Take Five

instrumental composed by Paul Desmond; first recorded by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q844299
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Summary

Take Five is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 0.95% of musical work composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,360 views/month, #184 of 19,375).[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: Paul Desmond[3]
  • Genre: jazz[4]
  • Performer: The Dave Brubeck Quartet[5]
  • Language of work or name: no linguistic content[6]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1959[7]
  • Tonality: E-flat minor[8]
  • Title: Take Five[9]
  • Has characteristic: jazz standard[10]
  • Time signature: 5/4[11]
  • Form of creative work: instrumental composition[12]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Genre(s): instrumental, jazz[13]

  • Community tags: instrumental, jazz[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: df0b884d-84f5-45f0-9083-3fb539fa4700[15]

Why It Matters

Take Five has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Take Five. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/take-five
MLA “Take Five.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 14 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/take-five.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_take-five_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Take Five}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/take-five}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
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  1. 23w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → no linguistic content
    Performer → The Dave Brubeck Quartet
    Form of creative work → instrumental composition
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