"Take Five" on a bamboo flute.

mikelz777 · May 13, 2009

Just because.

Niko · May 13, 2009

ah, you already found a version - thought you were looking for recommendations :rolleyes:

Rooster_Ties · May 13, 2009

BruceH · May 13, 2009

Just because.

"Take Five" on a bamboo flute.

Ahhhh....

So.

Ron S · May 13, 2009

Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto. :rsmile:

Bright Moments · May 13, 2009

i thought it was great!!

:excited:

Chuck Nessa · May 13, 2009

My prayers have been answered.

Jim Alfredson · May 13, 2009

Sign him, Chuck!

JSngry · May 14, 2009

That's nothing. I've seen "Take Ten" on a skin flute!

(totally tasteless, I know. But SOOOOOOOOOOOO easy! Moderators, feel free to delete if you get complaints.)

mikeweil · May 15, 2009

It's amazing how many players know Take Five. I once jammed with a Persian flute player in an Amsterdam dressing room, and when I started playing in 5/4 he responded with Take Five. He later explained there wasn't any 5/4 in tradional Persian music ... we ended up singing Jobim tunes in unison ...

ejp626 · May 16, 2009

It's sort of a novelty, but frankly even with the big band, the arrangement just seems so close to the original that it isn't particularly interesting to me. Now there is a ukelele version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps that is kick ass. That's where the unusual instrumentation really adds a new twist. (FWIW, I like the bassoons doing Watermelon Man.)

I have heard some interesting Take Fives though, my favorite probably being Ozzie Hall's take on Cult Cargo -- Grand Bahama Goombay. And there are a few that put it into 4/4. I'm thinking of one, but I can't recall what it is precisely (or where I might have stashed it). There is "You Can't Wear Another Man's Hat" by The Black Sorrows, which they've renamed but still credit to Desmond and Brubeck, so it is clearly supposed to be Take Five in 4/4 and not a new composition.

Edited May 16, 2009 by ejp626

mikelz777 · May 16, 2009

Now there is a ukelele version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps that is kick ass. That's where the unusual instrumentation really adds a new twist.

For those of you who may be interested:

ejp626 · May 16, 2009

I didn't link to it, since I don't go onto YouTube that often. It's kind of a blackhole of time for me, so I try to ration myself. However, I did have a little time tonight and found that there is a cottage industry of Beatles songs on ukelele, and then I was drawn in a bit to Julia Nunes and the soap opera of her life. This is sort of interesting watching fairly talented kids make music assisted with technology. I really do like the enthusiasm and showing the positive side of the Facebook/MySpace/Twitter generation. But I wouldn't bother clicking through the links unless you have patience with the young'uns. (For instance, I was beside myself this morning when a young woman would not stop texting and just walk down the subway stairs and stop blocking the rest of us from getting to work -- so that we could do something productive -- like email all day.) I can't quite get my head around what it would be like to be 20 and have grown up inside the digital revolution, and I can barely imagine what my children will be like -- probably WiFi implants by the time they are twenty. Anyway, you might find these ukelele covers of interest, though certainly not as professional as Jake Shimabukuro.

Julia plays Her Majesty (music)