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Take Five

"Take Five" is a jazz standard composed by Paul Desmond and originally recorded in 1959 by the Dave Brubeck Quartet for their album Time Out. Written in quintuple time (54), the composition is built around a distinctive blues-scale melody in E♭ minor and a recurring two-chord vamp. It became the third track on Time Out, which was released by Columbia…

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Genre
Jazz · cool jazz
B-side
"Blue Rondo à la Turk"
Composer
Paul Desmond
Label
Columbia 4-41479
Length
2:55 (single version) · 5:28 (album version)
Producer
Teo Macero

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Background and recording

Composition

Release and chart success

Future within the Quartet

Legacy

Personnel

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Take Five

Nodes82
Edges81
Triples101
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.02439
Components1

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Take Five

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related to Release and chart success · 28
Take Five → Although, Billboard Hot, Billboard's Easy Listening, Blue Rondo, Brubeck, Columbia Records, December, DJs, Dutch Single Top, February, In, In May, It, January, LP, New York City, New Zealand Lever Hit, No, November, October
related to background · 18
Take Five → Brubeck, Desmond, Eurasia, It, Joe Morello, July, June, Latin, Morello's, Newport Jazz Festival, State Department-sponsored, Teo Macero, The Dave Brubeck Quartet's, The Quartet, The Quartet's, They, This, Time Out
related to Covers and adaptations · 13
Take Five → Brubeck, Brubeck's, Carmen McRae, Desmond, For, Gene Wright, Iola, McRae, Morello, Skylark, Take Five Live, Take Ten, The
related to External links · 9
Take Five → Belgium, Dave Brubeck Quartet, Genius, Jazz, Liège, October, RTB Television, Watch, YouTubeLicensed
related to Composition · 8
Take Five → ABA, According, Alfred Publishing's, Dave Brubeck, Desmond, Musicnotes, Rhythmically, The
related to Legacy · 8
Take Five → Fame, Grammy Hall, In, It, Jazz, Manhattan Murder Mystery, The, The New York Times
related to Future within the Quartet · 6
Take Five → American Red Cross, Desmond, Haydn's Farewell Symphony, Morello's, Over, Upon
Genre · 2
Take Five → cool jazz, Jazz
Length · 2
Take Five → 2:55 (single version), 5:28 (album version)
B-side · 1
Take Five → "Blue Rondo à la Turk"

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take five jazz single brubeck time desmond album recorded quartet 1959 track version song released became first new times december

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Take FiveB-side"Blue Rondo à la Turk"1.00infobox
Take FiveComposerPaul Desmond1.00infobox
Take FiveGenreJazz1.00infobox
Take FiveGenrecool jazz1.00infobox
Take FiveLabelColumbia 4-414791.00infobox
Take FiveLength2:55 (single version)1.00infobox
Take FiveLength5:28 (album version)1.00infobox
Take FiveProducerTeo Macero1.00infobox
Take FiveRecordedJuly 1, 19591.00infobox
Take FiveReleasedSeptember 21, 1959 (1959-09-21); May 22, 1961 (reissue)1.00infobox
Take FiveStudioCBS 30th Street, New York City1.00infobox
Take Fiverelated to backgroundThe Dave Brubeck Quartet's0.60section

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