Take Five

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"Take Five" is a landmark 1959 jazz composition by the Dave Brubeck Quartet, famed for its distinctive 5/4 time signature and cool jazz style, and one of the best-selling and most recognizable jazz recordings in history.

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Take Five canonical 13

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instanceOf jazz composition ⓘ
jazz standard ⓘ
single ⓘ
associatedWithMovement cool jazz movement ⓘ
bSideOf Blue Rondo à la Turk ⓘ
chartPerformance achieved major commercial success in the early 1960s ⓘ
reached Billboard Hot 100 in the United States ⓘ
composer Paul Desmond ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
featuredMusician Dave Brubeck ⓘ
Eugene Wright ⓘ
Joe Morello ⓘ
Paul Desmond ⓘ
firstReleaseAlbum Time Out ⓘ
genre cool jazz ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
hasCoverVersionBy Al Jarreau ⓘ
linked to: Alwin Lopez Jarreau

Carmen McRae ⓘ
George Benson ⓘ
North Texas One O’Clock Lab Band ⓘ
The String Cheese Incident ⓘ
hasInfluenced subsequent use of odd time signatures in jazz ⓘ
hasRecognition considered a landmark in modern jazz ⓘ
widely used in film and television soundtracks ⓘ
hasRhythmicPattern two-bar vamp in 5/4 ⓘ
hasStructure ABA form ⓘ
includedIn many jazz education curricula ⓘ
isOneOf best-selling jazz singles of all time ⓘ
most recognizable jazz recordings in history ⓘ
key E-flat minor ⓘ
language instrumental (no lyrics in original version) ⓘ
length approximately 2 minutes 55 seconds ⓘ
notableFeature drum solo by Joe Morello ⓘ
prominent alto saxophone melody ⓘ
unusual quintuple 5/4 meter ⓘ
originalArtist Dave Brubeck Quartet ⓘ
partOf album Time Out ⓘ
performer Dave Brubeck Quartet ⓘ
producer Irving Townsend ⓘ
Teo Macero ⓘ
publicationDate September 1959 ⓘ
publisher Derry Music Company ⓘ
recordingYear 1959 ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
releaseYear 1959 ⓘ
timeSignature 5/4 ⓘ

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Dave Brubeck → notableWork → Take Five ⓘ
Paul Desmond → notableWork → Take Five ⓘ
Paul Desmond → composerOf → Take Five ⓘ
cool jazz → notableRecording → Take Five ⓘ
Time Out → notableWork → Take Five ⓘ
Time Out → track → Take Five ⓘ
Time Out → hasSingle → Take Five ⓘ
Time Out → notableWork → Take Five ⓘ
Time Out → hasTrack → Take Five ⓘ
Time Out → hasPart → Take Five ⓘ
Bad Benson → hasTrack → Take Five ⓘ
Bad Benson → includesCover → Take Five ⓘ