Take Five

This guy's wasting polyester.
San Francisco, California - March 2005

There's a quote in the liner notes to Time Out by the Dave Brubeck Quartet that says "Take Five wasn't supposed to be a hit. It was supposed to be a Joe Morello Drum Solo." Paul Desmond, who wrote the song said that.

Joli, Tanja, and I went to see The Dave Brubeck Quartet on Nob Hill over the weekend, and even in his mid-80s, Brubeck can still do whatever the jazz equivalent of rocking out is. It's amazing how he and the rest of the guys, none of them kids, can do what they did for those two hours.

I have to admit, I don't know much about Brubeck's music. I've only got the one album, and a greatest hits compilaiton, so I was mostly there to hear "Take Five," which I happen to be listening to now as I write this, though I've really liked what I've heard. The current drummer, Randy Jones, knows waht he was doing. His solo went on for close to ten minutes, mesmerizing. It was one of the most incredible bits of live music I've ever wittnessed. I could go on, but I have to go home.

If you ever have the chance to see the Dave Brubkeck Quartet, run, don't walk, to your nearest online ticket-selling website and get tickets. You won't regret it.

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No, the dog wasn't caught in a fire. The latch on my old SRT-201 doesn't work so well, so the film door swung open while I was walking, about a block after I took that photo. That kids, is just another reason to not use digital. If not for that, this would be just another boring and uninteresting photo, rather than a boring, uniniteresting and oddly red-washed photo.