Take Ten

Paul Desmond · 1963 · Composition by Desmond in 5/4, in the spirit of Take Five; rec. June 25, 1963 with Jim Hall on guitar (RCA Victor).

Context

Composition by Paul Desmond in 5/4, whose rhythm, chord changes, and melody extend his Take Five, written for Dave Brubeck's quartet. It opens the album of the same name, recorded in June 1963 at Webster Hall in New York for RCA Victor (producer George Avakian), with Jim Hall and a cover by Andy Warhol. Desmond's first small-group album at RCA, it incorporates bossa nova and entered the Billboard chart in December 1963.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Cool (Birth of the Cool), West Coast. Among the origins and influences of Cool: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Bossa nova, jazz samba.

By the same artist

• Late Lament (1961)

Sources

• EN: Take Ten

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