- Take Five
Infobox Single
Name = Take Five
Artist = The Dave Brubeck Quartet
from Album = Time Out
B-side =
Released = June 25, 1959
Format =
Recorded = 1959
Genre = Jazz
Length = 5:28
Label = Columbia/Legacy
Writer = Paul Desmond
Producer = Teo Macero
Certification =
Chart position = 5 (Adult Contemporary), 25 (Pop Singles)
Last single =
This single =
Next single ="Take Five" is a classic
jazz piece first recorded bythe Dave Brubeck Quartet and released on its 1959 album "Time Out". However, it would not become a hit on theBillboard Hot 100 charts until1961 . Composed byPaul Desmond , the group's saxophonist, it became famous for its distinctive, catchy saxophone melody and use of quintuple time, from which its name is derived. It is also known for the solo by drummerJoe Morello .While "Take Five" was not the first jazz composition to use this meter, it was the first of United States mainstream significance, becoming a hit on the radio at a time when rock music was in fashion. The song has been recorded by scores of artists, from Swedish singer
Monica Zetterlund in 1962 to Coloradojamband String Cheese Incident in 2000, to a dub version byKing Tubby in 2002.Some versions have included lyrics, including a 1961 recording with lyrics written by
Dave Brubeck and his wife Iola, that was sung byCarmen McRae .After Paul Desmond passed away in 1977, his future royalties of this song were donated to the
American Red Cross .Although
Paul Desmond is generally regarded as the composer of the song, there is some speculation as to whether or not he did in fact compose it, and notDave Brubeck .This song was featured in an episode of
The Simpsons calledJazzy and the Pussycats .ee also
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List of musical works in unusual time signatures
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