Time Out

a very solid jazz record

This is what jazz is to me. So good, I shouldlisten tomore

Smooth, fun experimentation. Basically everything I want from a jazz album. Maybe a little too clean.

Pleasant but slightly milquetoast jazz. Still, after the endless barrage of boring boomercore shite I will HAPPILY take this

Great album, I loved the feeling it gives, very specific vibes and mood.

Good

I love jazz, and this is some solid jazz.

Smooth og cool jazz. Ekkert að þessu.

I liked this album quite a bit. I think the jazz I like the most makes me relax and think, and I feel like this is an album that does that for me. I can't pick out my favorite movement but it is a really good jazz piece.

This is a lovely album, even if it fades into the background a little bit. It brings to mind a lovely meal at a fancy restaurant. Honestly, the only knock against this album is that its sound has become kind of cliche over the years. Favorite track: "Blue Rondo à la Turk"

4/5 - Jazz for non-jazzheads, which means this is for me. Should everyone hear this at some point in their life? I'd say absolutely. Blue Rondo a la Turk and Take Five are just classic.

m encanta este album igual ya lo habia cuchao xd

Jazz muito foda

Very jazz, very nice

Felt like a short, but sweet album at 7 tracks, but when I looked it up, the total run time was actually about 39 minutes. This was a wonderful jazz album. If these songs would have come on in my normal music rotation prior to today, I would have been just as pleased. It's kind of the apotome of why I like 1001AG so much--it introduces you to music you didn't know was out there. So TIL that there is another music group out there that I like and need to delve deeper into. Was this a 5⭐ album for me, no? Was it a solid 4 that made me smile and jam along for a few listen throughs? 100%. My two favorites were "Blue Rondo a la Turk" and "Take Five". They were absolute jams and I look forward to them coming up back up in my regular rotation of Liked Songs again.

Even though I’m not a jazz person, this feels like a perfect jazz album

Very pleasant

Another great jazz album. They apparently do some interesting stuff with time signatures on this but I couldn't really care less about that stuff if the music doesn't sound good. Thankfully, the music here is great. Very chill sounding and the instrumental work here always managed to keep me engaged, even if I did think this got a little samey towards the end.

Boa pizza de calabresa

4,5⭐️

Carried by Take Five but really good album. Very smooth and swanky.

Take five, slapper one of the best jazz pieces ever written, hell yea. Blue rondo, just a slightly lower caliber. The rest take it or leave it but it’s all good. I can’t give this a five but know it’s like 9.987 out of 10.

It was nice.

Первый джаз альбом, не дослушал до конца в первый день, но норм

JAZZZZY

Love the sound of this album. Favorite songs: Blue Rondo a la Turk, Take Five, Everybody's Jumpin'

Pretty solid Jazz.

A beautiful jazz record. Both an accessible classic and a technical gem. Personally i prefer a bit more quirk

I can only think of my dad playing this and going off about how it's 5/4 and how wild that is. It is a good album though Will I listen to again: 99%

A jazz classic

I don't know much about music theory or jazz, but it's easy to see that this is an extremely sophisticated and experimental album, very enjoyable and a must-have for any jazz fan. I loved "Take Five" and the abstract cover.

Relaxed easy listening jazz record. Would have sounded cool in your space age bachelor pad.

fav songs: blue rondo à la turk take five kathy's waltz everybody's jumpin' rhythmic, groovy, technical 75/100

Dave Brubeck - "Take Five" - as far as jazz goes this some of the most listenable and hummable stuff out there. I know many jazz musicians might look down on this - but - I really enjoyed it. FOUR STARS

I always find these Jazz albums hard to review as they're so far out of my wheelhouse. This one though is definitely my favourite on the list so far. Very smooth and chilled.

It's definitely elevator music. But it's pretty damn good elevator music.

I love a good jazz moment. Does this have lyrics? I hope so. No I do believe this may just be instrumentals. Interesting. Really like this jazz though. Not much to say it's just good jazz. Favourite: Blue Rondo à la Turk Least favourite: I like em all

I don't normally like jazz but this was an interesting and enjoyable album.

Oo yeah the good stuff

Classic Jazz Record. 4.5/5

Great for a dinner party or to listen to in the evening

Uf

очень приятный, но немножко слишком классический

Very nice!

there was this BBC documentary called 1959: The Year That Changed Jazz that I watched for a music class in high school; it made the case that '59 was the year bebop exploded into various fragmented jazz subcultures, which director Paul Bernays and his many talking heads endeavored to summarize by covering four classic jazz LPs from that year. these were Miles's Kind of Blue (although the film never uses the word "modal"), Mingus's Ah Um (a return to group improvisations, the blues, and the Church tradition), Ornette's The Shape of Jazz to Come (heralding the nascent "free" movement), and the Dave Brubeck Quartet's Time Out. at the time, that final inclusion struck me as slightly out of place compared to the others. for a newcomer, it seems to me like this would be the easiest listen of the four by far; I know more than a few fellow musicians who regard this album as even being somewhat kitschy. apart from its famous use of various time signatures (hence the name), there's not a lot about this album (at first glance, anyway) that you could call "challenging" like with the other three LPs in that documentary. well, let me attempt something of an explanation. American pianist-composer Dave Brubeck had spent a pretty significant amount of time touring Eastern Europe and Western Asia with his quartet on behalf of the State Department (for better or worse) in places like Turkey, Poland, India and Pakistan, where local folk musics are often organized into anything but four evenly spaced pulses to a bar. this got his gears turning, and it eventually resulted in a seven-track suite of music where only one song is strictly in 4/4, a time signature so ubiquitous in the West that we literally call it "common time". of course, the waltz (3/4 or 6/4) is pretty well-understood here too, and Brubeck includes a few of those. "Kathy's Waltz" is a bit misleading as a title, though, on account of the fact it starts in 4, develops into a waltz in 6 later, then places the 4 over the 6 at the same time. "Everybody's Jumpin'" and "Pick Up Sticks" also play around with threes and sixes. but I know what you really want, you sicko. you wanna hear about "Blue Rondo a la Turk" with its alternating quarters and dotted quarters in 9/8 (a song ELP famously butchered by just playing it in 4/4 as if that makes it the same composition). you wanna know about "Take Five", which Paul Desmond wrote as a drum solo for Joe Morello and inadvertently created a smash hit. well, I don't see much point in hashing that out more than the critics and analysts already have. I'm more interested in explaining why I think this album is worthy of consideration alongside those of Davis, Mingus, Coleman and other, more obviously "adventurous" jazz artists of the time. the biggest thing that endears me to Time Out is that it was more or less the first attempt by a major jazz artist to compose music "in the tradition" using irregular time signatures—meters that don't divide evenly into groups of 2's or 3's, and typically use some combination of both. there was a thought among many that these sorts of meters (5/4, 7/8, etc.) were jazz-proof; then again, they said the same thing about electric instruments, straight eighth notes, and God only knows what else! the most obvious use of an odd time signature on the whole album comes as soon as you press "play". the main pulse of the 9/8 head in/out on "Blue Rondo a la Turk" is 2+2+2+3, although some parts use a 3+3+3 division, and the solo sections alternate this 9/8 with a 12/8—3+3+3+3, which the band feels as a slow swing tempo in 4. these complexities might not be immediately apparent just because Brubeck and his band play in such a relaxed, "West Coast" fashion, but once you notice them, they're utterly beguiling. if you filled a dartboard with jazz albums from the past 25 years, you'd probably have a better-than-even shot at hitting an album with at least one odd time signature on it somewhere or another. in their increasing ubiquity, they often lose their power; if everything is irregular, nothing is. that's just the thing which gives so much extra power to Brubeck's gorgeous solo cadenza on "Strange Meadow Lark", the only song on the LP that's entirely in common time (once the tempo is set, anyway). even when the meters get to be their oddest, Brubeck frequently anchors the music with bits of 4/4 to keep the listener grounded, like on "Three to Get Ready". adding even more "cool" factor to the proceedings is the unique sonic identities of Brubeck's sidemen. of course, there's the brilliant alto saxophone sound on Desmond, which was a major selling point for the Brubeck Quartet at the time. it's one of the most bewildering tones I've heard; dry, sparkly, complex, yet so delicate it feels like it might all just fall apart at any moment. bassist Eugene Wright makes his most meaningful contributions when Brubeck sits out, like during Desmond's solo on "Blue Rondo". Desmond makes a simmering jazz noise together with Wright and Morello's patient, utterly locked-in quarter note on a 12-bar blues in F, that most time-honored of bop traditions. even if you have a heavy East Coast/New York bias in your jazz listening habits like I do, you have to hand it to Brubeck. despite the understatedness in its execution, the fairly easy-going nature of it all, it's easy to forget that Time Out was treated by many at the time as being somewhat experimental. "Take Five" was structured around a drum solo! and yet it's become the best-selling single in the history of jazz. the truth is strange like that. decent 8/10.

Enjoyed

This is true music, every second is worth listening to.

An enjoyable listen for sure. Would revisit.

This is fun, oh wait a minute I know that song! Solid stuff

Nice

A lot of jazz blends together for me, but this is not the case here. Super lovely listen. Some crazy piano moments and smooth brass. Will 100% come back.

Favorite Track: Strange Meadow Lark

It's good but I like a bit more pep in my jazz. And I prefer Toma Cinco to Take Five. 3.5

Great record for the times you want to hear a great band.

OH yeAAAHHH THAT IS WHAT I WANT.. Love this record, it's fun and interesting

Smooth. Loved Blue Rondo A La Turk, enjoyed Take Five until it turned into a drum solo. Drum solos are NEVER WELCOME. Kathy's Waltz sounds like the different instruments are playing different tunes but it works. Overall it feels like my level of jazz. It's not too challenging but keeps you on your toes.

alles sehr toll, außer Blue Rond à la Turk, das ist mit ein bisschen zu durcheinander

Really solid jazz album

Good stuff

As a beginner exploring jazz, Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet felt approachable and fun to listen to. It’s the kind of album that makes you curious to hear more.

Yes sir

nice jazz album

If this doesn't get you toe tapping your not human. Great album,

Really good musicianship and very interesting musically. A pretty accessible route into jazz I would say, but to my taste it's just like background music for a cocktail bar.

Lovely old skool smooth jazz.

Fun, Take Five is great - 8/10

Masse fete låter her, og take 5 er jo en 5/5 klassiker

No better way to start your morning with some classic odd signature frantic jazz!

The whole point of this musical journey, for me, is to expose myself to music I wouldn’t otherwise listen to. Some albums have been trickier than others to get through, but this one was quite pleasant! I could see this being played in Nordstrom, or some classy hotel lobby, or a fancy restaurant! 😎Cool album art too! (I’ve started paying attention to this) Favorite song: Take Five Rating: 3.5/5

First album of the 1001 - I wasn't expecting much, but was pleasantly surprised. Will listen again!

It's very interesting that jazz with such unique and varied time signatures can sound so paint-by-the-numbers. It may be testament to the high quality production or tight-knit organization by the band (which is not a bad thing), but the feeling that sits with me is an inauthentic undertone that I can't shake. Where other jazz performances are looser, more fluid and occasionally feel alive, this record feels like jazz at it's most restrained and algorithmic (but maybe that's more a product of "cool jazz" as a genre). Still, the technical skill of the members and overall song quality cannot be discounted, as there is a lot to like here. 4/5

An album to accompany your afternoon work. De-stressing music for working peacefully on the computer.

Wonderfully relaxing and calming, I feel like I'm in Mad Men

One of the most recognizable jazz albums of all time.

Klassieker, Take 5 >>>>

Must have heard this growing up or in college. I recognized several songs. It’s a good, pretty mellow, jazz album. I know it’s a bit “backgrounnd music”-y, but sometimes that’s ok.

Enjoyed. The first song worried me as it was a bit ‘look at all the instruments we know and all the different songs that we can play with them at the same time’, but, it slapped.

Lots of room to breathe in the tracks. Some challenging time signatures early on but mostly a fairly great, straightforward jazz record. Feels like a good gateway album for the genre. Will revisit.

Lo disfruté y no lo conocía Las dos primeras canciones me gustaron mucho ❤️

know this one from youtupe :))) a very easy and fun listen with lots of fun little treats for knowing ears.

Comme rentrer dans un musée et se retrouver face a des oeuvres du cahier d'histoire géo

Siento que es la música ideal para los que tienen bibliotecas de adorno, pero eso no le quita lo bien y perfecto que suena todo. Jazz educadito.

First time i hear some instrumental jazz that is not boring. Take Five is cool.

Thats some nice smooth jazz right there.

Perfekte background Musik

Lush, engaging, and innovative. The first true modern jazz album, setting the scene for the rhythmic exploration of the following decade. Joe Morello's drumming is among the best in recorded jazz history, while Paul Desmond delivers some of the most intoxicating saxophone tones and timbres ever. An incredible record to play in the background, but so deep and nuanced and thoughtful when given a concentrated listen.

Blue Rondo a la Turk and Take Five are classics. The time signature experimentation never feels like a gimmick, but a couple of the songs feel like they never really get going.

High energy, I love the almost classical influences. Favourite tracks: Strange Meadow Lark, Take Five

One of the most innovative, influential, and popular jazz albums of all time. Recorded the same year as Kind Of Blue and Giant Steps, this is one of the most accessible and successful jazz albums of all time. This is a great album with some of the best known jazz songs ever. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Blue Rondo a la Turk Strange Meadow Lark Take Five Pitchfork: Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums # Best Songs Blue Rondo a la Turk Strange Meadow Lark Take Five

Being a junkie when this came out must have been cool

Album No. 0156 on my list. I'm not the biggest jazz expert, but I'm fully aware that "Time Out" is one of the most famous Jazz albums of all time - so famous that it kinda crossed the borders between the two realms and actually ended up on this list of the best albums of popular music. I've listened to "Take 5" (the best-selling Jazz single of all time I think) many times, but was actually curious about the rest of the album as well. Jazz is not my area of expertise (and not my favorite genre for that matter), but I think I still get why this album is on the list. It does include a lot of cool jazz pieces (cool as in both the jazz sub genre and as an adjective). The album is famous for including odd time signatures, which I find pretty cool as well. At the same time, the pieces on this are fun, catchy, almost pop-esque; they really never get boring. I really enjoyed listening to this! I'll add "Blue Rondo à la Turk", "Kathy's Waltz", and the obvious "Take Five" to my playlist. 4/5 stars!

Sounded awesome, not a big fan of jazz but 40 minutes of this was very pleasant.

A wonderful album. Makes me regret the distain I had for jazz instilled in me by my preach snd holier than though high school music teacher. To be fair, she did have a doctorate in music so maybe she did actually know a thing or two about music… specially jazz. This is brilliant and I have listened now multiple times while reading. Take Five is such a classic too, can’t go wrong with that tune.

The vibe is quite relaxing with this album which is similar to other jazz albums I've gotten and listened so far, like such as the Birth of the Cool, to name a few. My favourite 'part' is probably the piano, I believe that is the album's strongest instrument, I believe it's strongest in "Strange Meadow Lark" and especially "Everybody's Jumpin." I thought the drum break in the middle section of "Take Five" was quite good. I liked that the album - for me - progressively got better, usually with other jazz albums in my experience it starts to slightly go down in quality as the album goes on, this album however just gets better the longer you listen to it for. Highlight Song/s: "Strange Meadow Lark" and "Kathy's Waltz"

Damn, Blue Rondo a la Turk og Take Five er jo legendariske! Å høre på jazz er ofte litt som å høre på klassisk: det kommer en "låt" alle kan, men "ingen" kan si hva den heter eller hvem som har komponert den. Blue Rondo er omtrent nyklassisk minimalisme. Igår hadde jeg sikkert gjetta Philip Glass eller Steve Reich om jeg fikk den på musikk-quiz; idag er jeg blitt jazz-kjenner og er på førstenavnbasis med The Dave. Resten av skiva er helt grei jazz...?

Classic jazz combo album. I wonder if people called this avante garde when it first came out. I gave Count Basie a 5 earlier this week. I like that album more becasue its big band, which I like more than combo jazz, but i think this album is probably more influential. I just don't think its one that I would put on all the time. Take 5 is a classic though.

Imagine creating Take 5. This album just makes you feel cool

09/02/2026 This was actually some pretty cool, chilled jazz. Spotify listeners: 2.3 million

This laid the foundation for my love of jazz as I did hear it before. I mean it is quite exceptional in the atmosphere it provides.

Chillest elevator ever

A lecture on where the cool is 3.6

So maybe it's not that I don't like jazz, it's that I don't like jazz vocals. Instrumental jazz isn't too bad. Really enjoyed this album.

cool chill jazz

solid. this is the kind of record that i think i might be able to appreciate a little more if my knowledge of musical theory was more refined, particularly in the sense of how this plays around with its time signatures. i recognize it and acknowledge it, but i don't think i have a sophisticated enough understanding of jazz to enjoy this beyond just liking it. the sax is probably the highlight for me across this as it often is because damn if i don't love a good saxophone. this feels like quintessential relaxed cool jazz which i suppose is self evident given that we're talking about the dave brubeck quartet after all.

Love when an album reminds you that music is supposed to be fun.

hermoso disquito de acompañamiento al día a día <3 sobre todo para momentos de relax

ALBUM #3 🎷 03/02/26 another jazz album, honestly a no skip since every song is good. its something i’d play on the way to school and while studying best song goes to Everybody’s Jumpin’, it just has a certain charm to it that none of the other songs have

So good! What a group of musicians just playing their hearts out!

Take Five is one of my favorite jazz songs. No one has ever pulled off a 5/4 time signature so well

Clean, fun jazz. I wish I knew how to find more jazz like this easily. Standout track was "Blue Rondo à la Turk"

8/10 - when I saw it was another 50s album, I thought it would be more hillbilly bible belt music but what a pleasant surprise, great jazz

Really quite enjoyed this. A couple of very recognisable tracks that I think most people will know, "Blue Rondo a la Turk" and "Take Five", the latter probably the most famous. I can tell that this album was influential on other artists, particularly in the Prog-Rock field and perhaps beyond into Metal. I've not really explored Jazz as a genre before, but every time I listen to it, I enjoy it. Solid 4 stars for me and will revisit in the future.

I’m no great knower of jazz, but I enjoyed this. Would listen more, was great background music while I was doing some work.

Fabulous “starter jazz” album. Is that fair? Well, it was a gateway for me to listen and learn about jazz music, and I listened a lot. “Blue Rondo” is a lovely introduction that changes tempo and highlights the whole quartet as pinpoint musicians. The energy changes from track to track, never settling in one place, and just as it’s feeling a little languid, bang - in comes “Take Five”, the centerpiece of the album and a milestone in jazz. It’s just beautiful to listen to. It sounds so… easy. But making it sound easy is so hard. “Time Out” is a reward no matter how many times you’ve listened.

It’s good. Kind of an overrated cool jazz album.

Classic jazz album

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smooth jazz, v chill 4/5

So put together. Makes we want to class up my life. Clean house, nice watch, classic car and on and on. Could not feel farther from the truth, but nice to throw this on and feel classy for a min.

Hearing that real jazz aficionados look down on this album explains a lot, because I really enjoy it and am definitely a basic bitch when it comes to jazz.

Pretty familiar with this album but was fun to revisit. Definitely a little standard-y at times, but is that a bad thing? Blue Rondo is the highlight for me.

Pretty pleasant jazzy album. - Makes me feel as if I am in a fancy cafe, It generally is easy to listen to and quite soothing. -I struggle to review jazz as it’s hard to put into words what i like and don’t like about an album, I don’t know much about the background or context of this one, but i thought was listenable, and i will probably put it on in the background sometime.

Very chill but iconic jazz. Feels like listening to every cool movie hotel bar scene ever

A great, smooth jazz album. Obviously held up a little by Take Five, but nonetheless a great jazz piece.

Not a huge jazz fan

Damn Dimebag owes a lot to Eddie.

Accessible. 4.

Personal enjoyment: 3/5 Relevance to this list: 5/5

Maybe I'm just not an educated jazz listener, but a lot of the songs on this felt super repetitive. I want to be one of those people into the complex rhythms and such, but I think I'm just not. Take Five is such a classic, though, I can't help but like the rest of the album. Apparently, this album was meant to make jazz more complex, but it ended up making it more accessible. Kathy's Waltz was really enjoyable. I also like how every instrument gets a little moment, even if some of them go on for too long.

sooooo gorgeous. the beginning two tracks will so strong but after it kinda slowly lost momentum. love it a lot though!!! definitely listening to it while reading

Even if it weren't compositionally important, they're tight as hell and the recording generally sounds great. One of those albums that I like every time I listen to it, but that I don't choose to listen to very often.

Classic

Its alright, there are few songs that I recognise from IG.

Great Jazz record. Will be going on the evening dinner playlist. Loved the groove and the unique time signatures. Could hear a lot of different influences on later music. 4/5 and will be listening to their other records.

Blue Rondo à La Turk all day on repeat

Nobody: Me: *snaps fingers in jazz* Here's a weird one. "Take Five" has to be one of the most famous jazz pieces of all time, right? Well, guess how I discovered this song first? If you said through Rodrigo y Gabriela, the flamenco/metal guitar duo, then you win a new car. I'm a big fan of Rod y Gab, and they had a song on their first album where they'd incorporate "Take Five" into "One" by Metallica. Anyhow, that was my introduction to what is arguably the world's most famous jazz song: through insane percussive Spanish guitarists playing a blend of jazz and metal. I've said before how I'm not really that into jazz. It's not that I don't like it, I have a great deal of respect for jazz, but I often feel like a lot of it is going over my head. I have to say that I didn't have any issues getting into this album right from the start. It's an album that started off as an experiment in exploring unusual time signatures. Doesn't sound the most approachable, does it? But, it weirdly is. "Take Five" is in 5/4, but doesn't feel experimental in any way. Cymbals signal the start of the song, and while the piano is playing through a less-than-conventional time signature, the sax melody carries everything forward. There's a reason why it's such a classic. You could deep-dive into the structure of the song with your music nerd hat on (it'd be a fedora in this case), but really it's been such a long-lasting and far-reaching piece for a much simpler reason: it's a fantastic riff that doesn't ever feel repetitive. The song builds in intensity as different parts of the band build up around the central riff over the 5 and a half minutes of runtime, making it the ultimate jam session. The best thing on this album is the opening track "Blue Rondo à la Turk". The very first time I heard it, I absolutely loved it. At times, I can imagine it soundtracking a long Saul Bass movie title sequence from the 50s. The entire song playing while motion graphics of cast and crew names fly about the screen. The piano riff, layering with the sax, playing in 9/8 time, would be enough to make this a fantastic piece by itself. But what makes it so fascinating is when the second melody comes in, in 4/4 time. The second melody is a much more conventional jazz phrasing, feeling nice and safe. But nothing is safe in this song: we switch back and forward, over and over again, between the 9/8 piece and the 4/4 piece, until you feel dizzy. It's honestly one of the best things I've heard in a long time. I don't really know enough about jazz to explain why all of this works, but it does. There's a tonne of clever stuff happening with time and structure, but it all stays under the surface, leaving behind great, welcoming jazz tunes that somehow travel as far as metal and flamenco without losing their shape.

não tenho vocabulário pra jazz, mas esse álbum é lindo. take five é o destaque, não por acaso está na capa do disco.

Perfect soundtrack to being a detective musing about the one that got away while watching the New York cityscape.

Maybe I do like jazz!

i am just not a jazz guy but this is clearly good

Some great tracks some mediocre

Some great saxophone playing by Dave Brubeck and lots of great throughout this album. It's very top heavy, with the first three tracks being amazing, and the rest of it not really matching it in quality (they're still pretty good though). Take Five is an amazing song, and one of the songs that got me into music when I was a kid. Super catchy, great drum solo and piano playing on that song. 8/10

pretty chill and vibes if you're doing something while listening to it

an absolute vibe

Remarkably smooth and experimental jazz wrapped into a neat little taco of sweet and savory songs

Awesome jazz

yas jazz🎷

Classic

I am somewhat a Luddite in regards to jazz etc - is this jazz? It feels like it. Coffee shop jazz. Anyway this is more up my street kind of jazz (if it is jazz, and if it isn’t I guess I’ll just go fuck myself). Had never knowingly listened to this artist until Take Five came on, which I did obviously know, and used to be on every arts and crafts show in the early 00’s. 4.0/5.0 Best Song: Everybody’s Jumpin

It's a perfectly lovely album, but it's not my usual type of Jazz. Very easy listening and nice to listen to during the day, though. The drum solo in Time Out really scratches my brain in a spectacular way

Not something I would normally put on, but I really enjoyed it. Just really good vibes. Good background music while I was working, and maybe something I’ll return to as background music in the future. Also reminded me of the music at a coffee shop near my house where my dad keeps commenting on the music being good. Fav song: Take Five Least fav: Everybody’s Jumpin’

Club penguin jazz vibes but in the best way possible. Very enjoyable listen. Specific rating - 4.5 Fav song- three to get ready Least fav- strange meadow lark

Really enjoyed this. Felt like I should be sipping a whiskey or brandy in my Parisian apartment, or enjoying a cocktail at an upscale cocktail bar.

8/10 a fun classical/jazz music type of album, will be using for studying hehe

goated

I have listened to jazz just a little bit before this and have enjoyed it in the past. I very much enjoyed this album to, will definitely be listening to it again. Definitely seems like a album ahead of its time.

Enjoyable listen while making breakfast, kids were nodding their head along. Reminds me of playing saxophone when I was younger.

⭐️4/5 puede que sea la primera vez q escucho un album de jazz entero y me ha parecido una fantasia !!! mi canción favorita es take five.

4/5

Initial impressions - love this! It's like the album you could soundtrack to your slow morning routine. I've never really just put on a jazz album and listened through it and this was nice.

I grew up listening to Dave Brubeck, so I’m familiar with most of his works, my Father is now 89, and I have him to thank for my love of Jazz from the 1950s and 60s, and these tunes are timeless🥰

Ah, the album with 'Take 5' on it! I don't know much about The Dave Brubeck Quartet, but this feels like a solid jazz album. Quite calm and tasteful. There's saxophone. And there's one of the - if not the most - well known jazz song ever. While no other songs really stuck to me like 'Take 5', the album is very well boiled down to 38 minutes, so you never get tired. Overall just really solid jazz!

Everyone’s favourite jazz album, together with “Kind Of Blue” by Miles David. The claim to fame is of course “Take five” which is an excellent song. I also really like the opening “Blue Rondo a la Turk”. It has a nice main melody and some really good piano lines. The rest of the album has that smooth jazz feel, it’s accessible and nice. I really understand why it’s seen as a classic. It’s a good intro to smooth jazz but I miss the more energetic songs to make me tap my feat and scrunch my face. Strong 4 though.

Du grand jazz

Iconic jazz-album. There is a vibe and a warmth here that is fantastic.

Super awesome jazz album refognized some parts from samples

Me ha gustado, algunas más que otras. Blue rondo à la Turk y Take Five me han gustado. Me lo guardo.

It was good jazz

Cool Jazz, West Coast Jazz, whatever it is I enjoyed listening to it. Blue Rondo à la Turk and Take Five are immediately recognizable and great songs. A few reviews mention time signatures and whatever. If I knew more about music I'm sure I would be very impressed, but I don't so I'll just be happy it sounded really good.

great, in collection. 1/5/2026

More minimalistic and mellow than my preferred type of jazz, but still an example of some excellent jazzy songwriting

Pretty good but I wasn’t paying that close attention after Take Five

Take fire: ist fire, kenn ich von irgendwo und hat super Melodie Allgemein: extrem angenehme Mischung aus teilweise anstrengend und speziell und dann auch wieder gemütlich und melodisch Bass ist geil Höre grundsätzlich kein Jazz, das ist jedoch gut fassbar und würde ich auch mal anstellen bei einem Apero fall ich bisschen mit meinem Musikgeschmack flexen will Titel finde ich vom wording nicht so toll aber von der Bedeutung super, passt super

Here’s the thing about west coast “dinner party” jazz. It won’t mow your face off but it’s very enjoyable. A nice snowy day outside, this album and a hot cup of joe. Perfection.

great stuff, thank you all holy 1001 list for introducing me to new jazz

I like jazz

Was not prepared for that Kathy’s waltz tik tok song sample. Fun groove throughout

cool jazz each song was pretty long but still good.(Only listened to 3 songs)

1001 Albums Generator 188 (12/22/2025) I'm going to admit something slightly embarassing as a so-called "jazz fan". I have never listened to Time Out all the way through. Look, of course I knew Blue Rondo and Take Five, and I knew the idea of exploring odd time signatures in jazz at a time when that was unusual, but I just never explored beyond that. Well, I get it now. Obviously those two are still my favorites, but there is some other really good stuff here. Three To Get Ready features a constant switching between two measures of 3/4 and two measures of 4/4, which feels really strange at first, but I was able to really get into the groove. Strange Meadow Lark is perhaps a bit overlong for my taste, but it's undeniably the most beautiful song here. The last two songs are my least favorite and are really what keeps this from a 5 for me. I tend to like my jazz with some weirdness/experimentation, and while this was weird for the time, a lot of it reads nowadays like (really good) cool jazz and not much more. That's all personal preference stuff though. 4/5 for this classic. Favs: Blue Rondo A La Turk Take Five Three To Get Ready Least Fav: Pick Up Sticks

171/1001 The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out Heard before? ❎ Revisit? ✅ The only tracks I was aware of before going into this was Take Five, which I think is excellent. It was great to experience the album as a whole for the first time. The odd time signatures, the layers of instrumentation on top of each other, yeah I love this. Give me enough time with this, and I can see it being one of my absolute favourites.

Chill vibes, made for a good atmosphere while driving around

Take 5!

Classic. Such a good vibe, iconic. Favorite Track: Take Five (of course it is)

Really enjoyed this album, gave me Charlie Brown Christmas album vibes. Definitely would buy if I seen it out in the wild.

8/10

Fav track: take five, Pennies from heaven Pretty swinging ! Had to listen throughout the day bc it was quite long, but I enjoyed the live recording!

Really a great album with 2-3 timeless jazz melodies. I wish we had .5 as an option because this would get 4.5, but instead I’m going to round down to 4.

I am a sucker for cool jazz. This album is so sophisticated, classy, & smooth on the ears. There is just something about that stanky upright bass, brush taps on the high-hat, and saxophones-saxophoning. Interesting time signatures. Piano is lovely, has its own voice to add some flavor to the songs. Take Five is the most famous song out of this bunch, its never gets old. Blue Rondo is pretty progressive, and then gets super jazzy. The quality of the sound and musicianship is highly appreciated.

Takes me back to Jazz band in highschool. We used to play Take 5 all the time.

That was some lovely jazz.

Me gustó para no ser un género en el que haya profundizado antes, 8/10

I just don’t like jazz generally but this cool jazz?? It slaps. I like that there was no main instrument it felt like. Everything had its moment. I’m very quick to be annoyed by jazz but I wasn’t evenly mildly peeved at any point.

I love instrumentals!! Made me feel like I tried coke but in a chill way

Classic jazz, essential!

Amazing instrumentals and beats. Songs telling a story without any vocals.

Some great standards - really cool jazz

never listened to a jazz album before, this was fun, it felt new and exciting

I initially thought during the intro, "Oh boy, another generic jazz album that I'm not sure of the significance of". Then that smooth ass trumpet came on, and God damn did I melt like butter. I then also realised this has Take Five on it, so that makes a lot more sense as to why it's on here. Super solid jazz listen. I imagine this is a staple for super fans of the genre. I love a good jazz album but this one just didn't hit the spots for me as well as something like Herbie Hancock or Miles Davis would otherwise have. I still had a great time, and this is a huge breath of fresh air compared to most of the other slop on this list. Good record.

Slow start. Everything gets better after the familiar tunes of take five (and after increasing volume and parents leaving you home alone for a fucking sec). Although my preference is more punchy and energetic jazz, this is still good.

Perfect music to just put on and chill out. Favorite track: Blue Rondo ala Turk

That first track “Blue Robdo a la Turk” is so freaking heavy and awesome. The rest of the record is good, including the deservedly celebrated “Take 5” but nothing quite lives up to the promise of that opening banger.

Enjoyed!

classic

Fun! Love Debby Harry.

This was really cool

Very comfy :)

I really liked this album overall. Cool, upbeat energy. My favourite tracks were "Blue Rondo à La Turk" and "Take Five." This album felt like I was in one of those small lesser known jazz bars in NYC.

Riktigt härlig jazz samt ny upptäckt!

Mysig!

Jazz is not on my regular listens, but this album was great. Short and too the point but still very musical and really fun. A great showcase of a musicians skills.

it's nice to listen, with some interesting moves, record quality is pleasing

This is my first time listening to this subgenre and quite liked it. I’m not knowledgeable on jazz so I might jump into more like this at the start as it seems quite accessible. It was quite relaxing yet engaging. Rating: 3.8

Du bon petit jazz là ça fait du bien

Chill sympa

Littéralement la soundtrack de Whiplash, et j'ai adoré Whiplash.

Bonne bioune

This was one of the first jazz albums I actually sat down and listened to a few months ago. I can’t claim to really “get” jazz yet but this album is still a really enjoyable listen.

Don’t trust anyone who says it’s bad

Snazzy

The odd time signatures can make this album a bit hard to get a feel of, but it's laid back sound makes it very enjoyable. "Take Five" is a classic and will always be cool. Paul Desmond's light tip-toeing alto sax provides some nice accents, although I would prefer a bit of regular saxophone in order to vary the sound a little bit more.

Nice piece of listening music. Easy and soothing to write with. A bit traditional for my taste in jazz but it is still a keeper.

Really lovely. Perfect music to have in the background while I focus on starting the new year strong. 4/5 Highlights: Take Five Three to Get Ready Pick up Sticks

Time Out by many accounts is one of the most influential jazz albums of all time. It popularized the idea of uncommon meter in jazz, as well as introduced a large population of White Americans to contemporary jazz, growing the genre's popularity significantly. The alto sax of Paul Desmond is a major highlight of the record for me, it's such a whimsical and playful tone that makes this record have such a distinct sound. The track Take Five is an obvious standout, becoming arguably one of the most recognizable jazz recordings of all time, but there's a fun and cool vibe to be found in almost every track on this record. For me personally though, I've never been super impressed by Brubeck's piano. Other piano greats like Evans and Ellington have a personality on the piano, and use it so much more expressively than I feel Brubeck does on this record. I feel like he prioritized a clean and consistent tone to appeal to a wider audience, but it feels a little flat even if the licks he's playing are quite nice. I tend to prefer intimacy in my cool jazz, which could be why this record can't be considered among the greats for me. The B-side is also pretty forgettable, while it's nice when it's on it doesn't have the same potency as the A-side. That being said, I always enjoy the record when it's on, and I have to recognize its historical importance in shaping popular jazz.

Richtig guter Jazz!

Schwache 4, weil die Songs sich schon ziemlich ähneln (außer der Opener, den ich aber gar nicht mochte) und klare Motive oft nicht erkennbar sind. "Take Five" ist aber natürlich ein Bomben-Song, spiele ich selbst auch super gerne auf dem Klavier. Zieht daher den Schnitt wieder nach oben.

Fantasticly done lounge jazz, very conversational between the instruments. Take Five is, of course, an all timer and stand out best song on the album

A bit embarrassing, but my first thought after realizing I recognized these songs was that it seems like this inspired the monster’s inc soundtrack. I know, I’ll see myself out.

Iconic. Love these jazz classics and learning about their origins. Evidently Dave Brubeck was ahead of his time, combining genres such as jazz and classical and popular music and that innovation really comes across.

Listened that before, classical rhythm

The ability to create a cross-over jazz hit that people still know 65 years later is so impressive. Has that long drum solo in Take Five always been there? Solid 4 stars, though I expected a 5.

Not really into jazz, but Dave Brubeck is both extremely listenable and familiar, especially Take Five and Blue Rondo.

Enjoyable, smooth sounds. Each instrument is a standout individually, but together they really make something magical. 4/5

Groundbreaking

So saxy. This fella has a weak spot there, so this one lands. A classic. Play Take 5 anywhere and people will recognize it and start grooving along.

This was really relaxing to listen to, perfect as background music during studying. It felt like a soundtrack and made it feel like I was in a movie or videogame.

Jazzzz at its very best

Classic jazz album.

perfect IKEa building tunes

groovy

Good ol one

Du du du du du du du du

7.3/10

ive listened to this one a lot, i assumed itd be a 5 going in to it, but it didn't mme tthe mark i think

Super chill, has the classic "Take Five." Piano, trumpet, and drumming really stand out to me. Also the bass. So Everyone basically.

Just for Take Five

Great Iconic Jazz album, though I prefer different styles. 8.5/10.

Great music for the classroom

Some really fantastic instrumental jazz in here, was a bit repetitive across the whole album and felt it was ultimately too short but overall, there's a very solid musical collection in The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Jazz

Good to finally have a name to "Take Five" as its one I've heard throughout my life. Jazz is something I'm extremely uneducated in but love the more I hear. This one kinda lost steam at the end but it was still very enjoyable.

Damn

Wonderful. Perfect background dinner music. Very enjoyable. 4/5

Wouldn't be my first pick everyday but it's going in the library album rotation

rätt skön vibe ändå :) förutom första låten som var för mycket upptempo :D

Relaxing, sunday morning coffee jazz. A bit wintery too, great for xmas. Have not heard before.

As a non Jazz guy - this album might turn me into a Jazz guy

Enjoyed the cool vibe and the melodies

delightful

Ik was eerst verbaasd dat ik hier al een nummer van had (take five), toen luisterde ik het en viel het kwartje. Heerlijk relaxte nummers voor bij het eten of het concentreren.

Peak jazz album, I have been wanting to branch out and hear more instrumental albums and this was perfect. Definitely added to my library.

didn't end well. 7/10

Very listenable and not too long.

Already loved these pieces and it made me so happy to see the album generate here, i love how they play with mixed metre and irregular time signatures in their pieces. Lovely lovely lovely i love jazz I love the Dave Brubeck Quartet and It's definitely a must listen to even non-jazz fans. Incredible album but its not a 5 just because It's not my favourite style of jazz and there are some covers i like better. Fave song: Take Five (cliché i know but sue me)

This group was recommended to me by a coworker because I was looking to get into jazz. This is definitely a vinyl purchase in the future. Favorite songs: Blue Rondo à la Turk, Take Five

Take Five is a masterpiece.

Another lovely jazz record that I hadn't listened to before. I'm a big fan of the title track. Cool jazz at its finest. I haven't given any ratings lower than a 4 in a whole week. I honestly am kinda hoping for something more mediocre next lol. Favorite track: Time Out

Well done, maybe will listen again.

A nice blend of classical and jazz. I’d like to hear more of that style. It has its obvious highlights. The rest of the album is very good, but not as memorable.

In terms of jazz, this is a fairly accessible album featuring odd time signatures. I think the DBQ are a solid group and play quite well together. They create a structured fluidity throughout this entire album. Personally I know all the tracks well enough and this was far from a first listen for me. “Everybody’s Jumpin” has always been a favorite of mine. As an album I think it’s a perfect example of jazz in the late 1950s and still holds up to this day.

Den inledande hektiska och udda rytmiken i öppningsspåret Blue rondo får mig att må lite dåligt. Mer konstmusik än jazz. Men när ljudbilden öppnar sig, lugnar ner sig, blir lösare i kanterna, saxen får glida fritt över piano, bas och tassande trummor, då blir det bra.

Riktigt fin jazz från DBQ. Inledande Blue rondo a la Turk och hiten Take five är världsklass. Mycket god kvalité i övrigt också.

Jag kan ingenting om musikteori så jag bryr mig inte om att försöka förstå vad som var nydanande 1959 de olika taktarterna. Däremot konstaterar jag att Take five och Blue Rondo a la turk är fantastiska. Övriga spår är bra, men når inte upp till samma höjd. Fin variation mellan spåren. Sammantaget ett mycket fint jazzalbum.

4.5 stars. Some of my favorite jazz on the 1,001 list so far. Eastern (Turkish) influence is an interesting twist, as well as the pioneering usage of unconventional time signatures. Shorter run time (38 min) helped it feel more approachable. Seems like being a "studio album" in that it has distinguishable tracks on isn't a more run-on live record.

Old but the music produce a good feeling : )

An enjoyable and interesting listen. But I didn't love it. Just liked it

Banger

I don’t care much about jazz, but I’ve got time for Dave Brubeck. 4/5

Sexy cool

Chill start to the day.

Brill. Buying it. Big big fan of the jazz albums so far

R4.4 2x

Delightful from start to finish. Helped make the day upbeat and put lots of pep in my step!

107/1001 :: The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out Heard before? ❌ Would I revisit? ✅ Rating: 8 Listen before you die: Yes Out of the all jazz records in this project this has been my 2nd favorite so far (only behind Coltrane’s Love Supreme). A fun listen that kept moving. The sounds were familiar and felt like I’ve been to this bar before but I hadn’t. Not sure when I’d play it but I would buy this…

Good album to take a bath to. 4/5

Loved it

Take Five is one of the most well known jazz tunes. It's not surprise that other Dave Brubeck compositions are just as compelling. Great album.

Groovy jazz quartet deftly makes its way through some tricky time signatures and rhythms. Sax player blows some great melodies over these tracks. Album is a li'l front-loaded, though - the big hits are on side A and the cuts on the flipside are just a bit less memorable.

Yeah ... this is timeless and classic!

Easier to stick with than a lot of jazz for me

This is almost like the peanuts Christmas album, but for all seasons. So easy to listen to and could be out on at any time and enjoyed.

Some timeless songs here - would definitely listen again.

Groovy jazz that's good for cooking. I enjoyed a quick listen, all of the tracks were seamless and sexy.

Alright if you say you don't like jazz try this album. It is one of the best made. Now there are better out there but this album is so damn fun. It's interesting as they play a lot with this album. It experiments with time signatures and it's fun to try and hear when they change it up. Great album. If you have a friend that likes prog rock play this for them. The odd time signatures used here will be a fun treat for them.

Take Five should be the whole album.

scho no guet da album. de basic jazz. aso de jazz wo alli kenned. aber ich lieb de paul desmond und s het halt metrisch spannendi sache. und de erst isch en mozart type beat au funny. und rhythmisch afoch seeehr cool. ich lieb de paul desmond. lieblings saxofonist glaub. dave sis solo au recht nice. chordsolo seehr cool. strange meadow lark au huuuere expressivs desmond solo wuuunderbar. und de piano solo schlussteil suuuuperschön. take five classic. würkli halt de classic vom dave. aso paul gschriebe. halt fucking cool und drum en hit.

TTAKE FIVR KENNTMER JA SO MEGA de rest hani bis jz schön-aber-chan-halt-nöd-mega-mit-jazz-connecte gfunde bin jz bim 2. mal durrelose und finds seehr schön s het jz mini meinig zu jazz nöd grundlegend veränderet aber v.a. d nöd-4/4 teil sind sehr erfrischend gsi

4/5 - Take Five is always such a classic jazz song, I do love it a lot. I don't usually go out of my way to actively consume jazz, rather I more passively enjoy it. Nevertheless, this was a solid album and I will be adding songs from it to my studying playlist!

Original: Jazz! 2 stars. I couldnt get it out of my head and I listened to it about 3 times then I bought the record in a used record store. my opinion changed... as ones does! 7.5

A highly listenable gateway drug into jazz, with strong melodies and artful playing belying the sophistication underneath. The definition of 'cool jazz', it lacks the bite of Davis and Coltrane, and some of the tunes can come off a bit light. But on the whole its a great and accessible jazz classic.

might be a good one to have on vinyl 3.5