Quincy Jones - Take Five

[talkinglens]

Excellent!

[azimmerali]

"Take Five" is a jazz piece written by Paul Desmond and performed by The Dave Brubeck Quartet on their 1959 album Time Out. Recorded at Columbia's 30th Street Studios in New York City on June 25, July 1, and August 18, 1959,[1] this piece became one of the group's best-known records, famous for its distinctive, catchy saxophone melody and use of the unusual quintuple (5/4) time, from which its name is derived.[2] \

[stepityo]

According to legend; this song was actually just the guys messing about during a break. quincy dug the way all the bits came together and decided to put it together properly. They called it; Take Five, after the time that musicians call their break time. Now, that's a legend I heard tell years ago. Kool, huh?

[rodcrippler]

@stepityo i'll "take five" minutes, I guess it's true, since Paul said he composed this piece as an intro for a long drum solo by Joe Morello, and you know, when there's a long drum solo, the other guys "take five"

[JasonCarlisle87]

by far the best arrangement of take five! its smoooooth as fuck.

[pookierulz]

this is amazing. i get excited everytime i hear 2:58, its amazing! haha.

except i dont understand why someone has transposed it down, it gives it shittt quality.

[s3enu]

Why is there a dislike button.. Go away if you dont like

[dal4018]

@s3enu There were 4 idiots that didn't catch the hint

[CBAS3891]

@dal4018 Make that 5....Flippin morons

[dal4018]

@CBAS3891 LOL HAHAHAHA

[Muggizz]

@s3enu That makes no sesne, why shouldn't you be able to vote your opinions about a video?

[jazzviscosity]

sex in my ears.

[dhhs91]

Very Quincy version

[gumbojacque]

Love this version. So cool!

[gumbojacque]

Love this song! Cool Jazz

[charliahb]

Umm... Who's Harbie Hancook???

Just to help you out... his name is Herbie Hancock. :)

Love this version of "Take Five," though!

[yiitbbvd]

barapbarapbambam

[ElPsicoProfeta0993]

Does anyone know hich is the tone of this song?

[MatrixReloaded69]

Classic VERSION !

[dal4018]

@MatrixReloaded69 I didn't know Q did a remake of this classic it nice just as good as the original.

[MrLeenhorn]

couldn't handle the key of Gb eh... it is a tough one but really.

[MrLeenhorn]

couldn't handle the key of Gb eh... it is a tough one but really.

[MrLeenhorn]

could handle the key of Gb eh...

[kjessen2000]

FYI. This was actually written by Dave Brubeck's sax player, Paul Desmond. Brubeck is a piano player.

[saxman8666]

this is a really good arangment of this song. quincy jones is a genious. he is so creative when he writes.

[Thastorcyclone]

love this, from white :D lol XD hate racists......but i hate political islam aswell:s

[7106798]

ol skool classic

[luky05loser]

who did this song first Quincy or Brubeck?

[keithaszilagyi]

@luky05loser Brubeck

[Trezire]

@luky05loser dave drubeck 1959

[RMoogsterama]

I like the original version by the Dave Brubeck quartet better. This is still hella cool though

[samuraihandicapat]

jazz always been good :)

[Sabbatmanpuntoit]

che spettacolo, magnifico

[molinmusic]

Awesome, thanks for posting this inspiring track, love it! 

[Iaminationman]

this song makes me happy.

[jackthehatuk]

Love this version.

[monkeys350]

HARBIE HANCOOK?! HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW HERBIE HANCOCK??????

[mustachio10]

Quincy Jones and Herbie Hancock are both geniuses.

[sarniarocks]

@mustachio10 Amen to your post regarding Quincy and Herbie. I still listen to an OLD copy of 'Futureshock' on cassette that I purchased while attending Grad school at Mich State U...always takes me back to a time when...; especially when I play along on my drum kit...near perfection when you;re in a groove with Quincy, Charlie Mingus, Brubeck, Herbie, Buddy Rich et al....keep on chilin to the sweet jazz and soul music that our country can be proud of...Peace.

[RiversideIndian]

This is awesome!!! In C major!

[dantheguitarman88]

its Herbie Hancock, not harbie hancook. lol

but this is a great song! Thanks for posting!

[yoyoma1428]

WE PLAYED THIS IN JAZZ! it was awsome

[chillybo007]

??? @ Dujufitz.......its just me but i think Leviticus has a pretty good rendition of this tune i dont know him personaly but give it a listen type in (soprano sax subway) let me know what you think

[chole913]

my grandpa played with him my dad just told me

[Shaelamental66]

now that is music. well i dont think the man would need me to tell him that he is a magnificent composer. HE KNOWS.

[saltfish115]

soul bossa nova best its in the austin powers because he wanted something funny and goofy i have to play it in the band

[MrConizzy]

great music

[dojufitz]

Best version of this tune....

Quincy at his best.

[jamalb1993sbcglobal]

i completely agree

[jackthehatuk]

Sweet sounds.

[peetiewonder]

so smooth.

[definitivunkreativ]

i love "take five" :)

[BigBlackRod]

I was pumpin' this as I pulled up to a convenience store, and a White guy looked at me quizzically and said, "It's rare when you hear GOOD music coming out of a car window anymore!" PEACE.

[geebeetee1]

BBRod

Fantastic story,made me chuckle!

[spretten]

haha oh man i would love it if someone played this in their car,hahaha. :D

[terrell67]

this is so true...

[dal4018]

@BigBlackRod Hey Rod this legend will have a new CD coming out Q Soul Man Bossa Nostra GET IT WHILE ITS HOT!!!!!!!!!!

[dal4018]

@BigBlackRod Sounds like the cool detective music from the 50's and 60's

[spacepatrolman]

@dal4018 dave brubeck wrote it he also did a tv show mr. broadway [there have been vocal versions of this but its tuff to sing its in an odd time signature and the melody is a sax solo] .

[dal4018]

@spacepatrolman Thanks Spaceman I know about the tv show Mr Broadway with Craig Stevens loved those 60's shows with the theme music especially JOHNNY STACCATO with John Cassavettes!!!!!

[spacepatrolman]

@dal4018 there is a piano book from revue studios that has pictures of cassevettes some of the music the composers are in ascap some are in BMI there is a law that you cant be in both unless you are a publisher with 2 corporations so revue has the alaska music publishing company and the hawaii music publishing company

[dal4018]

@spacepatrolman Thanks for the info on Cassavettes

[hommerico]

@spacepatrolman

Paul Desmond wrote it

[spacepatrolman]

@hommerico it was originally a sax solo he also wrote a number take 10 on a solo album meanwhile herbie hancock did an album isreal of jj johnson and kai winding which was previously recorded by bill evans

[hommerico]

@spacepatrolman

Take Five" is a jazz piece written by Paul Desmond and performed by The Dave Brubeck Quartet on their 1959 album

[killaXbass]

@hommerico and man could paul play

[dal4018]

@BigBlackRod THIS PHOTO OF Q I WONDER HOW OLD HE WAS WHEN THIS WAS TAKEN LOOKS LIKE HE WAS IN HIS EARLY TO MID 20'S

[spacepatrolman]

@BigBlackRod a guy i know was listening to a dave grusin cd in a car ,there is a case where these 2 guys were dressed as cops had a police car and the only way the detective couldnt tell they werent cops was the radio was on the wrong frequency

[bugg333]

@BigBlackRod Whoa. dude. I'm gonna do that! Blasting Jazz. never thought of that

[BigBlackRod]

@bugg333 I'm real eclectic when it comes to music, bugg; I got cd's where 50 is backed up by Zappa, followed by Teddy Pendergrass, leading into Beanie Sigel, and Van Halen (Dave-era), with e mobile Donna by Pavarotti thrown in for good measure...PEACE.

[dal4018]

@BigBlackRod AMEN TO THAT WHITE GUY WHO GAVE YOU PROPS

[CharlesBarry]

@BigBlackRod Hi, Sweet soul/jazz music has on color !

[littlecasper1]

@BigBlackRod

Why's it relevant that he's white?

[BigBlackRod]

@littlecasper1 Because of the socially acceptable assumption that ALL Black guys pump profanity-laced hip hop out of their vehicle's speakers. Had I been a White guy, he probably wouldn't have looked at me like he did, or said anything other than "hello"...PEACE.

[mistersu7]

Simply oustanding!

As Dave brubeck, he brings jazz in the highest level.

[vigerouslyreligous]

pretty damn sexy ;)

[TheTribality]

best music ever... Paul desmond wrote it, Brubeck used it :P

[peddapedda]

Originally der was Joe morello on the drums ,and Paul desmond was playing bass

[FormerComposer]

Paul Desmond played alto sax

[ShtotaKoya]

check your sources

[pookierulz]

@peddapedda srsly?

[peles73]

Very good version.

[reventon9117]

Yes i agree Quincy's version is good but george benson's is excellent. I never realized how good a guitarist he is.

[nayagam24]

Yes! I must agree with you. George ripped this piece apart! lol he put a lil cayenne pepper in it

[cebum2]

this one version is good but go see the george benson version!

[dharmaraksha]

beautiful, absolutely beautiful.

[SLSTechie]

This is my favourite interpretation of this great piece.

[Synetearis]

Counts for me aswell.

[willmaster93]

brubeck's song

[godelike]

Desmond's tune...

[lorizzzio]

Quincy was a drug addict

[MartaBtrp]

:))))

[AristonianChancellor]

I'm pretty sure Dave Brubeck wrote this song this is just another rendition with more musicians.

[bassmats]

Paul Desmond wrote the song. The arrangement in this version is from Q.

[Synetearis]

thnx :)

[godelike]

Paul Desmond wrote it (Dave Brubeck quartet's saxophonist)

[tokesnake]

amazing! nice nice

[AmbraBlu]

is this Quincy's or Dave Brubeck's song?

[ghandhu]

dave brubecks but quincy's version sounds good to, goes down to better engineering i suppose

[dal4018]

@AmbraBlu Its Q'S VERSION

[roygbiv330]

it'll remain alive one hundred more years.

[FireWireFlareon]

I love it!!! ;)

[Biskitz06]

hey jazz is still good.....

[saxman8666]

@Biskitz06 jazz will always be good

[Biskitz06]

@saxman8666 damn right!

[dal4018]

@Biskitz06 Did you know Miles Davis hate the term Jazz he thought it was of European origin and he always used the term American music instead

[spacepatrolman]

@dal4018 he said many interesting things like that such as he was the only one in julliard that understood modal improvisation then and that alex north would succesfuly blend jazz [he did use that term ] in a movie soundtrack and that he wanted to do $800 worth of coke a day and as many white chicks as he can get through the door and that george wein was robbing him makeing him play 2 concerts in 2 locations the same day and only paying him for one .

[dal4018]

@spacepatrolman Yes Miles said many things while he was alive there will be a movie out soon about this music icon starring Derek Luke.I hope it covers his jealousy toward Quincy Jones because Miles 1st wife HAD THE SERIOUS HOTS FOR Q WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG BUT MILES PUT A QUICK STOP TO THAT.

[spacepatrolman]

@dal4018 they usually get into those risque things in those movies there were other things like he was beaten by a cop in front of birdland ,punched out a concert promoter,showed up at the fillmore east late because he didnt want to be an opening act for a rock group.

[Undergroundtactics]

The guy who play the keys in this great song isn't herbie hancock.

The man is called Bobby Scott...

PEACE!

[Mrreddoctober]

SO SWEET!

[kadir024]

this is fantastic

[JohnsonofLondon]

Timeless!

[hemingstien]

this was a time when jazz was still good

[brennan93]

Jazz is still good?!

[Jallport1990]

Jazz is still good.

[brennan93]

It is. That was just a reply to hemingstien who seems to think different.

[dal4018]

@Jallport1990 The four ppl who disliked this classic need their heads examined

[peddapedda]

yes it is...!