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arinkay's avatar

I teach elementary music and play Take Five for my students every year. By the time they leave me (5-6 years), it should be well-imprinted in their brains. It’s not in *the* curriculum, but it’s in *my* curriculum. :)

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Songletter's avatar

Love this, getting kids on “Take Five” early is genius. Bet they’re tapping along in no time!

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Karen's avatar

Woohoo to you! I taught kindergarten for 25 years. Congratulations for running the baton around the track!! Love hearing about music 🎶 The need it now more than ever!! We sang and danced everyday day together! And music class was taught weekly by the music teacher!

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small victories's avatar

I LOVE this song. Endlessly catchy; tight playing in 5/4 time (thus the song's name) - this is one of those songs that I catch playing inside my head out of nowhere. It sticks with you in the best way.

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Songletter's avatar

Yes! That 5/4 groove is insanely catchy. It just pops into your head at random moments!

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Tutti's avatar

In addition to "Take Five", "Blue Rondo a la Turk" in 7/4 and "Three to Get Ready" in 4/4-3/4 are excellent examples of groovin' and swingin' in non-standard time.

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David Perlmutter's avatar

Brubeck, Desmond, Wright and Morello = magic.

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Songletter's avatar

Yes, pure sonic magic.

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Evan Evans's avatar

And specifically, unfiltered cigarettes, two fingers of scotch,neat, in a glass with a thick bottom, fingers gently tapping along on the tabletop, relaxed, almost slouching in a chair, with a slight smile as your head also gently moves to the melody.

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Linda Blatnik's avatar

yes. that.

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nora macintyre's avatar

Good god yes! Sometimes at the end of a difficult day, I get a glass of wine and lay down on the couch and listen to it with my eyes closed. If the day’s really bad, I follow it with Getz/Gilberto.

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Linda Blatnik's avatar

ooooh.

They are also together on my playlist. Very meditative.

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nora macintyre's avatar

I sometimes put them together with Gotan Project.

La Revancha del Tango is amazing.

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Linda Blatnik's avatar

Thank ÿou, Nora!! Love the Gotan Project.💃🎶💞

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Greg D's avatar

Take 5 un's

Unmistakable

Unbelievable

Untouchable

Unabated

Unadulterated

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J just J's avatar

Omg! The cover of the album looked so familiar. This is one of the few albums my father had back in the 60s. Great memory. Yesterday would have been my dad’s 98 th birthday.

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Joyce's avatar

I was playing this on a cassette in my car (tells you how long ago) as I drove to visit my daughter in NYC. "Take Five" came on just as I entered Manhattan and I got chills at the level of sophisticated perfection - that music in that setting. Now that feeling is evoked every time I hear it.

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Mark Farley's avatar

Fascinating to read, I didn’t appreciate the fact about the saxophone. 🙏

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Songletter's avatar

Agree, Desmond’s sax tone is next‑level.

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Richard Collier's avatar

That saxophonist is the great Paul Desmond… wonderful work with the Dave Brubeck Quartet and as a solo artist. His solo album - “Desmond Blue” - is one of the best jazz albums featuring string accompaniment. Check it out… simply terrific.

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Songletter's avatar

Thanks!

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Joe Mills's avatar

I still listen to this often. Definitely one of the GOAT’s!

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Watching the World Burn's avatar

I was a child when this came out. To young to understand a lot but was steeped in the ambiance of the times. Funny how different eras have different characters and how far apart those two can be?

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Linda Blatnik's avatar

I had that album with that cover and gave it to my grandson who collects and plays old albums.

I still have the music, tho.

Brubeck was the first jazz music I loved.

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Songletter's avatar

Sweet of you to pass it on, Brubeck never goes out of style.

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Christopher Manson's avatar

I have that on CD!

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Red-Pilled ER Nurse's avatar

One of my earliest memories of magic. Because it is magic. Vinyl spinning on the turntable. That rhythm that gets in you. Then the inimitable Desmond cool tone and phrasing. And like other commenters have mentioned Morello taking the listener on a trip with his drumming. Soundtrack of my childhood for sure.

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