I love this.
Take Five was a game changer. Still is.
Too many people don’t appreciate Jazz because they don’t understand the intricacies of the alternate chord structures, alternative rhythms, what we call “playing outside the box”, and the use of variations on a theme. But if you go back and listen you will find all of these elements in composers like Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin. They used these elements to a degree, but guys like George Gershwin took them to a new level and then he was followed by guys like Brubeck and Oscar Petersen.