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Brubeck’s time signature project - very successful. Jazz for people that like jazz and enough creativity to pull in casual jazz fans. Absolutely great jams and challenging music. Love it.
this album is one of the ones that inspired me to get back into playing sax. its an all time classic.
Certified banger.
Probably alot more going on than I can appreciate (such as the unusual time signatures). Sounds more modern than I would've expected for a 50s album and overall amazing.
Fantastic slice of cool jazz, up there with the best jazz albums of all time.
Own on Vinyl
For any jazz fan it's a masterpiece. No "Take Five" jokes here. Brubeck's piano alone is worth the rating, plus you get odd time signatures, Desmond's alto, and the precise mix of it all.
He’s an artist, a pioneer
I really really liked this record. It was just such a great way to start my Monday morning and my week as a whole. I will certainly be revisiting this one. My favourite tracks were "Take Five" (of course), "Kathy's Waltz", Everybody's Jumpin'", and "pick Up Sticks". Personal Enjoyment - 9 Songwriting - 9 Originality - 8 Production Value - 10 Artwork - 10 Overall - 9.0
As a teenager, I learned so much about time signatures and good drumming from this album.
Love Take five! Can put this on in the background for easy listening.
This one is one of my top Jazz albums. It's so accessible and the arrangement is spectacular. If someone would ask for a recommendation for a jazz album this is the one I would recommend.
jazzy
Truly a timeless classic. It works wonders as an introduction to jazz.
A landmark jazz album, many a person has found this to be a key in their jazz appreciation.
I'd rate this higher if I could.
Sooooooo beautiful
The number 1 album to get into jazz. The compositions here are stellar and tremendously well crafted. "Take Five" and "Blue Rondo a la Turk" are the real highlights here, but that doesn't take away from the richness and qualities of all the other compositions. Perfect album. 10/10
good stuff
Soothing and lovely.
5 stars
Even if you haven't listened to or understand Jazz, Time Out is a good starting out point. The songs sound familiar and you swear you've heard them before and you definitely know, Take 5, which has to be the most recognizable jazz song ever. Buy the album on vinyl (not CD!) and make sure to prop up the album jacket near your stereo system to provide you with enough Jazz cred to be cool. Really though, this is essential listening!
great album, what got me into jazz in the first place. Brubeck is a masterclass on the piano, the same can be said for the rest of the band. They are a well oiled machine that will take you away to a wonderful place.
Enough said.
Tímalaus klassík og frábær.
Love this album. Perfect vibe.
Amazing jazz album.
Wat een heerlijke start :) Take Five: maar natuurlijk! <3 Kathy’s Waltz: nog een bekende
Jó
It's not often that I choose to listen to the day's album over and over, but this was one of those. It's pure magic from beginning to end. I love that a musical experiment turned into something both joyfully listenable and engaging.
This was wonderful! Although being familiar with Take Five, it never occurred to me to investigate The Dave Brubeck Quartet any further. Well, in retrospect, that was kind of dumb of me. Love these time signatures!
I love this. Sophisticated and very very cool.
I put on the Apple Music version of this on the headphones and was startled because the sound quality was so good! I had not expected that from an album released in 1959. I also instantly recognized much of the opening track “Blue Rondo À la Turk” even though I would never have known I knew the song from the name. “Take Five” was also instantly recognizable to me… Time Out had me fully engaged from the opening notes. Jazz is no longer a curiosity that I appreciate at arm’s length different that other genres. This project has made me realize that there is a lot of jazz that needs to be in my regular rotation, and this album is up there with the top of that list.
Absolutely classic album. Everyone should have this in their collection. Fantastic from start to end.
Great album, a lot of variety and just enjoyable, reasonably complex music. Just the way I like it!
Genius
Incredible
∞/5 I LOST OMG ICH LIEBE ES JEDES LIED IST IN EINER ANDEREN TAKTART OHHHHHH AHHHHH JAAAAA SO ZIEMLICH DAS EINZIGE WAS ICH AN JAZZ HÖRE HABE ES AUF PLATTE (VON SO EINEM WEIRDO BEKOMMEN(adrian)) WOOOHOOOOO
Great, classic jazz
Vibes
Vrijdagochtend het is mistig buiten. Ik zit alleen op kantoor met een koffietje. Dit is prachtig
One of the best jazz albums of all time.
The quartet is in perfect synch. A classic album.
I know nothing of the Dave Brubeck Quartet, but I'm expecting something jazzy. I don't love the album art. The first piece, Blue Rondo a la Turk, sounds very very familiar. Why? No idea where I would have heard it before but I like it a lot. The we settle into a great chill vibe with Strange Meadow Lark. Take Five is also super familiar. Go figure. Apparently I am a Dave Brubeck fan. This whole album is aces.
no notes
Album #35 and the first that I don't need to listen to in order to review it. Of course, I'm listening through it again as I write this because it's that good. Time Out is an all-time classic jazz album. I do enjoy jazz, but I'm not one of those fans who knows everything there is about musicians and their instruments and time signatures and movements and all that jazz. This is an album I can put on almost anytime. Purely enjoyable from start to finish with just brilliant musicianship throughout. The fact that Brubeck did do challenging things with time signatures does make me appreciate it more even if I don't actually understand what's happening. Time Out is 40 minutes of jazz bliss.
Already a favorite of mine prior to listening to it for this list. Bonus that the album artwork mirrors my mental image of what I love about this album's tone and shape.
What can you say about this that hasn't already been said? Really enjoyable.
I grew up in Pittsburgh in the 90's age 4-14. At a very young age I got to meet Mr. Rogers on set. All of this reminds me deeply of all the backing music that they used on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. It makes me think about watching crayons being made and watching the trolley go by and a bunch of other little fragments of memory floating in my brain from a.... a time that had its merit. I can't deny that this is myopic and simplistic in the grand scheme of things, but it's too damn beautiful. It's a base we should all go back to build from.
Perfect
Very wonderful and sophisticated. Turns out to be a great album to cook dinner to also. The weird time signatures and the occasional general disregard for norms and rules of music was fun to listen to, if a bit confusing for my musically untrained self. Additionally, Take Five is one of those absolute classics that just always sounds so fresh and cool. Favourite: Take Five
Good classic jazz album for relaxing
Delightful, I love me some instrumental jazz. 5.
Classic cool jazz - always a great listen. Super bouncy and contains some of the best Brubek singles.
Classic, easy to listen to, relaxing, jazz music. Love this album. I've heard the song "Take Five" before and it's the best one of the album.
Exemplary Jazz album.
Love this album
imho take five is the best jazz song ever made
A classic.. I’ll have to go back to appreciate it fully.
Not sure what I can say about this album that hasn't already been said. It's an absolute classic and has been played in my house for as long as I can remember, even the cover art sticks out in my earliest memories of music. For sure one of the best Jazz albums of all time!
The jazziest jazz, first song kinda sounds like ffvii took inspiration.
Gros classique de jazz. plein de traditionnel que j'ai appris leurs noms
Really loved this one. Beautiful to listen to while cooking. I was in the zone!
One of the first jazz records I purchased. I was asking my piano teacher about odd time signatures (specifically Genesis Firth of Fifth) and he suggested I listen to Take Five. I never understood the strong push back from some purists to this one. It not only has the innovative time signatures. The playing is superb and the songs are creative. Pity there are not additional stars.
did not listen
This has been great for 50 years.My wilsons really bring this out.
Classic jazz. 5/4 song is incredible
Lovely jazz. Take Five is extremely famous. It's perfect for a party.
10/10 This might just be the best jazz album I’ve ever heard Dave Brubeck really did a lot for jazz and I love hearing albums like this where he can casually show off how much of a genius he is
Solid music and well-played.
Many classics and some unusual time signatures, mmmmmmm nice 👉
6 stars out of 5
One of my favorite go-to jazz albums with the most recognizable jazz tune of all-time. This is cool cat jazz. Smooth & hip. Excellent album.
Classic album. Great exploration of time signatures in jazz.
Loved
Great performances by four talented musicians of unique and well-written jazz compositions… hits a lot of spots for me
Jazzy peppy joy. The pinnacle of what a jazz album could be.
Classic alert! I used to love playing the piano parts of this as a kid. I always enjoy some unusual time signatures, and they work so well here
Lovely. Just lovely.
Fantastic. Familiar and new all at the same time.
If you look in the dictionary for the definition of "cool", it will say "Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet" 😎
gg
a jazz adventure you can call your own
5.0 + Among my top 10 favorite jazz albums and one of my few “anytime” records.
Chill music that makes you relax and enjoy your day and work. A classic
iconic odd-meter cool jazz. gateway Eames chair lounge lounge music. a timeless album (pun intended)
Great jazz album.
I know many of my favorite albums won't make it on this list and that's fine. Art is subjective so I can see how British well to do's may not think a lot of American bands/people that I like are worthy of this list. But this album...this album was one I knew would show up from the very beginning. One of my favorite jazz albums of all time. I still remember purchasing this cd at Hastings back in Greeley during college and just jamming to Take Five, Blue Rondo, and all the rest as I cruised around campus. This is a fantastic jazz album that has moments of calm and relaxation and moments of frenetic anxiety. All the best parts of what a jazz album should be. I even used Take Five as my alarm during those years. What a perfect kick off to the week.
vvvvvv good
‘Take five’ is a very enjoyable listen Great jazz album cover to cover
Brilliant album. One of the albums I listen to regularly.
Take Five stars as my vote
What can you say about one of the greatest Jazz albums of all time? Blue Rondo is a personal favorite ever since I played it in high school Jazz band.
Always amazing
Honestly one of my favorite jazz albums/groups. Take five would be overrated if it weren't so good. Paul Desmond really gets to shine without over shadowing anyone else. Also I'm just a sucker for anything outside of 4/4 and 3/4
Smmmmmooooothhhh jazz. Great stuff, imagine being a dark smoke hazed lounge bobbing my head to this.
Masterpiece
Ahhh, un classique du jazz avec probablement la chanson en 5 la plus connue au monde. Je reviens souvent à cet album.
Loved it!
What I wanted to listen to today anyway. I love this record and have listed to it a thousand times. Fun, easy, interesting, jazz with a little swing to it.
Blue Rondo A La Turk is such a fun time piece. This is the home of the complete door busting hit Take Five. Damn this album is good.
Vinyle
ma baš volin ovaj jazz, super su mi! podsjeća me na vrimena iz glazbene pa postanen nostalgicna slusajuci 💛
Brilliant as it ever was.
This is a really great album! And it's a great introduction to jazz if you're new to it. both experimenting with time signatures while keeping the easy listening Cool Jazz vibe. A really Iconic Jazz album
Jazz perfection
honey, that's a great f'ing album.
It had my at 9/8 timing. Such an interesting album with other cool time signatures too. The arrangements and are great and I can see it being one of those ones I keep coming back to and discovering new little intricacies.
Excellent to focus on something important to do, besides creating a good ambiance at work.
This album is a trip. Perfect for concentration and studying.
One of my favourite. This album really introduced me to the wonders of jazz.
Exceptional collection of jazz standards.
It's a total jazz staple, with one of the best, most iconic jazz songs of all time leading the way.
Moody Jazz
It was delightful. The technical skill and playful attitude were brilliant.
Still an amazing and influential work. Joe Morello is brilliant on Take 5.
I've had this album for a while and I really enjoy it. Definitely a jazz staple. Everyone knows the one song, but I realized I knew at least one other song, thanks to ELP. At first the songs feel a little... clinical, but once I got into it it was great. Probably Blue Rondo is my favorite of the whole 7. Really it's hard to believe that the band can have such different moods, but they really do get there. A definite must for any jazz fan.
One of my all-time favorite albums.
masterpiece
This is the right kind of jazz, could listen to this album on repeat for days.
Being recommended this album is one of the reasons I'm already a fan of 1001albumsgenerator...love how this album switched up my day
A Take Five-nál hangulatosabb szám kevés létezik a világon. Hibátlan album.
I've heard people refer to this as the jazz album for people that hate jazz. My dad bought me this "white guys play jazz" album when I was in high school and I wore this thing out. For the record, I'm white, and I'd like to think I like jazz, but in reality... notsomuch. Anyway, Time Out has been a guilty pleasure of mine in the past. Though, I feel less guilty about it as time has moved on. (To put this in perspective, It's not like Counting Crows-guilty pleasure which is now just an embarrassment). Evidently, this is a quintessential 'Cool Jazz' album. [side note] One of my favorite t-shirts I had when I was a kid had an illustration of a Saxophone with music notes flying out of it and a headline that read "Smooth Jazz Blows" DB is pretty amazing, when I hear this album, I imagine the guys at Doyle Dane Bernbach and George Nelson sitting around smoking and drinking Martinis joking around laughing and getting ready to watch Playboy's Penthouse, which at that time was pretty cool, but by today's standards, almost cringeworthy. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel did a great job of recreating a similar scene in an episode, "Comedy vs. Cabbage," I think. Regardless of the associations, the music is still great.
Never heard of this band before but I felt I listened to the first track, Blue Rando a la Turk, in a film. After a Google search, it appears that this song has been included in many films' soundtrack - including, Wedding Crashers and Next Stop Greenwich Village.
I have known "time out" my whole life, but the first track, "Blue Rondo à la Turk" was amazing! thankful to finally hear the full album.
Take Five was definitely great (the seemingly most popular) Katherine told me it's in 9/8, which, means nothing to me other than it must be complex. However, I think my favourite song by far was Pick Up Sticks. I found myself stopping what I was doing to just listen which is my favourite moment when listening to music. When it transcends other activities.
Que finura, no se salen del manual ni nada, pero no hace falta.
A 5 for Take Five.
Oh this is a sneaky one. I listened to this and immediately thought it was gonna be boring so it faded into the background, and then as I listened it crept to the forefront. Incredible storytelling here.
Haven't had time to listen to this today, but my Dad introduced me to it as a kid. He loved Take Five. It's brilliant, it uses complicated time signatures but makes them poppy. Genius.
Odd to find a Jazz song that I recognize and know that name of but a pleasant surprise. A nice listen throughout and speaks to a more impactful song with Take Five being the most successful album of all time
only recognized Time Out, but the whole album was great. I don't enjoy all Jazz, but this really speaks to the best of what older jazz groups can do!
Revolutionary and playful
This is a classic! I was such a fan as a teenager.
The definition of jazz sound, the definition of cool jazz, bit restrained, but cool anyway
It felt like an eternal dinner at a 3 Michelin star restaurant.
Awesome
Ya like Jazz?
Easy five star album.
VALIDÉ
Ja like Jazz?
Mmm jazz
Pretty good if you're in a jazzy mood
Take Five is a groove that has been stuck in my head off and on for over a decade. This is one of my favorite jazz albums of all time and I love the whole record front to back. It just has a timeless bit of soul to it, and always sounds fresh and new.
Jazz klassiker
ur cool!
Fan-fuckin-tastic. First album on this site that I immediately listened to again. Blue Rhondo and Take Five are of course classics but there is so much incredible music made with incredible writing and incredible musicianship. Love it.
Great Jazz album. Rainy day cafe.
Legendary
AMAZING! Essential relaxing listening.
surprised me
5/5
A classic
i just wish it was longer
I didn’t want to give a jazz album 5, but honestly I liked it end to end.
Really nice jazz
Simply fabulous.
I've actually been jamming this album past few months. Love a bit of that Rondo
classic.
Está muy bien. Tranquilo. Música de fondo. O bailar jazz.
Classic!!!
Loved it
Really enjoyed this
A timeless gem, one of my favorite jazz albums of them all, I'd give it six stars if I could!
Snazzzyyyy
Great jazz standards.
This is real lovely. Take Five was my favorite.
a rhythmic revelation
Great
Classic jazz from one of the greatest!
Love the mood throughout. The time signatures are fun.
Classic. Great from the get go. Time signatures keep it interesting
Great jazz album, really upbeat and catchy.
I listen to this frequently, especially when cooking. It's a ground breaking, fun listening album
Strange meadow lark = love it
so smooth, so cool
Such amazing jazz
Easy listening. Didn't realize I knew this music already.
Duh
Smooth, easygoing jazz.
So far the best album I’ve heard so far
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
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
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.
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.
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.
4 stars
good drivin' music
Jee jatsia (jonka äärellä viihdyn).
Pretty fucking cool
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.
Perfect music for a dog walk in the sun
Classy, not going for chaotic noise, not overstaying its welcome - perfect jazz for me.
Nice, but a little too laid back for my taste
I FORGOT
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
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
This is my kind of jazz. The Sims house building music.
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.
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.
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.
sjuk idag och perf för att läsa
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 !
This is the backdrop for the ultimate dinner party. I love it but not really a listen outside of that scenario.
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?
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.
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.
toe tapping
Almost a five
Genuinely so good. Idk how much I'll relisten to it but there are no misses on this album.
Ni tan mal oyee
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
Sounds like eggs benedict and mimosas. In a good way!
Jazz Take 5 ist recht bekannt
Хорошо, как будто в кофекульте посидела, у них подобная музыка на фоне
8 - groovy
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
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.
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!!!
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
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.
Makes any walking trip make you feel like you’re skipping down an NYC sidewalk
Liker somregel ikke jazz men denne var bra!
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
Delightful, feel like I’m already learning a lot
3.5
Very cool jazz that is actually fun to listen to
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!"
7/10
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
Porządny jazz. Uspokajający, rytmiczny, że świetną perkusją. Bardzo melodyjny. Aż się przez to wszystko płynie. 7/10
Such a cool, detached sound.
Cool and smooth. Really enjoyed a little jazz in the background.
I FUCKING LOVE JAZZ
Quaffable syncopated foot-tapping joy.
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.
Great album.... loved the jazz on this.... old songs really hit
Possibly on the lightweight side, but still a great album so who really cares? A definitive “throw it on for any gathering” album.
vinyl day! a classic
Very good for jazz. Like pop jazz.
Un poco de jazz está bueno
Those dogs were, indeed, barking.
*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.
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.
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.
Escuchado con littlekirk, experiencia sublime
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.
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
Such a good jazz album. Straight into the playlist
50s jazz, perfect dinner music 🕯️
Очень интересно, инструментал высший класс
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
It's definitely cool jazz but there are some interesting piano flourishes and modal bits throughout, can see why it's part of the canon for cool jazz and I did really enjoy it :)
10/1001 Time Out - The Dave Brubeck Quartet (1959) My first Jazz album from 1001! And quite relevant, given the fact that this was the first Jazz record to go platinum despite introducing non-standard time signatures and polyrhythms. Desmond's sax is airy and smooth as butter, Morello's drumming on Take Five is beautiful, and the piano is consistent but with flashes of some of the most satisfying playing ever heard in cool jazz. It has very stiff competition, given what other jazz giant came out this year, but it very much stands on its own. Absolute beauty. ★★★★½
chill
I mean, like, Take Five is clearly a master work. Rest of the album is great too. I'm dumb as rocks and don't know anything about music theory, but this transcends any lack of knowledge and is just a great time.
Album containing the iconic Take Five track, first proper jazz album I’ve listened too. I enjoyed it.
My dad has this in his own vinyl music collection, I've only heard fragments of it when he was listening to it. This finally forced me to sit down and listen through it all. Really nice!
Great stuff. This was some toe-tapping jazz. I love how Brubeck popularised the use of non-standard time signatures. This idea would have probably seemed outlandish back in the day but it’s truly passed the test of time.
this is the exact sound i think of when i hear the word "jazz", not something i'd listen to on daily basis but it will definitely be a lovely background music for a tea drinking meetup at my friends house
Absolute vinyl essential, very smooth. Overall very nice listen
Tidsmaskin til en annen tid! Bra schwung, passer for dans sammen med baby
I enjoyed the listening experience overall. Favourite was the first track and take five but I enjoyed the whole thing even though I’m not a big jazz fan. 4/5
I enjoyed this a lot. Good music for concentration.
Went pretty hard ngl, really enjoyable jazz
A good start. Take Five is the hit and probably one of the most famous jazz compositions ever. It is undeniably good. This is probably my favorite jazz album on the list so far.
Classic jazz. Should be in every jazz lovers collection