as well as "Pick Up Sticks," "Strange Meadow Lark" and "Take Five." Much of the album was close to being worked out when Brubeck decided to add a tune in five-four time. "Dave used to feature me ...

One of the biggest jazz singles of all time, "Take Five" by the Dave Brubeck Quartet, was recorded 65 years ago today. Brubeck's son is sharing his father's archive online. And I'm Michel Martin.

“Take Five,” a 1959 track by the Dave Brubeck Quartet, was always a musical oddity: a swinging, instantly catchy jazz piece written in the uncommon time signature of 5/4. But it was also a ...

The late pianist and composer never tired of playing his greatest hits. But both before and after his seminal 1959 album Time Out, Brubeck took... Pianist and composer Dave Brubeck, who died ...

Dave Brubeck being honored at the 32nd Kennedy Center Honors. In honor of the late great Dave Brubeck, who was born a century ago on this day December 6, 1920, here’s “Take Five.” Although ...

Jazz pioneer and smooth innovator Dave Brubeck died on Dec. 5 at the age of 91. His most notable song, “Take Five,” still lives everywhere. If you’ve never intentionally listened to jazz or ...

Dave Brubeck, one of jazz's longest-lasting legends, has died. Best known for the playful 1959 hit "Take Five," which transformed the unfamiliar 5/4 time signature into a loping romp, the jazz ...

Recorded by the legendary Dave Brubeck Quartet, "Take Five" remains the biggest-selling jazz single of all time, and its familiar melody has... The Story Of Dave Brubeck's 'Take Five' In 1961 ...

(SOUNDBITE OF THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET'S "TAKE FIVE") MARTIN: This is "Take Five." Clearly, they made it swing, but it wasn't easy. Brubeck was trying to work in an unusual time signature.

His father's band, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, went into the studio 65 years ago today and came out with one of the biggest jazz hits of all time, "Take Five." (SOUNDBITE OF THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET ...