Time Out

The only thing I know about music is how it makes me feel. This makes me feel like I wish I understood jazz. It's very cool, kind of playful. "Blue Rondo A La Turk" is impressive for reasons I don't understand. The drummer mostly - this percussion work reminds me of Michael Giles on "In the Court of the Crimson King" and I figure that's no accident. I imagine Giles heard this. And whatever tthis guy is doing on "Take Five"... I like it a lot. Ok who is this drummer? Joseph Albert Morello? Cool fella'.

4.14

Very nice. A jazz album under 90 minutes.

Day980 - i don’t know many jazz songs but “take five” is as good as any thing else

ahead of its time. so modern sounding

A nice little jazz album for the day. Very classic sounding and a pleasant listen. Short enough, and good enough, that it got an extra play that some of these albums fail to get. Nothing ground breaking, but enjoyable enough. I think the Quartet are getting a four from me.

So first of all, let's get this out of the way - this album is great no doubt. But anyone who's into jazz can clearly tell jazz albums in this list were added by someone who knows shit all about jazz and seemingly just picked a few albums from the top selling lists with some notable exceptions. Where's Lee Morgen, where's Blakey, where's Wayne? This is probably 4.5 album for me, but due to lack of jazz here I might round it up anyway. Brubeck is a good guy who knows what he's doing.

Nice chill jazz. Nothing in particular stands out too much though. Enjoyable overall.

yaaaay

Surprisingly enjoyable. Would cook to this 4

No time to listen, assumed rating!

Trevligt

What a pleasant and enjoyable listen. I'm a fan!!

The highs on this album are just incredible. Naturally, Blue Rondo and Take Five are the big ones, but there are a couple of other really good ones. Unfortunately, the rest of the songs don't make any impression and feel interchangeable.

Relaxing jazz sounds make you feel like sitting with friends at a lounge, partaking of libations and telling stories.

Take 5 top 4 songs all timr

Many listens. Fantastic album. This often gets a spot beside the peanuts album during late fall, similar vibes.

Classic jazzy album. Perfect for a mellow study sesh

Caza başlayan birinin ilk albümü olmalı

A good jazz album with some great songs. Very pleasant listen overall.

Iconic!

3,6 Highlights: Blue Rondo À La Turk, Take Five

What can you say but a very innovative classic

It's impossible to have a bad time listening to this album. Dave Brubeck and his band's take on cool jazz is laid back and sunny, perfect music for taking a walk on a warm summer day. What really makes it stick, though, is that it works both as background music and an active listening experience. The band experiments with different time signatures and rhythms to create a loose, freewheeling feel that perfectly compliments the bright tone of the instruments. There's plenty of space for great piano and saxophone solos, which draw your attention without being too much of a distraction. If you're looking to get into jazz, this is a great starting point: complex but accessible.

I'm sure there's a lot of depth behind this, but even without understanding music theory, it was an enjoyable listen.

grosse decouverte j'ai passé un bon moment

Loved it, jazz dat ik aankan

jazz is so so good. has anyone else realized this yet?

Take Five is obviously a classic, and while not quite everything else lands, the off-kilter rhythms were ahead of their time in more ways than one.

As familiar as this was, it was a delight.

Is this the least challenging jazz record ever or what? I enjoyed it and I'm pretty lowbrow.

Good vibe, some great compositions and tracks. We hummed a lot of these at you for a couple days.

It's 50s/60s jazz! Jazzy like yuhh. Not for too casual of listening but I enjoyed it on this morning ride. Light 7.

Soothing familiar sounds. Would imagine it was quite out there when it was released. Probably feels familiar because of its influence on music that followed. Feels more structured than most jazz I've listened to. 4/5

Just delightful. I listened to this as I put Goldie down to bed last night and then continued it as I made breakfast. The piano melodies keep this grounded and perfect, but then journey's and jams are what surprised. They take the songs weird places and bring them back full circle. Its fantastic.

man i love dave brubeck

8/10

I actually quite enjoyed this. I've seen the album cover bandied about a lot, and am aware of the artist through this coming up in conversation regularly as being amongst the most well-regarded jazz albums. Really appreciated the odd-metered nature of it, which constantly leaves you second guessing from passage to passage within tracks, however the melodies remain distinctively catchy and hummable despite the underlying complexities to the arrangements. Bright, breezy stuff which engaged my brain, although perhaps not quite my soul or emotional core in the way that some jazz albums are capable of for me, as it did feel somewhat clinical and inch-perfect rehearsed.

This is a perfectly inoffensive jazz album, some of the warmest jazz songs all compiled into a nice listening experience. It's hard to say much else about it, since there's nothing especially noteworthy, but I think that's just a testament to the consistency this album brings. 9.5/10

Mycket behagligt

Pluspoäng för original tunez

MORE JAZZ WHAT kathys waltz and blue rondo a la turk were my favorites 😛😛 pretty peak album i listened to it whilst marking up pamphlets for the library

Smooth and cool groove with dynamic performances. What I've come to enjoy most about jazz ensembles is how the players settle in to their spots, make the listener comfortable, then occasionally go off on tangents with cool riffs while never leaving that space where both players and listener somehow all agreed is the right vibe for the moment. Maybe it's just me getting old, but jazz has become more than just the background music played in a hotel lounge . Genuinely interesting and enjoyable.

The piano in this album is very laid back and light hearted, it does a great job of capturing a calm mood and feeling.

Great record.

Not a jazz expert, but this sounds like good jazz. Favourite track: Take Five

complex jazz made accessible

In “New Frontier,” Donald Fagan sang “I hear you’re mad about Brubeck” and it’s easy to understand.

So, when I was about 30 years old I moved to a new city and I needed a job badly. I ended up working at this sandwich shop that was attached to sort-of-a cultural center. It was really slow most of the time and there were just three people working: me (the cashier), this guy Sasha (the manager), and a cook whose name I don't recall. The cook pretty much minded his own business. But I had to stand around awkwardly with Sasha for hours on end. He was a nice dude; nevertheless, we ran out of stuff to talk about pretty early on in our relationship. There were long periods of silence and this was before the smart phone era, so we'd often just be staring out the window. No one walking by. Not many cars. Anyway, one day we are standing there. I was on the right by the register and he was on the left by the display case. The cook worked behind the same counter, but with his back to us, facing his station. So one day we're standing there and Take Five comes on over the sound system. There is no other noise in the place except maybe the air conditioner. Just dead. The song goes on for like 4 and a half minutes and, you know, there's this kind of lowkey drum workout with the endless piano vamp, etc. Then the hook finally comes back in, right? Well, Sasha and I both start whistling the the tune at the exact same time (you know the part, ba DA da da bada bada ba DA da da, bada bada ba DA da da...) and then we both stopped, again, at the same time. The moment hung in the air for a long while, slowly fading away, and then we went back to staring out the window. None of us ever spoke of this moment again.

muy bonito, muy mítico para preparar desayuno

Whenever I listen to jazz especially the standouts of the mid to late 20th century it always feels so fresh and ahead of its time and this is especially felt on Time out. From beginning to end this album absorbs you into its world until eventually spitting you back out on the final track. So many great moments on this record and definitely one I’ll keep playing for years to come. Fav tracks: blue rondo à la Turk, take five, Kathy’s waltz, and everybody’s jumping

I am not super well-versed in jazz, so I did not enjoy the technical beauty of this album as much as other people would.

Some of us adults need it too, shit.

Really solid start to finish.

Not a jazz fan But I guess this is a well executed record

A very classic jazz album. “Take Five” is the stand out track. The rest of the tunes are… *turns to camera* …“Nice!”

Classic

One of the most accessible jazz albums of all time (even with odd time signatures). Good, but not great. A bit pedestrian and uninspiring.

I think just maybe I might be starting to like jazz - so thank you 1001albumsgenerator.com

Very good jazz record.

Resisting the urge for an instant 5, I started to analyze what's really being performed. I mean, these are classic examples in COOL jazz, of course this feels like a cigarette in the 50s with a cocktail to pair, right from track one. 60+ years later and this is what your typical nightclub jazz ensemble strive for, this is still the bar to meet. It's talented, it's graceful, it's an easy listen without insulting the people who really know what's going on. And you know, the whole ensemble is great, Brubeck is amazing, the bass is dramatic, the drums are crisp, but the magic is Paul Desmond on the sax a good 80% of the time. This all being said, it's dated enough for other jazz albums to build on it and create more dynamic storylines. I'd buy this record, though. This has got to be amazing on a quality set of speakers, but I'm not going to pretend I'm suddenly going to listen to this on a yearly basis. This is better for an occasional party-listen paired with adequate substances. 4.4/5

Mahtavaa jazzia, varmaan parasta mitä oon kuullut. Tosi miellyttävää ja rentouttavaa. Take Five kanssa tosi tunnettu biisi. Parhaat: Take Five, Blue Rondo a la Turk

4/8

Grande album cin una serie di pezzi famosi tipo blue rondo a la turk, take five e kathy’s waltz

Good album definitely would listen to again when I feel like just vibing.

A good time

Eminently listenable cool jazz

Blue Rondo a la Turk - 4.5/5 Strange Meadow Lark - 3.5/5 Take Five - 5/5 Three to Get Ready - 4/5 Kathy's Waltz - 4/5 Everybody's Jumpin' - 4/5 Pick Up Sticks - 4/5 A gateway into what jazz can be and how songs outside of the standard 4/4 can still be great. Take Five is arguably one of the most famous modern jazz standards, but Blue Rondo a la Turk is almost equally as great. Unfortunately some of the other tracks really tread into that "background noise" aesthetic for me so that bumps it down a bit for me. Good, cool jazz though. Overall: 4/5 Favorites: Blue Rondo a la Turk, Take Five

I was in just the right headspace when I played this one. Really engaging jazz!

No sabia que eran estos los que hicieron ese tema ahre Nota: 3.7

4.5

Actually a bit underwhelming but take five is such a banger that I have to give this a good rating

Piano

A fun an otherwise pleasant collection of songs I never knew I heard a bunch of bits and pieces of before. I need to make a jazz jams playlist.

85

Favourite Songs: Take Five Kathy's Waltz

Me gustó, es un disco relajado, algo loco en ciertas secciones y además tiene una canción icónica.

Cool Jazz, always get a Charlie Brown/Peanuts vibe from this record. I have heard it but never researched this album before. Interesting history on the unique, for the time, use of time signatures makes it a cool piece of music history. It is complicated yet very accessible and I give it high marks for its innovation and influence on jazz.

14.jul 2026. 16.28h love heeeer

Nothing blew me away here, I’ve heard a few of these before (pat on the back me!), but also no complaints! 4/5.

Excellent jazz album which I’ve heard many times before. Excellent on a peaceful morning walk, or a coffee in the garden or elsewhere.

-Música de fondo -Jazz -Raro -Instrumental

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

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.

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

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.

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.

A nice little jazz album. I enjoyed it.

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.

Music to drink dry martinis and smoke cigarettes to.

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

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.