''Take Five Live'' is a 1962

live album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

by American jazz singer Carmen McRae with pianist

Dave Brubeck David Warren Brubeck (; December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Often regarded as a foremost exponent of cool jazz, Brubeck's work is characterized by unusual time signatures and superimposing contrasti ...

, 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

All tracks composed by

and Iola Brubeck; except where indicated #"When I Was Young" #"

In Your Own Sweet Way "In Your Own Sweet Way" is a 1955 jazz standard, and one of the most famous compositions by Dave Brubeck. It was written around 1952, but its copyright notice was dated 1955. Brubeck's wife Iola, for whom the song was written, later wrote a lyric ...

" #"Too Young for Growing Old" #"Ode to a Cowboy" #"There'll Be No Tomorrow" #"Melanctha" (D. Brubeck, Liz Blake) #"It's a Raggy Waltz" (D. Brubeck) #"Oh So Blue" (D. Brubeck) #"Lord, Lord" #"Travellin' Blues" #" Take Five" ( Paul Desmond, I. Brubeck) #"Easy as You Go"

Personnel

* Carmen McRae - vocals ; The Dave Brubeck Quartet: (except Paul Desmond -

alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B tenor ...

) *

- piano * Gene Wright - double bass * Joe Morello -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

References

{{Authority control 1962 live albums Carmen McRae live albums Columbia Records live albums Dave Brubeck live albums Albums recorded at Basin Street East