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Take Five by Paul Desmond Piano Solo - Digital Sheet Music

By Paul Desmond
Piano, Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1587175

By Paul Desmond. By Paul Desmond. Arranged by Timothy Stapay. This edition: pdf, streaming. Film/TV, Jazz, Multicultural, Pop, Standards, World. Score. 4 pages. Timothy Stapay #1158616. Published by Timothy Stapay (A0.1587175).

"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, this piece became one of the group's best-known records. It is famous for its distinctive catchy saxophone melody; imaginative, jolting drum solo; and use of the unusual quintuple (5/4) time, from which its name is derived. The song was first played to a live audience by The Dave Brubeck Quartet at the Village Gate nightclub in New York City in 1959.

This famous melody was used prominently in the film "Pleasantville".

The inspiration for this style of music came during a US State Department sponsored tour of Eurasia and Brubeck observed in Turkey a group of street musicians performing a traditional Turkish folk song with supposedly Bulgarian influence that was played in 9/8 time, a rare meter for Western music (traditionally called "Bulgarian meter"). After learning about the form from native symphony musicians, Brubeck was inspired to create an album that deviated from the usual 4/4 time of jazz and experimented in the more exotic styles he experienced abroad.

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