ANNOUNCEMENT: Hear Dave Brubeck’s Previously Unreleased Early Version of ‘Take Five’ – Rolling Stone

By Hank Shteamer, Rolling Stone

“Take Five,” a 1959 track by the Dave Brubeck Quartet, was always a musical oddity: a swinging, instantly catchy jazz piece written in the uncommon time signature of 5/4. But it was also a huge hit and the first platinum-selling single in jazz history. Read this full announcement here.