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Saturday, April 26

Take Five in 5/4 time is tricky to play.

Here's Dave Brubeck in 2009 playing his signature tune-- Take Five. It's one of the only tunes in 5/4 that ever became popular. The midsection with the improv is always even more tricky. After this video, see me try it again with just straight piano at Sam Ash. The drummer at Sam Ash talked to me afterwards and said he'd jump in the drums next time. See the drum set behind me.