Take Five is a jazz classic, written by Paul Desmond and performed by The Dave Brubeck Quartet on their 1959 album Time Out . This standard is characterized above all by its 5/4 time signature, from which it takes its name, and by its valorization of Joe Morello's drum soloism (it should be remembered that at the time, with a few exceptions, the drums within bands were relegated solely to an accompanying instrument). The choice to give more space to them was, in fact, initially heavily criticize...