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05-15-2008, 04:21 PM
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XL's version of "Take Five" just came on Sirius' Jazz Cafe channel. It's in 4/4 time. Isn't that kind of losing the intent of the song?  Yeah, I understand wanting to create a modern take on a classic, but keep the 5/4 time at least. Geez. |
05-15-2008, 04:40 PM
| | | | thats downright embarassing |
05-15-2008, 04:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia. | | | Tito Puente did a version in 4 as well. I thought it was pretty cool. |
05-15-2008, 04:44 PM
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05-15-2008, 04:49 PM
| | | Ever hear of Don Ellis? He was known as someone that seemingly always re-invented a tune in Odd times..."Freedom Jazz Dance" in 7, for example.
Anyway, one of my favourite lines-
Charlie Haden once said-
"The only tune Don Ellis plays in 4 is 'Take Five'".
...I never knew there were others! 
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I just checked out a clip of Puente's version. Nice bass tumbao.
The XL version instantly reminded me of US3's "Cantaloop".
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05-15-2008, 04:50 PM
|  | So much flame, it burns............ | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Las Vegas, NV. | | Trio Da Paz on their 2005 disc "Somewhere" does it in 4 also. 
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05-15-2008, 04:52 PM
| | | | ...and didn't U2 do a 4/4 version of "Mission Impossible"?
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05-15-2008, 04:56 PM
| | Peeved? No. Peavey? Yes. | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: California | | I couldn't even listen to all of XL's version, it is just sad. I'm sticking with the original. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDOgYw5-pNs
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05-15-2008, 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by MonetBass  XL's version of "Take Five" just came on Sirius' Jazz Cafe channel. It's in 4/4 time. Isn't that kind of losing the intent of the song? Yeah, I understand wanting to create a modern take on a classic, but keep the 5/4 time at least. Geez. | I hope they at least renamed it "Take Four." 
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05-15-2008, 05:06 PM
| | | Nah...it's still "Take Five". 
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05-15-2008, 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Atoz I hope they at least renamed it "Take Four." | LOL, good point! 
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05-16-2008, 01:23 AM
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Originally Posted by funkydanbass Tito Puente did a version in 4 as well. I thought it was pretty cool. | Yes I've got that on a CD and I really like it - in many ways more than the original! Tito Puente did several Jazz classics in a Latin, Afro Cuban style - another favourite is Freddie Hubbard's "First Light" 
Jazz is all about re-interpreting and re-arranging material - putting your take on simple material like Blues or popular songs and making it your own through improvisation, chord substitution etc. Classic being Coltrane taking "cheesy" (?)songs like "Night has a Thousand Eyes" or "My Favourite Things" into his sound world!
In fact the only real sin in Jazz would be to play an exact copy of what somebody else played!
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05-16-2008, 07:44 AM
| | My favorite songs were never heard on the radio | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Tulsa, OK | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield Yes I've got that on a CD and I really like it - in many ways more than the original! Tito Puente did several Jazz classics in a Latin, Afro Cuban style - another favourite is Freddie Hubbard's "First Light"
Jazz is all about re-interpreting and re-arranging material - putting your take on simple material like Blues or popular songs and making it your own through improvisation, chord substitution etc. Classic being Coltrane taking "cheesy" (?)songs like "Night has a Thousand Eyes" or "My Favourite Things" into his sound world!
In fact the only real sin in Jazz would be to play an exact copy of what somebody else played! | I agree with that. Jazz would be horribly boring otherwise. I checked out Tito's version and I dug it.
But since the song is named "Take Five", it just seems wrong to me. Jim, you nailed it with the US3 comparison. My thoughts exactly. |
05-16-2008, 09:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: London ON | | | I did a gig with a vocal group not long ago. Take Five was one of the tunes. At one point in the chart the note said "Jake sings Moondance". I wondered how it was going to work. It sounded really cool hearing the Take Five groove with Moondance sung over the top. As Bruce said music/jazz is about rearranging and putting a stamp on the music. |
05-16-2008, 09:46 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SE Wisconsin | | | I've heard in 6 before... and that's by the air force band |
05-16-2008, 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Dogbertday I've heard in 6 before... and that's by the air force band |
Was that to fit in with their marching style!!??
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05-16-2008, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by JimK ...and didn't U2 do a 4/4 version of "Mission Impossible"? | I'm pretty sure the Chemical Brothers version is in 4/4 if I remember right. It's been a long time since I heard it though.
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05-16-2008, 10:44 AM
| | | | after years of playing take five in 5/4 i think itd be weird trying to pull it into a 4/4 feel. i'd like to hear it, especailly since someone mentioned tito puente doing it? i'd love to hear that..
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05-16-2008, 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Steve Clark I did a gig with a vocal group not long ago. Take Five was one of the tunes. At one point in the chart the note said "Jake sings Moondance". I wondered how it was going to work. It sounded really cool hearing the Take Five groove with Moondance sung over the top. | That sounds like an awesome combination. 
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05-16-2008, 11:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: London ON | | | It worked well. Got even more interesting when the other two singers added Take Five lyrics and a wee bit of Evil Ways. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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