Take Five Backing Track Jazz – Improvise over this famous jazz theme in 5-beat mixed time by saxophonist Paul Desmond.

“Take Five” is a jazz composition written by Paul Desmond and performed by “The Dave Brubeck Quartet” on the 1959 album “Time Out”. This theme has 24 measures divided into 3 parts (ABA). This song’s main characteristic is the 5/4 mixed time signature with accents on the first and fourth beats (3/4 + 2/4). This theme quickly became a standard and became part of the repertoire of many jazz musicians.

This theme has been performed by great names such as George Benson, Tito Puente, Al Jarreau, Carmen McRae, Roberto Menescal, Chet Atkins, Chick Corea, Sadao Watanabe, Lee Ritenour, Brian Blade and many others.

This jazz standard can be found in the “Real Book vol.1” on page 420 and in the “Real Book vol.6” on page 397.

This backing track is composed of drums, bass and piano. The tempo is 165bpm.

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