The ideal marriage of challenging music (time signatures in particular) and hooks you could hang a hat on, this 1959 LP was a surprise pop smash and remains a jazz-collection cornerstone. Jazz's first platinum seller shot to #2 and spent 164 weeks on the charts; it's been spinning ever since, and now it's time to put it on your turntable: the timeless (5/4) smash "Take Five" and classic "Blue Rondo a la Turk" plus "Strange Meadow Lark," "Three to Get Ready," "Kathy's Waltz" and more on 180-gram vinyl! Music on Vinyl.
Dave Brubeck's TIME OUT ranks alongside Miles Davis' KIND OF BLUE as one of the few advanced jazz masterpieces to achieve great commercial success. In fact, the widespread popularity of TIME OUT, with its cool-toned ambience, smooth style, and elements borrowed from classical music, helped make modern jazz a mainstream phenomenon.
The ubiquitous "Take Five" may be overplayed, but that doesn't diminish the joy of its complex melodic hooks, its perfectly executed solos, or the swinging slink of its 5/4 signature. "Blue Rondo a la Turk" collages Mozart, cool swing, and Brubeck's own classically oriented piano style, and the airy, delicate "Everybody's Jumpin'" showcases the lyrical splendor of saxophonist Paul Desmond. With bassist Gene Wright and drummer Joe Morello keeping the tricky rhythms agile and swift, the Dave Brubeck Quartet blended complexity and accessibility for pure jazz pleasure on TIME OUT, an album everyone should own.
Dave Brubeck Quartet: Dave Brubeck (piano); Paul Desmond (alto saxophone); Eugene Wright (bass); Joe Morello (drums).
Recorded at Columbia 30th Street Studios, New York, New York on June 25, July 1 & August 18, 1959. Includes liner notes by Dave Brubeck and Steve Race.
- Format: Vinyl
- Genre: Jazz
- Audiophile Pressing
- Heavyweight, 180 Gram
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Tracks
Disc: 1
| 1 | Blue Rondo A La Turk - Dave Brubeck |
| 2 | Strange Meadowlark - Dave Brubeck |
| 3 | Take Five - Dave Brubeck |
Disc: 2
| 1 | Three to Get Ready - The Dave Brubeck Quartet |
| 2 | Kathy's Waltz - The Dave Brubeck Quartet |
| 3 | Everybody's Jumpin' - The Dave Brubeck Quartet |
| 4 | Pick up Sticks - The Dave Brubeck Quartet |
