Written by Paul Desmond in 5/4 time, for 10 points what is this tune, the best-selling jazz single of all time, first recorded on the album Time Out by the Dave Brubeck Quartet?
The first four measures of this song are carried solo by the drums, with the hi-hat and ride cymbal interrupted between the second and third beats by an extra snare strike by drummer Joe Morello. A repetitive E-flat-minor piano vamp-figure played by the band's namesake leader enters in the fifth measure, with the bass of Eugene Wright entering in the song's eighth measure and playing only on the first, fourth, and fifth beats. The alto sax of the song's composer then comes in with the primary melody, a hummable riff which made this the first instrumental single to sell over a million copies. Written by Paul Desmond in 5/4 time, for 10 points what is this tune, the best-selling jazz single of all time, first recorded on the album Time Out by the Dave Brubeck Quartet?
The first four measures of this song are carried solo by the drums, with the hi-hat and ride cymbal interrupted between the second and third beats by an extra snare strike by drummer Joe Morello.
“{Take Five}”