Jazz For anyone finding 'Take 5' a bit of a handful

[Chris]

how about 'Take 4'

Chris..

 

[jbtsax]

Yuck! That borders on being unholy and unnatural. What a difference a beat makes!

Listen how effortlessly Paul takes Summertime into 5/4 and almost makes it sound like it was composed that way to begin with.

 

[altissimo]

I always preferred the reggae version by Val Bennett - http://youtu.be/JqrSo-uN2A4

 

[Chris]

Sometimes a little light hearted humour can go astray. But, nothing was hurt, injured or maimed during the posting of the video. Just my ears when I listened to it.

 

[jbtsax]

I have actually thought of playing Take Five in 6/4 time. It would fit better than 4/4 and may even sound like a jazz waltz. Of course you would have to call it "Take Six".

 

[Chilli]

The solo at 1:28 sounds just like me.

 

[Dave McLaughlin]

That's bizarre! I just saw a link to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYsVC4IzqYs&app=desktop on Facebook. You wait all your life for a reggae version of Take Five, then along come two at once!

 

[kevgermany]

There's Take Ten as well...

 

[jbtsax]

There's also the famous Duke Ellington tune "Take A Train" (as introduced by Lawrence Welk in an oft repeated jazz story).

 

[altissimo]

That's bizarre! I just saw a link to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYsVC4IzqYs&app=desktop on Facebook. You wait all your life for a reggae version of Take Five, then along come two at once!

oh that riddim got used a few times - http://www.discogs.com/lists/Take-Five/13762

this one's a classic - http://youtu.be/FNnL2TW5FrE

 

[Nick Wyver]

That's bizarre! I just saw a link to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYsVC4IzqYs&app=desktop on Facebook. You wait all your life for a reggae version of Take Five, then along come two at once!

There's a playalong book around with a reggae backing track to it. I think it's a Hal Leonard one.

Found it. Maybe I'm Amazed - Vol 97.

 

[altissimo]

of course there's always the more unhinged approach -
http://youtu.be/LyBu2aDPLsg

http://youtu.be/jM4W3qaNfng

 

[saxplorer]

Love this one ....