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"Take Five" is a jazz piece composed by Paul Desmond and performed by The Dave Brubeck Quartet on their 1959 album ''Time Out''. Recorded at Columbia Records' 30th Street Studio in New York City on July 1, 1959, fully two years later it became an unlikely hit and the biggest-selling jazz single ever.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dave Brubeck )〕 Included in numerous movie and television soundtracks, it still receives significant radio play. "Take Five" was for several years during the early 1960s the theme music for the NBC ''Today'' program, the opening bars being played half a dozen times or more each day. Written in the key of E-flat minor, it is known for its distinctive two-chord〔E♭m / B♭m7〕 piano vamp; catchy blues-scale saxophone melody; inventive, jolting drum solo;〔Featured on the album version but not on the single.〕 and use of the unusual , from which its name is derived. Brubeck drew inspiration for this style of music during a U.S. State Department-sponsored tour of Eurasia, where he observed a group of Turkish street musicians performing a traditional folk song with supposedly Bulgarian influences that was played in time (traditionally called "Bulgarian meter"), rarely used in Western music. After learning about the form from native symphony musicians, Brubeck was inspired to create an album that deviated from the usual of jazz and experimented with the exotic styles he had experienced abroad. Released as a single initially on September 21, 1959, the chart potential of "Take Five" was fulfilled only after its re-release in May 1961, reaching #25 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on October 9 that year and #5 on ''Billboard'''s Easy Listening chart three weeks later. The single is a different recording than the LP version and omits most of the drum solo.〔Soundtrack to a Century - Jazz: The Definitive Performances liner notes by Phil Schaap, producer (1999, Sony Music Entertainment, Columbia/Legacy J2K 65807)〕 "Take Five" was first played by The Dave Brubeck Quartet to a live audience at the Village Gate nightclub in New York City in 1959. Over the next 50 years it was re-recorded many times, and was often used by the group to close concerts: each member would in turn, upon completing his solo, stop playing and leave the stage à la Haydn's Farewell Symphony until only the drummer remained (as "Take Five" had been written to feature Joe Morello's mastery of time).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Dave Brubeck )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Story Of Dave Brubeck's 'Take Five' )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Joe Morello dies at 82; jazz drummer for Dave Brubeck Quartet )〕 Some of the many cover versions feature lyrics co-written by Dave Brubeck and his wife Iola, including a 1961 live recording sung by Carmen McRae backed by the Quartet. Al Jarreau performed an unusual scat version of the song in Germany in 1976. Desmond, upon his death in 1977, left the rights to royalties for performances of his compositions, including "Take Five", to the American Red Cross,〔Ted GIOIA, ''(The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire )'', 27/09/2012〕〔Gene LEES, ''(Cats of Any Color: Jazz Black and White )'', 09/01/2001〕 which has since received combined royalties of approximately $100,000 per year.〔 〕 ==Personnel== * Dave Brubeck – piano * Paul Desmond – alto saxophone * Eugene Wright – bass * Joe Morello – drums 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Take Five」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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