A pair of lounging huskies decided to sing along as their human’s son played a respectable cover of the classic Dave Brubeck jazz song “Take Five” on saxophone. The dogs seemed to howl very much in the same key as the song. This was then demonstrated by the young man,…
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Pakistani Orchestra Performs a Brilliant Sitar-Forward Cover of the Dave Brubeck Jazz Classic ‘Take Five’
The incredibly talented Pakistani musicians of Sachal Studios performed an absolutely brilliant cover of the iconic Dave Brubeck piece “Take Five”. This incredible version featured such uniquely Indo-Pakistani sounds as the tabla (twin drums) played by Ustad Ijaz Hussain Ballu Khan, Ustad Tanveer Hussain on sarod, and Nafees Ahmed on…
An Intricate and Messy Rube Goldberg Machine That Takes Five Minutes to Pass the Pepper Across the Table
Kinetic artist Joseph Herscher (previously) of Joseph’s Machines invited fellow machine maker Lyle Broughton over for dinner. The two sat at each end of a very long table. When Herscher asked Broughton to please pass the pepper, he started an intricate Rube Goldberg machine that ran the length of the…
Harmonica Quartet Performs an Incredible Cover of the Jazz Classic ‘Take Five’ by Dave Brubeck
The prodigious Hong Kong harmonica quartet Perfect Fourth, performed an absolutely incredible cover of the iconic instrumental classic “Take Five” by jazz great Dave Brubeck (previously). The group covers a number of classical, jazz and popular tunes from a great many different eras. The Perfect Fourth Harmonica Quartet aims at…
Talented Musician Simultaneously Plays Keyboard and Melodica on the Dave Brubeck Song ‘Take Five’
Musician BearKeys performed a really great cover of the Dave Brubeck jazz classic “Take Five“, simultaneously playing the background rhythm on keyboard and the lead melody on his melodica. This was his first time playing the song, but it seems like he got it right on the first try. Just…
A Massive Rube Goldberg Machine That Takes Five Minutes Just To Dispense a Single Piece of Tape
Professional domino artists Derek and Alex Koops of DaksDominos spent two months building a massive Rube Goldberg machine back in October 2017. The complex machine, filled with amazing twits and turns, dispenses a single piece of tape at the end of its five minute journey. via The Awesomer
Father and Son Excitedly React as a Microburst Takes Out Five Trees From Their Tennessee Yard
In May 2017, a father and son rather excitedly and profanely reacted as a powerful microburst took out five trees one by one in the yard of their Greenville,Tennessee home. As this was happening, the son, Alex, went out to retrieve his scooter, despite his previous declination. Dad:’Do you want…
How the Dave Brubeck Quartet’s Use of Complex Time Signatures on ‘Time Out’ Made Jazz More Accessible
Music essayist Noah LeFevre of Polyphonic (previously) takes a deep dive into the legendary Dave Brubeck Quartet album Time Out. LeFevre specifically notes Brubeck’s groundbreaking use of complex time signatures within each song on the album. Brubeck had learned several of these unfamiliar signatures while he was off in Eastern…
