Brubeck Blues
Sax to the beat
wilful wistful wily
Drifting down the street
Repeat.
Piano vamping
Blues scaling
E flat minor Brubeck stomping
Five four time, once more
Five four time.
© Alison Jean Hankinson
For d’Verse….TAKE 5…..
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True story: Desmond and the drummer kept doing this cool thing going during breaks. Brubeck says put it down on paper and I’ll arrange it. Called it, “Take Five.” Desmond says, “Take Five? Nobody’s going to know what take five means.” Brubeck says, “You are the only one on the planet who doesn’t know what take five means.” Hence Desmond’s later album, “Take Ten.” Seriously.
Your poem catches the mood and the rhythm of this song perfectly! In five-four beat.
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Excellent story…still have it playing in my head -take 5…that riff.
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It used to be my morning alarm.
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Nice story, Charlie. I just listened to Paul Desmond’s Take Ten on YouTube. Your poem fits the song, Alison.
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The rhythm is captivating, it felt like moving your whole body to the beat.
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As the student conductor of my high school orchestra, this was the song I chose for them to play, getting everyone out of classical mode into something new. The 5/4 was a thrill to conduct, that one extra side sweep of my right hand to the left, and the orchestra enjoyed the piece too. Thanks for reviving this jazz classic and love the unorthodox five lines per stanza.
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I’m clicking my fingers here …to the beat!
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Perfect syncopated rhythm.
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Indeed, rhythm, incorporated! What a write!
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