![]() It broke many conventions in achieving that. Led by the hit single “Take Five,” written by alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, Time Out was the first jazz album to sell a million copies. Brubeck’s face had been on the cover of Time magazine in 1954, Jailhouse Rock came out in 1957, and it would still be two years before the Quartet had its incandescent burst into the stratosphere-and into jazz history-with the release of Time Out. The Dave Brubeck Quartet was already one of the hottest ensembles in jazz in the ’50s, playing hundreds of concerts, and releasing multiple LPs, every year. Hollywood knows a good stereotype when it sees one, hick or slick, and “Brubeck” meant cerebral, cool, West Coast. Rather than revealing his ignorance, he barks crudely at her and stalks out. Elvis’s increasing discomfort wells up when the hostess asks his opinion. They toss around lingo like “dissonance” and “atonality,” and the names of some musicians, including that of Dave Brubeck. ![]() He’s dragged to a swanky party, where he’s wedged between society snobs who try to look intellectual and hip by discussing modern music. In Jailhouse Rock, Elvis plays an ex-con rube hoping to make it in the music business. It also includes two tunes not heard on the original album: “I’m in a Dancing Mood,” a piece from the Thirties musical This’ll Make You Whistle, and “Watusi Jam,” a trio performance - sans Desmond -based on the piece “Watusi Drums,” heard on the 1958 live album The Dave Brubeck Quartet in Europe.(Originally published in 2015). The record will be released on December 4th, two days before the 100th anniversary of Brubeck’s birth.Īlong with the alternate “Take Five,” Time OutTakes will feature previously unreleased versions of several other pieces from the original Time Out LP, including “Blue Rondo à la Turk,” a piece inspired by a rhythm that Brubeck heard a street musician playing in Turkey while on a State Department tour. The tapes that make up Time OutTakes originally came to light while author Philip Clark was researching A Life in Time, a biography of Brubeck released this past February in honor of the pianist’s centennial year. Team Trump Suspects His Former Chief of Staff Is a 'Rat' ![]() Whereas on the final, Brubeck and bassist Eugene Wright play behind Morello’s feature, here the drummer takes the spotlight alone. In his drum solo, Morello sticks close to the rhythm of Brubeck’s “1, 2, 3 1, 2” piano vamp, slowly building up density and excitement as he goes. You can also hear alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, who composed “Take Five,” getting used to improvising on the tune. They play the tune faster than on the familiar take and drummer Joe Morello hadn’t yet settled into the famously relaxed beat that made the five-beat structure feel so natural. On the alternate version, you can hear how the band is still acclimating to the feel of the piece’s 5/4 rhythm. Wednesday, in advance of Time OutTakes’ December release, Brubeck Editions is unveiling a never-before-heard early run-through of “Take Five,” streaming above. Roughly 61 years after the release of “Take Five” on Brubeck’s Time Out album, the late pianist’s estate will release TimeOutTakes, a new album of previously unreleased alternate versions of pieces from the iconic LP. But it was also a huge hit and the first platinum-selling single in jazz history. “Take Five,” a 1959 track by the Dave Brubeck Quartet, was always a musical oddity: a swinging, instantly catchy jazz piece written in the uncommon time signature of 5/4.
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