C&L's Late Nite Music Club with Dave Brubeck

By John Amato Sunday Jul 01, 2007 9:45pm

I needed a little west coast jazz...This was the first jazz tune I ever learned."Take Five"

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Gotta love Brubeck. Take Five is one

Sun, 07/01/2007 - 23:01 — mathking (not verified)

Gotta love Brubeck. Take Five is one of the two pieces that turned me on to jazz.

And now, for a little more left-coast

Sun, 07/01/2007 - 23:09 — jerzen (not verified)

And now, for a little more left-coast jazz..............
Stan Getz and Chet Baker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTjmEG1oAuc&mode=related&search=

Peace!

I saw them perform this live at the

Sun, 07/01/2007 - 23:16 — LVogt (not verified)

I saw them perform this live at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in, I think it was '65.
I was about 16 and it was amazing. Paul Desmond looked like he's slept in his suit and would wander off the stage when he wasn't playing but they sounded fantastic. Take 5 is one of my favorite pieces of music of all time.

Might as well throw in some John

Sun, 07/01/2007 - 23:17 — jerzen (not verified)

Might as well throw in some John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy - "Impressions"
I especially like the way this bit was shot.............enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUzFbT5JT1M

West Coast Jazz ? Hit me with some

Sun, 07/01/2007 - 23:33 — Tim (not verified)

West Coast Jazz ?

Hit me with some Harold Land, Carl Perkins, Dupree Bolton, Jack Sheldon, Art Pepper, Vic Feldman, or Chico Hamilton w/ Buddy Collette.

Great post, John! I love Brubeck,

Sun, 07/01/2007 - 23:34 — Andy K (not verified)

Great post, John!

I love Brubeck, but I always giggle when I listen:

An old roommate of mine has a mom who is really hot. And I mean right now, at about 70 years old she is really hot.

Well, old roomie gets an ego boost(or somethin') by braggin' about how his mom banged Paul Desmond back when.

Yeah, I'm an idiot fer sharin' that, but....whatever. I'm gigglin.

A song for- or about?- I. Lewis

Sun, 07/01/2007 - 23:38 — Andy K (not verified)

A song for- or about?- I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby

Jethro Tull

Skatin' Away(On the Thin Ice Of a New Day)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmo3Yc2ZSz0

Art Pepper -- "The Trip" Great

Sun, 07/01/2007 - 23:41 — jerzen (not verified)

Art Pepper -- "The Trip"
Great Tune!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EglAWo6oAqo

And don't be a bullshitter,

Sun, 07/01/2007 - 23:44 — Andy K (not verified)

And don't be a bullshitter, Amato.

Ya just needed to "Take Five" from all of the Scooter traffic. ;)

One fer the rest of us Thunderclap

Sun, 07/01/2007 - 23:47 — Andy K (not verified)

One fer the rest of us

Thunderclap Newman

Somethin' In the Air

http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/Thunderclap+Newman/video/x15...

There were supposed to have been

Sun, 07/01/2007 - 23:48 — Erroll (not verified)

There were supposed to have been fundraisers which took place in the 1980s to raise cash for Joe Morello who at that time had become almost totally blind. As Michael Moore points out in his film, if this country, allegedly the richest country on earth, had universal health care, there would be no need to hold a fundraiser for people such as Joe Morello.

A song about GWB and

Sun, 07/01/2007 - 23:48 — jerzen (not verified)

A song about GWB and Jeb..........literally -- "You Got Away With It" by Todd Snider

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eOOzs9nuQM

It's funny, but it's no joke!

nice.

Sun, 07/01/2007 - 23:50 — KansasCityFaGt (not verified)

nice.

And one fer what shoulda been The

Sun, 07/01/2007 - 23:52 — Andy K (not verified)

And one fer what shoulda been

The Soggy Bottom Boys

He's In the Jailhouse Now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDMw44HHrpE

The only jazz group I bother to listen

Sun, 07/01/2007 - 23:53 — Arius Collingwood (not verified)

The only jazz group I bother to listen to.

AC/DC Jailbreak http://www.youtube

Sun, 07/01/2007 - 23:55 — Andy K (not verified)

AC/DC

Jailbreak

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKn5iZ-skZY

All in the name of liberty

Arius Collingwood @ 15: The only jazz

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 00:01 — Andy K (not verified)

Arius Collingwood @ 15:

The only jazz group I bother to listen to.

Try this

Count Basie and His Ochestra featurin' Jimmy Rushing and Joe Williams

Goin' to Chicago Blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js8yBPq2WbI

Thanks, John. As a small child in

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 00:02 — psanity (not verified)

Thanks, John.

As a small child in Manhattan in the '50s, I'd sit on my dad's lap late at night and listen to live jazz on the radio. Brubeck and Kenton were his favorites. I always loved the liquid sound of Paul Desmond.

I was in my early twenties when Paul Desmond died from cigarettes, and I cried all day. Damn cancer sticks. Remember all those photos of jazzmen playing in night clubs, with their cigarettes tucked between the valves to keep 'em handy? The day Desmond died was the day I began to really resent cigarettes. So many more reasons, since then . . .

One fer...uhm...just listen. And I mean

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 00:10 — Andy K (not verified)

One fer...uhm...just listen. And I mean just listen

Nervous Norvus

Ape Call

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV94Wc0hink

Saw Brubeck last summer in Toronto at

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 00:12 — Thor Heyerdahl (not verified)

Saw Brubeck last summer in Toronto at their Jazz fest. Still a liquid piano player at 85.

Ruth Copeland & Funkadelic Your Love

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 00:25 — Andy K (not verified)

Ruth Copeland & Funkadelic

Your Love Been So Good To Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UObKvytj2Y

Joe Morello

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 00:30 — Nobody4President (not verified)

Joe Morello rules.

Cornershop Lessons Learned From

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 00:32 — Andy K (not verified)

Cornershop

Lessons Learned From Rocky I to Rocky III

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8crcO1gwhA

Put on the headphones, hit it hard, hold it long and crank it up

Jet Rip It

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 00:40 — Andy K (not verified)

Jet

Rip It Up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7HkXI70t88&mode=related&search=

Blue Cheer Summertime

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 00:43 — Andy K (not verified)

Blue Cheer

Summertime Blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-kFe4l_W30

the cool jazz sound is the best when

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 00:43 — uncle joe mccarthy (not verified)

the cool jazz sound is the best when one is feeling down...so how abou some Vince Guaraldi

Cast Your Fate to the Wind

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PddZZ83Be8E

and how about christmas in july with linus and lucy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltn-I25k6oE

R.I.P. Beverly Sills at Seven Years

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 00:46 — lafin gas (not verified)

R.I.P.
Beverly Sills at Seven Years Old!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAz2HgSZaDs&mode=related&search=
Beverly Sills and Danny Kaye opera parody!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZEzVbGzbNg
Beverly Sills as Queen Elizabeth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuTvknnUGV4

The Nashville Teens Tobacco

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 00:47 — Andy K (not verified)

The Nashville Teens

Tobacco Road

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrnflwfD0zQ

uncle joe, lg, all I can say is it's

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 00:52 — Andy K (not verified)

uncle joe, lg, all I can say is it's about time!

Dobie Gray

The In Crowd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzXFZkvY0Q0

The Ramsey Lewis Trio

The In Crowd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evhydr1ZAxI

The Capitols Cool

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 00:56 — Andy K (not verified)

The Capitols

Cool Jerk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlsbk6G9E8c&mode=related&search=

Doobie Brothers - Takin' It To The

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 00:58 — lafin gas (not verified)

Doobie Brothers - Takin' It To The Streets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G54lfxiid_w

Doobie Brothers - What a Fool Believes

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 01:01 — lafin gas (not verified)

Doobie Brothers - What a Fool Believes (studio)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_XPCwY_30Q

Doobie Brothers - Minute By Minute

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 01:04 — lafin gas (not verified)

Doobie Brothers - Minute By Minute (studio)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91woVbVZleQ&mode=related&search=

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Ooh

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 01:06 — Andy K (not verified)

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

Ooh Baby Baby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7KNRH4EJLM&mode=related&search=

Doobie Brothers - Black

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 01:08 — lafin gas (not verified)

Doobie Brothers - Black Water
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqZ95a249p0&mode=related&search=

Listen To The Music / The Doobie

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 01:10 — lafin gas (not verified)

Listen To The Music / The Doobie Brothers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=128FK4g43b8&mode=related&search=

Love the Beverly Sills at 7

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 01:12 — mirth (not verified)

Love the Beverly Sills at 7 vid!

The Beach Boys Caroline

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 01:12 — Andy K (not verified)

The Beach Boys

Caroline No

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D32d5RkHOAE

Jeff "Skunk" Baxter is playing congas

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 01:19 — lafin gas (not verified)

Jeff "Skunk" Baxter is playing congas on this one!

Do It Again (Midnight Special) - Steely Dan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf0UpkCOhO4

Hey

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 01:22 — lafin gas (not verified)

Hey Nineteen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBD23rTqVRk&mode=related&search=

Steely Dan - Black

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 01:29 — lafin gas (not verified)

Steely Dan - Black Cow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS9Ll02CNjU

I hear you're mad about

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 01:30 — brando (not verified)

I hear you're mad about Bruuuuuuuuuuuuu-beck.
I like your eyes, I like him too.
He's an artist, a pioneer.
We've got to have some music on the new frontier...

A classic. Go Paul

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 01:30 — Batocchio (not verified)

A classic. Go Paul Desmond!

Red Hots: PurPle STAiN

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 01:31 — Stanley Rosenthal (not verified)

Red Hots: PurPle STAiN -

http://technohippie.com/geeklog/public_html/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&s...

(sorry, "I'm so into me" tonight ... )

Steely Dan - Deacon

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 01:34 — lafin gas (not verified)

Steely Dan - Deacon Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUUayfflEGA&mode=related&search=

Let's tear it up!!!!! Motorhead:

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 01:37 — Cowpunk (not verified)

Let's tear it up!!!!!

Motorhead: "In the Name of Tragedy"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tob5X40ZWkQ&mode=related&search=

Steely Dan -

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 01:39 — lafin gas (not verified)

Steely Dan - Josie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhCo8KP-_xE&mode=related&search=

Joe Morello - what a drummer. Nice

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 01:39 — Annoyed Canuck (not verified)

Joe Morello - what a drummer.

Nice choice, great break from today's idiocy.

Good night Peg

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 01:44 — lafin gas (not verified)

Good night
Peg

Donald Fagen - New Frontier

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 01:47 — lafin gas (not verified)

Donald Fagen - New Frontier

Camel: Remote Romance

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 01:55 — Stanley Rosenthal (not verified)

Camel: Remote Romance -

http://technohippie.com/geeklog/public_html/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&s...

Nice.

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 04:38 — starwheel (not verified)

Nice.

Dave Brubeck once ripped me a new

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 05:51 — Tim in Japan (not verified)

Dave Brubeck once ripped me a new asshole.

I was on the stage crew that set up the lighting for a performance done by Marcel Marceau, set the the Dave Brubeck quartet.

One of the cells from an overhead light came off and fell to the stage, barely missing the drummer.

I was the closest person on hand and ended up being the recipient of his wrath.
Upset? I bragged about it to friends for a week. Dave Brubeck spoke to me after all.

And for the record: Marcel Marceau = not a cool guy. Very gay and very under the impression that his status could buy him a stage hand from N. Minnesota.
Had I dropped my wallet that night, I would have kicked it home.

PEACE

John: Thank you for

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 07:22 — gempei (not verified)

John:

Thank you for this.

My favority jazz tune.

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 09:04 — Truthseeker (not verified)

My favority jazz tune. Thanks!

Ah, yes, "Take Five" - along with "Blue

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 09:35 — Omzir McKay (not verified)

Ah, yes, "Take Five" - along with "Blue Rondo a la Turk" and Duke Ellington's "Jeep's Blues," this song made me realize jazz could be just as interesting as Led Zeppelin. Thanks for the post.

this was the best brubeck group ever,

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 10:40 — verna (not verified)

this was the best brubeck group ever, and joe morello!! what can we say? wow!!!...

I have the original vinyl. Way ahead

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 18:04 — dixie blood (not verified)

I have the original vinyl.

Way ahead of the times...

Mr. Amato, In this same vein of

Mon, 07/02/2007 - 18:10 — dixie blood (not verified)

Mr. Amato,

In this same vein of "cool jazz" would you please feature Sergio Mendez and Brazil '66 someday?

That album was hot in the day and was one of the earliest re-releases on CD when the AAD tech just came along...

Thanks..

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YES.Take Five....what a

Tue, 07/03/2007 - 10:59 — RICHARD (not verified)

YES.Take Five....what a classic....ecellent

My father introduced me to Dave Brubeck

Wed, 07/04/2007 - 00:02 — Paul (not verified)

My father introduced me to Dave Brubeck about 1970 and the song was "Take Five." It was one night when I was about 11 or 12 years old he pulled out all of the jazz albums. We listened all night to people like Miles, MJQ and Dizzy.

This was my beginning in jazz.

Great music.

Paul

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