Who, you ask? Well, Mr. Brubeck is a Jazz pianist made famous for a piece called "Take Five." If you're not sure what that is, then view the following. This is a classic and while watching/listening, you somehow start believing that there was a time when middle aged musicians wearing thick-rimmed glasses and suits was cool.
Try dancing to this...it doesn't work. Most pieces are written in 2, 3 or 4 beats per measure. There are only two pieces "written in five" that I know of that obtained popularity: This and the theme from Mission Impossible.
Mr. Brubeck turned 87 today.
Those guys must have all been Baptists. They all had coats and ties on. Did they think they were in church?
ReplyDelete