Time Out

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.

Jazz that I would listen to again. Pick up Sticks and Take Five are both great. How 'bout that.

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.

everybody SHUT UP i'm listening to TIME OUT by THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA highlights - blue rondo a la turk, strange meadow lark, take five

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

This was so chilled. An example of a great instrumentals only record

Um clássico absoluto há quase 66 anos. Um disco que serve de porta de entrada ao mundo do Jazz, com seus temas líricos e acessíveis que se tornaram praticamente hits. Não leva uma nota 10 por carecer de um pouco da energia visceral e espírito aventureiro que caracterizam as obras primas do Jazz.

Klassika, väga hea album.

Overraskende god!

Meget cool

Really nice listening experience. Take Five is a certified banger!

Very smooth and easy listening music. Rather enjoyed it.

Pretty solid. Didn’t like how breathy the sax sounded but I dunno if that’s cause this is super old and recording has come a long way. Otherwise very interesting and nice listen. Wonky rhythms which I liked

8/10

I loved this and would give it a 9/10 if I could. Listening experience was improved by the fact that the weather is getting cold and it was raining this weekend.

Nice, smooth, autumn-y vibes for the weekend. I did enjoy this album. 🍃🍷🥞

I don't know dick about jazz, but I want to know more. I do know that this shit was groovy as fuck.

Great stuff. Easy accessible jazz.

Epic jazz quartet and recording.

Love 🍂🍁

Really energetic start. Would this be easy listening jazz? Take Five is a fun classic. For 33 minutes this seemed to go on for a while, but it was nice and I could see this as background music for a party.

I knew take five, but never payed attention to the rest of the album. Phenomenal.

Happy jazz

Jazz and wonderful, relaxing, and very easy to listen to, Perfect!!!!!

Muy sabroso disco de jazz que me sorprendió en más de una ocasión al poner alguna pieza conocidísima que no tenía ni idea que venía aquí. Me gustó mucho y hay unos solos de locura.

Took a bit to get into, at times it did come close to becoming background music but it always managed to pull me back and regain my interest. Overall I enjoyed it and definitely worth another few listens.

4.5

The A-side is fantastic, but it dips a bit on the B-side. 4 stars

Just a pleasant listen, but it probably would've sounded more interesting if I heard it at the time it was released

Classic

An album I bought recently, very cool. Take five is the best track by quite a bit! 3.5 rounded up Heard before? Yes Owned: Yes. 10/1001, 10/43 (23%) Will I get? Already have

Very classic, no doubt good to have on with afternoon cocktails

Woah, jazz can be fun! Learning to play Take Five on guitar changed my life so will always love it. Big up Dave B!

#109/1001. More jazz and 2nd LP from tje fifties in this week. A refreshing change. Some nice unusual rhythm grooves, which they unfortunately break out of during most of the solos. Kind of white man's intellectual grooves? Take Five is of course the masterpiece here, which we learned about already in 5th or 6th grade. After catching my attention in the beginning I lost focus, which for me means the music failed to inspire through the whole. But for the excellent bits a four.

Simply wonderful

One of my earliest forays into jazz and I still enjoy this album a lot. It sounds so fresh and clear for an album from the 50s and it’s hinting towards the fusion genre way way before it really became so prevalent

- So many interesting tidbit parts if you listen closely - can almost picture busy streets and a chill protagonist walking through the speeding taxis while day dreaming about strolling through a park with love interest

you like jazz?

Bon album, juste je suis pas très jazz donc j’ai eu du mal à écouter mais cool de reconnaître des classiques Genre je sais que c’est de la bonne musique, ça se reconnaît, mais du mal à apprécier à sa juste valeur

Smooth and very easy to listen to.

Pretty timeless and great. Of course there’s “Take Five” which almost feels overplayed at this point. But this is still an album I’d throw on. 4.5/5

Awesome jazz album. Listening to this really improved my day.

exquisite 🤌(especially take five obviously)

Vive le jazz

This album is not as gimmicky as it might seem on the surface. By 1959 many jazz artists had already played with various time signatures in their playing. The real charm of this album is the tight playing by all members of Brubeck’s quartet. Desmond’s playing is particularly beautiful throughout the record. Perhaps its status in the jazz canon is a bit over rated but not by me. Very enjoyable!

I generally enjoy listening to these old jazz albums, especially now that my son does jazz band at his school. This one proved to be no different. Take Five is one of those songs that you have definitely heard, whether it is in some show or an old ad. I feel like this was in an ad for some luxury item or an old Apple commercial. It's very cool and well constructed. Definitely the highlight of this album. But stick around for the other tunes as well. Excellent playing, both individually and together. Love to hear actual talent like this, seems like that is kind of lost these days.

Here is the jazz album that you have to listen to before you die. Heard. Enjoyed. That's all I really know about jazz.

Nice

Great Jazz!!!

For a lyric-less jazz album, I'd give it high marks. And Take Five is pretty good, objectively speaking.

Fedt nok

Take Five is the song I most associate with this style of jazz and I'm here for it. Excited to get the rest of the album. This is fun! Real quaint and full of fun plays on rhythms and themes across the tracks. Flawless handoffs between the 4 of them. Got damn, Take Five hits so fucking hard. What a perfect song. I really need to get more into jazz. I don't ever listen to lyrics first, always music, and that's all this is! Time signatures, what even are they??? That was great. Solid 4 push 5.

This is a great album. Listened while watching a replay of golf. My wife even enjoyed it

this was good. not great but very good. it felt kinda safe compared to other classic jazz albums we’ve gotten on here. but i mean there’s a reason Dave Brubeck isn’t talked about in the same way as a Davis or Coltrane!

Some nice chill jazz. I love Take Five but I haven't really found any reason to go back to this one apart from that. 7/10 Favourite: Take Five Least Favourite: Kathy's Waltz

I have a difficult time talking about my feelings on music, because I don't feel like I have the proper knowledge to express my thoughts without defaulting to simplistic statements such as "I liked it". But I have to say, this album really did help me to gain a foothold on what the genre had to offer. It can be fun to think of each instrument as an element of a story. The piano set the mood, the sax plays the part of a narrator, the bass sets the pace, and the drums add a bit of drama and flair. Everyone might pull a different feeling, but I think that's sort of what it's all about So yeah, I liked it.

Interesting and enjoyable funky album

Hip, unorthodox, and a definite must have

Great werkin music

Excellent jazz album with some great tunes. Take five was my personal favorite off the album

Trigger alert ça va être jazz snob icitte (Guillaume, je m'assume) Le genre de jazz (blanc) qui sonne bien pendant le temps des Fêtes comme musique d'ambiance mais ça manque un peu de la vraie vitalité du jazz. Un peu comme Vince Guaraldi Trio, du Glen Miller Orchestra, du Gershwin, du Bernstein. Le swing est ultra carré/rushé, j'aime mon swing plus laid-back/drag. Qund même présent sue l'ostinato de Pick Up Sticks J'ai jamais trippé sur Paul Desmond au sax. C'est des belles compos, ça sonne bien, c'est plaisant. Le thème en seconde super dissonant du Rondo à la Turk, les solos de piano en block chords, le jolis thèmes de lark et Kathy (à 1min est-ce que les Beatles ont volé All My Loving?!) mais je trouve personnellement frustrant que ça soit ça la vitrine sur le jazz...

Du bon jazz, avec probablement la toune la plus connue et reconnaissable de tous les temps dans ce style. Apparement c’est composé dans des « time signature » fuckées, mais j’entend pas ces affaires là moi!

Was a nice discovery.

Nice!

The pinnacle of West Coast cool jazz. Objectively speaking, it’s a perfect album – laid-back yet inventive, masterfully executed from start to finish, and featuring a few tracks that have become all-time classics. Take Five is one of the most covered jazz standards ever for a reason – and the original interpretation is still one of the best ones to this day. The only reason I’m not giving it a 5* is because it’s just slightly too smooth for me. I’m not too big on cool jazz, which means it’s not a record I listen to very often ; maybe once or twice a decade, on a rainy sunday afternoon. I prefer my jazz with a little bit more risk-taking and insanity (yes, that means free jazz). But it’s still a solid 4,5* for me.

very jazzy album, music is something you’d imagine finding in a drinking&/or smoking lounge in the early 1900’s.

An old favourite of mine, great easy listening jazz with plenty of complexity.

Loved this Music to work to, or just sit & enjoy the melodies

3. Plus 1 extra for take 5

Hyvää shittii. Jazzstandardia ja upea kansi. Pitäs hankkii tää. Tykkään paljon! 4/5

Erinomainen jazz-levy, ja Take Five ei ole sattumalta löytänyt tietään standardien kaanoniin.

good background music

Much gentler than my usual taste in jazz, but you can’t deny the smoothness and fluidity of this album. Take Five aside (it’s a classic, everyone knows it) the rest of the album includes such tight yet airy playing, it really bumbles along like a long pleasurable summer’s day. A real treat to sit down and listen to.

I took one semester of jazz at CSUN, I know what I’m talking about.

This album made the start of my day so classy and chill, it gave me so much confidence. It’s just a really nice album to play in the background, feels swaggy and the switch ups are actually so so great and keep the ride interesting. It gave me whiplash vibes and that made it even better ☝🏼

this is instrumental, pretty neat tho

I whinge about jazz and how I don't know anything about it so I'm little lost and don't know my ass from a modal shift, but this album I know. Maybe it's babby's first jazz and the big brained jazzercisists have all moved on to more complicated stuff, but I don't really care. It's good.

For me, this is a really high quality jazz album and for me as someone who can struggle with the genre sometimes, it never felt overindulgent. The opening track (Blue Rondo) got things off a jolly high tempo start and it rarely dipped too much after that. Was interesting reading this was a pioneering jazz album as it was at an atypical speed for the genre. It had enough musical variation while all feeling like it had a clear strain of slightly funky jazz throughout. I also think it was (for me) a really good length to not become same-y. Nice to find some more jazz that I would happily listen to again!

Four cool guys making a timeless album get four stars

It’s ironic that in Dave Brubeck’s attempt to make jazz more complex, he actually made it more accessible. Time Out, his 1959 foray into odd time signatures, polyrhythm, and mixed meter, not only ended up going platinum and reaching No. 2 on the Billboard pop charts, but it also yielded jazz’s best-selling single of all time: “Take Five.”

Great album, classic for a reason

Classic

This jazz feels ‘lighter’ to me. Is it because it’s piano jazz? I wouldn’t know because I’m uneducated and stupid. But by “take five” I was enjoying it. This and a Friday afternoon drive home felt pretty good

Not my normal genre of choice but was a very pleasant change up.

Better than Coldplay

Ganska standard jazz

I think it's official. Im a Jazz guy now. This one was a bit basic but you can tell how monumental it must have been at the time and how important it was for the future. 8/10

4 gooooood listening

Somehow really nostalgic sounding

stellar album!!! Take 5 is so great. Between a 4 and 5 here just because i'm not sure how much diversity is in the album but take 5 is one of the greatest songs of all time

All time classic Jazz record.Excellent sound, enjoyable, nothing to complain about at all, definitely belongs on the list as it is the epitome of this type of Jazz album.

A lovely little pallet cleanser after a string of rather unpleasant records.

You can tell these guys were really enjoying themselves back in the day. Take Five is exactly what comes to mind when I think of jazz—and for what it is, it’s pretty much perfect. I don’t usually reach for this kind of music, but I get the appeal: the contrasting sounds, unexpected rhythms, and that signature contra beat. The way it blends these elements into a cohesive, wordless narrative is impressive. It captures a lyrical experience without a single word. This kind of jazz always feels like a cinematic stroll through Central Park - smooth, stylish, and full of character.

I tend to go for more daring, moody, and less commercial mid-century jazz stylings like Mingus and Coleman. I gotta say this hits though, even if it did eventually age into elevator music or Starbucks playlist muzak at some point. At the very least, given the huge chart success of Time Out in 1959, this record gave a wider listenership an opportunity to delve deeper and perhaps get into some more challenging jazz. I wanna hope that Time Out served as a gateway album that hepped the kids into more challenging stuff released the same year like Ah Um and The Shape of Jazz To Come. But even if they didn't explore further, I'm still encouraged that audiences of popular music were vibing with odd time signatures and syncopated instrumentals at all. Either way, this is a totally easy and decent listen. A totally classic, unlabored, and pretty worthwhile way to decorate 40 something minutes of your waking hours. Maybe even a chance to access some of the mood my grandfather probably got into with this after a glass of scotch and a long day.

Strange Meadowlark has an opening piano section that is equal parts jazz harmony and romantic-era sappy virtuosity. Really feels like an important unlock point for the conceptual peaks of multiple composition types/genres. At times deliberately tonal with sax lines that resemble a Bach étude —building an accessible familiarity into otherwise experimental structures. Prime example is Three to Get Ready Big band flair and frills of the American Broadway musical sensibility pepper the album, nowhere clearer than in Kathy’s Waltz What he does on this album is similar to what gershwin did with rhapsody in blue — using jazz as a jumping off point to explore the boundaries of a host of styles, from big band, broadway, vaudeville, blues, and even classical and romantic stylings. Distinctly creative and generative.

Really solid jazz

8/10 thank you state sponsored jazz

Jazzy

Felt a little like Christmas time at the Olive Garden