Who, you ask? Well, Mr. Brubeck is a Jazz pianist made famous for a piece called "Take Five." If you're not sure what that is, then view the following. This is a classic and while watching/listening, you somehow start believing that there was a time when middle aged musicians wearing thick-rimmed glasses and suits was cool.
Try dancing to this...it doesn't work. Most pieces are written in 2, 3 or 4 beats per measure. There are only two pieces "written in five" that I know of that obtained popularity: This and the theme from Mission Impossible.
Mr. Brubeck turned 87 today.
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Those guys must have all been Baptists. They all had coats and ties on. Did they think they were in church?
They're clearly not Baptists...there are drums. :-)
(Just Kidding all my baptist friends!)
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