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Joe Morello
Joseph Albert Morello was an American jazz drummer best known for serving as the drummer for pianist Dave Brubeck, as part of the Dave Brubeck Quartet, from 1957 to 1972, including during the quartet's "classic lineup" from 1958 to 1968, which also included alto saxophonist Paul Desmond and bassist Eugene Wright. Morello's facility for playing unusual time signatures and rhythms enabled that group to record a series of albums that explored them. The most notable of these was the first in the series, the 1959 album Time Out, which contained the hit songs "Take Five" and "Blue Rondo à la Turk". In fact, "Take Five", the album's biggest hit was specifically written by Desmond as a way to showcase Morello's ability to play in time. Besides playing with Brubeck, Morello also served as an accompanist for other musicians, including Marian McPartland, Tal Farlow and Gary Burton, and recorded his own albums as well. He received numerous accolades during his life, including being named the best drummer by Down Beat magazine five years in a row. From Wikipedia (

Songs

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Blue Rondo A La Turk
Dave Brubeck
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Kathy's Waltz
Dave Brubeck
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Strange Meadow Lark
Dave Brubeck
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Take 5
Dave Brubeck
5
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Georgia on My Mind
Dave Brubeck

Albums

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Morello Standard Time

2020
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Another Step Forward

1971
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Going Places

2020
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November

2016
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Percussive Jazz

1976

Videos

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Take Five (Paul Desmond) : Backing Track

Guitar Improvisation • 1.4M views
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Dave Brubeck - St. Louis Blues.

Jazz • 2.6K views
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Take Five TAB - advanced fingerstyle guitar tabs (PDF + Guitar Pro)

Deaktee • 26K views
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Dave Brubeck Quartet 7/23/67 Joe Morello Extended Drum Solo - "Blues For Joe"

thecrippledrummer • 9.9K views
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Joe Morello

fromuncle • 12K views
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DeVORE FIDELITY O/93 playing Take Five by Joe Morello

ButtrWatt • 841 views
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Take Five (by Paul Desmond) - Easy Solo Example for Alto Sax

Yasuhiro Fujii • 15K views
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Dave Brubeck Quartet 1966 “Blues for Joe” | Joe Morello Extended Drum Solo | Newport in Paris

thecrippledrummer • 76K views
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Joe Morello Drums: Take The "A" Train

DRUMMERWORLD by Bernhard Castiglioni • 4.5K views
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Dave Brubeck Quartet 1961 "Castilian Blues/Castilian Drums" | Joe Morello Drum Solo

thecrippledrummer • 59K views

Live performances