In 1959, the Dave Brubeck Quartet released what would become the most-played and popular jazz single of all time, "Take Five." With Brubeck on piano, Paul Desmond on alto sax, Joe Morello on drums, and Eugene Wright on bass, the quartet produced a recording that received widespread play not only on radio, but in television and movie soundtracks for years to come. So significant was it's impact that "Take Five" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1996. Now, decades later, the outtakes from that recording session are being released on December 4 in a new album, "Time OutTakes" in celebration of what would have been Brubeck's 100th birthday. The previously unreleased outtake of "Take Five" is notable for it's more free-form jazz style, with both Desmond and Morello delivering memorable solos that didn't appear in the 1959 single. Morello's drum solo in particular is eye-opening for those who think that rock drummers like Ginger Baker or John Bonham invented complex arhythmic drumming. Here's the previously unreleased version of "Take Five."
