Reggae Clinic 65 – Take Five (The Dave Brubeck Quartet Reggae Cover)

From ” K-TEL Presents Reggae ”
Label: K-Tel (Holland) B.V. — TN 1331, (2) TN 1332
Format: (1) Vinyl, LP (x2), (2) Cassette
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1979

Tracklist
A1 Third World – Now That We Found Love
A2 I Jah Man – Jah Heavy Load
A3 Desmond Dekker And The Aces – Israelites
A4 Cake – Reggae Woman
A5 Steel Pulse – Prodigal Son
A6 Althia And Donna – Up Town Top Ranking
A7 Peter Tosh – No Sympathy
A8 Jimmy Cliff – Sufferin In The Land
A9 Bob Marley And The Wailers – No Woman No Cry
B1 Owen Gray – Fire In A Trenchtown
B2 Robert Palmer – Best Of Both Worlds
B3 Melodians – Rivers Of Babylon
B4 Disco Reggae Band Black Slate – Sticks Man
B5 Inner Circle – One Big Happy Family
B6 Zap Pow – This Is Reggae Music
B7 Reggae Clinic 65 – Take Five
B8 Toots And The Maytals – Reggae Got Soul
B9 Dillinger – Cocaine In My Brain

This version by Reggae Clinic 65 was originally released in 1978, in their ‘Take Five’ 12” vinyl.

Tracklist
A Take Five
B Take Five (Dub Version)

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“Take Five” is a jazz piece written by Paul Desmond and performed by The Dave Brubeck Quartet on their 1959 album Time Out.
Recorded at Columbia’s 30th Street Studios in New York City on June 25, July 1, and August 18, 1959, this piece became one of the group’s best-known records, famous for its distinctive, catchy saxophone melody and use of the unusual quintuple (5/4) time, from which its name is derived.
While “Take Five” was not the first jazz composition to use this meter, it was one of the first in the United States to achieve mainstream significance, reaching #25 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #5 on Billboard’s Easy Listening survey, the precursor to today’s Adult Contemporary charts, in 1961, two years after its initial release.

“Take Five” was re-recorded and performed live multiple times by The Dave Brubeck Quartet throughout the group’s career.
In addition, there have been many covers of the piece.
Some versions also feature lyrics, including a 1961 recording with lyrics written by Dave Brubeck and his wife Iola, sung by Carmen McRae.
Al Jarreau performed an unusual scat version of the song in Germany in 1976.

“Take Five” has been included in countless movies and television soundtracks, and still receives significant radio play.
It was for several years during the early 60s the theme music for the NBC “Today” program, the opening bars played half a dozen times and more each day.

Upon his death in 1977, Desmond left the rights to royalties for performances and compositions, including “Take Five”, to the American Red Cross, which has since received combined royalties of approximately $100,000 per year.

Cover versions

1962 — Swedish singer Monica Zetterlund
1963 — Antonio Diaz “Chocolate” Mena (Eso Es Latin Jazz…Man!)
1963 — Davy Graham (“The Guitar Player”)
1967 — Trudy Pitts (Introducing The Fabulous Trudy Pitts)
1968 – Val Bennett (The Russians Are Coming)
1973 — Chet Atkins
1974 — Augustus Pablo (“Ital Dub”) (“The Big Rip Off”)
1977 — Al Jarreau (Look To The Rainbow)
1979 — George Benson (Take Five)
1983 — Quincy Jones (Take Five)
1985 — Tito Puente & George Schearing LP Mambo Diablo (Take Five) Grammy Winner
1986 — George Benson (Live from Montreux)
1991 — Acoustic Alchemy (Reference Point)
1992 — Grover Washington, Jr. (Take Five (Take Another Five))
1996 — The Specials (“Take Five”)
1996 — Moe Koffman (“Take Five”)
1997 — Aziza Mustafazadeh (“Take Five”) (Jazziza album)
1998 — Eric Singleton/’XL’
1999 — The String Cheese Incident (Carnival ’99)[5]
1999 — ElectronicaNew Age music group Dancing Fantasy (Dancing Fantasy)
2002 — Rodrigo y Gabriela (“Take 5 (Foc-ing version 9)”)
2002 — King Tubby, a dub version released posthumously
2002 — Plankton, Swedish Instrumental Rock band (Plankton album)
2008 — New York Ska Jazz Ensemble (Step Forward)
2009 — Bugge Wesseltoft (Playing)
2010 — Indigo (Stay Together)
2010 — The Portland Cello Project (Take 5)
2010 – Stevie Wonder (North Sea Jazz Festival)
2011 – Paradox (MiX-5: Premiere Recordings for Bassoon and Cello)
2011 – Eliane Elias, in the “Light My Fire” album
2011 – Sachal Studios Orchestra