![]() I’ve stated elsewhere that jazz entered my life in a more conscious way in the mid-80s, when the form was infusing much of the modern indie pop I was listening to (blimey, including The Cure) and sounding a lot like summer. What’s remarkable about it is the fact that an instrumental workout in quintuple time inspired by Turkish folk music Brubeck had heard on tour became a hit at all. But since jazz was never really a singles club (and Take Five was a five-and-a-half minute album track by birth, talked down to three for release as a 45 with Blue Rondo A La Turk by CBS boss Goddard Lieberson), it’s the wrong yardstick. The Encyclopedia Britannica states that Take Five is the best-selling jazz single of all time and the first to sell a million copies. I usually stick a pin in 1970 as the year I first became aware of which songs I was actually hearing through the radio (the birth of a collector and archivist), although TV theme tunes lodged much earlier, as there’s a feted reel-to-reel recording of me, aged two, parroting the themes to The Monkees, Z-Cars and Dee Time into a fuzzy mic, much to my Dad’s glee. I may have first heard it in the womb in late 1964 and early 1965, or in my cot thereafter. It feels to me as if Take Five has always been in the background, either as the accompaniment to some TV show, laid across a montage or played over a testcard. How do you pinpoint when you first heard one of the most popular jazz hits of all time? Especially one recorded before your parents had even got married. ![]() The deadline for applications is 5pm, Thursday 7 December 2023.Description: single album track, Time Out ![]() If you have any enquiries about the scheme, please get in touch via our Contact Form.įind out about how you can support our talent development programmes here.Īpplications are now open for the 19th Edition of Take Five. This year we also partner with Black Lives in Music on a mentorship opportunity to an early career music production manager and/or sound engineer from a global majority background as part of the Take Five talent development programme. Previous artists could only apply upon being nominated by one of Serious’ trusted industry contact, but since 2019 we have also introduced an open “Expression of Interest” system, allowing any eligible artist to put themselves forward for the scheme. To be considered for the scheme, artists must be between the ages of 25-35 or have been working as a professional musician for at least five years, be primarily based in the United Kingdom (but do not need to a UK national), be leading their own band and/or composing their own music, and demonstrate exceptional talent and future potential. You can see every participant by clicking here. The programme’s alumni list reads as a who’s who of the British jazz scene ranging from Polar Bear’s Seb Rochford (who took part in the very first edition) to Sons of Kemet and The Comet is Coming’s Shabaka Hutchings, British/Bahraini trumpeter Yazz Ahmed to rising star Nubya Garcia, as well as musicians from outside the traditional jazz idiom but with a foot firmly in improvisation such as electronic musician Leafcutter John, conductor and arranger Jules Buckley, and Korean flautist Hyelim Kim. Serious also provides the artists with performance opportunities at the EFG London Jazz Festival and elsewhere – in particular as part of a “Take Five Showcase” which will be launched at the 2020 edition of the festival. They also get to collaborate on a series of pieces that each of them arranges for the entire group, directed by the esteemed composer and saxophonist Jason Yarde.įollowing the residency, the artists continue to receive tailored mentorship from members of Serious’ experienced staff as well as receiving funding towards further mentorship from other music industry professionals. The scheme centres around a week-long residency that brings the artists together with music industry experts, giving them a chance to learn about the complexities of the business in an intimate setting, and offering them the chance to take some time out from their usual busy touring/recording schedules and step back and think about how to advance their music and careers. Inaugurated in 2005, the programme welcomes eight of the finest young composers from across the United Kingdom’s jazz and improvised music worlds each year and offers them mentorship, collaborations, performance opportunities, and funding – serving as a pivotal moment in their careers and has frequently led to wider recognition, touring, record deals, and more. ![]() Take Five is an annual talent development programme for emerging jazz and improvising musicians/composers produced by Serious, and funded by the PRS Foundation, Help Musicians, Arts Council England, and Serious Trust. ![]()
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