Time Out

Chill, cool

Just realized I’ve heard Blue Rondo à la Turk and Take Five before this. Was a fun listen and was good background music while I got some things done around my apartment.

beautiful! reminds me of snoopy and the peanuts and my days dancing ballet. take five is an instant classic. great album to wake up with

I always love when I am introduced to an album I have seen plenty of, heard nothing about, and was pleasantly surprised with. The Dave Brubeck Quartet serve up just that with their iconic Cool Jazz project, Time Out. Most will know this album from the clear standout track Take Five as it has grown a bit of its' own path thanks to its' usage in online memes and music scenes, but the rest of this project remained quite elusive to my ears. I went through this project twice and still walked away thinking it seemed pretty solid, but somewhat tame, but it is important to note this album was seen as "complex" for its' time as it was Dave Brubeck's goal to create such an innovative project back in 1959. I wish I had more to say here but truly nothing really popped for me other than Take Five. It was a nice change of pace compared to my recent listens these past few days, but not enough to be the highlight of my recent listens.

One of my dad’s all-time favorite records. I can’t not smile listening to this. Smooth, groovy jazz that just hits. 5/5

Album kompletnie nie w moim stylu ale doceniam wkład i piękną muzykę.

Fantastic

My general impression is that it’s a really accessible jazz album with some catchy melodies but I’m not sure if it makes me feel much besides being pleasant to listen to at a coffee shop. It might be one of those things where it was an innovative style at the time but now it’s so omni-present that it just feels like background music. But “Take Five” and “Blue Rondo” are fun and I wouldn’t mind putting the album on as just a chill vibe.

You really don't like music if you don't like this masterpiece of small combo 60s jazz. Brubeck is masterful in his composition of poly-rhythms, and the players are all titans of their time on their instruments. If you have only one jazz album, this is it.

Jak narazie jest super, mega chill, zupełnie inny od tego co ja słucham ale o to chodzi! Jestem na piątej piosence, co za majstersztyk, kocham to GENIALNE Co za genialny album, zakochałem się w jazzie, chce do jazz clubu

(5/4).. or a '5' as the kids would say. LEGENDARY jazz album, and for good reasons. The way they play around with odd time signatures is just so rare. So many of us are so steeped in a 4/4 world that anything different is a bit jarring. Brubeck eases us into it. The soft piano and horns catch us when the vertigo of a 5/4 signature (or some of the other weirder ones, like the "Blue Rondo.." 9/8, or the later tracks' 6/4s) sends our heads spinning. It's a masterpiece from a virtuoso and his incredibly talented group. Absolutely a 'must listen' and a personal favorite. Likely in my top 50 albums, ever.

This one is much, much closer to my jazz comfort zone, with balanced instrumentation, incredible arrangements, and a more structured and approachable sound. The piano is just captivating, and even the longer tracks don't overstay their welcome (well, maybe a midwestern goodbye or two). Take Five is everything everyone ever said that it was and more. It's a very solid 4.5/5 that I may return to round up if it calls me back enough.

132. Time Out - The Dave Brubeck Quartet (1959) 7.4.26 Variety: 4 Adequacy: 5 Listenability: 5 Uniqueness: 5 Emotionality: 2 = 4.2 rounded down to 4 "Oom, junka, junk, boom, boom. Oom, junka, junk…That’s the way Take Five opens and I don’t stop that beat from the time of the introduction to the end. In many ways, it’s the tune I look forward to probably the most of the evening. It’s 'How far out are we going to go on one chord progression?'" - Dave Brubeck A fine, mellow choice for a hot Saturday. It's been sometime since I listened to this, but I remember liking it quite a bit, and the central track pops up from time to time by itself and is always welcome. I can't say that I'm familiar with much else of Brubeck's in particular, but have done enough reading and seen some documentary type stuff to know that this album was a HUGE milestone, being the first jazz album to make a million selling dent in the market, and was somewhat influential and innovative in it's time. with all the incorporation of odd time signatures. That stuff likely will not come into this review as my toolkit for talking about this sort of thing is limited to feelings. No music training, can't read sheets, and I barely grasp what time signatures even are. But I can give my impressions of how and why certain bits work for me hopefully. I predict decent numbers here. THE TRACKS Side one "Blue Rondo à la Turk" - At turns both low key and as intense as this thing gets, the mix of time signatures which is seems to be the overall "gimmick" of this album is apparent from jump street. in under 7 minutes we go on tour of styles and moods that feels neither rushed nor ill planned. It almost serves as a non-verbal introduction for each band member and sets up the mellow, yet "anything goes" atmosphere that the rest of the album will deliver on. "Strange Meadow Lark" - Meandering piano stuff is among my least favorite things to be found in all of jazz, and I much prefer the more focused take on this sort of thing by someone like Vince Guaraldi. It doesn't kill the track for me by any means, and there is much else to take the heat off - Paul Desmond's lovely sax solo for example. Romantic and lazy and as decent a bit of antianxiety medicine as one could ask for. "Take Five" - Sitting squarely in the center ring, we get one of the all-time popular tracks in the genre. Something even my mom, an avowed anti-jazz person ( unless it's Christmasy that is) would recognize ( if not be able to name). Iconic as any track on any album on this list I'm willing to bet. So much that I'm sure I've heard it used in tv shows and movies as shorthand for "jazz". The very definition of intellectual playfulness, it's marked by three parts that make me absolutely love it - 1) The sax melody 2) the repeated piano line 3) Morello's drums. Sure I just named the literal elements of the song, but... Morello's drum rolls here are so organically solid and his solo is so perfectly timed and unforced sounding, like it was always happening somewhere off in a far corner or another room and we just briefly went and watched before heading back to the song proper, and it's still happening out there somewhere maybe. Brubeck's repeated piano riff sound soooo basic and unflashy and firm that it fully supports the drums and allows Morello and Desmond to go anywhere they want. Desmond's Sax floats in the upper atmosphere briefly before coming back down to earth and rejoining the still, very laod-back, but not tranquil garden party. I could listen to this on a loop and never tire of it I think. Side two "Three to Get Ready" - Even though the last track was in NO way exhausting or energy sapping, this next one still somehow manages to make it seem so by comparison. Jaunty, and ... uh frolicsome> What are some more synonyms for how frisky and low stakes this feels. This is music for when you get up just a little bit late ( not too late though) on the weekend and make breakfast, with no place to be and nothing on the schedule. Free, unencumbered and maybe with a spring in your step as you flip those eggs. "Kathy's Waltz" - Things get a bit more swingy here, and Brubeck adds a little salt to those eggs. Much more interesting than the last track, we're still at a resting heartbeat here though. This one's famous for the polyrhythm going on here with the 3/4 waltz and the 4/4 melody over top. This is one of those tracks that I think would be a great real world example for talking about time signatures with a layperson ( like me) in particular as it's so smoothly executed and easy to grasp here. "Everybody's Jumpin'" - This one gets slightly bit more aggressive and upbeat, which is a wonderful bit of contrast, and much more my speed. Still a bit of false advertising in that title though as these must be some slow motion jumps. Still, this one falls on the very enjoyable side of things for me. "Pick Up Sticks" - Eugene Wright gets his time in the sun here with a wonderful bassline that propels forward, wavelike, catching all the other instruments in it's wake and pulling them back out to sea with it. Brubeck gets especially percussive here on the keys and that stormy sort of rocking tempo leaves us with maybe the most toe tapping track on the album. HIGHLIGHTS - "Blue Rondo à la Turk" - "Take Five" - "Everybody's Jumpin'" - "Pick Up Sticks" MIDLIGHTS - "Strange Meadow Lark" - "Three to Get Ready" - "Kathy's Waltz" LOWLIGHTS - FINAL THOUGHTS If Brubeck and company upset the apple cart as much as has been written, then no doubt they paused, horrified, and spent the next several minutes apologizing and picking all those apples up before rearranging them just so and then apologizing again. This might be the most mellow relaxed, and precise musical revolutionary milestone I've ever heard. Of course, I knew this going in, and I knew that as lite and subdued as it was I would be enjoying myself nonetheless. When it comes to jazz my tendencies lean to the hard bop guys - Blakey, Coltrane, Mobley etc... Everyone on here was aces when it came to performance, but Joe Morello's drumming needs a special call out. Wow. Dude provides the skeleton of the whole apparatus here, but is as much apart of the tapestry of as anyone else and most definitely does NOT remain in the background, content to let others take the spotlight too much. Not an original thought by any means, but his cymbal control throughout this is the tits! This is great stuff, and I get that it blew some tops off when it came out, and more importantly it helped swing jazz over into a whole new market of middle class white America at the same time. Experimental enough to be respected by those in the know, yet mainstream enough to fly off the shelves and onto the mid-century modern record cabinets everywhere. As good as it is , it suffers from a lack of emotional effect that stuff like the Miles Davis albums we've listened to, and the best jazz singers can pull off with aplomb. If it lacks anything else, it's a sense of daring and excitement that the best stuff from Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers or some of the Afro-Latin Jazz Fusion stuff usually delivers on. But not everything needs to move me. Some music can just be exceptionally playful and intellectually interesting, and this falls in to that for me. The shiny coat of innovation has long worn off this album by the decades of stuff it inspired and influenced so much that someone hearing it for the first time today I best would immediately peg the general time period. It sounds very much of its time and place now, and has that kind of late 50s cool, but not too cool vibe to it that in an even worse timeline would be even mellower and err on the side of a Chuck Mangione or the like. I could easily see this being a 5/5 for the true aficionados who grasp all the technical intricacies, and are steeped in the history of all the individual players, and the mythology of Brubeck's travels and inspirations from world music, but to me this is just a prime relaxation soundtrack. Catchy in spots, full of great rhythms, with an all-time track in there of course, but nothing that could ever get my pulse rate up above 70. PLAYLIST ALTERATIONS - Nope FURTHER LISTENING - New Jazz Conceptions by Bill Evans - Time Further Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Tears of Joy by Don Ellis - Take 10 by Paul Desmond

“There are only three things that America will be remembered for 2000 years from now when they study this civilization: The Constitution, Jazz music, and Baseball. These are the 3 most beautiful things this culture's ever created.” ― Gerald Early To begin, I must say I have no understanding of musical time signature. When it comes to understanding the beat in music I cannot count to four. So here we have a jazz album in which its hallmark of unconventional time signatures is completely lost on me. I cannot hear it at all. And yet, I loved it. Cool Jazz for a hot 4th of July. I fear my review could be boiled down to "Uhm, this music sounds cool." But it is cool. It is cool that this is in the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. What better way to celebrate America's 250th with what will be one of the most enduring pieces of American culture, jazz.

Perfect album for a rainy Saturday day. The virtuosity on these tracks are awesome..

This was enjoyable Playlist add: "Strange Meadow Lark"

This isn't my normal taste in jazz, but I can recognize its brilliance.

I love this kind of jazz. And the recording production itself is wonderful. This is perfect jazz to chill out to. If I drank, I'd probably really want a really dry martini right now; with two olives.

How coincidental that I partially listened to this album only 3 weeks ago. I can't remember why I didn't complete it, but I did add the album and artist to my library. I liked this, however the drums and bass are not interesting, so I'll give this a 3.

Listened previously. Expectations: High - Verdict: Near Perfect - Blue Rondo is an all time classic, the 9/8 time is incredibly propulsive and energetic. Strange Meadow Lark is lovely. Take Five is an obvious masterpiece, one of the best known pieces of jazz ever. Three To Get Ready continues the high standard. Everybody's Jumpin' is a late highlight. An impossibly important album that holds up amazingly well today.

Album #112: Time Out - The Dave Brubeck Quartet Genre (W): Cool jazz, West Coast jazz Singles: Take Five I have listened to this album several times. I have it on CD! Thoughts?: This album is perfection from start to finish. Brubeck is a genius songwriter and musician, and this album proves it, having masterpiece after masterpiece. Favorite songs: All of it!!

Not much improvisation for jazz

Need to get this on vinyl, absolutely great.

4 Take five is my favourite of the (admittedly very few) jazz songs I know. The rest of the album isn't quite as good as that song but still great

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what a breath of fresh air!! i always thought that jazz is boring until this album, love all the songs! added them all to my playlist

Not a huge fan of jazz, but this was lovely to listen to on a summer day while lounging on a sunchair in my patio.

Take Five is a classic. The rest was a little less interesting.

Can’t get into jazz. At least there’s some groove here and not just random squeals.

Easily the most accessible jazz album of all time. One of the best too. You don’t have to be a music nerd to enjoy this. And even after three instrumental albums on the bounce, I thoroughly enjoyed this.

A great listen all the way through. The songs all felt like they ended just at the right length. I could and listen to this over and over.

Hell yeah. This is one of the most quintessential jazz albums out there. There is a reason why every high school jazz band plays "Take Five".

Pretty good jazz album. It's tight and coherent and I appreciate that. The competing time signatures will probably be the most talked about feature of Time Out, and rightfully so, it's pretty neat sounding. Definitely keeps things interesting. I could see myself listening to this album again looking for something interesting to have on in the background. I think this one is a 4 for me.

absolute banger. take five is a classic. this is my first time listening all the way through the album, I think it's a 4 for me.

Always a good one.

I grew up listening to this record - my parents had a copy, and my dad played it a lot. For me this record is all about the rhythmic complexity of “Blue “Rondo à la Turk” and “Take Five,” of course, but the rest of it works just fine around those two standouts. Hearing those two tracks all the time as a little kid is probably a lot of why I like the complicated and unpredictable music I do now.

Definitiely jazz.. but cannot give 2

I know I sound like a jazz ignoramus, but this IS jazz for me.

Fun and vibey

good drivin' music

Pleasant to listen to, but just not my vibe in general. 3/5

#notforme ei se vieläkään lähe vaikka puolet listan levyistä jazzittelua

Avausbiisi anto olettaa, että tällä kertaa löytys vähän erilaisempaa ja kivempaa jazzia, mutta eipä sieltä Take Fiven lisäksi löytynyt muuta kuin perusmeininkiä. Mutta annetaan noiden kahden biisin takia nyt kolkki sentään.

Jee jatsia (jonka äärellä viihdyn).

Tää oli aluksi vähän niinkun kasibittisen Nintendon pelimusaa oikeilla soittimilla soitettuna, sitten liukui liikaa ihan kikkelijatsin puolelle.

Pretty fucking cool

I feel classy for liking this.

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What’s not to love

Ihanaa jazzia. Sopii asteittaiseen rentoutumiseen.

I'm not a huge fan of jazz but this was legendary. I loved the instrumentation and how cool this album stood out as a classic jazz album. I would definitely recommend this to jazz fans because this is a really good classic to listen to.

I like how the album looks and I also like how the album looks abstract. It also sounds really fricking fantastic and. How the drums and the sax go together. I also really like how their's like eyes in the album cover t really emphasize something. I would also recommend it to my family and I also like the tone of the song.

the jazz is pretty cool and I really like it I recommend it to most people.

I really like this one! How all the notes blend in together and create a nice, smooth, jazzy sound. I love music in this style.

Very good, the saxophones were excellent, drums were great, overall just a fantastic album.

I think this album is pretty okay. These are just all instruments, I like how they are used but I don't really like jazz so I'd give this 3 stars.

I liked it, it was a good album and I recommend it to many.

this is such a fantastic jazz album. i knew the couple of most famous songs but i would have been entirely unable to name the band previously, and it was great to discover the rest of it. every piece in here is wonderful, and the pace of the album is perfect. will definitely listen to this again

nice

Going in pretty familiar with this one already, thanks to my jazz-loving mom & grandparents. Just an absolute masterclass of the genre and one that I see myself coming back to throughout my life. A quintessential album & a beyond deserving inclusion on the 1001 Albums list. Favorite tracks: Blue Rondo a la Turk, Take Five (duh)

One of the best jazz albums of all time. Really tight groove, baby. Love it.

Take 5 is the best not a big jazz person

Sounds good but I don't understand shit about jazz music, so it must be like really amazing but it's not saying too much to me. I enjoyed but overall felt like a chore to go through.

i am not a jazz person but this was so classic, i loved it! something new, but great :)

Not the usual genre I listen to, but it was a nice experience. My favorite one was "Strange Meadow Lark".

Perfect music for a dog walk in the sun

Not my mood today.

Pure delight

Iconic!!! Clever work with asymmetrical meters and excellent playing by all of the quartet members. I'd give this five stars on the basis of the first three tracks alone, which are all highlights - the rest of the album is nice as well.

(7/7) finally some decent jazz

Fantastic

Classy, not going for chaotic noise, not overstaying its welcome - perfect jazz for me.

A nice little jazz album. I enjoyed it.

Grower

Nice, but a little too laid back for my taste

I FORGOT

The sheer definition of cool, to the point where it is only one of two albums within the subgenre of Cool Jazz around these parts. Those cats were really swinging with this one, as my foot was tapping from start to finish and I felt as if I should have been sat in a lounge with a couple of old-fashioneds. I'm becoming more of a jazz guy every time this challenge throws me a classic. Favourite track: Everybody's Jumping Least favourite track: N/A

Jazz. It’s jazz.

Time Out - The Dave Brubeck Quartet (1959) Time Out stands as an undeniable classic and an absolute masterpiece of swing. There is no need for over-analysis when a record speaks this clearly for itself; what The Dave Brubeck Quartet pioneered on this album was entirely unique, instantly stapling its legacy as a masterwork of the genre. The math behind the record is incredibly complex, but the quartet played it with such natural elegance and infectious swing that you don't need a music degree to feel the groove. It is complex art disguised as pure, accessible fun. While the critics and musicians can spend all day analyzing the complexities of the 5/4 and 9/8 time signatures, the only count that truly matters at the end of the day is a flawless execution. How about a 5/5?

There is a reason this is a classic and one of the most famous jazz albums of all time. The album manages to be smooth and yet interesting at the right moments. The band plays well together and Brubeck's skills are on full display. A must listen. 5/5 Will definitely listen again

So good, so classic, i love it, im glad i revisited it

Charlie Brown background music

I don't like jazz, really. But it was okay.

Hard to go wrong with jazz, it's great but personally wouldn't be my first choice if I was in the mood for jazz

Along with Kind of Blue, this was a gateway jazz album for me. My discovery and love of jazz started here.

приятный джаз, самую большую песню take five слышал не раз. В целом альбом эмоций не вызвал, не уверен стоит ли возвращаться

Another classic jazz album and a delightful Monday pull! The fact that Brubeck can present odd time siganutres in an easy to listen and understand format, where you don't have to be the biggest music nerd in order to appreciate it, is truly an achievement in itself. This album is fantastic and another one I would suggest to someone who is just starting to get into jazz. Still haven't had a bad jazz album yet! Easy 5/5

It's rare for me to listen to non-bop jazz, but this was both up tempo and relaxing at the same time. Nice piano lead

I feel like this is an album where, if I remembered my music theory from my school days, I would have a deep and wonderful appreciation for the craft that went into this. Absent this, I can at least still appreciate the fact that there is a craft on display in it.

Ok - a bit uninspiring - know and enjoyed Take 5?

1001 Albums You Have To Listen To Before You Die - #1 Is it great? Of course it’s on the list. Did i enjoy it? Yes. Would i listen to it again? Probably not. I’m just not a jazz guy. I can appreciate the music but it doesn’t excite me at all. Therefore such a low rating from me.

This is my kind of jazz. The Sims house building music.

Really liked rhis, Just pleasant and strolling. None of these fuck off on a 4 minute tangent jazz a thons And then tell you its your fault for not liking it. Take Five is a classic. V. Nice. Gu on Dave

It’s a no from me dawg

I only knew Take Five, there is a certain repetition of rhythms in each music which makes them a little long. We feel a little the ruptures between each piece, this marks the change of ambiance but it also allows to listen unevenly and still keep the thread. Et pourtant it stay a really good album.

The first jazz album I ever heard when I was a kid. I’ve always felt it did everything it set out to do as perfectly as it could and it’s a reason it’s still spun on my record player so often. Just as chill of a time as ever.

My rating 3.2 classic Jazz album

Yeah. The listening experience was excellent and I really enjoyed the record. The only thing that holds this back for me is that theres no "oomf" and so it kind of just settles to background music, like bossa nova. Not to say that it isnt good, its amazing, I think i just need to be at a jazz club to really enjoy this

Maturing is realizing that Blue Rondo à la Turk is a much better song than Take Five. The way he switches between the Turkish 12-12-12-123 kind of 9/8 and the western 123-123-123 kind of 9/8 is fascinating and a great way to open the song. I really don't understand them switching back to 4/4 for the solo section, though. I would've loved to see what the sax guy would've done with a 9/8 solo. There are a few times throughout the album where they just drop the whole time signature thing that they named the album after for a solo section and it bugs me every time. The fact that anyone in 1959 made a whole album around goofy time signatures is still awesome. That's the kind of stuff I would've made if I weren't -47 years old when the album came out.

Let’s get a little jazzy with it. 😛😛 It feels like a global coffee house type morning with this album on. It was nice. I did, in fact, like jazz.

Always love this album, suspect I always will.

What a classic album! We are having a great streak of jazz music, just in time for Jazz Fest next week. I think anyone who took jazz band in high school knows Blue Rondo a la Turk and Take Five. Both are very cool songs that play around with time signature, which is always a good time (lol)! They are the highlights of the album for me. The main melody of Blue Rondo is in 9/8 with a repeating pattern of three bars of 2+2+2+3 (syncopation) and then one bar of 3+3+3. After a few repetitions of this melody, some rhythmic variation is added to the 9/8 4-bar pattern. There's a pretty long duple section in the middle of the piece that's just in 4/4 and then it returns to 9/8 at the end. Take Five is a bit less complex and just stays in 5/4 (3+2). The irregular time signatures add an interesting, lilting quality to the music. I always enjoyed playing pieces with irregular or changing time signatures in music school so I'm a bit nerdy about this. I also played piano on a Pat Metheny piece in high school called First Circle that alternates between 12/8 (3+2+3+2+2) and 10/8 (3+3+2+2) every bar - it was tough to learn! There's no Pat Metheny on this list (even though I think there should be) so I'm mentioning this here. This was actually my first time listening to the rest of the album. The time signatures aren't as wild in the other songs, though there is some switching between 3/4, 4/4, and 6/4. It's a solid album overall.

Jazz gauntlet the past few days, didn't enjoy this as much as the Getz albums tbh even though I was familiar with quite a few of the songs off this one already. Great accessible jazz, but just didn't hit the same.

This is elevator music in the best possible way. Lobby music is probably more accurate actually. But yeah, it's not in your face. It sits back and jams.

очень приятный джаз

Did a fun version of Take Five a capella with my school choir.

This is a nice jazz album. Nice to listen to while driving

sjuk idag och perf för att läsa

One of my favorites of all time! Timeless.

kinda fell into the background for me. still pretty neat.

The Dave Brubeck Quartet makes it sound easy when it's anything but. What a fantastic record! This has long been one of favorites. This is a jazz record for people who love jazz to share with people who claim not to like jazz. The melodies and the rhythms seep into your soul. The DBQ is so tight. I saw a meme about them all looking like accountants. And fair - a bunch of white dudes in suits playing this super-sophisticated music.

Ce qui est bien avec cet album, c'est que Dave Brubeck fait du jazz franchement accessible, sans pour autant sacrifier tout ce qui fait le charme du style : la complexité, la recherche, la qualité des instrumentistes... Le "problème" (les guillemets sont très importants, ici) du jazz, c'est qu'il est souvent difficile d'accès, il demande de s'éduquer un peu l'oreille. Même moi qui en écoute régulièrement depuis plus de 10 ans (de temps en temps), je suis loin de toujours bien rentrer dedans, même pour des albums que j'adore. Avec Time Out, Dave Brubeck sort un album aux mélodies très prenantes et entraînantes (les francophones reconnaîtront d'ailleurs certaines mélodies issues de cette album utilisées par Claude Nougaro, le gars avait bon goût). C'est sa force, mais ça ne se fait jamais au détriment de la complexité et c'est vraiment très appréciable. Et c'est aussi de là que vient un des morceaux les plus célèbres du genre, Take Five (tellement iconique qu'à la rédaction de cet avis, j'ai systématiquement écrit le nom de ce morceau au lieu du nom de l'album !), un tel succès qu'il passait même sur Nostalgie quand j'étais ado. Un super album de jazz assez facile à aborder, j'aime beaucoup !

Dave Brubeck ❤️ best cool jazz album ever Best tracks Blue Rondo AT Strange ML - kinda reminded me of Georgia Take 5 - desmond has a rlly clean soft sound Pick up sticks

This is the backdrop for the ultimate dinner party. I love it but not really a listen outside of that scenario.

My go to jazz album

This is an album that explores odd time signatures and manages to be universally liked from generation to generation. Even if you aren’t into Jazz, you know what Take 5 is. This is one of the greatest jazz albums of all time for a reason.

this album for sure takes three stars to get ready but can it take five? im not too sure… strong 4 though.

I was very excited 85 strongly on this place

I love take 5

I don't like Jazz. But I like this. Do I like Jazz?

Nunca tinha ouvido jazz e não sabia se gostava, agora ouvi e sei que não gosto.

Nice and gentle and soft. I’ll return to it.

It's jazz. I'm confused by it mostly. I appreciated the playing.

Eines meiner Lieblings Jazz Alben. Diese Stücke, es ist so faszinierend wie Dave solche Takte sooo smooth wirken lässt. Jeder Song ist irgendwie Special, jeder Song fühlt sich irgendwie geplant an aber hat auch immer eine freie Seite. Absoluter Klassiker muss man gehört haben.

Incroyable

Listening to and discovering some key jazz albums was one of the main reasons for me undertaking this challenge of listening to 1,001 albums. I don't think that I'm ever going to adore jazz, as some do, as the format and musicality do not quite hit home for me, but I found this album a very good listening experience. The concept of creating an accessible jazz album using different time signatures other than 4/4 is fascinating. Despite those odd time signatures, the melodies are very catchy - real earworms. This may seem an odd observation, but I found an affinity with Progressive Rock here - of course, minus the 'rock' element of guitars and vocals. There are the different time signatures, the focus on virtuosic musicianship, hook-driven keyboard melodies, and the fact that the drums are allowed to shine with mini-solos rather than just acting as the timekeeper. I found "Time Out" an interesting and captivating listen. Four stars. Side one 1 "Blue Rondo à la Turk" (4/5) 2 "Strange Meadow Lark" (4/5) 3 "Take Five" (5/5) Side two 4 "Three to Get Ready" (4/5) 5 "Kathy's Waltz" (4/5) 6 "Everybody's Jumpin'" (4/5) 7 "Pick Up Sticks" (4/5) Total - 29 Average - 4.14 343/1001 184/343 albums reviewed were new to me.

Amazing cool jazz album, it's always been such a breezy and feel-good listen, given its short length and very digestible use of unconventional time signatures. 'Take Five' is maybe the most obvious example of this. The song really doesn't even feel like it's in 5/4; that lead piano riff just latches on to your ears almost immediately, becoming instantly recognizable and sensical, that is, until the song starts stuttering with that drum solo. It's one hell-of-a-song with an incredible saxophone melody and a shining example of how jazz can, in fact, be super catchy. 'Blue Rondo a La Turk' is a very gripping opener; it just feels much more fierce and driving than anything else here, at least in the first half and final bit. I love those occasional climbs and climaxes, feels like you're watching the final act of an overly-dramatic opera. I'd go as far as to say 'Three to Get Ready' is equally as catchy as the iconic 'Take Five'. I particularly love the drum fills in this one, and there's something about the way Brubeck puts together these very innocent and feel-good melodies that feels unique to his style. And I do love how minimal the instrumental palette is on this album, given it's a quartet, it never overwhelms with the solos as a result, and gives all the players an equal chance to shine, especially Paul Desmond on alto sax. I love the downpour of piano keys on 'Everybody's Jumpin', another song that has a winner drum solo, and the closer 'Pick Up Sticks' is about as perfect as a cool jazz song can get, with that classic walking bassline and very laid-back solos that feel like a stroll through a park late at night. And pretty representative of the album up to this point, the record just sort of ends with no large final gesture or climax; it just sort of "times out". Just absolutely classic and essential listening. Very easy to get into, and it just flies by. Some of the best that Cool Jazz has to offer, and that's saying a lot

Am I done with the jazz albums yet? I do appreciate the different styles but I still don't like any of them.

Where most music is the soundtrack to feelings, jazz is the rhythm to life. Like tapping into that unseen energy that surrounds us and putting it to music. I’ve a rudimentary understanding of jazz so we’ll call this my introduction and I was quite pleased!

Yeah alright

Great jazz is great jazz. Even if the time signature is going ways you can’t quite follow.

muy disfrutable

Love it!! Need to listen more!

Jazz-old I luv the vibe I wanna learn it on piano

Previously known. Really enjoy it.

Pretty darn good. I was already familiar with this album and it still sounds great to me. I would love to hear a metal version of this album, or at least Blue Rondo or Take Five.

An essential jazz classic, that is fun and hasn’t overstayed its welcome.

A masterpiece. So good. I just listened to this on vinyl the other day.

Music to drink dry martinis and smoke cigarettes to.

I listened to this album for the first time pretty recently around when I made my review of In a Silent Way. I said that that one was my favorite jazz album, but I think this one takes the cake. It’s the energy and the weird time signatures that make it feel so dynamic and engaging. It just takes you on a ride. Quite wonderful.

I know just enough about time signatures to be impressed by the concept. But that’s not what anyone listening to this album for the first time will likely notice. The composition of the pieces are articulate and satisfying. The quartet is well balanced, solos and accompaniments. The vibe is positive. Blue Rondo a la Turk Take Five

falta molho.

toe tapping

Almost a five

Take Five is a masterpiece. And also I imagine a nightmare to count and play. Kudos to them

I love Dave Brubeck's piano playing and the playing of time and meters in this album. Truly a great jazz listen. So good

Genuinely so good. Idk how much I'll relisten to it but there are no misses on this album.

Ni tan mal oyee

great

The best jazz album I've heard on this list. Which isn't saying too much as I'm not a fan of jazz music

This is certainly an album that I "respect" much more than I "love". It represents part of jazz's 50s turn away from dance music and into "intellectual entertainment" that destroyed its general popularity, but it's also a record that doesn't veer so far into the hopelessly abstract as to become meaningless...that is, there are plenty of identifiable melodies and structures here! "Rondo" and "Take Five" certainly steal the spotlight here, but I'd also single out "Three To Get Ready", with its gently swirling classical-type piano motif, as a highlight. No track brings the record down; it's an evenly pleasant experience all around.

It's good

Nope

Sounds like eggs benedict and mimosas. In a good way!

I haven’t hit the smooth jazz stage of my life yet. A few minutes is okay, a whole album not yet.

felt like background noise, not my thing perhaps

Jazz Take 5 ist recht bekannt

Хорошо, как будто в кофекульте посидела, у них подобная музыка на фоне

8 - groovy

Noise pollution

some good fuckin jazz yessir

very nice, It's easy to see why this one is a famous classic and the 5/4 timing in 'take five' takes clear inspiration from classics before it (mission impossible theme song, balatro menu music)

It's the first time where my mouth was wide open during one of these albums. Especially Take Five, which made me giddy to hear in its correct context. It feels like one of the first things I've listened on here that might actually have some replay-value for me. I am ready to get rid of my jazz-posery and to fully submit. If I could submit half-stars here this would be a 4.5.

Take Five and Blue Rondo à la Turk are fantastic tracks. Such a good driving rhythm throughout and fantastic playing. Great skill on display. Love piano being used as an actual percussion instrument. While having so much energy and power god I love the piano. Difficult to pick a top track as it really plays as one performance in my mind. 4.5

BANGER

Pristine jazz charcuterie board (looks real nice, but won't replace dinner). Cool interplay between piano and sax. Feels preconceived in a way that most jazz does not. More an exercise than an experience?

Um album instrumental de jazz, bem curtinho mas extremamente agradável sendo as duas ultimas faixas minhas favoritas.

The album with the legendary Take Five. Very solid 50s jazz album, and I particularly enjoyed the second side.

jazz, aber guter jazz

Jazz for nerds is still just jazz. This one dindt interested me a lot. Maybe one day I will like jazz more but its not today. "Take 5" was so mid.

Interesting so far Idk it was fine; kinda became a little repetitive

Beautiful, easy listening. Don't really know how to listen to or critique jazz. Gonna keep this one with me.

good

Take five, let’s go!!!

Very nice jazz

This was nice & easy to listen to while I worked. Nothing special to me though. Just feels like something I can listen to on any other soft jazz album. Favorite: Kathy's Waltz

no words

lovely :-)

A bit lightweight and easy listening, but Blue Rondo a la Turk shows that you can write a catchy tune in 9/8, and Take Five will always be one of the most memorable jazz tunes. The whole thing is impeccably played and produced.

Great

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet is honestly the perfect way to get into jazz. It uses these really cool, experimental time signatures, like 5/4 and 9/8, but it’s still super smooth and easy to listen to. Whether I’m just having it on in the background while I’m hanging out or actually focusing on Paul Desmond’s incredible sax and Brubeck’s piano, it never gets old. The best part is how iconic the whole thing feels, even if you’re not a jazz person. You’ve got "Take Five", which everyone knows but never knew the name of, and "Blue Rondo a la Turk", which is just a blast to tap along to. It’s a straight up masterpiece that manages to be legendary without ever feeling stuffy or boring.

It's a jazz quartet. You know what you're getting. But it's not noodly improv jazz. It's very well done and stays on track. Jazz for the audience that musicians can also appreciate. My Rating: 3/5

Classic

Nunca tinha parado para ouvir um álbum de Jazz, nem uma música avulsa, para falar a verdade. Me surpreendi por ter gostado. O som o saxofone é muito bom de ouvir e as músicas não são entediantes, muito pelo contrário, foi um ótimo background para ouvir enquanto eu trabalhava, me deu uma animada a mais. O fato de ele ser todo instrumental deixa melhor ainda, o som dos instrumentos traz uma paz que um vocal quebraria ali. Foi até uma alegria ouvir musicas com mais de três minutos, algo raro hoje em dia. Álbum perfeito para ouvir enquanto relaxa sem pensar em nada.

Easy listening, has a good enjoyable sound.

Meh, it was nice for background music, but faded away after Take Five.

Makes any walking trip make you feel like you’re skipping down an NYC sidewalk

Liker somregel ikke jazz men denne var bra!

I’m not a big jazz fan, but “Take Five” is iconic. The rest of the compositions are fine and pleasant, but not something I would revisit.

A super iconic jazz album which I love. Take Five always makes me feel soooo smooth.

Fabulous! Smooth and beautiful! Very much enjoyed this one!

I guess it's kind of square but it's also really good

background, but the right kind

Jazz isn’t my bag but as background music this album is pretty good. Can understand why it is on this list. I won’t go out of my way to listen to it again but can appreciate why it’s a classic for Jazz fans, it actually has some hooks. 3

I've heard a couple of these songs before. Probably in movies or TV. Didn't really like the majority of this though. Not for me even though the musicianship is excellent.

This was my first proper introduction to jazz. I love it just as much now as I did at 13.

Delightful, feel like I’m already learning a lot

3.5

Lo escuché con Alba mientras cocinábamos por la noche y se sintió muy guay. Me recuerda un poco a la película Soul. Es como estar en un club de jazz de antes.

Ohhh I've heard Take Five. It's fun to get to actually listen to things I've heard plenty of times in the wild but never looked into.

Will definitely keep on repeat

You know this is a classic

Very cool jazz that is actually fun to listen to

This is nice. All the positive reviews and the wiki article banging on about creative use of time signatures make me feel terribly ignorant, but I'm afraid I can't get beyond "this is nice". Maybe time to go learn some music theory.

Perhaps after all this time we have heard the title song a few too many times. Still a great song however. The whole album- its inclusion on this list well deserved - is chock full of good ones.

Not for me

Discazo

After endless weeks of pimple faced 20 year old nihilists, Norwegian Metal, Brazilian Conga, and obscene hip-hop it is so refreshing to get an album one can just let embrace you like a warm hug. The time changes alone put this album head and shoulders above so many 3 chord “artists” on this list. Plus 1 for not being depressing bullshit.

If you do an internet search to ask for album recommendations for starting your jazz journey, this will be in the top 5. I'll probably revise this to 5 stars at some point in the future, but I'm not there today. "I'll have one Jazz, please!"

Fine

Muy bueno

7/10

Smooth and saxy

This is a classic

Know it, love Desmond. This album is surprisingly adventurous for how big of a hit it was.

Really good, I'm usually not super into Jazz, but this one I enjoyed :)

The lightest, dancing jazz ever. Plays around with time signatures and works because of how tight the band is. Fantastic listen

Probably the closest a jazz album has come to 4* on this list. It's a really great vibe and served as a wonderful soundtrack for the coffeeshop in the morning. Really liked this one.

Porządny jazz. Uspokajający, rytmiczny, że świetną perkusją. Bardzo melodyjny. Aż się przez to wszystko płynie. 7/10

i mean its a nice pleasant time but it definitely feels a bit simplistic for me. still a good listen but it's not really the most rewarding type of jazz out there. deserves to be one of the 1001? eya

MA IL RATING PUÒ MAI ESSERE DI 2.48, PIÙ BASSO DELLE CAZZO DI TLC FEDERICO FRUSCIANTE SI VENDICHERÀ

Such a cool, detached sound.

This album is such a delight. Since its first second until the last one; it is so good and delicate, as well as so enjoyable, beautiful, enchanting and such a pleasure that it is a lovely experience to listen to it. I've completely loved this one, so much. And the mastery of the musicians is also something so remarkable that adds to it an extra layer of greatness. It is so well delivered and so well composed that it is a very emotional record.

jazz ei oikein iske

Cool and smooth. Really enjoyed a little jazz in the background.

classic jazz album

Very fucking good

I FUCKING LOVE JAZZ

very nostalgic I felt at home with my grandma cooking breakfast I also cried to this album because the music was so sonically pleasing would listen everyday of my life 10/10 album would recommend

This is a very nice album. I am usually not a big jazz fan but this is awesome.

It's a great album with legendary tracks on it. Great songs, played well and a fun time that seemed to pass in a matter of seconds. 4.5/5

Great album, classic jazz!

I listened to this while working in my home office. It was pleasant enough and faded into the background. Except for "Take Five", which is iconic, no tracks jumped out to me. I'd listen to this as background music any time. Beige.

Quaffable syncopated foot-tapping joy.

interesante

Yeah idk I just think this is up there for Jazz Goats. Really outstandingly makes jazz accessible.

Basically nothing much to say for this one. It swings, it's cool, it's hip, it deserves all the accolades. Deeps cuts are great, melodies on par with improvization. Good stuff!

This is one vintage smooth-Jazz-pop album that has stood the test of time. So many bits of it are both nostalgic and innovative to modern ears. One of few albums on this 1001 list that will still be well-thought-of in 70 years.

This is some cocktail hour mingling music. Some conference call hold music. Department store music. Pre-dancing wedding music.

I really dug this one, much more accessible jazz but I’m into it. It’s a great background listen. Take Five!

Obra maestra!

Decent, it would make good background music.

Great album.... loved the jazz on this.... old songs really hit

The greatest jazz album of all time

Possibly on the lightweight side, but still a great album so who really cares? A definitive “throw it on for any gathering” album.

i dont mess w jazz

vinyl day! a classic

Day 262 Like this more than most of the other jazz albums I’ve had, mainly on the strength of take 5, not one I’ll likely return to though Highlight Rake Five

My favorite discovery of the project so far and probably my number one of the 28 albums I’ve gotten to date.

jazz again bruh.

Just not that into jazz, obviously these cats are amazing musicians however.

It’s fine. Sort of the full truth of a certain sub-genre of jazz I might call “light” jazz. Melodic and palatable without asking too much of the listener. It gets a little nudge in the rating because I do think it accomplishes a pretty complete album experience that supersedes its individual performances. It sets and sustains a moody throughout and I could see revisiting for that reason alone.

Hey, you got Big Band in my Jazz! No, you got Jazz in my Big Band! The result is some times interesting, other times meh.

Jazz classic.

Good key song, rest of album is elevator music

Decent album, Jazz is fun, but just isn't a genre I default too usually.

Very "accessible" jazz. Good for a dinner party if you want to seem fancy

solid

Technically excellent and seemingly effortlessly so. Every sax lick rips. Whole band is tight AF. Deserves to be a classic.

Very good for jazz. Like pop jazz.

Jazz

Un poco de jazz está bueno

Those dogs were, indeed, barking.

good classic jazz. made me feel cozy and calm

*1959. *Lovely jazz album. *Beautiful horns and percussion - light and airy. The kind of music that plays in an upscale department store. RATING - 8/10

Sooo good the first song is my favorite, the repetition of the melody is really cool

I've listened to Dave Brubeck for some time! Interesting this would be my first album. I listened regularly to Dave Brubeck in college and post college when I was finding my way in NYC. Many memories to this music.

boring

first time hearing jazz! neat. mellow.

I love the progression of the songs and the major tones. Take five reminds me of the pink panther. With this genre, as a general dislike of mine, mixing of drums are a bit uncomfortable. They have too much chiming going on.

Quite a good listen. Iconic jazz that lives up to the reputation. Nothing too flashy, just really solid musicianship throughout. Take Five is the obvious standout and for good reason, it’s just a great track. Worth your time.

Prime elevator music.

After a streak of in my opinion very mid record, we finally once again have a banger. Very smooth with interesting time signatures. There's a good reason why Take Five is THE jazz song non-jazz listeners know. The rest of the record isi nice as well, but does tend to fall away into the background. That isn't really a negative, but I do tend to like music that forces you to pay attention to it. Still a nice record to put on when you're chilling with people that don't particularly care for jazz, but you still have a craving for some jazz and want to put on some jazz regardless. How many times have I said Jazz now? 8.5/10

What a joy this album was. From the moment I saw it. I knew it'd be great. Still I didn't realize the amount of classics that this album contained. This is an album that defines jazz. If there ever was an album that had the title: listen to before you die, it'd be this one.

Almost 300 albums in, and yep, still don’t understand Jazz in the slightest. This is fine at best and annoying at worst. Don’t really have much at all to say about this one other then I’m glad it was only 38 minutes long. There wasn’t much I’d say was cool about this Cool Jazz, it just sounded like more of the same to me. That is, underwhelming. Favorite song, if you can call it that, goes to “Take Five”, as it didn’t give me a headache. I really just don’t know man. If I was a Jazz major, I might think this is really good. Alas, I am not. Technically it’s all fine, but if you don’t really enjoy Jazz, this just sounds like every other Jazz album on the site. I’m never excited to roll these, I’m never going to say “Hell yes, I rolled some Jazz today!!”, and this is yet another prime example in many of that. There are times, specifically during the first time, where the lack of uniformity truly does give me a headache. For that reason and so many more, it’s going to be a 3 star for me. I just don’t get Jazz, and it’s always consistently the hardest to write reviews for. How would you even?? Oh yeah, this one sure is good with it’s lack of organization and musical structure. The way the notes come out sure happens alright. I don’t know man. It was fine, but much like every other Jazz album, I’ll forget it by tomorrow. Is that the point of Jazz, to forget it, or is it supposed to actually stick with you?? Not sure. Don’t really care enough either to find out. This is borderline classical music, and it has its place in history, but should stay there in the past, forever, where it belongs. Until the next Jazz review, which will be even harder to write a unique review for. Goodie.

I listened to only the first 3 tracks. But it's a great "jazz"??? album. (I'm really bad at genres.)

Skønt med noget andet. Rar jazz.

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Escuchado con littlekirk, experiencia sublime

Great jazz album!

Foundational, impossible to dislike, even for those of us with tin ears who can only understand the rhythmic innovations academically, if at all. The sound of martini lunches, abstract expressionism, bored suburbanites having affairs with one another. Marvelous.

Not the sort of jazz I was expecting. Something whimsical in there, but highly listenable. Never heard of this album or artist before. I lie. We get to Take Five and I have one thousand percent heard this before. The rest of the album is great. Adding to my rotation.

This was properly cool. The playing is so tight and fluid and driven. The melody lines are beautiful but i couldn't help follow the percussion through everything. A masterpiece.

Idk if i just like this because i was studying but it was so chill, o don't normally listen to jazz and i normally like lyrics most in a song, but this was enjoyable

Blue Rondo a la Turk: Buena banda, suena todo muy bien acoplado. Me encantó la entrada del saxofón que le dió más un estilo de jazz. El piano también tiene buenas apariciones. 6/10, al principio fue un poco caótico, después los sonidos se alinearon y se volvio una canción más tranquila. Strange Meadow Lark: Muy buena canción, gran aporte del piano y saxofón nuevamente, me pareció que los sonidos estaban muy integrados de principio a fin. 7/10. Take Five: Muy buena canción, empieza muy bien, me encanta el saxofón, la canción tiene la mejor melodía del album. La parte de percusión en el medio no me gustó, arruinó la canción, me saturó. 6/10 Three to Get Ready: Buen jazz, una canción tranquila, además del saxofón creo que la percusión hace un muy buen trabajo también. 8/10 Kathy´s Waltz: Empieza bien con el piano. Muy buena la melodía del saxo, de las mejores del album, igual que el trabajo del piano. Muy bien la percusión pero más como ambiente. 8,5/10. Everybody´s Jumpin´: Buena canción, 6,5/10. Pick up Sticks: Buena canción, suena a canción de despedida pero alegre, gran manera de terminar el album. 8/10

Was fun to drive and clean to this album. Felt like my own little soundtrack! I do prefer vocals vs totally instrumental, but it was a nice listen!

Such a good jazz album. Straight into the playlist

Easy 5; Paul Desmond has the best alto tone for sure

Slick grooves daddy-o

50s jazz, perfect dinner music 🕯️

I love this. They explored unusual rhythms and landed on some exceptional soft grooves. The sax and piano are played so well. I could listen to this endlessly.

Bastante nice, disco cala duro y relajante. Buen jazz, creo.

Очень интересно, инструментал высший класс

Foarte fain, mi a plăcut să ascult un album de muzică jazz

Jazz for my soul.

A fun one - had to listen to it a couple times to properly 'grasp it', the vibe being that classically impenetrable style of semi-improvised cool jazz, but I'm glad I did. Like with most jazz of its ilk, the richest flavours of its polyrhythmic complexity are logistically gatekept by the real musical prodigies (or at least those intimately familiar with playing/reading non-conventional sheet music) but it's still a suitably pleasant and sophisticated record. And in even this regard Time Out's still relatively intelligible, so that even a jazz troglodyte like myself can enjoy it. Fav tracks: Three To Get Ready, Everybody's Jumping

If anxiety was an album.

some was above average

Phenomenal. Full stop.

Cool jazz with a fair bit of swing time...chill album