username checks out.

    • @joeoleary6813
      @joeoleary6813 3 роки тому +3

      high art, timeless...

    • @tonyallen3043
      @tonyallen3043 3 роки тому +12

      All great performances have that element. The iron fist in the velvet glove , the easy made to look incredible, the difficult made to look easy. It's that tension you feel when you see another person in their zone or the flow walking that tightrope that suspends your disbelief. Ahh that is art my friend!

    • @hairybustard4247
      @hairybustard4247 3 роки тому +2

      Try Ian dury and the blockheads. Different style but loose and tight

    • @philiplevins6702
      @philiplevins6702 3 роки тому +1

      tight fit

  • @mercedesg7005
    @mercedesg7005 4 місяці тому +3

    33M views and maybe a few of those are mine 😊 Never ever get tired of this... the music of course, absolutely wonderful to see the musicians playing. They look like 1960s engineers, ha ha. I'm in my 70s, so I know. Joking. This music makes me happy and silly and just plain grateful to be have Tori Chitic and others bring these gems to us!

  • @butlerwhite6090
    @butlerwhite6090 15 днів тому +1

    Heard this first in '65 working at a boy scout camp on Catalina Island....still sounds amazing in 2024 (even without my hearing aids)

  • @jmg3564
    @jmg3564 2 роки тому +475

    My god, the talent of these 4 musicians. Synthesis without a synthesizer.

    • @charleslaine
      @charleslaine Рік тому +19

      Compare it to the garbage of today's Spotify or whatever auto-tuned throwaway crap is in rotation these days.

    • @SilkyBadger
      @SilkyBadger Рік тому +14

      @@charleslaine Fun Fact : Since music began there has been "populist" music that appeals to the lowest common denominator, which gave rise to music snobs and their ilk, off you go and listen to some Henry Purcell old boy wot wot?!

    • @luislaplume8261
      @luislaplume8261 Рік тому +9

      @@charleslaine I agree with you 100 percent. And I am old enough to remember.......Sing along with Mitch on TV circa 1960!

    • @cherrypepsi2815
      @cherrypepsi2815 Рік тому

      @@charleslaine The fact that you call "today's music" to be throwaway crap just shows how lazy you are. Go find some good modern music. It's out there. Don't expect it all to just be handed to you. That being said, "New Jazz Underground" has a lot of good stuff. That's your freebie.

    • @michalkopij7356
      @michalkopij7356 Рік тому +1

      @@Dr.Garlic. Also, leans towards the truth. You MUST admit, if you are absolutely non-biased, no emotion involved, the more modern sounds these days aren't as sophisticated, not as talented, not as skillful, not as brilliant!!! Don't get me wrong, we have brilliance today! But overall, is all. Overall we have dropped off a bit, music wise. Sound wise.