It quickly sold out, receiving standing ovations, positive reviews and demands for return shows. ‘TAKE FIVE - The Dave Brubeck Story’, was first staged in the 2013 Adelaide Cabaret Fringe Festival at this same venue, then called The Promethean. It featured on the 1959 album, ‘Time Out’, the first platinum jazz disc moving more than one million copies. The show title relates to the classic quartet’s signature tune, ‘Take Five’, the highest-selling instrumental of all time. Steve Todd, drums and Quinton Dunne, double bass, join the Brendan Fitzgerald Quartet for this unique music event, presented in the tenth year since Dave's passing.
This ensemble comprises outstanding musicians who have performed widely in Australia, Europe and Asia. Peter Raidel, accomplished alto saxophonist, plays the elegant musical lines of Paul Desmond, Brubeck’s creative ally and sometime adversary. He also channels Jimmy Lyons, a jazz radio presenter who helped launch Dave’s career. Designated a living legend by the American Library of Congress, Dave Brubeck, the man and his music lives on and for that, we have a better world.īrendan Fitzgerald narrates Brubeck’s story at the piano with a projected montage of images and clips from his life and times. More than a musician, Dave was a tireless advocate for human rights and racial integration. Together with "Blue Rondo a la Turk", these works are identified as seminal and revolutionary expressions of a new era in music. In 1959, Dave Brubeck Quartet’s album, "Time Out" became the first platinum jazz album, while "Take Five" remains the highest-selling instrumental recording of all time. Brendan Fitzgerald Quartet recreates the world of iconic jazz musician Dave Brubeck, his genius, his relationships, his humanity and popular acclaim.
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