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. Update: Those wishing to hear Mr. Brubeck himself speak with detail on this matter can view a video on this platform entitled Dave Brubeck Confronts Campus Racism. A point of irony is that before Eugene Wright joined Brubeck in 1958, the white bass player was named Norman Bates - a name that became synonymous with terror following Hitchcock's 1959 movie Psycho.
My mom went to high school with Dave Brubeck in Ione, CA. Amador County. She took piano lessons from Dave's mom. During high School Dave and another guy played the piano for everybody during school lunch time. On Saturday nights they all went to dances around the area. Slept on the dance floor. My mom and dad met the summer of 1941. They were both working in Lake Tahoe. Pearl Harbor happened, they got married, he went in the army. He was trained as a teletype operator. She followed him through his training in Iowa and New York. Got pregnant with me. He went to England to work as a teletype operator under Eisenhower. He knew the date of D Day before it was announced. One tine used the bathroom stall next to Eisenhower. I was 2 years old when Dad and I met after the war. My mom and dad had more than 70 good years together. Excellent people. A good family. Lucky me.🎉
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...
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.
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!
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
@@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.
@@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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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...
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.
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. 👍🏼
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 🤙🏽
I know that Benny Goodman had black musicians in the 30’s. Of course most of the great jazz players were black. You would think that the audiences wouldn’t care if they were fans of jazz. I am glad that kind of stuff is way behind us.
That type of stuff is not way past us just look at what happened with the school administrator getting snatched up and grabbed off the stage at the man's daughter's graduation what a shame that the racism still exists in America and they are so many deniers it's incredible . @@juanmonge7418
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.
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.
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.
As an Englishman can I just say this reminds me of what is truly great about America. Forget all the recent crap - remember all you've given the world. That's what the world is trying real hard to do right now.@@rmr3528
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.
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...
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.
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! 🎻🎻🥁🥁🎷🎷🎹🎹🎼🎼🎵🎵🎶🎶
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
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.😁
Saw him play it live at the world trade center plaza in the early eighties for a lunch time concert. I was a construction worker on the world financial center on my lunch break and it was free. The plaza was jammed with people listening. Glorious memory.
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.
It's October 2024. I've watched this video over many years. Sure I have the album and can play it anytime. But there's something special about watching perfection as well as hearing it that brings me back over and over again.
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!
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.
@@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?!
@@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.
@@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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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
I started playing alto sax in 1972 in junior high school. I don't know when I heard Dave Brubeck's band playing Take 5 for the first time, but it's been a favorite of mine ever since. I am now 63 and have lost my front teeth and as soon as I get singular implants and another saxophone I'll be back at it.
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.
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
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.
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!
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.
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!
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.
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
I’m 82 yrs old. When I met my future husband in Montreal Quebec. In the 60’s we would go to the cazbah I think it was called to listen to jazz. Such memories. He died 20 yrs ago. And now I am sitting here thinking of him listening to jazz
300 years still will be played when the qanon aliens come to the earth. Lmao. They wish. Dave Brubeck will come from his grave and play take five till they die!
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.
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 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
The Dave Brubeck Quartet played Staples High School Theatre as one of the Famous Artists Series in 1961; original members Quartet. Joe Morello drum solo Take Five!!
During an interview he stated that a university asked him to move Eugene Wright (bass) to the back of the band. Mr. Brubeck then told bass player, Mr. Wright his microphone was broken and get out in front of the band to use his microphone. Mr. Wright was not told about it and proceeded to get to the front and perform a solo. Facts.
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.
This was from an age when to be a professional musician you really really had to know your stuff. To be at the top of the tree you had to have an ingrained feel for music and an intimate knowledge of the instrument that you were playing. These guys were masters - all of them.
+SpeedbirdConcorde The only thing you'll get close to this on a technical level nowadays is metal. Those guys are insane, but metal is often filled with shitty vocals.
+TheSmithDorian THANK YOU for saying what has to be said...over and over. Back in this era, these kind of guys had no DISTRACTIONS. Like electronic gadgets. Or 200 useless, stupid channels on TV. They studied, lived and WORKED at their craft. They practiced day in, day out. There were no "tricks" or fakery onstage. You were either WORTHY to be on stage with your peers, or you soon "got taken to the woodshed". You were humiliated til you got it right. Acoustic Jazz has no mercy for inept players. Acoustic instruments either show your talent/ skills, or very quickly your LACK of talent. End of story.
I love when Dave turns around to watch Morello's solo. Total respect. My dad (who played piano and was from that era) got me into Time Out by osmosis on the Hi-Fi in the living room. Wish he was still around to see these clips on UA-cam.
@@ctuhulhudat Me too. My dad had every great album from that era and I wish smart tv had been a thing before he passed so he could see live performances by the artists he loved. We are so blessed to have all this available to us on demand.
An incredible performance by a fantastic group of musicians. The way these artists just let the music flow through them. And that ending too. Can’t say enough about this work. Truly high art.
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.
This is an astonishing live performance, but it’s also an astonishing live television production. This was recorded in France, which means it is recorded with the SECAM system which had higher resolution than the NTSC RS-170 standard. The cinematography technical direction lighting camera work and of course, audio are all the very best.
Well, it has been recorded in Belgium, on film and not broadcasted live. A lot of jazz has been recorded in the 60's on 35mm film for the TV show "Jazz pour tous". A lot of what they filmed is know considered has having a real historical value. If you look around you'll find a lot of these gems. Charles Loyd, Chet Baker,.... For example there is great Chuck Berry concert filmed in 1965.
What a lineup: Dave Brubeck (piano), Paul Desmond (alto saxophone), Eugene Wright (string bass), and Joe Morello (drums). “Take Five” has long been one of my favorite instrumentals. There’s a later live recording from 1973 with Jack Six on string bass; they’re joined by Gerry Mulligan on baritone saxophone. Sublime. Seek it out.
I was 9 years old when the song was released. My 15-year-old brother thought it would be funny if I called a local radio program that played jazz. I called and the DJ was very nice, but surprised that I knew of the song. My brother whispered to say the band's name and I did that. The DJ was floored. I called many weeks in a row after my brother did more research on his playlist for the night. Eventually, this DJ was so impressed with my knowledge that he invited me to his studio. I'm nine for heaven's sake! I lived in a very small town with very few black families. When we walked into the place he was staring at me and I still have the picture of the look on my face. Over time, I became his go-to kid. I say kid, but I actually ended up working with him at some outside venues, over the years. We were very good friends until I started college and moved across the country. It was a life-changing experience for me and impacted how I navigated the world and my life. I listen to this song any time I need a good smile and happy memories. Sorry, it's so long.
Listening again, I realize just how much Joe Morello on drums makes this whole piece work. Other musicians come in and out and he always accompanies them, without drawing attention to himself.
You really don’t understand jazz, right? Observing band members is a must during improvisations (everything they play is a series of improvisations, apart from a Desmond’s intro and finale). because they give invisible signals when will they make changes and lend the lead.
Exactly...I've watched this several times for the camera work framing Dave's concentration within Desmond's arms. Full focus for piano's extrapolation. Also note Morello's head angled to listen: swinging right and focusing with Eugene Wright left. It was puzzling how bassist was hidden...
I just listened to George Benson play this at Montreux. An amazing guitar solo. But I had to come back and listen to this. And wish George had slowed down. What you said is the truth.
@@rare-6608 It depends on the jazz. Like sports, there is so much more to jazz. I'm one of those who loves classic jazz, swing jazz and melodic jazz. I am not one of those who can even understand be-bop. With the exception of Take Five, I only love jazz if I can dance to it or just tap my foot to it. This is the same with rock & roll: classic, soul, pop, easy-listening, metal, punk and whatever else is the flavor of the day. I love Eagles and Led Zeppelin, but not necessarily every other type of rock.
@@dalegreer3095 Exactly! Too many (most) drummers think thrashing and playing loud is the epitome of drumming. But that doesn't take skill.
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Just beautiful, smooth, organic...I've been looking for this tune for more than 30 years. I was four years old or maybe three when I heard it for the first time. I lived in Nicaragua then. When I emigrated to the states and the internet boomed in the 90's i began to search for it just by sound because I didn't know anything about the performers. Oh boy! It has been so great to find it!!!!! So sweet!
I felt the same way when I first heard it. It makes me feel so relaxed. I love the way all the different instruments and sounds just seem to fit togethor perfectly but also sound great when played individually. It's my favourite piece of jazz music.
Before I knew what his song was actually called, I used to call it "Moon over Manhatten" because it always reminded me of looking at Manhatten Island in New York from across the Hudson River after dark on a full moonlit night with just a cool gentle breeze blowing off the water seeing all the skyscrapers and building and the bridges all lit up. Still think of that memory now whenever I hear Take Five.
@@bigtay522 have you heard Dave perform with his sons his son ls an excellent drummer. it's fun to look up different musicians performing this song I heard one group that did it really fast and it was still very good.
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 !
Long happy life still ahead
Music saves the World
Congrats!😃
I heard this song in 2012, sang it as a jazz vocalist group in high school
We all love you. 💞
They set the atomic clocks to this drummer.
One would think so!
Brilliant
Quite the underrated comment.
@@SALTrips It appears in many youtube comment sections. Especially for Bernard Purdie.
never heard it said about Ginger Baker... but then again, connecting something atomic to an explosive as mr Baker...
Funny. But really good drumming should breathe. Perfect time is a machine. Dead and with no soul.
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.
Update: Those wishing to hear Mr. Brubeck himself speak with detail on this matter can view a video on this platform entitled Dave Brubeck Confronts Campus Racism. A point of irony is that before Eugene Wright joined Brubeck in 1958, the white bass player was named Norman Bates - a name that became synonymous with terror following Hitchcock's 1959 movie Psycho.
you understand that three of the four members are white, right?
@Probably a human why is he morally on another level?
@Probably a human Oh sorry, I misunderstood, I thought he referred to the bassist, my bad
A gentelmen
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My mom went to high school with Dave Brubeck in Ione, CA. Amador County. She took piano lessons from Dave's mom. During high School Dave and another guy played the piano for everybody during school lunch time. On Saturday nights they all went to dances around the area. Slept on the dance floor. My mom and dad met the summer of 1941. They were both working in Lake Tahoe. Pearl Harbor happened, they got married, he went in the army. He was trained as a teletype operator. She followed him through his training in Iowa and New York. Got pregnant with me. He went to England to work as a teletype operator under Eisenhower. He knew the date of D Day before it was announced. One tine used the bathroom stall next to Eisenhower. I was 2 years old when Dad and I met after the war. My mom and dad had more than 70 good years together. Excellent people. A good family. Lucky me.🎉
Great story.
Gosh. Simultaneous defecation alongside Eisenhower!
Bostin story chap, greetings from England, how you are in fine fettle
God bless your family!!
Wow, what a story. Great reading your parent's story.
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...
77 and going strong.... jazz, cuban...I love it
Similar. My father was a drummer, and Joe Morello was his favourite.
Wow, beautiful memory
you could play this to a young Mozart ..if you had a time machine and he would find nothing to improve...on ..
Nice to know you inherited your dad's great taste in music.
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.
Brilliant stuff 👏👌
A jazz number on a different level to 95%
How cool is that?!
Oh, lucky you!
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!
Those are the coolest accountants I've ever seen man.
Ad executives maybe?
Possibly lawyers.
Bankers. Definitely bankers. Couldn't be more obvious.
@Peter Rumsby it's a joke my guy
Cooler than Cardi B?
This performance is the reason there needs to be a ‘love’ button.
Pray up.
I thought exactly the same 2 minutes ago. Actually I was searching the "love" button...
Going on now with Desolation Row in Germany
@@NancyCobb-n2x Hi Nancy...pray tell...please expand on this comment ☘☘
Great comment
Paul Desmond's sax playing is SO smooth and clear!
If this song doesn't get you into jazz, nothing will.
You would have to drag me out of a jazz club 🍺
Yep, kicking and screaming!
This will get you into Jazz and Chet Baker will get you quickly out of it. His music is unlistenable to me.
Jazz been in my dna since as a toddler
This song actually did when my music teacher played this
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!
Debit Cash, Credit Sales...right to the bank.
"Scooby waa, wa-wa-wa...contact!"
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.
@@seekingwisdom8 Agreed...as an Accountant who now teaches Accounting, I give them much respect.
They look like men, not bums.
Four 9 to fivers but they are 5 to niets!
Me I’m listening in 2024.This is an exquisite and transcendent piece.Its a privilege to hear and great joy.
人種の事を言っている人もいますが、音に注目すれば、人種は関係は無く、この音源が残っている事が貴重なのだと分かるはずです。
Dope
Now, 08,/24
Same here 😊
With Radar on drums!
It's arguably one of the best live recordings of all time.
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.
@@CorePathwayWill do thanks for the recommendation 😉🇬🇧
small rooms will do that.
Literally just found this
@CorePathway seeing Robert Plant tear up...I get goosebumps when I watch it.
You don't have to like jazz to appreciate this. Beautiful!
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.
Rau conniff
Well, this ain't Country music
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.
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There's a whole series of reaction videos of fans of different types of music being blown away by this set.
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.
🥰 That was very wonderful ! Surely, you were a good and loving child, to your mother ! 👍 ( God bless you ! )
What a beautiful story. I think that your mother knew how much you loved her and she was proud of you too. And still is, where ever she may be.
Incredible love…I know your Mom couldn’t come off cloud nine!!!
G'or bless.
How was the concert.
Who’s listening to this today in the year 2024? Someone with a soul ? Shine on ✨
皆さん、魂は持っているのでね〜、それが善いか悪いかの違いかなぁ❤😂🎉😢😮😅😊
Eu !…mas assisto Take Five com frequência, para recompor meus ouvidos.
It is healthy.
Every time I get drunk lol
I Love it
Just love it . Brings memories also.
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...
hahahahahahaha !
OMG best comment ever !!!
hahahaha, mate :)
That’s great Tshirt material!
Я у себя дома, до 11 оо вечера я слушаю музыку,
Hats off to the drummer who kept the rhythm going for 7 minutes without a break.
Not only that, but at a 5/4 signature, rather than 4/4 beat or a 3/4 waltz type of beat. Phenomenal.
jazztimes.com/features/tributes-and-obituaries/dave-brubeck-remembers-joe-morello/
@@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.
@@DEeMONsworld It's more like 3/4 + 2/4.
Notice the modest percussion set. Doesn't need a trailer-full of gaudy doodads.
I wonder if people who don't play an instrument understand how hard this is. The timings are impeccable
You need to be ready to blow with this lineup.
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
@Al Valle I probably would've lost count and that pocket halfway through the solo
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.
I enjoy most music, played very little as a child, not very good. I feel I'm missing a lot not knowing music.
I am 62.
This made my Christmas a Merry 🎄
It made me smile and cry too. I lost my hubby one year ago but we always had fun when we heard this music.
The quintessential jazz song. Dave Brubeck wasn’t just a trend setter in the jazz scene, he broke down racial barriers.
Dave simply wanted the best people around hi,, Color wasn't ever an issue with him
@@glennhfriedman4571 absolutely! He knew who he wanted. No matter what.
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.
Hehe ‘quint’essential I see what you did there
All true caucasian jazz musicians were against racism.
Probably the most quintessential cool jazz track ever made.
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.
Goat
@@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.
@@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.
Never too late to wake up
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.
I get the feeling of the commentors just it's just give me a feeling rush and passion magnetic!!!!
Plus he’s not even looking at the kit half the time staring at something in the distance 😂
@@Dodiabs-pv9uy Considering Joe was legally blind and all, he’s still damn good.
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.
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!
4 guys. No amps. No vocals. No computers. This would be Men in Black live at Rick's in Casablanca. Salute.
Have you ever been to New Orleans?
Great reference, Rick's in CASA, not MIB.
The mood, the suits, black & white film, the song itself, perfection.
i can't say more to that!
B&W is an art form that allows us to see the composition without being distracted by the scene.
I prefer some color and spice. But, the song is nice. 😁
This might be the coolest 7 minutes ever
Yeah. One of the greatest EVER.
I've been hearing Brubeck Take Five since I was 16, almost 60 years ago, and it is still perfect. Brubeck is immortal.
Truly immortal!
His music may be immortal, but Brubeck isn't. He died in 2012!
The author in fact is Paul Desmond
@@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.
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.
So are we just stuck in this planet for generations knowing that music already peaked.
There is a renaissance coming....you'll see.
So 👍 true..
Quit whining and enjoy it!😂
The best is yet to come
So it would seem, John.
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...
James D Robertson keep it to yourself.
James D Robertson ego trip
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
James.d.roberts Shhhh..
@James D Robertson chill out, dude
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.
Thanks for sharing your story ❤
And what a serious boost it Always is; too too cool. Woohoo!!!
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. 👍🏼
@@hildawallace7691 My dad was good, but he was no way near to the level demonstrated by Morello.
That's was the best gift3 you could get
Dave Brubeck's tempered, calm and magnetic gaze towards the saxophonist is a marvel
I liked that too. It’s as though he’s watching the notes being played.
It’s because the saxophonist wrote the composition
He saying a silent thank you, Paul
love.
He has a Jeff Goldblum vibe
Dave Brubeck Take Five is one of those pieces of music that will stand the test of time. Yes I'm here at the end of 2024.
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 🤙🏽
Principle ...
@@SunitaSingh-u2m word
I know that Benny Goodman had black musicians in the 30’s. Of course most of the great jazz players were black. You would think that the audiences wouldn’t care if they were fans of jazz.
I am glad that kind of stuff is way behind us.
This is a it different to the 45 EP that we just about wore out on the NAAFI juke box at RAF Cranwell 1961. Still good.
That type of stuff is not way past us just look at what happened with the school administrator getting snatched up and grabbed off the stage at the man's daughter's graduation what a shame that the racism still exists in America and they are so many deniers it's incredible . @@juanmonge7418
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.
Not to mention the fact that the song is in 5/4 time, as opposed to the typical 4/4
Have you heard Charlie Parker play, he was a bit fast !
I wouldn't be so sure.
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.
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.
This is great medicine for US all in America 🇺🇸! 2024.
Amen
As an Englishman can I just say this reminds me of what is truly great about America. Forget all the recent crap - remember all you've given the world. That's what the world is trying real hard to do right now.@@rmr3528
We will need it
Oh yes!❤
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.
I guess u Never played in a band
@@osten_petersson I guess you never passed English.
@@zedfoxtrot41 did :)
Music is the rhythm of life. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴
well the bassist had an easy bass line for this song
I'm 65 and remember hearing this song while upstairs pretending to be asleep. Sweet...mom n dad were so cool
If only.
The 3rd 👁 era
68 and still saying jazz is the root of all modern music that's gonna last
1'm 67, introduced early too. Mellow sound entering the 60's. Opposite what was happening in the real World.
Funny coincidence. I'm playing it to get my kids out of bed this morning.
How is this music even possible? Timeless masterpiece.
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...
awsome
@@winstonelston5743 Brubeck was classically trained, his teacher was Darius Milhaud
@@DSAK55 I can hear it in his solos, where did you learn that?
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.
One of the best things about UA-cam is the preservation and sharing of great, rare, live music performances of the past.
Accidentally clicked on this.
One of the best mistakes of my life
There are no accidents
@@ivanvaldes6567 Master Oogway is that you?
Same! That was amazing.
Mistakes Can Be Great Discoveries
They say jazz is built on happy accidents lol
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! 🎻🎻🥁🥁🎷🎷🎹🎹🎼🎼🎵🎵🎶🎶
Well said!
Morello did look like he was beginning to struggle toward the end. Just a bit.
yes.
Very well said!
This was real jazz... I love it!
I never get sick of it, bored with it -- every time I hear this - it’s like the first time. Pure magic.
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
Same here..class personified,and a time I’d quite easy return too,if I could.
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.😁
Yeah
@@dean3434 ponciana is my all time favorite too. Ahmad Is a legend!
Saw him play it live at the world trade center plaza in the early eighties for a lunch time concert. I was a construction worker on the world financial center on my lunch break and it was free. The plaza was jammed with people listening. Glorious memory.
Fantastic ❤
It doesn't even feel like an odd time signature. The stability is incredible. One of the best pieces of music ever written.
Oh yeah
Bring on the heat.
Take an aspirin and get some rest!
Ginger Baker wrote "Do What You Like" (Blind Faith album) in homage of Take Five. Same 5/4.
YES!!
"....written. " And performed!
A glass of whiskey and a cigar appeared in my hand while listening to this.
Jeje too funny
i've had it already...
I had wine and a cigarette.
Eases my soul.
Alcoholism and a pair of corroded lungs had made themselves evident throughout the playthough of this video.
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.
Счастливчик
@@ВиталийЕрин-р9у Spasiba comrade
🔥
You my sir are a very afortunate man
Those were the best times, people dressed up to go out in a classy way.
Jazz found me, when I was 15 years old in Manchester, England. It never lets you go.
This drummer is an inspiration to anyone that's interested in drumming 😮
I have heard that Joe Morello was a big influence for John Bonham of Led Zeppelin.
@@danielcobbins8861i Heard it too.
Yeah but where's the double bass
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?
Joe Morello was blind
Isn’t it amazing how Dave is both the performer and the audience, the way he watches others’ solos. Beautiful.
That’s jazz for you!
and a tiny bit creepy! 😀
@@odd-looking-dude That's how the music for adults sounds like.
best seat in the house
Great comment.
Take Five is played at 174 Beats Per Minute (Presto), or 35 Measures/Bars Per Minute. Time Signature: 5/4.....And it's wonderful.
Its literally a work of art.
Love this masterpiece!
It's October 2024. I've watched this video over many years. Sure I have the album and can play it anytime. But there's something special about watching perfection as well as hearing it that brings me back over and over again.
It's always amazed me, how a band could be SO LOOSE and yet SO TIGHT at the same time!
Incredible.
Username checks out.
high art, timeless...
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!
Try Ian dury and the blockheads. Different style but loose and tight
tight fit
I love the way Dave Brubeck looks on Paul Desmond with such admiration as he’s playing the sax solo. What a band.
Real knows real.
@@trackerbacker pretty ez to look at Paul that way. But, ur point is well taken
The look on Dave's face said: "He wrote it... this is how you play it. "
So ture, but Brubeck was also cross-eyed (hence the specs) so his stare is also a bit peculiar.
@@ellenmmartin u right. That fucka was cross eyed as phuck
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.
Lucky you, I am 76 but my wife likes different music, next time I will be more careful ! ! Greetings from Sydney Australia ( Planet Earth )
Все мы для чего-то рождаемся заново🇷🇺
You said it man!
I'm 71 but when i heard it in the 70s i immediatly loved it
In my heart ♥ and in my soul❤ I'm 74
My god, the talent of these 4 musicians. Synthesis without a synthesizer.
Compare it to the garbage of today's Spotify or whatever auto-tuned throwaway crap is in rotation these days.
@@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?!
@@charleslaine I agree with you 100 percent. And I am old enough to remember.......Sing along with Mitch on TV circa 1960!
@@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.
@@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.
dave brubeck is enjoying the music just as much as we are. you can see how much he loves the art.
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.
🆒
I like his style. I’m a big Neal Pert fan also R.I.P
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!
@@hounddog946 Morello had more talent in his left pinky toe than Pert in four limbs as a drummer.
@@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.
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.
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.
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
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
I no I was born on December 1960 the same day Morrison was born
thanks for your patients I hope that helped with
Brubeck once told me about Take 5 "If the song's good, it never gets old."
I danced to this in school when I was sixteen, I loved it then, and still do now, sixty years later.
@@lesleyhawes6895 The best groove an rhythm. Such a master.
Historical words. He is right. It never gets bored. Stay cool greetings from Holland
Take five never gets old. It’s still vibrant and ongoing in 2021.
@@imbees2 I know I listen every day, and not only this, I like Audrey too. Greetings from Holland
I started playing alto sax in 1972 in junior high school. I don't know when I heard Dave Brubeck's band playing Take 5 for the first time, but it's been a favorite of mine ever since. I am now 63 and have lost my front teeth and as soon as I get singular implants and another saxophone I'll be back at it.
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.
Paul Desmond introduced me into Jazz, still grateful thank you
Man Jazz is like one of the best Genres of music listen to Charles Mingus next.
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
Here's another gem: Bill Evans and Stan Getz. ua-cam.com/video/cPDjojyKCBg/v-deo.html
Cool, Mayuu. They're amazing. Enjoy!!
Serious men, playing serious music, in serious suits, with serious ties... and it is glorious.
That's some serious shit!
@@shakvras
The necktie is not glorious, it's hideous.
Serious shoes too, featured on piano.
@@timaigh Its black and white. For all you know the tie is Chartreus.
Joe Morello, you will live forever. Each single drummer of this world will remember you.
Absolutely ¡¡¡.
Clean, crisp, innovative, rhythmic, talented beyond belief. Joe Morello.
these kids nowadays only know Casey Cooper and Travis Barker etc... legends like Joe Morello are forgotten
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
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.
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!
❤ un capolavoro !
4 years without my dad. Same, brings tears, a smile & my dad next to me everytime I hear it😢❤
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.
If you can play in 5 or 7, you can play anything.
❤un régal a savourer
Possibly the greatest jazz composition of all time with the best drum solo included
Love it!
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!
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.
I fell in love with them when i was 1week old.
@@ResonancerTube 75 years old or one week old; we both got it!
Born in 1947 or 1948? Either way, you are older than I am--I remember hearing this great song.
And all these years later, some 28 year old (me) is still listening to this absolute masterpiece. Speaks volumes to how timeless this is.
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.
So cool!!
That is very cool.
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
how lucky!! I would've loved to see a jazz performance at my school.
Niiiiiiice
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.
Same here. I was 16 when I bought the album. 64 now.
I’m 82 yrs old. When I met my future husband in Montreal Quebec. In the 60’s we would go to the cazbah I think it was called to listen to jazz. Such memories. He died 20 yrs ago. And now I am sitting here thinking of him listening to jazz
This will still be played and enjoyed in a hundred years
By covid victims waiting for the current administration to distribute those vacs.
You are wrong, a 1000 year 😁
It Will never get bored
300 years still will be played when the qanon aliens come to the earth. Lmao. They wish. Dave Brubeck will come from his grave and play take five till they die!
@@imbees2 😁 yes. Greetings from Holland
This was filmed almost 60 years ago but the video quality is still better than security cameras
True 😂
Analog.
You must work where I do.
And still better than the iPhone camera.
😂 Yes... security cameras are crap. I don't know what's the point.
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.
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 -
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.
@@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
yes, indeed
True about the professionalism but I doubt it will still be listened to in 500 years
Great way to start the day. My father had a collection of Dave Brubeck albums. As a young drummer I've always wanted to be in a group like this.
Mr. Brubeck played at our high school in Connecticut in the late 1960s. What an honor! (Norwalk High)
No way.
Where in Connecticut?
The Dave Brubeck Quartet played Staples High School Theatre as one of the Famous Artists Series in 1961; original members Quartet. Joe Morello drum solo Take Five!!
GellyGuice, Begone from this holy land _zoomer_
@GellyGuice -OK boomer is so today, like in juvenile. Jealous of older people with a better education.
During an interview he stated that a university asked him to move Eugene Wright (bass) to the back of the band. Mr. Brubeck then told bass player, Mr. Wright his microphone was broken and get out in front of the band to use his microphone. Mr. Wright was not told about it and proceeded to get to the front and perform a solo.
Facts.
Thanks for sharing, did not know that. What integrity.
Love it.
Team players!
@@danbytp History that MUST be Exposed and Remembered so it will be Encouraged and
Repeated !
@@terryrussel3369 Life can be a hassle sometimes.😒
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.
Yeah i feel that
@@DREAM.designesseldom triumph, often try. You know what I mean
Interesting analysis, interpretation.
Jazz is extremely diverse, this piece is on the edge compared to other "take five" takes, not even sure like it yet🎼🎷 😎
Like an environmental mirror?
No matter how sophisticated your music is, good music can reach a wide audience. Take Five is one of the most popular music genres in music history.
This was from an age when to be a professional musician you really really had to know your stuff. To be at the top of the tree you had to have an ingrained feel for music and an intimate knowledge of the instrument that you were playing. These guys were masters - all of them.
It was second nature to them.
+SpeedbirdConcorde they are still out there.
+SpeedbirdConcorde The only thing you'll get close to this on a technical level nowadays is metal. Those guys are insane, but metal is often filled with shitty vocals.
+TheSmithDorian THANK YOU for saying what has to be said...over and over. Back in this era, these kind of guys had no DISTRACTIONS. Like electronic gadgets. Or 200 useless, stupid channels on TV. They studied, lived and WORKED at their craft. They practiced day in, day out. There were no "tricks" or fakery onstage. You were either WORTHY to be on stage with your peers, or you soon "got taken to the woodshed". You were humiliated til you got it right. Acoustic Jazz has no mercy for inept players. Acoustic instruments either show your talent/ skills, or very quickly your LACK of talent. End of story.
Masters! Absolutamente-todos-
I love when Dave turns around to watch Morello's solo. Total respect. My dad (who played piano and was from that era) got me into Time Out by osmosis on the Hi-Fi in the living room. Wish he was still around to see these clips on UA-cam.
Osmosis on the Hi-Fi. Loved their early stuff.
Bless your old man. Hope he's having a good time out there.
@@ctuhulhudat Me too. My dad had every great album from that era and I wish smart tv had been a thing before he passed so he could see live performances by the artists he loved. We are so blessed to have all this available to us on demand.
Wow I read this comment just as Dave turned.
Fred Flintstone was Hi-Fye until the teenagers found out he was a ⬛
Thank you Dad for telling me this was your favorite song in 1958 and exposing me to Jazz
Back when college professors played jazz. Late 1950s and early 1960s.
Thank you dad! Well he was born 1940. And visited the States.
God music . Love it.
the same thing with my dad
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!
An incredible performance by a fantastic group of musicians. The way these artists just let the music flow through them. And that ending too. Can’t say enough about this work. Truly high art.
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.
youre 77??
This is an astonishing live performance, but it’s also an astonishing live television production. This was recorded in France, which means it is recorded with the SECAM system which had higher resolution than the NTSC RS-170 standard. The cinematography technical direction lighting camera work and of course, audio are all the very best.
I was thinking same - the sound mixer (l'homme qui fait le son) had it balanced beautifully.
Well, it has been recorded in Belgium, on film and not broadcasted live. A lot of jazz has been recorded in the 60's on 35mm film for the TV show "Jazz pour tous". A lot of what they filmed is know considered has having a real historical value. If you look around you'll find a lot of these gems. Charles Loyd, Chet Baker,.... For example there is great Chuck Berry concert filmed in 1965.
I'd love to see have a few stills from this video on my wall. This video itself is worth gushing about alongside the music
Spent an hour just listening, smiling and reading the comments
Time well spent
Thank you Gentlemen
I totally agree with you, very enjoyable 😀
You're welcome.
Indeed
doing same.... and thank you. Awesome video!
Technictime Tech me too😂😂👋👋
God damn never gets old. How is that?
Good job guys!
Salute 🫡 Mr. Brubeck
When the most funky of musicians looked like a politicians and accountants. How times have changed!
Now the most funky politicians and accountants look like musicians?
now the most funky musicians look like nyan cat shat on their head
@ Bertlemy
....and so sad in this case...but the music is still great :-)
You mean when people actually had class?
Respect
Stunning. That drum solo leaves me speechless. Pure mastery.
The kick back into the piano and sax after that absolute insanity is so juicy
Tom Morello
What a lineup: Dave Brubeck (piano), Paul Desmond (alto saxophone), Eugene Wright (string bass), and Joe Morello (drums). “Take Five” has long been one of my favorite instrumentals. There’s a later live recording from 1973 with Jack Six on string bass; they’re joined by Gerry Mulligan on baritone saxophone. Sublime. Seek it out.
My granduncle was the clarinet player for Graeme Bell's Australian Jazz Band. He would have loved to be asked to sit in on this one.
Yes....my favorite of all time!
Thank you for this!!!!
Competly
Or you could have just left us this link: ua-cam.com/video/1tbSyrmXo60/v-deo.html
I was 9 years old when the song was released. My 15-year-old brother thought it would be funny if I called a local radio program that played jazz. I called and the DJ was very nice, but surprised that I knew of the song. My brother whispered to say the band's name and I did that. The DJ was floored. I called many weeks in a row after my brother did more research on his playlist for the night. Eventually, this DJ was so impressed with my knowledge that he invited me to his studio. I'm nine for heaven's sake! I lived in a very small town with very few black families. When we walked into the place he was staring at me and I still have the picture of the look on my face. Over time, I became his go-to kid. I say kid, but I actually ended up working with him at some outside venues, over the years. We were very good friends until I started college and moved across the country. It was a life-changing experience for me and impacted how I navigated the world and my life. I listen to this song any time I need a good smile and happy memories. Sorry, it's so long.
Listening again, I realize just how much Joe Morello on drums makes this whole piece work. Other musicians come in and out and he always accompanies them, without drawing attention to himself.
Nice brushes like Philly Joe Jones
Every good drummer should do that. Too many wanna show off and it ruins the song every time
I imagine some people of that time, possibly sporting berets and turtlenecks and/or reading Jack Kerouac pieces, saying, "Dig that crazy drummer"
Joe was a master of time!!!
Joe Morello.... the best!
Love how Dave turns around to watch Morello drum during his solo. Just sitting there happily and admiring him
There's much more work involved than looking at a painting. He actually painting, not admiring.
You really don’t understand jazz, right? Observing band members is a must during improvisations (everything they play is a series of improvisations, apart from a Desmond’s intro and finale). because they give invisible signals when will they make changes and lend the lead.
@@zvonimirtosic6171 they must enjoy it still. I mean whoa! That!
@@zvonimirtosic6171 I don't understand much about it, I just like listening to it. And watching them play
@Mark Johnson Does your cynical remark add to this discussion? No.
I first heard Dave Brubeck some 60 years ago. I'm 74 now and his music still speaks to me.
74. Amazing if true!
@@Bubbaburp So one of your stupid instincts was that this man was lying about being elderly and enjoying music created when he was young?
@@wt9767
Prove me wrong dipshit!
I have heard this song, but never saw the video. This is one of the coolest performances I’ve ever seen.
I just love the way Brubeck looks at Paul Desmond in the beginning when he's playing..admiration and enjoying the moment
That's what it's all about my friend ! Truly enjoying what you are all about .
So nice! ✨
Me too!!
Exactly...I've watched this several times for the camera work framing Dave's concentration within Desmond's arms. Full focus for piano's extrapolation. Also note Morello's head angled to listen: swinging right and focusing with Eugene Wright left. It was puzzling how bassist was hidden...
from my female point of view - Paul Desmond and his sound were so damned sexy!
One of the best recordings of pure Jazz ever
DE ACUERDO. ✔✔✔✔🐺
I just listened to George Benson play this at Montreux. An amazing guitar solo.
But I had to come back and listen to this. And wish George had slowed down.
What you said is the truth.
if you ever claimed to hate jazz, maybe Dave Brubeck Joe Morello Eugene Wright and Paul Desmond will change your mind.
Sublime. Thank you guys.
Sublime is the exact perfect description.
I love jazz but I'll be darned if I ever understand Be Bop.
Sublime wasn't jazz, silly. They were Ska rock
You either love jazz or it sounds like nails on a chalkboard.
@@rare-6608 It depends on the jazz. Like sports, there is so much more to jazz. I'm one of those who loves classic jazz, swing jazz and melodic jazz. I am not one of those who can even understand be-bop.
With the exception of Take Five, I only love jazz if I can dance to it or just tap my foot to it.
This is the same with rock & roll: classic, soul, pop, easy-listening, metal, punk and whatever else is the flavor of the day. I love Eagles and Led Zeppelin, but not necessarily every other type of rock.
Oh man, these guys are the real deal. . . Coolest bunch of accountants I ever seen. . .
i think joe morello's drumming is some of the most tasteful I have ever heard.
Agree 100%! So cool!
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.
Yeah
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.
@@dalegreer3095 Exactly! Too many (most) drummers think thrashing and playing loud is the epitome of drumming. But that doesn't take skill.
Just beautiful, smooth, organic...I've been looking for this tune for more than 30 years. I was four years old or maybe three when I heard it for the first time. I lived in Nicaragua then. When I emigrated to the states and the internet boomed in the 90's i began to search for it just by sound because I didn't know anything about the performers. Oh boy! It has been so great to find it!!!!! So sweet!
Now you can use SoundHound, it will find the music title for you just by it listening to some of the track.
I felt the same way when I first heard it. It makes me feel so relaxed. I love the way all the different instruments and sounds just seem to fit togethor perfectly but also sound great when played individually. It's my favourite piece of jazz music.
this is the best jazz number ever
Before I knew what his song was actually called, I used to call it "Moon over Manhatten" because it always reminded me of looking at Manhatten Island in New York from across the Hudson River after dark on a full moonlit night with just a cool gentle breeze blowing off the water seeing all the skyscrapers and building and the bridges all lit up. Still think of that memory now whenever I hear Take Five.
So happy you kept looking. Get the Take Five album. It’s one you will want when stranded on an island.
It doesn't get any better than this.
No it doesn't. I've never heard a better sounding drum kit.
Haven't heard "Blue Rondo A la Turk" then. Brilliant piece by Brubeck as well.
@@bigtay522 have you heard Dave perform with his sons his son ls an excellent drummer. it's fun to look up different musicians performing this song I heard one group that did it really fast and it was still very good.
@@suzidonovan1225 No ma'am, I have not. I will look it up though. Thank you.
Absolute genius performed live for our entertainment!!! No matter how many times you hear this song, it still grabs you and shakes you to attention.
I Have heard this piece 1000's times, each time is better than the previous.
x2
I think I'm on my 541st listen..
Kinda rare that music has enough going on that I can use the loop button and not get bored of it if it plays in the back while I do whatever
Totally agree but my God! to see it being performed is the real treasure.