LadyDpiano: Dave Brubeck

Dave Brubeck, featured on TIME magazine cover, "The Man on Cloud No. 7". November 8, 1954 Music: The Man on Cloud No. 7 (cover story) TIME, November 8, 1954. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Awhile back I posted the chords to Take Five Dave Brubeck.

The exciting sound of 5/4 meter has become a more common part of jazz ever since pianist and composer Dave Brubeck and alto sax player and composer Paul Desmond created Desmond's standard "Take Five". Most players think of 5/4 as a group of three beats, followed by a group of two (1 2 3 1 2; 1 2 3 1 2 etc.) Listen to Brubeck's great recording of "Time Out" to expand your understanding of how to play jazz with five beats in the measure. Meanwhile, practice this piece slowly and, if you need to, hands separately until you get the feeling of this rhythm.

L.H. / R.H.

DA/ADF#

DBb/BbEbG

DA/ADF#

DA/G#BE, then play (B,Bb,A single l.h. notes)

(Repeat the above)

DA/ Ab, A, D, A, F, D (r.h. are all single notes)

DBb/BbEbG

DA/ Ab, A, D, A, F, D

DB/G#BE

DA/FAD

DA/G#BE

DA/ACF

D/BbEbG
Bb/BbEbG

A/DGA
A/DGA (octave higher)

DA/DFA

DBb/G, A, G, F, E

DA/DFA

DBb/G,A,G,F,E,C,Bb

A/D, E, F, G, A, B, C#, D
G/C,D,C,Bb,A,F,G

A/DGA

A/ADE

DA/ADF#

DBb/BbEbG

DA/ADF#

DBb/GCE

DA/ADF#, to DFA in r.h.

DBb/BbEbG, to EGBb

DAb/EbAbC

DA/ADF#

DA/Ab, A, D, A, F#, D
DA/Ab, A, D, A, F#, D
DA/Ab, A, D, A, F#, A

D/GAD, to F# in r.h.

The distinct sound you hear in the l.h., D-A-D-A-D-A is played with an eighth note, quarter note, eighth, quarter, quarter, quarter in many of the measures.

The Dave Brubeck Quartet played a big role in popularizing jazz music in the 1950s. With Brubeck's catchy melodies, and adventurous use of odd time signatures, the scope of jazz music's appeal was forever widened.

Cast Your Fate to the Wind
Take Five

"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you." B.B.King

A song that I play over and over and can't get it out of my head (because of it's famous groove) is Take Five. Are you familiar with the song?

"David Warren Brubeck (born December 6, 1920 in Concord, California[1]), better known as Dave Brubeck, is an American jazz pianist. Regarded as a jazz icon, he has written a number of jazz standards, including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke". Brubeck's style ranges from refined to bombastic, reflecting his mother's attempts at classical training and his improvisational skills. His music is known for employing unusual time signatures, and superimposing contrasting rhythms, meters, and tonalities.

His long-time musical partner, alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, wrote the Dave Brubeck Quartet's most famous piece, "Take Five", which is in 5/4 time and has endured as a jazz classic."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Brubeck
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five (1961)
Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Joe Morello and Gene Wright

Take Five With Carolyn Lee Jones

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=31507
* Dave Brubeck Take Five Free Sheet Music Riff
"Dave Brubeck's classic, Take 5 uses only two chords throughout, for both the main melody and the subsequent improvisations. It's in a minor key (we've chosen F here, but the original the more challenging Eb) and the whole piece rocks back and forth between chords I and V of the scale - F and C, only instead of the traditional major chord on the fifth, we have instead a minor 7th."

http://www.8notes.com/school/riffs/saxophone/dave_brubeck_take_five.asp
Here's the vamp you hear over and over in this famous song.... love it!

It's in the Key of Gb, with a 5/4 meter :

Ebm and Bbm7 (that's it!)

(Gb - Bb - Eb ) / Eb and ( F - Ab - Db ) / Bb

http://zone.hearandplay.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&p=24952#24952
* Take Five Sheet Music

Take Five - Piano Solo By Dave Brubeck Quartet, composed by Paul Desmond. Single for solo piano. Eb Minor. 4 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing. (AP.0158TSMX)
See more info...