Customer Reviews

Take Five

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4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
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1 star:		(2)

 

 

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.

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.

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.

Only one reviewer here who actually heard this CD except for "moi" and I heartily concur with his assessment. It's not that the music itself does not rate a 5 star, but that this is just another of the many offerings out there that take music from hither and yon, repackage it and voila, instant sales. If you have a Brubeck collection you probably have all this music elsewhere. And for all you reviewers raving about the Brubeck/Desmond triumph known as "Take Five" this ain't it baby. That album is entitled "Time Out" and it's time for you to take a breath. Thank you Mr. Dlouhy, for reviewing the actual product.

This Cd is the ultimate lounge CD. Just lean back, kick up your heals and let the music do the talkin'.

Take five is my favorite tune because it is so sophisticated and beautiful. My parents know a guy who could play it on a PENNY WHISTLE.

im only 15 and out of all the songs i play on the saxophone take five is the one i play the most

the music is just mellow al the way thr

I was attending Purdue University from 1961-63 and I was walking throught the Student Union Building and I heard the Sax of Paul Desmond playing Take Five. I walked through the doors into the main lobby which were open and low and behold there large as life and live were the Dave Brubeck Quartet and I just stopped and listened to these muscians.