Take Five: 1945-1948

Take Five: 1945-1948

ASIN: B0000665AJ

Track Listings

1. Song of the Seabees

2. Drunken Sailor

3. Blow the Man Down (The Black Ball Line)

4. Farewell to Grog

5. Maid of Amsterdam

6. Dinah

7. Gypsy Sweetheart

8. Moten Swing

9. Take Five

10. Convoy

11. Just the Other Day

12. I Left My Heart in Mississippi

13. Constellation

14. September in the Rain

15. Put That Kiss Back

16. Scufflin'

17. Rainy Night in Rio

18. Suicide Leap

19. Conversation at Lindy's

20. My Melancholy Baby

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Tracks:

Kerry Turner: Take 9 Antiphonal Fanfare
Turner: Farewell to Red Castle
Turner: Barbara Allen
Turner: Ghosts of Dublin
Eric Ewazen: Grand Canyon Suite
Eric Ewazen: Grand Canyon Suite
Eric Ewazen: Grand Canyon Suite
Bernstein, arr. Deck: Overture to Candide
Brahms, arr. Elkjer: Hungarian Dance No. 5
Desmond, arr. Custer & Myers: Take Five
Gershwin, arr. Yates: I Got Rhythm

Album Description

OK horn fans, here it is…one the world's esteemed chamber groups teams up with one of the world's most storied horn sections for a CD that is-literally and figuratively-a blast! This recording is by any measure a virtuoso performance; these nine guys, all gifted in their own right, combine their talents to create an end result that is nothing short of breathtaking. From commissioned works to clever arrangements, the American Horn Quartet and the Horns of the New York Philharmonic tear through this music with a verve and flair rarely heard these days. In short, if you're a fan of the horn, you must have this recording!

Customer Reviews:

Fantastic Horn Album.......2006-03-27

The hornists are simply fantastic. Many segments of the music thrill me, nearly take my breath away. Although many pieces represent their diverse skills I would love to have a presentation of more of the fanfare type pieces, the type which show the glory and power of the horn. Love the Ewazen piece. Love the Irish pieces. Thought the recording was a little muffled. Had to turn my stereo up too loud to get the full effect. Over all one great horn album.

Steve Ward

Farewell to Red Castle.......2004-01-11

Take 9 is the best CD I own. My favorite song is the second on the track. Farewell to Red Castle. It's the most incredible peice, especially with 9 horns playing it. It is fun and exciting along with slow and beautiful. it's a great representation of the entire collection of Take 9's songs. wOOt!

An Awesome Recording.......2003-09-09

This is an awesome recording combining 9 great players. The music is beautiful, but still showy, an excellent combination for this group of horns. Overture to Candide is incredible, and the Grand Canyon Suites is one of the greatest horn recording I have ever heard. This recording belongs in any horn players library.

Unsung Musicals - The Ultimate Collection

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Great gems from musicals that dissapeared
some gold mixed with dross

Unsung Musicals - The Ultimate Collection

Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005K9SG
Release Date: 2001-06-05

Tracks:

Smile (from "Smile") (Hamlisch-Ashman) - Harry Groener et al.
Hero (from "Babe") (Menken-Ashman) - Debbie Gravitte
Didin't Leave It Here (from "Brownstone") (Larson-Rubins) - Kristine Fraelich and Jolie Jenkins
Starfish (from "La Strada") (Lawrence-Charnin) - Judy Kuhn
Sherry! (from "Sherry!") (Rosenthal-Lipton) - Christine Baranski and Jonathan Freeman
Smashing New York Times (from "A Broadway Musical") (Strouse-Adams) - Jason Graae
Silverware (from "We Take the Town") (Karr-Dubey) - Lee Wilkof and Timothy Jerome
Hundreds of Hats (from "Diamonds") (Sheffer-Ashman) - Jason Workman
At the Same Time (from "Freaky Friday") (Rodgers-Forster) - Tammy Minoff and Patrick Levis
When It Happens to You (from "The Red Shoes") (Styne-Stryker) - Lynne Wintersteller
Lawyers (from "A Broadway Musical") (Strouse-Adams) - Gregory Jbara and Lee Wilkof
At My Side (from "Welcome to the Club") (Coleman-Hotchner) - Sally Mayes and Michael Rupert
In a State (from "A Wonderful Life") (Raposo-Harnick) - Brent Barrett
Disneyland (from "Smile") (Hamlisch-Ashman) - Jodi Benson
Reveille Sun (from "Here's Where I Belong") (Waldman-Uhry) - Glory Grampton
The Memory of Tonight (from "Arthur, The Musical") (Skloff-Kauffman-Crane) - Carolee Carmello and Gregg Edelman
Stomp the Blues Away (from "Honky Tonk Nights") (Valenti-Allen-Campbell) - Melba Joyce et al.
New Words (from "One, Two, Three, Four, Five") (Yeston) - Liz Callaway

Customer Reviews:

Great gems from musicals that dissapeared.......2004-11-30

Songs from 1987's "Smile" make this well worth the price. The previously unreleased material from the late, great Howard Ashman deserves to have it's moment in the spotlight.

Also, there's Judy Kuhn's beautiful performance on "Starfish", Christine Baranski's vampy turn on "Sherry".

Finally, there's" New Words" from "One, Two, Three, Four, Five". This show has been restaged, by small theatre groups, under the title "History Loves Company". "New Words" is by far the best number of this show and Liz Callaway's voice fills with love as she sings this lullaby.

For a consummate musical theatre fan who's heard it all, this disc is a refreshing look at what has been lost over the years.

some gold mixed with dross.......2003-12-21

Some of these songs desrve to be unsung. But then you get a showstopper like Sherry and you wonder how could this show have flopped? That number alone makes this cd worth purchasing.I also enjoyed Marvin Hamlisch's toe tapping title song - Smile.There are also a few other lovely melodies which makes this cd a nice addition to a Broadway collection.

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Too cool for some
Ethereal and Hauntingly Beautiful

The English Lute Song

Manufacturer: Dorian Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Heavenly Love, Earthly Joy
The Golden Age of English Lute Music

ASIN: B000001Q7S
Release Date: 1993-08-02

Tracks:

This Merry Pleasant Spring
Woods, Rocks And Mountains
April Is In My Mistress' Face
No More Shall Meads Be Deck'd With Flow'rs
Lute Solo: The French King's Masque
Come My Celia
O Death, Rock Me Asleep
Where The Bee Sucks
Full Fathom Five
Come Away, Hecate
The Willow Song
Lute Solo: Alman, 'Hit And Take It'
Dear, Do Not Your Fair Beauty Wrong
Come Hither You That Love
Have You Seen But A White Lily Grow
I Must Complain
Nothing On Earth
Fain Would I Wed
Miserere, My Maker
O That Mine Eyes
Lite Solo: Alman
Care, Charming Sleep
Cupid Is Venus' Only Joy
O Let Us Howl
As Life What Is So Sweet
Turn, Turn Thy Beauteous Face Away!
Take, O Take Those Lips Away

Customer Reviews:

Too cool for some.......2005-02-22

Julianne Baird is breathtakingly good at what she does: intelligent, stylistically convincing, technically brilliant ornamentation, in a sweet, phenomenally accurate voice. I love it. Those not accustomed to this sort of thing, though, may find it lacking emotional immediacy. Consider also Kathleen Battle with some of the same material: not that she's better, but the appeal is more directly sensual rather than intellectual.

Ethereal and Hauntingly Beautiful.......2003-11-05

How could you go wrong with the clear seraph voice of Julianne Baird accompanied by the delicate skill of Ronn McFarlane on the Lute. Not only is the talent exceptional but the composed works of Lute music divine.

You listen to each song and are carried away to time/place devoid of any worry let alone any task other than to listen to Julianne and Ronn execute perfection. You truely feel part of the Elizabethan Court listening to this CD it is both beautiful and dark simutaneously.

Another fabulous feature to this CD is the simplicity of the recording of only lute and vocals with no special effects. To retain the warmth and purity of the composition it was recorded on location in 'The Troy Savings Bank Music Hall' in Upstate New York and is one of the finest acoustical settings in the world. Unlike modern pop music Lute music as written needs no manipulation or adjustment in the studio if executed by skilled artists and musicians in an acoustical atmosphere and this recording does exactly that.

Customer Reviews:

Deserves Applause!.......2005-07-19

Hyperion 67450 (2003) Spars: DDD

Peter Holman directs the Parley of Instruments featuring Rachel Brown on flute and soprano Catherine Bott in a recording of music composed for performances of Shakespeare's plays by a variety of English composers.

"The Parley of Instruments, Rachel Brown, director Peter Holman and the Hyperion recording team all deserve applause." (Gramophone)

The works on this recording:

1. Overture to Titus Andronicus: Overture
Composed by Jeremiah Clarke (c1674-1707)

2. Overture to Titus Andronicus: Minuet
Composed by Jeremiah Clarke

3. Take, O take those lips away
John Weldon (1676-1736)

4. Can life be a blessing?
John Eccles (c1668-1735)

5. Pardon, goddess of the night
Thomas Chilcot (c1707-1766)

6. Orpheus with his lute
Maurice Greene (1696-1755)

7. Orpheus with his lute
Thomas Chilcot

8. Hark, hark, the lark
Thomas Chilcot

9. To fair Fidele's grassy tomb
Thomas Arne (1710-1778)

10. 10. Concerto No 9 in E minor
Robert Woodcock (1690-1728)

11. When daisies pied and violets blue
Richard Leveridge (1670-1758)

12. When daisies pied and violets blue
Thomas Arne

13. When icicles hang on the wall
Thomas Arne

14. You spotted snakes
John Christopher Smith (1712-1795)

15. Full fathom five
John Christopher Smith

16. All fancy sick
Willem De Fesch (1687-1761)

17. Dry those eyes which are o'erflowing
John Weldon

18. Dear pretty youth
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

19. Honour, riches, marriage-blessing
Thomas Arne

20. Where the bee sucks, there lurk I
Thomas Arne

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I really enjoyed this cd
For Doublebass players
London Double Bass Sound

London Double Bass Sound

Manufacturer: Cala Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00003G1O5
Release Date: 1999-12-07

Tracks:

Elephant
Mosses Fantasy
I Love You, Samantha
Satin Doll
Carmen Fantasy
Prayer
Ol' Man River
Wannabe
American Basses
Frere Jacques Fantasy
Scherzo
Tea for Two
When I Fall in Love
Take Five
When I'm Sixty-Four

Customer Reviews:

I really enjoyed this cd.......2004-03-19

Being a bass player myself I really enjoyed this cd becuase of the variety of music featured on it! I hope other people can enjoy it and appriciate it as well!

For Doublebass players.......2000-04-30

Nice arrangements, wonderful sound, a wide variety of songs but I wanted to listen more to Gary Karr. The interpretation of Moses Fantasy is better that the one played with the RSO Berlin Orchestra. If you are a DoubleBass player, this is a must. If you aren't, you'll hear what a doublebass can do and how sensitive it could be. I couldn't stop laughing when I heard for the first time the "sarcastic" version of Wannabe. This album is like a Raritie. If your're really looking for a serius album to know better the doublebass, this is not the first one that I'll chose. But it's really fun!

London Double Bass Sound.......2000-04-27

This CD is certainly an interesting concept, however musically speaking it doesn't quite hit the mark that it intended. Fans of Gary Karr should certainly consider buying this CD because his performances are inspiring and the ensemble does a nice job of accompanying, however the selection of repetoire does not always help the bassists' fight for serious recognition. "The Elephant" sounds grotesque enough with only one bass playing it, but here there are four basses on the solo line. The jazz tunes are nice, but lack a certain excitement and the inclusion of the Spice Girls' "Wannabe", as humorous as it may have intended to be, may set the double bass back a few steps in the eyes of the general, non bass playing public.

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Shakespeare's Songbook, Vols. 1 & 2

Manufacturer: Azica
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Binding: Audio CD

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William Shakespeare's Hamlet (Two-Disc Special Edition)

ASIN: B0002IQL08
Release Date: 2004-07-06

Tracks:

Ah Robin (Round)
And Let Me The Cannikin Clink
And Will He Not Come Again
Be Merry, Be Merry
Black Spirits
Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind
Bonny Sweet Robin
But Shall I Go Mourn
Can'st Thou Not Hit It
Come Away
Come Away, Hecate
Come Live With Me
Come O'er The Burn
Come Thou Monarch (Version 2)(Round)
Come Unto These Yellow Sands
A Cup Of Wine
Farewell, Dear Heart
Fathers That Wear Rags
Fear No More
Fie On Sinful Fantasy
Fill The Cup (Round)
Flout 'Em And Cout 'Em (Round)
Fools Had Ne'er Less Grace
For I'll Cut My Green Coat
The Friar And The Nun
Full Fathom Five
The George Alow (Version 1)
Get You Hence
The God Of Love
Hark, Hark The Lark
Have I Caught My Heavenly Jewel
Heart's Ease
Hold Thy Peace (Version 2)(Round)
Honor, Riches
I Am Gone Sir
I Loathe The I Did Love
It Was A Lover And His Lass
Jepha
Jog On
Jolly Shepherd (Round)
King Stephen Was A Worthy Peer
Lawn As White
Love, Love, Nothing But Love (Version 2)
The Master, The Swabber (Version 2)
No More Dams
An Old Hare Hoar (Version 1)
O Mistress Mine (Version 1)
Orpheus With His Lute
O Sweet Oliver
Pardon Goddess Of The Night
Roses Their Sharp Spines
Sigh No More, Ladies
Some Men For Sudden Joy (Version 1)
Take, O Take Those Lips
Tell Me, Where Is Fancy Bred
That Sir Which Serves
There Dwelt A Man In Babylon (Version 1)
There Was Three Fools
Three Merry Men (Round)
Tomorrow Is St. Valentine's Day
Under The Greenwood Tree
Up And Down (Round)
Urns And Odours Bring Away
Walsingham
Was This Fair Face
Wedding Is Great Juno's Crown
What Shall He Have (Round)
When Arthur First In Court
When Daffodils Begin To Peer
When Daisies Pied
When Griping Grief
When Icicles Hang By The Wall
When That I Was And A Little Tyne Boy
Where The Bee Sucks
While You Here Do Snoring Lie
Who Is Silvia
Why Let The Strucken Deer
Willow, Willow (Version 1)
Will You Buy Any Tape
The Woosel Cock
You Spotted Snakes

Tracks:

Awake, Awake
Battle Of Agincourt
Bride's Goodmorrow
Broom
Callino
Carmen's Whitle
Chi Passa
Come Kiss Me, Kate (Round)
Come Thou Monarch (Version 1)
Cup Of Wine (Version 1)
Damon
Daphne
Diana (2 Versions)
Dulcina
Eglamore
Eighty-Eight
Fortune My Foe
George Alow (Version 2)
Glass Doth Run
Goddesses
Go From My Window
Greensleeves (2 Versions)
Guy Of Warwick
Hem Boys (2 Versions)
Hey Ho for A Husband (2 Versions)
Hobbyhorse
Hold Thy Peace (Versions 1 & 3)
Hunt's Up
I Cannot Come Every Day (2 Versions)
In Crete
In Peascod Time
Jack Boy (Round)
King Cophetua
King Lear
King Solomon
Light O Love
Loath To Depart (2 Versions)
Love, Love (Version 1)
Master, Swabber (Version 1)
Mounsier Mingo
Mounsieur's Almaine
My Mind To Me
Nutmegs (Of All The Birds)
Nutmegs (Wooing Of The Baker's Daughter)
O Death (2 Versions)
Old Hare Hoar (Version 2)
O Mistress Mine (Version 2)
O' The Twelfth Day Of December
Oyster Pie
Peg A Ramsey (2 Versions)
Phillida (3 Versions)
Please One
Pyramus
Queen Dido (2 Versions)
Ratcatcher
Rich Jew
Robin Goodfellow
Robin Hood
Rogero
Rowland
Sellenger's Round
Shore's Wife (2 Versions)
Sick, Sick (3 Vesions)
Some Men For Sudden Joy (Round)
There Dwelt A Man (Version 2)
Titus Andronicus
Tom A Bedlam (2 Versions)
Troilus
Troy Town
Wellady
Whenas We Sat In Babylon
Where Is The Life
Whoop
Why Let The Strucken (If Care Do Cause)
Willow, Willow (Version 2)
Will Ye Buy A Fine Dog
With A Fading

Charles Ives: Three Quarter-Tone Pieces; Five Take-offs; Hallowe'en; Sunrise

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Visionary Ives

Charles Ives: Three Quarter-Tone Pieces; Five Take-offs; Hallowe'en; Sunrise

Manufacturer: Naxos American
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Binding: Audio CD

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Ives: Holidays Symphony

ASIN: B0007ORDZ4
Release Date: 2005-03-22

Tracks:

The Housatonic At Stockbridge
Soliloquy, Or A Study In 7ths And Other Things
On The Antipodes
The Gong On The Hook And Ladder (Original Version)
Hallowe'en
In Re Con Moto Et Al
Sunrise
Remembrance
Aeschylus And Sophocles
The Seen And Unseen? (Sweet And Tough)
Rough And Ready Et Al. And/Or The Jumping Frog
Song Without (Good) Words
Scene Episode
Bad Resolutions And Good WAN!
Largo
Allegro
Chorale

Customer Reviews:

Visionary Ives.......2005-06-01

This review is dedicated to the memory of Bob Zeidler who shared on this site his love for and knowledge of the music of Charles Ives.

The Naxos "American Classics" series offers an unparalleled opportunity to get to know the music of the great American composer, Charles Ives (1874-1954). Prior CDs in the series focused on Ives's larger works, such as the symphonies, violin sonatas, and the Concord piano sonata. In contrast to the earlier releases, this CD includes a mix of shorter works performed by Continuum, a wonderful group of musicians based in New York City specializing in the performance of modern music. The CD had been released some years ago on Musical Heritage Society, and the release on Naxos was funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Charles Ives Society, Inc. There is every reason to be grateful.

Much of the music on this disk will be unfamiliar to many listeners, and it bristles with difficulties. Yet, unlike the case with other avant garde music, there is an unmistakable joyousness to these pieces -- a zest for life, a feeling for the United States and its potential, and a transcendent vision. An inspiring CD indeed!

There are three broad sections to this disk. The first section consists of nine short unrelated pieces, beginning with Ives's well-known song "The Housatonic at Stockbridge." The section also includes an eloquent short song, "Remembrance" which Ives wrote upon the death of his father, his mentor and inspiration. The works on this section are filled with raucousness and lyricism, often at the same time. Besides the two works mentioned, the highlights include "Halloween, for chamber ensemble, which begins quietly and works itself into a frenzy, and Ives's song "Sunrise" for voice, piano, and violin obligato which was his last completed work.

The second section on the program consists of Ives's "Five Take-Offs" for solo piano performed here by Joel Sachs, co-director of Continuum. Ives composed these pieces in 1909, but they remained unperformed until 1968. These pieces juxtapose with great effect the traditional and the outrageous. The first piece, "The Seen and the Unseen", for example contrasts a line with an almost blusey feel (shared by other pieces on the CD) with a background of clangorous chords in the piano. The next piece, called "Jumping Frog" again begins quietly but works itself up to a frenetic pace over a huge piano accompaniment. The third piece, "Songs without (Good) Words" draws on Mendelsohn for inspiration. It remains quiet and lyrical throughout while the harmonies become more complex. The final two pieces, "Some Episode" and "Bad Resolution and Good WAN" are mostly reflective and quiet, with the exception of a riotous passage at the close -- the good resolution.

The third work on this CD is Ives at his knottiest. The "Three Quarter-Tone Pieces" dates from 1924 and was composed for two pianos tuned one-quarter-tone apart. This is again the language of the blues as well as the language of modernity. The pianists here are Cheryl Seltzer and Joel Sachs, the co-directors of Continuum. The opening Largo contrasts deep banging chords on the piano against light swirling figures in the treble. The second movement, "allegro" has a ragtime feel as clashing chords alternate with swirling filigree in the pianos' upper register.
The finale, "Chorale" works itself into an intense climax based upon themes from "America" with a hint of "La Marseilles" at the end for good measure. This is invigorating, difficult and rewarding music.

The CD is somewhat short (less than 50 minutes). It will introduce the listener to some of the wilder creations of America's greatest composer.

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Take Five ??

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005G9DS
Release Date: 1998-01-21

Album Description

Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2007.

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Top Counter Tenor Master

Shakespeare Songs

Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
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ASIN: B00004TVGW
Release Date: 2000-10-10

Tracks:

As You Like It: Act V, Scene 3: It Was A Lover And His Lass
Measure For Measure: Act IV, Scene 1: Take, O Take Those Lips Away
Twelfth Night: Act II, Scene 3: O Mistress Mine
Strike It Up, Tabor
Othello: Act IV, Scene 3: Willow Song
The Tempest: Act V, Scene 1: Where The Bee Sucks
Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark: Act IV, Scene 5: How Should I Your True Love Know
Walshingham Vars
We Be Soldiers Three
Romeo And Juliet: Act IV, Scene 5: When Griping Griefs
The Tempest: Act I, Scene 2: Full Fathom Five
Henry V: Act IV, Scene 4: Calleno Custure Me
King Lear: Act I: Then They For Sudden Joy Did Weep
Bonny Sweet Robin
Twelfth Night: Act V, Scene 1: When That I Was
Kemp's Jig
Greensleeves
Melismes De Ravenscroft: He That Will An Alehouse Keep
Non Nobis Domine

Customer Reviews:

Top Counter Tenor Master.......2006-11-10

Alfred Deller presents a masterly classic of the Songs from Shakespeare.
Recorded in 1970, this work cannot be surpassed. Well worth adding to any collection.

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Great vocalese by Carmen McRae to Brubeck's tunes!
Dave Brubeck's Masterpieces by the Master McRae with Brubeck's famous quartet live in person!
I'm 29, had it on vinyl since I was 16...wish I could find it on CD
Where has Desmond gone?
Track List for vocal Take 5 Live with Carmen McRae

Take Five Live
Dave Brubeck , and Carmen McRae
Manufacturer: Columbia Special Products
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002Y3M
Release Date: 1990-10-03

Tracks:

When I Was Young
In Your Own Sweet Way
Too Young for Growing Old
Ode to a Cowboy
There'll Be No Tomorrow
Melanctha
It's a Raggy Waltz
Oh So Blue
Lord, Lord
Travellin' Blues
Take Five
Easy as You Go

Customer Reviews:

Great vocalese by Carmen McRae to Brubeck's tunes!.......2006-04-30

This is a great record because Carmen sings lyrics to Brubeck standards, such as "Take Five" and "It's A Raggy Waltz. I had never really listened to the LP, and had been looking for Brubeck CD's on eBay. This Japanese mini LP CD came up for bid, so I took a chance and won it. I really enjoy the performance! Close your eyes, and you are there listening to the Quartet with Carmen's great singing. The room noise adds to the ambience. This is a must for both Brubeck and McRae fans.

Dave Brubeck's Masterpieces by the Master McRae with Brubeck's famous quartet live in person!.......2006-02-21

This is simply Ms. Carmen McRae singing the music of Dave Brubeck with the classic Dave Brubeck Quartet featuring Paul Desmond in a live recording!

Pure artistry! Master command!

You'll find here all those incredible Brubeck's waltzes 'Take Five', It's A Raggy Waltz' and more ... 'In Your Own Sweet Way' ... 'Ode to A Cowboy' ... the wonderful ballad 'There'll Be No Tomorrow' ... all with surprisingly great lyrics by his wife Iola Brubeck.

I have treasured my vinyl album until today and prayed that sleepy Sony/Columbia will issue a CD of it some day.

I'm 29, had it on vinyl since I was 16...wish I could find it on CD.......2006-02-07

Where do I begin? I have had a small vinyl collection since my early teens...mostly 60s and 70s rock. When a friend presented me with the option to have some vinyls that her uncle was giving away, I gravitated toward this one for some reason even though I was unfamiliar with Dave Brubeck and Carmen McRae (sinful, I know!). I also picked up Fats Domino and some Crosby, Stills, and Nash (and C,S,N & Y). Which album got the most wear? Throughout highschool, college, and now adulthood this has remained one of my absolute favorites.

This recording is entrancing. You play it, sit back and relax...possibly with a small mixed drink, and you feel like you're there listening to Dave Brubeck and Carmen McRae Live. The background noise isn't distracting at all but adds to the incredible live atmosphere feeling. You hear a slight murmur of conversations, some glasses clinking...and you can almost see a haze of smoke in your mind as you listen to these amazing songs.

I wish dearly that I could get this album on CD because my vinyl is definitely getting worn from all the play...plus, I honestly don't use my turntable as much these days...it skips too much when I try to take it in my car on long trips (kidding!).

Anyway, this is the supreme pinnacle of Dave Brubeck and Carmen McRae. I would love to hear more recordings of the two of them together. If you're a fan of either, you're sure to love this album. To me, Raggy Waltz and Take Five just don't sound the same without Carmen McRae's voice (though I still like the instrumental versions.)

Any hints on how to get this album on CD would be appreciated. Until then, I'll play my vinyl as long as it will keep playing.

Where has Desmond gone?.......2005-11-02

This is basically a Carmen McRae and Dave Brubeck Trio (less Desmond) recording. I'm a big Desmond fan and was totally disappointed that he had contributed only a bit to TAKE FIVE, nothing else in the entire CD. Carmen basically did the Desmond parts without giving him a chance to do his usual great solo after her vocal parts. What a shame! Why in the world Brubeck made arrangements like this!
The vocal version of TAKE FIVE presents a quite different impression from the original version performed by the composer. The singing presented here sounds so hectic like tongue twister trying to squeeze so many words into the given rhythm, while the Desmond sounded so relaxing in the original saxophone version.
On the other hand, if you care little about Paul Desmond and can accept this CD as McRae and Brubeck Trio album, this is a pretty good recording, as good as 4 stars. The sound quality is great for a 1961 recording. Carmen sounds just the same until her final days. But just like Bill Evans Vanguard recordings in the same year, the NY audience kept on chatting during the entire show. Bill Evans may not have been a giant then, but Brubeck Trio (I mean Quartet) certainly was by then, and yet the NY audience was so disrespectful. Carmen would not have tolerated this in her final days.
To make up for the loss of Desmond in this CD, I recommend Paul Desmond & The Modern Jazz Quartet (JK57337) recorded at NYC Town Hall in 1971. There you get to enjoy beautiful collaborations in every tune between one of the greatest sax players of all time and MJQ, something I was expecting to hear in this album between Paul and Carmen. Oh, well.

Track List for vocal Take 5 Live with Carmen McRae.......2005-09-09

Columbia on LP monoral
Sony on CD reissue

Composers:
Dave and Iola Brubeck except

*Dave and Iola with Liz Blake
...based on Gertrude Stein's work of that name chronicling the life of a sexually liberated mulatto woman in a time when Victorian morality was the lay of the land. Gertrude was American born but wrote in Paris from 1904 on. She and Dave had a lot in common in terms of equal opportunity in the arts for people not of caucasion persuasion. Dave and Iola were at one time purported to be working on an opera based on this character, thus its inclusion.

+co-authored with Paul Desmond

Featuring:
Dave Brubeck (piano)
Carmen McRae (vocals)
Paul Desmond (alto sax)
Gene Wright (bass)
Joe Morello (drums)

Tracks
When I was young
In your own sweet way
Too young for growing old
Ode to a cowboy
There'll be no tomorrow
Melanctha *
It's a raggy waltz
Oh, so blue
Lord, Lord
Travellin' blues
Take five +
Easy as you go

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