Take Five by Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond (solo bass arrangement) - Karl Clews on bass

The transcription, in tab and standard notation, for this arrangement is now available from my Patreon page,   / karlclews  

My arrangement, for the 4-string solo electric bass guitar, of the cool jazz classic, Take Five, written by Paul Desmond and originally performed by the Dave Brubeck Quartet.

Take Five is a jazz standard composed by Paul Desmond and originally recorded by the Dave Brubeck Quartet at Columbia Records' 30th Street Studio in New York City on July 1, 1959 for their album Time Out. Two years later it became a hit[a] and the biggest-selling jazz single ever. Revived since in numerous movie and television soundtracks, the piece still receives significant radio airplay.

Written in the key of Eb minor, Take Five is known for its distinctive two-chord[b] piano vamp; catchy blues-scale saxophone melody; inventive, jolting drum solo; and unusual quintuple (5/4) time, from which it derives its name.

Brubeck drew inspiration for this style of music in the spring of 1958 during a U.S. State Department-sponsored tour of Eurasia. After learning from native symphony musicians about the form, he was inspired to create an album that deviated from the usual 4/4 time of jazz and experimented with the exotic styles he had experienced abroad. Drummer Joe Morello was instrumental in bringing these odd time signatures to life in the Dave Brubeck Quartet, and his part on Take Five is regarded as the definitive 5/4 groove.

Desmond, upon his death in 1977, left the performance royalties for his compositions, including Take Five, to the American Red Cross, which has since received combined royalties of approximately $100,000 a year.

Performed on a 2019 Bogart Karl Clews Signature 'Silver Surfer' bass.
Recorded directly into Cakewalk Sonar Platinum, via a Presonus Audiobox. Video edited using TrakAxPC.

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