Dave Brubeck’s Take Five
“”I had a painting on the cover, and that hadn’t happened in jazz,” Brubeck said. “It may have happened in classical; I don’t know. And also, it was all originals, and they were against that. If you did all original compositions, you usually couldn’t do that. You just weren’t allowed to do that. They wanted you to do standard Broadway shows and standard tunes from the love songs of the day or the hits of the day.”
Of course, it did get released in 1960…
So instead of reworkings of jazz standards or tunes of the day, you got “Blue Rondo a la Turk,” a song in nine-eight, as well as “Pick Up Sticks,” “Strange Meadow Lark” and “Take Five.”
Much of the album was close to being worked out when Brubeck decided to add a tune in five-four time. Take Five
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Dave Brubeck’s Take Five
“”I had a painting on the cover, and that hadn’t happened in jazz,” Brubeck said. “It may have happened in classical; I don’t know. And also, it was all originals, and they were against that. If you did all original compositions, you usually couldn’t do that. You just weren’t allowed to do that. They wanted you to do standard Broadway shows and standard tunes from the love songs of the day or the hits of the day.”
Of course, it did get released in 1960…
So instead of reworkings of jazz standards or tunes of the day, you got “Blue Rondo a la Turk,” a song in nine-eight, as well as “Pick Up Sticks,” “Strange Meadow Lark” and “Take Five.”
Much of the album was close to being worked out when Brubeck decided to add a tune in five-four time. Take Five