Take Five [Live]

Paul Desmond, Dave Brubeck | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 4, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Vipers Nest Gold
• ASIN: B000002XQU
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #194,001 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #67 in Music > Indie Music > Jazz > Cool Jazz

Track Listings

1. I'm in a Dancing Mood

2. Two Part Contention

3. The Duke

4. Take the 'A' Train

5. Gone with the Wind

6. Lonesome Road

7. Take the 'A' Train

8. Eleven Four

9. Take Five

10. Blue Rondo a la Turk

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best jazz album ever, January 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Take Five (Audio CD)

I first heard this in the late fifties. No one has ever been able to top the drums in Take Five or the sax of Desmond. Every song from Pick Up Sticks to Kathy's Waltz are innovative and lyrical. Brucbeck's piano is so versatile Whenever I want to introduce teens to good music I give them this- in fact, my son who works for Microsoft listens to this in his cube- and if its not playing his coworkers come in and ask him to put it on.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Some other comments, January 1, 2000

By 

Stu (near Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Take Five (Audio CD)

Most people have heard this album's title track; to the uninitiated, it's a synonym for jazz. But this album offers more than the openning number's cool 5/4 groove, the changes in time signature, particualarly on Blue Rondo Alla Turc, are seemless. On top of his compositional genius, Bruebeck's sidemen, Paul Desmond especially, remain remarkably true to the album's feel. Take Five remains one of the classic jazz albums, a monument to the subgenre of cool.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Take Five?, January 13, 2007

By 

Jonathan Dlouhy (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Take Five (Audio CD)

This CD is a mixed bag. One tune, called "Eleven Four" is actually "Three to Get Ready", a totally different tune. The liner notes reek, there is no listing of what concerts these selections are from, no bio info to speak of. The audio quality is mediocre. This issue might be historically interesting if one knew where and when the tracks were recorded.
With great Brubeck out there, like the Carnegie Hall concert, there is absolutely no reason to waste money on this tepid rendering.