His classic quartet performed around the globe during the 1950’s and 60’s. More than a musician, Dave was a tireless advocate for human rights and racial integration. American pianist, Dave Brubeck, was one of the foremost exponents of cool jazz. Steve Todd, drums and Quinton Dunne, double bass, join Brendan Fitzgerald Quartet for this unique music event, presented in the tenth year following Dave's passing. This ensemble comprises outstanding musicians who have performed widely in Australia, Europe and Asia. Peter Raidel, accomplished alto saxophonist, plays the elegant musical lines of Paul Desmond, Brubeck’s creative ally and sometime adversary. He also channels Jimmy Lyons, a jazz radio presenter who helped launch Dave’s career. Brendan narrates Brubeck’s story at the piano together with a projected montage of images from his life and times. Together with "Blue Rondo a la Turk", these works are identified as seminal and revolutionary expressions of a new era in music. In 1959, Dave Brubeck Quartet’s album, "Time Out" became the first platinum jazz album, while "Take Five" remains the highest-selling instrumental recording of all time. 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.BRENDAN FITZGERALD QUARTET recreates the world of iconic jazz musician Dave Brubeck, his genius, his relationships, his humanity and popular acclaim. 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. Watch Eminem Join Ed Sheeran to Perform 'Lose Yourself' at Detroit Concert 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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