# Take Five guitar solo > The guitar solo on Take Five by George Benson (1974). From the album Bad Benson. Ranked #233 of all time across 80 lists. A jazz classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: George Benson, 1974, from *Bad Benson*. Solo by *George Benson*. George Benson brings a soul-jazz warmth to Paul Desmond's famous tune in five, which Dave Brubeck's quartet made a standard. The odd meter never trips him up; instead he uses it as a springboard for long, fluid bebop lines that glide over the bar lines. His picking is clean and fast, but what stands out is his time feel, relaxed even when he is playing dense runs. The Ibanez hollowbody gives him a round, clear tone that lets every note of those runs speak. It is a fine example of how Benson could make technically demanding jazz sound easy and inviting. Listen for how he phrases across the five-beat cycle, sometimes starting lines in unexpected places to keep the groove feeling loose. Take Five by George Benson is ranked #233 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by George Benson and the song was released in 1974. It appears on 2 lists, placing as high as #49 (Guitar Tricks). ## In our lists - [The 25 Greatest Jazz Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/jazz/) — #21 - [The Best George Benson Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/george-benson-guitar-solos/) — #6 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1974](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1974/) — #7 ## Sources - [Guitar Tricks: 200 Best Guitar Solos of All Time](https://www.guitartricks.com/blog/200-Best-Guitar-Solos-of-All-Time) — #49 - [uDiscover Music: The Best Guitar Solos Of All Time: 108 Amazing Moments](https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-guitar-solos-ever/) — #72 ### Who played the guitar solo on Take Five? George Benson played the solo on George Benson's Take Five (1974). ### Where does Take Five rank among the greatest guitar solos? #233 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 2 of them. --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)