"Take Five" Drummer Joe Morello

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  • The great jazz drummer Joe Morello performs "Take Five" and discusses his career in this segment from a 2001 edition of State of the Arts.
    Joe Morello is often credited with introducing the 5/4 and 7/8 time signatures featured on the Dave Brubeck Quartet’s breakout album “Time Out” in 1959. In this 2001 interview with host Amber Edwards, Morello describes how his classical training influenced his approach. In fact, he was a violin prodigy, playing with the Boston Symphony at age six. Later in life, Down Beat named Morello best drummer of the year five years in a row, and he was elected to the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1988.
    Appearing in the State of the Arts studio with his full drum kit, Morello begins with one of the most famous drum solos of all time, from “Take Five.” At the age of 72, it left him breathing hard - but he goes on to give a great interview about his life and career, plus one of the more unusual drumming demonstrations you’ll see anywhere.
    Joe Morello died ten years after this appearance, in 2011 at his home in Irvington, New Jersey.
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Komentáře • 84

  • @RCAvhstape
    @RCAvhstape Před 3 lety +71

    One of the greatest drummers ever right there.

    • @gixxerboy555
      @gixxerboy555 Před 3 lety +4

      100%

    • @joebutlersnr7017
      @joebutlersnr7017 Před 2 lety +4

      I've only just discovered him in the last year and I realize that he is a true legend and the coolest drummer ever.

    • @atombomb31458
      @atombomb31458 Před rokem +2

      thats the man

    • @geoffreynhill2833
      @geoffreynhill2833 Před 4 měsíci

      You won't believe it till you hear it. 🤔("Green Fire" UK) 🌈🦉

  • @porkstack
    @porkstack Před rokem +15

    The atomic clock is set to Joe Morello. The greatest ever.

  • @EWormMusic
    @EWormMusic Před 2 lety +25

    Joe Morello IS the World's greatest drummer in my view.

    • @ochocabra1542
      @ochocabra1542 Před 2 lety

      he and Elvin Jones for me

    • @EWormMusic
      @EWormMusic Před 2 lety

      @@ochocabra1542 Absolutely. Elvin was among the best African American drummers, together with Art Blakey.

    • @ochocabra1542
      @ochocabra1542 Před 2 lety +1

      @@EWormMusic he's among the best drummers, period. ever. no need to qualify it like that.

    • @EWormMusic
      @EWormMusic Před 2 lety

      @@ochocabra1542 I agree completely. I say also this: Joe and Elvin were two different drummers with very different styles. Each, for me, is respectively the best for his genre: Joe played with Dave Brubeck, who was different to Trane. Stylistically I mean. Jazz is jazz, they had that both in common.

    • @odurandina
      @odurandina Před rokem

      i agree.

  • @tubemenow2007
    @tubemenow2007 Před 3 lety +13

    My all time favorite Drummer. R.I.P.

  • @federalist46
    @federalist46 Před 8 měsíci +5

    "Take Five", was a throw away piece. Now that's a keeper statement if there ever was one.

    • @boomerguy9935
      @boomerguy9935 Před 3 měsíci

      I'm pretty sure that Paul Desmond didn't think that when he wrote it. Thanks to Joe, the solo caused this album to be the first jazz album to sell more than a million copies. Not bad.

  • @you-tubero
    @you-tubero Před rokem +11

    What a legend, yet so kind!

  • @mateoprive2343
    @mateoprive2343 Před 3 lety +39

    very interesting intervieuw, joe really was on another level. people forget what a legend joe is

    • @eshaibraheem4218
      @eshaibraheem4218 Před 3 lety

      What people?

    • @benfrank8649
      @benfrank8649 Před 3 lety +4

      He was on the level of Buddy Rich he just didn’t have that ego so he didn’t need to show it off as much. And his understanding of timing is unmatched

    • @odurandina
      @odurandina Před rokem

      Moby Dick before John Henry Bonham stole half Joe's solo's.

  • @larryprice6321
    @larryprice6321 Před 2 lety +15

    Wow , still had heat at his age . So good

    • @odurandina
      @odurandina Před rokem +1

      One of a very small group of GOAT's imo. At the podium.

  • @dkotouc
    @dkotouc Před 8 měsíci +3

    Joe’s left hand never fails to amaze…

  • @anthonycostanzo3012
    @anthonycostanzo3012 Před 3 lety +19

    Legend!

  • @boomerguy9935
    @boomerguy9935 Před rokem +11

    I've been listening to him since the Take Five album came out. I've been playing drums since 1965 and Joe is - in my opinion - the greatest drummer ever! Louis Bellson and Papa Jo Jones are tied for second.

    • @odurandina
      @odurandina Před rokem +1

      i agree. Morello a the top of the mountain.

    • @ivanstepanov8191
      @ivanstepanov8191 Před 8 měsíci

      Пусть Бади Ричь тоже разделит с ними второе место,Окей?

  • @josephdirvin401
    @josephdirvin401 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Saw him live when young some 50 plus years ago

  • @shiftypauls
    @shiftypauls Před 11 měsíci +2

    I watch and study a lot of drummers and have shown him to my friends and people to compare to other drummers. They all in time have said. Joe morrello is the best drummer. His rythoms and creativity is unmatched. Every one copies from him. He's the best.

  • @alexgolovchenko3791
    @alexgolovchenko3791 Před 5 měsíci +2

    One of my core influences, love his work and a very classy Dude.

  • @rickfeld7995
    @rickfeld7995 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Back in the day jazz was pop, i/e popular music. Songs like Take 5 & Cast your fate to the wind were #1 on the singles charts. Great clip. Thanks.

  • @larryherbert252
    @larryherbert252 Před 2 lety +6

    Very interesting how musicians and singers come up with their songs and style- Joe Morello, cool name too!!

  • @highvolumepls
    @highvolumepls Před 4 měsíci +1

    What a lovely guy, I just thought he was so cool in that iconic video back in Brubeck Quartett, pure inspiration as I started learning alto 8 years ago, we miss these giants forever❤😊

  • @giulioferro8550
    @giulioferro8550 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Per anni Morello, ascoltandolo Lo considero Il Batterista Jazzista con Uno SWING SPECIALE MONDIALE una Velocita' Spaventosa! I SUOI 5/4 E ASSOLO DI TAKE FIVE UNICI !!!

  • @josefinacupido9872
    @josefinacupido9872 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I still have my Joe Morello 22” cymbal, & love it& sill wish i could play it 😅

  • @shanerobertcooperramirez1726

    holy shit what a legend

  • @markogorman8448
    @markogorman8448 Před 2 lety +4

    Really Cool guy

  • @peteh3012
    @peteh3012 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Never gets old listening to him play. Springfield’s finest

  • @alanFconrad
    @alanFconrad Před 8 měsíci +1

    he's amazing

  • @boomerguy9935
    @boomerguy9935 Před 3 měsíci

    For anyone out there who says that either the cross grip or the match grip is better, should take a look at 1:40 when Joe does both with ease. A good drummer uses anything that works. Joe was a master at everything! I've never heard anything negative about his personality. He was always the humble gentleman who complimented every other musician.

  • @davidstaudohar6733
    @davidstaudohar6733 Před 2 lety +1

    😀😀 It's Great to see Joe is still playing music 🎼🎼🎼🎵‼️♦️♦️♦️

  • @noblerichosseiberkoh9196

    Joe defo in top 3 drummers of all time 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

  • @drummer57
    @drummer57 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Awesome drummer

  • @10ampsloblo21
    @10ampsloblo21 Před 6 měsíci +1

    the best drummer.

  • @JezHarrison-se7ls
    @JezHarrison-se7ls Před 4 měsíci

    Awesome, and that understates Joe. My apologies Joe. Absolutely amazing. Thoroughly enjoyed the clip.

  • @johnshl1345
    @johnshl1345 Před 2 měsíci

    Absolutely

  • @falvegas511
    @falvegas511 Před 2 měsíci

    Genius, a True Percussionist....NOT just a Banger

  • @billbishop5532
    @billbishop5532 Před 2 měsíci

    Just WOW

  • @donnymontoya8927
    @donnymontoya8927 Před rokem +1

    Best ever...

  • @bimini1216
    @bimini1216 Před 3 měsíci

    Nobody today innovates like this

  • @wannabeadrummer
    @wannabeadrummer Před rokem

    Banger

  • @CaryCotterman
    @CaryCotterman Před 6 měsíci

    Wow. A music god.

  • @mjcruiser4238
    @mjcruiser4238 Před 4 měsíci

    If you have any doubt about his greatness -check out his recordings with Marian McPartland

  • @kleepo7733
    @kleepo7733 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Amazing people don't realize when drummers then go back you go to John Bonham who is influenced by Buddy Rich and Buddy Rich was influenced by Joe Morello.
    ,Joe is one of the greatest drummers ever.

    • @JoeBilello1969
      @JoeBilello1969 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Really???? I'm no Nuddy Rich fan but he was around long before Joe Morello😅😂😊

  • @nigeljames83
    @nigeljames83 Před 9 měsíci

    indeed

  • @exquisitecorpse4917
    @exquisitecorpse4917 Před 3 lety +40

    Less than 7k views for a master of polyrhythm and grandmaster of time? (insert stereotypical grumble about young whippersnappers and their presumably inferior musical tastes)

    • @odurandina
      @odurandina Před rokem +1

      Moby Dick before John Henry Bonham stole half Joe's solo's.

  • @JunkerOnDrums
    @JunkerOnDrums Před 2 měsíci

    It is impossible to underestimate Joe Morello's importance for drumming technique and books with valuable sheet music/technique exercises for drummers - as well as Joe's importance for jazz i.a. at Dave Brubeck and the "quirky" time signatures. But when I hear the solo he plays at the end, I hear a hi-hat playing à la Joe Jones/Buddy Rich as well as the bass drum in the same style. Joe is one of the greats!

  • @jtocwru
    @jtocwru Před rokem

    1:43 flipping the left stick to the butt end

  • @yaronbrecher7397
    @yaronbrecher7397 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Jenius drummer deserves a huge salut best drum solo ever ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @christophermueller6808
    @christophermueller6808 Před 3 lety +4

    Switched his grip out. The eff?

  • @kevincasson9848
    @kevincasson9848 Před 2 lety +5

    He would have been an incredible 'Rock n Roll' drummer!!

  • @n8w8rem22
    @n8w8rem22 Před 11 měsíci

    Respect 👏🏻 nummero uno of drummers, Joe Morello sorry to Ian Pace or Billy Cobam and the best psychidelic drummer Nick Mason.

  • @tonygiraldes7848
    @tonygiraldes7848 Před 3 měsíci

    As Duke Ellington said, “If you have a great band with a mediocre drummer, you have a mediocre band. If you have a mediocre band with a great drummer, you have a great band!”

  • @gordongekko5356
    @gordongekko5356 Před rokem

    Gotta love her wig

  • @geoffreynhill2833
    @geoffreynhill2833 Před 4 měsíci

    Joe started with classical music...

  • @roybeckerman9253
    @roybeckerman9253 Před rokem

    Why did he leave LUDWIG ..?

    • @St63420
      @St63420 Před 4 měsíci

      Because Ludwig was mad! Me: Ludwig was NOT mad😂. An old..saying about Mad King Ludwig.😊

  • @JoeBilello1969
    @JoeBilello1969 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Ya gotta remember that hes almost totally blind here😮

  • @blujay9191
    @blujay9191 Před 2 měsíci

    Good interviewer too. Ask a really good question. Then shut up. Follow up if appropriate. If not, ask another really good question. Rinse and repeat.

  • @Pharoset
    @Pharoset Před rokem +1

    She says, "I can't believe this was first done [the drumming on "Take Five"] 36 years ago." Since "Take Five" came out in 1959, this interview must have taken place in 1995, not 2001. P.S. He doesn't answer the question of whether or not he's blind. That's a clickbait question you put on there.

  • @jamesandrade1668
    @jamesandrade1668 Před 4 měsíci

    Waltz limp brubeck

  • @AlainHubert
    @AlainHubert Před 3 lety +10

    Greatest drummer ever, worst recording sound engineer ever.

  • @FRNKNSTNmusic
    @FRNKNSTNmusic Před 3 lety +12

    Play a note then count 50 bars and go home 😂

    • @RD3D-1
      @RD3D-1 Před 3 lety +6

      Had he not had an eye issue, and opted out of playing in an orchestra only because of that, think of what the jazz world would have missed.

  • @claytonvernon8793
    @claytonvernon8793 Před 9 měsíci +2

    ridiculous left hand

  • @TrystonL7
    @TrystonL7 Před 6 měsíci

    12 syncopated avalanches describes this solo

  • @GH-oi2jf
    @GH-oi2jf Před 2 lety +5

    That solo was not like the original, though.

    • @Primus54
      @Primus54 Před rokem

      Typical of jazz musicians… solos never seem to be played the same way twice.