Time Out
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Boasting the first jazz instrumental to sell a million copies, the Paul Desmond-penned "Take Five," Time Out captures the celebrated jazz quartet at the height of both its popularity and its powers. Recorded in 1959, the album combines superb performances by pianist Brubeck, alto saxophonist Desmond, drummer Joe Morrello and bassist Gene Wright. Along with "Take Five," the album features another one of the group's signature compositions, "Blue Rondo a la Turk." Though influenced by the West Coast-cool school, Brubeck's greatest interest and contribution to jazz was the use of irregular meters in composition, which he did with great flair. Much of the band's appeal is due to Desmond, whose airy tone and fluid attack often carried the band's already strong performances to another level. Together, he and Brubeck proved one of the most potent pairings of the era. --Fred Goodman
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Time Out Reviews
I have loved it since I bought the vinyl in 1963. In fact, music lovers in general will probably like it. No jazz lover should be without this.
We're talkin' polar opposite of A Love Supreme here. Even to this day. rock me some Dave Brubeck Quartet. I've just "come out" to the world. Yet, I can't help it, I put this one on late at night when I'm all alone and I (gasp).
Though it's been used as bumper music, movie soundtrack, commercial accompaniment, etc., it still sounds just fine as a stand alone document of a time when Rock n' Roll was just gonna be a dying fad and Jazz was "hip" and intellectual and not pumped into climate controlled coffee houses. I like Dave Brubeck. As the title of my review states, I consider this Cd to be kind of a "guilty pleasure." I mean just look at a photo of ol' Dave. So there we have it. Parts of this album can certainly feel like Jazz Lite, but it's also at least melodically pleasing and at times truly original.
Miles he ain't. I'm such a nerd. And the time signature experiments and almost mathematical structuring of the music isn't exactly soulful.
Dave Brubeck Quartet's "Time Out" is a classic jazz recording and anyone who appreciates jazz needs this gem in their collection. I would challenge anyone who's interested in this quartet to explore his other work with Paul Desmond. You will quite surprised. To Columbia Record's surprise "Time Out" spawned a hit single "Take Five" and it was ranked #2 on the Billboard charts. This is a classic album that is without a doubt recommended, not just by me, but the other 171 people who gave it 5-stars. All of the elements that made this group great are in place on "Time Out," but it is my strong opinion that they made plenty of records that were just as good as this one. Employing odd time signatures and ethnic timbres not widely used in jazz at the time, "Time Out" proved to be a groundbreaking success. The year 1959 proved to a big year for jazz having produced many of the genre's most important releases like Miles Davis' "Kind Of Blue," Charles Mingus' "Mingus Ah Um," Bill Evans' "Portrait In Jazz," and John Coltrane's "Giant Steps." This year also proved that the Dave Brubeck Quartet were force to be reckoned with.
One of the great jazz albums of its time and for all time - playful mixed meters (take 5) and variations on 9 in Blue Rondo are inventive and lively.
When I saw it on Amazon, I just had to have it to take with me in the car. I still have it on vinyl, although it it scratched, I would still listen to it. This has been my favorite Dave Brubeck album for a long time.
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