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Foundational jazz. If you don't have this album, you must have lived in a vacuum.
I was late to the party with jazz, so I've had to go back and buy albums that friends have been talking about for years; Most recently, that meant this one. The album is 7 perfect tracks -- and 'Take Five' has got to be the coolest track of all time. It's a great sensation, experiencing on your own a thing that history has already proven to be a classic. It turns out -- shocker -- that hundreds of thousands of people weren't wrong. It's two weeks later and I can't stop playing this album. Get it.
I could get lost in it. A lot. I bought this just so I could listen to "Take Five". Maybe I should have bought the MP3 and put it on infinite loop.Nah, the rest of the CD is pretty good too. I've always loved that tune. I wish there were an extended version that just goes forever. It's a great intro to Brubeck. Mostly though, take five.
(P.S. If you can Google the church, you might be able to get a copy of the program from Fr.
Dave turns 89 today and he is off to the Kennedy Center in DC to receive a Lifetime Achievment award. The program will be broadcast on December 29 (PBS.don't know).
Didn't know where to put this, but my wife and I attended "A celebration of the Sacred" at Immaculate Conception Church in Cranston, RI yesterday with none other than Dave Brubeck and the quartet, Bob Militello on alto sax and flute, Michael Moore on Bass, Randy Jones on drums. He still has the old touch.
In any event, Dave and his crew were just fantastic and the program was 2:30 in length with about 1,000 in attendance celbrating the opening of a new school by his great buddy, Father Ronald Brassard, the pastor. Half of the program was most of Dave's old standards, including some Chopin he played on a trip to Poland for Pres Eisenhower as a tour of Eastern Bloc Countries.
Brassard. Send him a donation.my recommendation.not his)Sorry to interrupt your review of this album, but I think I just died and went to heaven last night and wanted to share this info somewhere.
It's impossible to buy this sacd in Spain (few of them are avalaible), but this version it's amazing. Not hybrid version.
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