"Take Five": One Hit
The Dave Brubeck quartet went into the studio on July 1, 1959 to record a new album. Drummer Joe Morello, who had joined the group in 1956, was tired of playing in strictly 4/4 time and pressed the...

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  Billie Holiday is perhaps the most human of jazz's gods; maybe that's why she's so beloved. This tune cannot be performed without conjuring up her memory and musical presence, and "God Bless The Child," unlike many of Lady Day's classics, was written by her.

(B. Holiday/A. Herzog); Billie Holiday, vocal; Roy Eldridge, trumpet; Lester Boone, Ernie Powell, Jimmy Powell, reeds; Eddie Heywood, Jr., piano; Paul Chapman, guitar; Grachan Moncur, bass; Herb Cowans, drums. Solo: Eldridge; Rec. New York, May 9, 1941. Okeh (mx. 30458); Originally Released 1942