3/2/2024 0 Comments Who wrote take five brubeck![]() Too many of the appreciations I’ve heard or read omit Desmond entirely, or mention him only in passing. ![]() (“Take Five,” his most famous tune, is essentially a drum feature.) There were also familial collaborations with his sons (Darius, Chris, Dan, and Matthew), and, most especially, the inimitable saxophone of Paul Desmond. It’s also true that, despite Brubeck’s individual genius, his music took flight because of rock-solid bassists like Eugene Wright and Jack Six and masterful drummers like Joe Morello and Alan Dawson. With the right players, it could be a spur pushing the performer toward new territory. ![]() He recognized that increasing the complexity of the composed materials (whether through underutilized time signatures or through orchestral ambition) did not necessarily shackle the improviser. (How many listeners have tied their fingers into knots trying to snap along with the platinum-selling “Time Out” and its 9/8 and 5/4 time signatures?)īrubeck’s work embodied two of the generative tensions in creative music: the balance between predetermined structure and improvisational freedom, and between the individual and the ensemble. The hummable melodies hid the crunchy harmonies, odd time signatures, and sophisticated counterpoint. His music was brainy and catchy at the same time. Brubeck is most often remembered for his classic quartet of the nineteen-fifties and sixties, hunched over the piano with his oversized horn-rimmed glasses and dark suit, exemplifying geek chic for college hipsters decades before the current trend.
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