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Take Five Live

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Take Five Live
Live album by
Released1962
RecordedSeptember 6, 1961, Basin Street East, New York City
GenreVocal jazz
Length37:17
LabelColumbia
Carmen McRae chronology
Carmen McRae Sings Lover Man and Other Billie Holiday Classics
(1962)
Take Five Live
(1962)
Woman Talk
(1966)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Take Five Live is a 1962 live album by American jazz singer Carmen McRae with pianist Dave Brubeck, focusing on interpretations of his songs. This was McRae's second album with Brubeck; their first, Tonight Only with the Dave Brubeck Quartet, was released in 1961.

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Dave Brubeck and Iola Brubeck; except where indicated

  1. "When I Was Young"
  2. "In Your Own Sweet Way"
  3. "Too Young for Growing Old"
  4. "Ode to a Cowboy"
  5. "There'll Be No Tomorrow"
  6. "Melanctha" (D. Brubeck, Liz Blake)
  7. "It's a Raggy Waltz" (D. Brubeck)
  8. "Oh So Blue" (D. Brubeck)
  9. "Lord, Lord"
  10. "Travellin' Blues"
  11. "Take Five" (Paul Desmond, I. Brubeck)
  12. "Easy as You Go"

Personnel

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The Dave Brubeck Quartet

(except Paul Desmond - alto saxophone)

References

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 138. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.