All my life I have heard the piece,
That piece of jazz called Take Five.
Heard played by Dave Clark,
Seen him play it,
Seen Nigel Kennedy play it,
I know it almost note for note.
One of my friends plays it
But in all that long time
Throughout my long life
I had never heard it played like this,
Where the five notes in a bar
Was played as four notes in a bar,
My foot kept on trying to tap five
But it got confused,
Totally confused.
I managed it eventually
And once more came to realise,
That there is so much music out there,
But such little time to listen to it all.
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- Comment from author about the poem: Take Five has been with me for 61 years of my life, my father enjoyed jazz and got the record and I have heard, known and loved that piece for all that time but I have never heard it played like this, it is great.
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I lost control of both my feet .. so I did .... how bloomin extraordinary ........
It certainly is Neville but a great interpretation.
Andy
The original Dave Clark version can be found here:
https://youtu.be/PHdU5sHigYQ
ANGELA HERE ~ Good Sabbath Uncle Andy - Thanks for sharing a great uplifting Rhythm for a Sunny Saturday in Essex !
Of the making of MUSIC there is no end
And the alternation of Rhythm brings JOY
To the Perturbed SOUL & PEACE
To the Troubled MIND !
I felt like I was back in a Bar in PUEBLA MX with a Tequila and a bowl of *Black Bean Chili* ~ AMEN
Blessins & Peace & Joy to YOU & YOURS
Love Angela BrIan & Smokey XOXOX
Thank you Angela, I hope you enjoyed your Tequila nd Black bean chilli - I knw i would have.
Andy
Some hymn somehow kept missing out the first word of each line for some reason. Maybe they were in a hurry to get home from church. It threw them metres into confusion!
When the new Methodist Hymn Book came out many of the harmonies were changed, I asked one of the organisers of the book who was visiting our church why this had happened and he said "Money! We could not pay the people who were insistent on changing the harmonies, they would not earn their 50p.
Andy
Reggae version =
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tVhHDH4aDA
or on a sequencer with all parts clearly laid bare=
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW96cjlHdBU
my favourite version in 4/4=
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi4A0Hq5iuk
Hi Andy,
A lovely poem.
Thank you.
I was listening to the late photographer Terry O Neill's interview on Desert Island Discs the other day.
If he hadnt been a photographer he would have been a jazz musician that was his earliest ambition.
Keep writing ✍ and safe during these challenging times.
FineB
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