Time Out

Good start to the morning

Solid, easy listening

Classic

Great jazz album. Odd time signatures and fun!

Favourite Song: Take Five

could be good

The epitome of cool jazz. This is what I'd want to hear if I was chilling in a jazz club.

8/10 chill but also kinda boring towards the end

A great album cover, and a great-sounding jazz album inside too (at least to someone who's definitely *not* a jazz afficionado). I feel like I've heard at least parts of "Blue rondo a la turk" everywhere, but never realized it was from Dave Brubeck, so it's nice to finally place a name to a tune; the same with "Take Five". "Kathy's/Cathy's waltz" is also kind of trippy for the way the percussion eventually has a different time than the rest of the instruments. And I'm really intrigued that the inspiration for this album and its pieces came from a (US) State Department-sponsored trip through Eurasia; I guess it was musical diplomacy? (Ah I now see courtesy of Wikipedia that he was one of the US' jazz ambassadors--well done!) Either way, if this is indeed "cool jazz", I think I enjoyed this more than Miles Davis' "Birth of the cool" from earlier in the collection (in my rotation).

Cool jazz at its finest. Easy to listen to but interesting enough to keep me piqued throughout.

Really liked this one- close to 5 stars

Masterfully executed and an enjoyable listen. Not a genre I turn to often but this has to be one of the best of its kind. 7/10 (3.5/5)

Chill

Perfect background music (as Mia the main character of LALALAND would say), but worth also to listen with booth ears. In particular great dialogues between the instruments

Beautiful. Just lost one star because it's instrumental, which makes it unlikely for me to listen to it again.

Good album 👍

I love this album. It might not be one of my favorite jazz records but it's hard to find anything to dislike about it. It's super mellow and great to have on in the background after a long day. One of those albums that probably everyone should have and listen to from time to time. I don't know if it's one I would really sit and intently listen to, more just throw on to have music in the background. Most people would probably be at least vaguely familiar with Take Five and I think that's probably the standout on this album. The rest might not be quite as good and there are other jazz albums I'd pick from this list over this one but you can't really go wrong throwing this on. 4/5

Not usually one for jazz but this album is smooth and easy and just makes you feel right. Not a jarring disjointed improv'd note to be found.

An absolutely lovely cool jazz album, the track “Take Five” is iconic. I’m not always a huge fan of Dave Brubeck: his frequent use of unusual time signatures can sometimes be off putting, but he delivers here. 1959 was such an iconic year for jazz though, with Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, and Charles Mingus each also releasing some of their best albums. So while I do think Time Out is excellent, it’s completely overshadowed but other jazz masterpieces.

Music like this makes me wish I understood music composition better. I have a general understanding about things like time signatures but I also know that some people will be able to hear a lot more in this album than I can. Despite that, even to my amateur ear, this a brilliant and complex album. I have to be in the right mood to listen to jazz but sometimes it's really the perfect thing to listen to, particularly when it's as beautifully composed as this. 'Blue Ronda a la Turk' and 'Take Five' are major highlights, complimented well by the rest of the album. You can imagine how cool a listener in 1959 might have felt playing 'Time Out' for friends. Jazz always runs the risk of seeming pretentious that way, but there's something also deeply accessible about The Dave Brubeck Quartet. At least if you're even a bit curious about the genre. It's an great introduction.

Timeless. Relevant.

made my day productive while listening.

Fav: Strange Meadow Lark Least Fav: Everybody’s Jumpin’

Not a discerning jazz listener. It’s all good to me.

Favorites were "Blue Rondo a la Turk" and "Take Five"

Hard to overstate one of the most popular Jazz albums of all time. Lifted by its track Take Five, this album is smooth and enjoyable throughout. Its unclear to me if it reaches the legendary status of influence that Im looking for

Great songs. Take five is his catchy of an instrumental tune as has ever been written

My kind of Jazz. Jeg begynder at forstå hvad det er jeg kan li’ ved jazz jo mere jeg hører det. Og også hvad for noget Jazz jeg ikke kan li’. Det her ligger tæt på Kind of Blue. Det er godt

Very smooth, very influential, very good jazz album.

Take Five is a stone cold classic. Untouchable. Blue Rondo is great too but the rest of the album doesn’t quite reach to those peaks.

This was a pleasant listen on my drive to work this morning. I was a little disappointed when it started over again. I wanted a little more. Better than being too long though.

I don’t understand jazz. Feel like the musicians are so good by the time they are able to play jazz. It’s hard to differentiate what’s good. The note precision and timing is so good on this album. Like too good. Plus I saw the movie with the jazz drummer and I am too dumb to think of the name. Miles teller and the guy who played the newspaper guy in Spider-Man. For Christ’s sake what is wrong with me. My brain keeps telling me it’s drumline or rickroll neither are close. Jeez, it was a normal day, felt with it for the most part. What is happening? Anyway, that movie every one knows makes it hard for me to listen to jazz. Like watching Chinese gymnasts or any Olympic swimmer. Like you know you are watching the pinnacle of that event, but you can simultaneously see or hear all the absolute torture and sacrifice it took to get there. And the there is my monkey brain unable to even begin to appreciate just how good they really are. Though it was an unseasonably cool evening. I drove through dusk with my windows down and this album playing. That experience was enjoyable. Ill give ol’ Dave a 4 due to the idiocy of this review.

Timeless good music

Second jazz album in a row, but this one is fun, enjoyable, and has one of my favorite songs ever, Take Five!

This one is so iconic while being underrated at the same time. Take 5 & Blue Rondo get all the flowers while the rest of this set really soars in it's own right, but soaring under the radar of popular recognizability. This album really hits the spot for me, jazz-wise, with it's spatial awareness. There is a ton of room to breathe between these 4, allowing each player to explore and be heard. Not only is that accomplished, but the tone of the instrument is really allowed to be heard. Every clack of the strings in the upright bass is heard reverberating through the instrument's body. Every wire on the snare brush, when employed, is present across the microphones, dragging across the surface of the drum. Really takes you there, allows you to feel the music. It's no wonder, when hooks like Take 5's are applied, why this is such an enduring classic.

Long time fan of Take Five, loved the rest of the album.

Good stuff. This has got to be one of the best jazz albums all time. Super chill, but catchy, fades in and out. Very nice. Includes the classic track "Take Five".

Smoov

there are some places where the road keeps going, it all keeps going

imagine MY shock when i knew take five. this was groovy.

DB ate on this one. This is what Seinfeld was talkking about in Bee Movie when he said "ya like jazz?"

Oh no, I think I like Jazz. Lovely singable Melodies throughout!

Highlight: Take Five

Beautiful and charming jazz. A more low key kind of jazz too. I recognized Take Five and Kathy’s Waltz. Standouts: Strange Meadow Lark, Take Five, Kathy’s Waltz, and Pick up Sticks.

This is a pretty good jazz album

I find it difficult to write anything meaningful about jazz albums, apart from the cliche 'this is nice.' Time Out is very nice. Light, fluffy, never straying into the nervous breakdown genre of some avant garde jazz. It's very classy. It makes me want to take up smoking again.

Beautiful jazz for people who count in 7s just to feel superior.

Nice and jazzy, good for making breakfast.

A very nice collection of jazz pieces. A genre I'm not very familiar with, but I appreciate it nonetheless. It's a very pretty album, and very relaxing to boot.

Jazzy

Jazz smooth as butter! And this cool cat loved it

this is a dope jazz album. I first heard of Dave Brubeck in college during a 'History of Jazz' class which was amazing. Take Five is an AMAZING track and really glad I could listen to the rest of the album. incredible jazz album.

Sure. It's jazzy.

4 stars. Enjoyed it

Mint

White guys can do jazz sometimes

love :-)

Good

I don’t always listen to jazz but when I do it’s jazz like this

It's a great album. Entry level stuff, but classics. Some of the songs aren't as good as the others but still high praise

Vibing out to this!! So many emotions and cool sounds happening!! Loved it!!

One of my favorite jazz albums

Lovely listen. Take Five is an all time classic. It slightly fades in the latter half but that's only a minor quibble. Worthy and deserved addition in the book.

Lovely

Jazzy Jazz for the Jazzmaster Jazz-Thousand

Great

not usually a jazz listener, but this album was a very enjoyable listen. it got a bit lost on me but everything comes together nicely and can see myself coming back to this album soon.

Knew the opener. Either a jazz classic, or someone i know covered it.

Just the perfect background music. Nostalgic for me, Brad played this a lot in college.

Lepsze i gorsze. Pewnie ktoś kto bardzo lubi jazz, to wszystkie mu sie spodobaja

Perfect Sunday listening. I’ve had Take Five on playlists for years but never taken a deeper dive into Brubecks work before.

Honestly love this type of jazz. Always had a spot for Dave Brubeck.

Great jazz. The perfect length of jazz album. 38 minutes. Exactly my jazz limit. 4.4

This one I could see throwing on again.

4 ya like jazz

Nice Pretty Good to Work to Makes me feel good music. Thank You 4 stars for me

Gucci gucci. Þetta er svona mest mainstream jazzplata allra tíma, en það er alveg ástæða fyrir því að þetta sló í gegn. Menningararfleið þessa verks er óneitanleg þrátt fyrir að vera pop. Gott að vinna við, gott að setja á í matarboði. Svartur djass er samt betri djass imo.

3.75

Aw man cool jazz for squares daddio. But irresistible none the less even if they do sometimes sound like they are going for their Tricky Time Signatures scouting badge.

Very nice lightish jazz. It's pretty good and I think that I would possibly buy a copy. I have heard "Take Five" before but the other songs are pretty good too.

Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Blue rondo à la turk, Take five

take five is one of the most iconic jazz standards from this era. the other songs are great to.

Classic! I haven’t listened to Dave Brubeck in quite some time but as good as always! Can listen to this at any time.

I owe you an apology, Jazz, I wasn’t really familiar with your game.

It's such a fun concept, have a jazz album based around using weird time signatures, call it 'Time Out', even have some of the song titles be references to the time signature. On top of that it's just a fun listen. I maybe like my jazz a little wilder or weirder, but you can't deny the bangers on here.

YES JAZZ! Klinkt heel erg fijn, geef me een trompet of saxofoon en ik ben gelukkig joh. Ik haat het dat ik zo basic ben, maar het is wat het is. Take Five is een super bekend nummer! Heel vet, wist nooit van wie dat nou was. Ik vind dit lieve jazz, is dat een ding? Het is gewoon heel liefelijk ofzoiets. Vibe het wel, past goed bij de dag en gewoon nice om je ogen een beetje bij te sluiten. Het sterke punt is ook dat het album lekker kort is en dat je je niet gaat vervelen wat bij langere albums nog wel eens gebeurd. Het is een echt lekker album, met een paar echte top nummers zoals Take Five, maar qua jazz albums heb ik iets betere gehoord. Toch is dit voor mij een essentieel zomerjazz album, cocktail er bij en lekker genieten van de 3 zonnestralen die Nederland biedt. Op het moment regent het, dus kan ik het album denk ik niet volledig waarderen. Gaat zeker innde zomer queue! FAVO: Strange Meadow LArk, Take Five

pretty jazzy ngl

4.4 very good

cool background jazzz

Top 10 beats to cook your food to

My eldest loves jazz (and discussing polyrhythms and unusual time signatures) and we’ve listened to The Dave Brubeck Quartet together a fair bit, a few of these tracks have been heard tinkled on the keys or honked on the sax coming from his bedroom which has given me such a fondness for the album (and jazz in general which I’d never been super into before) I love talking about music and the way you can connect with people when listening to it or discussing it - it brings me so much joy to get this stage in life where my son has his own taste / ideas and shares them with me - super special. I love a random text from him with a track ‘I simply MUST listen to’.

Great example of interesting jazz

LOVED

Ideal music for having a little weed with your coffee while you make breakfast

Как раз не успела на джазовый концерт сходить, хоть так восполнила желание послушать джаз)

Really liked this - nice easy Jazz listening.

Great. A couple of the songs really felt familiar, even though I don't spend much time in coffee shops.

Jazz. Somebody is hating it right now. This isn’t elevator music, though. This is classic. This is syncopated. This IS jazz. For me, it’s relaxing. I can work to it. Reduces the stress of a long day. It’s like taking a Calgon bath in my dry clothes. These guys are amazing musicians. I love Take 5 with its 5/4 time signature. Even playing music for the majority of my life, it is difficult to count the beats, never the less play them for the entirety of the song. To listen only, the ears don’t notice the complexity. Count it off, though. That’s my ASMR. Gone for over a decade, Mr. Brubeck and his band made music that will last forever.

Jazz classic, superb album

-this feels like Disney’s fantasia but for adults who like Jazz -Oooooooooo this is where that’s from (take five) -just a real good jazz album

I never thought I'd say this but this jazz album is a certified slapper. I knew this album going into listen- my old roommate played this constantly in March of 2020 so I associate it with a lot of sitting around and looking at the Apple Music visualizer while getting crossed and pretending like I don't exist. On a more sober listen though there is a lot going on here that I didn't appreciate about it before. I really like the weird time scores and how off beat any individual instrument can sound while still making a really coherent song. This is kind of like the album equivalent of those pictures you have to cross your eyes up to see. Focus on any one part and you start to lose the music is actually trying to do. All respect in the world to these musicians.

First half was incredible! Fell off a bit at the end

Nice to have true jazz album, but I’m more of a horn guy, not main piano and drums. But either way a good one for a Friday.

Lovely 60s jazz, fine background/dinner music and then the iconic Take Five.

I took a walk while listening to this album because I thought it’d be relaxing and it very much was. I knew the two very famous songs and the rest I quickly found I enjoyed. Never did I think I would rate this time of album so high but very pleased!

I have been waiting for this. Jazz. 2 genres people pick out, the classic "I'd listen to anything except country and jazz". I love country, but I have never really tried Jazz only in small doses and while I would say it isn't a genre that I am going to be raving about I strangely really enjoy it. Now I have heard of Dave Brubeck and this is some pretty stereotypical Jazz. But it is on this list for a reason. Maybe I got the album at the right time as I have been listening to lots of jazz lobby music, or more modern iterations of dark jazz like Portishead but this genuinely was really nice. I think it would be a go to and I would listen to it again if I was in the mood. I am just not sure how often I really would want to. I actually listened to this album while playing Cod Zombies and there was something bliss about going through rounds of zombies while jamming to this calm Jazz compared to the usual heavy music. It is just fun and intriguing genuinely to hear the time signatures and different ways to play the instruments. I don't know if other people rate this, maybe because it is generic Jazz it is not as admired but it is on the list so someone must like it. I am actually worries that this could be as good as Jazz gets and I will like the genre more but realise I rated this low. So I am going to be rash, maybe I wouldn't listen to it more then some more standard genres and albums. But in relation to a genre I am not particularly fond of, this is exactly what I would listen to it for, and for that reason I am giving it a 4. I also love that I really do have some stand out songs, I think I already knew Take Five and clearly for good reason but there were others. Stand Out Songs: Strange Meadow Lark Take Five Kathy's Waltz

Loved this album!

Wow, a jazz album I actually own--I think it's just 2--this one is iconic and an easy listen. I would go 4.5 here, but actually knocking it down to 4 due to how my attention span wavers toward the end.

It's the best Jazz album I've ever sat down and listened to! I certainly recognized "Take Five" and observed an interesting sequence of notes in "Kathy's Waltz" that reminded me of All My Loving by the Beatles.

Oof. Love it, but it was one of my Dad’s all-time favorites and I can’t hear it without missing him terribly. Same goes for Vince Guaraldi. Time Out is timeless & time traveling - Take Five transports me with those drums (oft imitated since) with Dave’s piano starting up, it gives me goosebumps.

Famous jazz

Very good!!!

4/5 - excellent, made me deep clean my entire bathroom because I felt like it

Tu, tududu tududu

tres bien

Love it. 4

listened to again one of the greatest jazz records of all time

This is one of the most popular and accessible jazz albums of all time. The tunes are catchy, even if the odd time signatures sometimes make it hard to tap your feet. It doesn't completely pander to a mainstream audience, but it is hardly the most challenging jazz record ever made. It's likeability, success, cultural longevity and ubiquity earns it a place on this list, even if it does give the uncomfortable impression that jazz is largely played by white guys. It is an easy jazz album to listen to, even for people who don't really like jazz.

Truly one of the great jazz records out there. Lovely playing throughout though the album is a bit front heavy, but still all the songs are quality

Iniciación al jazz. genial

This is good, accessible jazz. I do feel like I'm missing something because I don't know music theory and can't recognize time signatures, but Dave Brubeck and crew make this easy to listen to. The saxophone is a standout, the piano supports it just so, and the percussion keeps everything moving. Take Five is my favorite jazz tune ever. I liked hearing the other music on this album.

The perfect blend of jazz for a beginner to waltz into. Easy listening although complex arrangements.

This is some timeless music for me. Take 5 stands out as it's the one I've most heard. But the full album is solid, and engaging.

Opening track is among the all time greatest openers. Smooth, fluid ideas that flow from one song to the next. Who knew more classical instruments could be so emotive?

Я не слышал этот альбом раньше, и теперь чувствую, что это отличный энтри-поинт для тех, кто хотел бы слушать джаз и понимать его, но находит более современного Колтрейна или авангардного Мингуса трудными для восприятия/оценки по достоинству. Это музыка, которая звучит сильно современнее, чем есть на самом деле, порой как какой-нибудь прогрессив рок 70-ых или модный даже модный фолк. Я не слушаю джаз из какого-то страха, но этот альбом вдохновляет и на прослушивание, и на исследование стилей, и может даже на попытки учиться играть джаз. Дополнительно я послушал фоллоуап, и это тоже отличный альбом, хотя и не такой, будто бы, прямой и грувовый. Лучшая песня - Take Five.

På riktigt. Riktigt skönt. Jag njöt. Otroligt behaglig musik. Skulle utan problem kunna lita detta med uppsåt!

Det här var ju riktigt jäkla bra och härlig lyssning, snudd på en femma. Föredrar trios och kvartetter framför storbandsjazz som min oerfarna jazzhjärna nog inte är riktigt mogen att hantera.

It's good

Classic Dave.

Peters out a little in the second half, but still a relentlessly enjoyable, experimental, and exciting listen.

I would never claim to be a huge jazz fan but I have always had an appreciation. Blame it on Ms. Valdez from junior high or Mr. Steven’s from high school. The DBQ has always been an easy-listening album of songs written by talented musicians dedicated to the craft. I can’t think of how many movies have used Strange Meadow Lark or the most famous Take Five, which I just watched in the John Cusack movie Serendipity. Reasonable so, they are my two standouts from this album too. Jazz isn’t my first go-to, but I could definitely listen to this album again and again.

really liked it! love jazz

Some famous jazz! It’s amazing the abilities of these 4 musician!

I feel that if Jazz is divided broadly into two categories - then this album represents the easy listening jazz as opposed to the dark clubs, dope smoking, jazz. Still quite pleasant to listen to

Smooth sounding classic jazz album (at least to my ears), much of this is quite familiar. I'm guessing this was pretty unusual stuff 65 years ago. I really quite like this, but I doubt it's something I'd play frequently.

D'ya like jazz? Why yes, yes I do, and I really liked this album.

Multiple great songs on this album that have become essentially "soundtrack music." Some solid, old school dinner party jazz.

Sehr alt, jazzig, zumindest 1 Superhit, LaLa Land vibes

Liked the last Songz the rest was fine

Classic old jazz record

This goes unreasonably hard. Take five absolutely snaps on em.

Erstaunlich guter Jazz

Solid album. About as classic a jazz standard as you can get.

First song is an absolute banger, as is Take Five

Album Already Known: N # Songs Already Known: 0 # Songs Saved: 1 - Take Five Notes: - great to listen to while working - i always like listening to jazz but i don't like saving instrumental jazz songs in my liked songs because i don't love them coming up randomly on shuffle - Blue Rondo good first song to get ya really goin

Goed album, ben geen Jazz person maar er staan voor mij zelf nummers op waar ik van kan genieten.

Kende alleen Take Five, tot nu toe alleen van t album t/m Take Five geluisterd, erg goed nu de rest De tweede helft van het album wat minder, maar nog steeds erg goed

Already listened lmao. Banger tho

The most iconic song in 5/4 to ever exist along with an intro course to odd time signatures. This shit slaps, just some good jazz

Easy going relaxing jazz. The melodies and solos flit playfully around the rhythms where the beats never hit quite when you'd expect, the distinctive time signatures keep everything slightly and delightfully off kilter.

Banger of a jazz album

I think this is the first time that I've gotten a jazz album on here and I've actually recognized a song. "Take Five" is famous enough that I recognized it from one of the jazz playlists that I listen to in the background sometimes. I'm no jazz expert, but I enjoyed this a lot. It sounds fairly unique, and I couldn't quite place it on my own but after reading a bit about it I think it's probably that most of the songs were written in some non-standard time signatures ("Take Five" is in 5/4 time). It also just has this nice fairly calming vibe throughout (even when the pace is a little more frantic like the first song). This seems to be considered "cool" jazz from what I'm reading, so that checks out. A few more fun things I learned about this one. "Take Five" was the first jazz single to sell a million copies, and is the biggest selling jazz song of all time. Brubeck originally wanted to be a veterinarian, got told by a professor that he wasn't into it enough and should switch to music (his whole family was basically musicians), and then he almost got kicked out of music school for not being able to sight-read music. Then he got drafted into the Army during WWII, got out of combat service after volunteering to play piano at a Red Cross show, and then formed the first racially integrated armed forces band. He was a strong proponent of racial integration throughout his life, and often cancelled shows when they weren't going going to allow black musicians to perform. He also became a Catholic later in his life, and won Notre Dame's Laetare Medal in 2006. Favorite song: Take Five Other: Blue Rondo a la Turk, Strange Meadow Lark, Three to Get Ready, Kathy's Waltz 2/12/14

Don't listen to alot of classical but this was good

Nice !!

I am going to have to listen to this album again. It was so peaceful having it on but not giving it much thought. It wasn’t until after I finished that I read the biography of the album and found that the theme is odd time signatures and polyrhythms. That’s also when I learned that the infamous “Take 5” is called that because it is in 5/4 time. I love odd time signatures and use of polyrhythms, and for me to listen to the whole album idly without noticing it speaks volumes to how this band could create unique music that is so easy to listen to.

Fast bissie kurz, aber Klasse. Take five sowieso. Und der Drummer!

What a pleasant album. I had one of the best commutes to work listening to this. I'm starting to enjoy more jazz albums. I don't know if my music tastes are changing, or if I'm listening to actually good jazz now. It could also be that I just recently watched Whiplash. Definitely a couple of riffs I recognize in here. Blue Rondo A La Turk is playing during the football scene in Wedding Crashers.

Great jazz! Loved it!

Take Five takes Four Best Song: Strange Meadow Lark Worst Song: N/A

The rhythm can be just as prominent as the melodies.

Favorite Tracks: Take Five Blue Rondo à La Turk

It was soothing and I enjoyed it.

Альбом со знаменитым take five. Хоть я и устаю и не слушаю джаз, но этот альбом мелодичный и лёгкий, ставлю 4 и преклоняюсь перед этим чувством ритма

De fato, uma sequência clássica de jazz memorável.

Love me some Jazz, banging tracks.

idk anything about jazz but i kinda dig it

Felt like I was watching a 'silent' Peanuts cartoon. Or I was sitting in a swanky lounge sipping on an old fashioned, complaining about how my investments ain't doin' so hot lately. Overall, I enjoyed it. Good background music.

Very relaxing! Great music to lean back and enjoy a glass of wine.

Fantastic for a Jazz record. The instrumentals are absolutely stellar and the emotion of each song shines through. Standouts were tracks 1, 3, and 5

Really solid jazz album. There is a reason Take Five has been played and used so many times. I’m not sure if I like the way the bass strings vibrate on Everybody's Jumpin’. The various time signatures are cool. My favorite songs are Take Five and Three To Get Ready.

Love this its the perfect background music.

One of the greats.

fun jazz to listen on background

FUCKING JAZZ TIME LETS FUCKING FGO i loved this so much damn

Lekkere werkmuziek. Puik, heeft de tand des tijds goed doorstaan.

classic jazz

All jazz shit gets atleast 4 stars.

I am not very knowledgeable when it comes to jazz, but I know the significance of this record. I purchased a Canadian first press of "Jazz goes to College" for a dollar but haven't had a chance to listen. As I get older I am looking for new musical experiences that I have yet to discover. This record was one of those experiences. The musicianship is superb. A very enjoyable listen.

I really enjoyed this

Take Five is in my personal Top20. I believe this album is considered by many, who have a vast wealth of musical knowledge, to be one of the best jazz records of all-time!

Nice, laid back jazz album.

ANOTHER MCMOTHERFUCKIN JAZZ ALBUM BAYBEE. I don’t what to say, I just love jazz, and it loves me. Very chill, warm, and playful. Kinda like listening to the Monster’s Inc soundtrack, and you’re just waiting for Mike Wizowski to jump in doing his best Frank Sinatra impression. Overall, can’t go wrong with it. Favorite song: Take Five

Great classic jazz, with a 60's vibe. Jazz fans will love this one.

Really enjoyed this, will definitely play again and again.

Thoughts before listening: I know this is a jazz classic with a timeless track in"Take Five", but I have never listened all the way through. My (largely uninformed) assumption has always been that this is pop jazz for the masses...but the inclusion on so many greatest albums lists means that it must be well respected. I look forward to hearing this in full. Review: Wow...this is such a classic sound. This is one of those albums where you recognize a bunch of the songs without actually knowing who's playing. They're just that much ingrained in our lives. They're consistently played while you walk through the airport or eat at a restaurant or in the background of a TV show. This album has 2 of those songs in "Take Five" and "Blue Rondo a la Turk". What you also don't tend to notice when hearing something like Dave Brubeck as background music is the level of complexity in these songs. There are wonderful melodies here but also some highly technical musicianship on display. This is far from muzak. Very interesting album that I'm giving 4-stars.

Not bad.

Jazz: it's not about the notes you play, but rather the ones you don't play, and they did an excellent job of that with this album

very good record

Beautiful

Light 4 I loved the horns on Strange Meadow Lark this was an enjoyable listen

Recognized one song I'm the album. Definitely something I would listen to while falling asleep. It's comforting. 8/10

It is based upon the use of time signatures that were unusual for jazz such as 9/8, 6/4 and 5/4. 4.3

Well put together jazz tracks. This can be chill, romantic, or great mood relaxer.

this is what i think of when people say jazz - super complex at times but also laid back, really cohesive album. favourite song was take five because it just had to be!

Ok I recognize Take Five Just didn’t realize the context. Listening during my lunch break and the afternoon part of my shift at the Phillies Stadium. Good music to work to it’s driving but relaxed.

Its jazz and very timeless jazz at that. it's just lacking a bit of oomph, a bit of melodic storytelling for it to be a 5

I recognized the track, "Take Five" as soon as it started, but I didn't specifically recall hearing any of the rest. This was nice, and I'm sure I'll come back to it again!

I am familiar with this album by name only. This will be a first time listen. I have heard the song Take Five plenty of times, just not the rest. The drum section in Take Five is a masterpiece of frustration and beauty.

Take Five was my fave. I didn't feel the first couple of songs but bangers after that

Take five is one of the most amazing pieces of music to ever exist

I went all in and lost everything :(

ein fetziger start der sicher vielen nicht gefällt. klassiker „take five“ - immer wieder toll. weitere schöne tracks, gut für die lounge. 1959 eingespielt, wahnsinn!!

Schönnzu hören wie die Instrumente maeströs gespielt werden. Überraschend taucht Take Five als Song auf den jeder kennt aber ich den Namen nicht kannte.

Easy listening but not bad

Ah one of the twenty or so jazz albums that make this list - a typical 'jazz for non-jazzers' along with Kind of Blue, Blue Train, Ah Um etc. etc. It's an excellent album, his blocky piano playing really shines through.

4.5/5. I know a lot more about jazz than I thought I did, quite a few recognizable melodies on this record.

Klassikko syystä. On tämä hyvä.

Known quantity. Interesting jazz

Classic

12/6…ok for jazz

Jazz session. Un 4.

Comments: Solid jazz album! Favorite tracks: Blue Rondo A la Turk, Strange Meadow Lark, Take Five Rating: 4/5

I really like this album. I could definitely see playing this in the background regularly.

Take Five alone is worth giving the whole album a listen.

Quality album. Great background and chilled listen. Take Five is an excellent track

Now we're talking.

Enjoyed this. Not quite as much as previous classic jazz records but for something from the 50s this still rips pretty good.

Beautiful music. Lively, interesting and pretty. Enjoyed it.

Good stuff!

A fine jazz album.

A fun and zippy bit of jazz.

Take Five is a classic jam, and the rest of it is also great.

Classic. Listenable rather than noodling which is the kind of jazz I like

Classic

Different to usual but very good

8/10. I like jazz

Easy listening jazz at it's best

loved so much, amazing morning listen

Yeah, classic, love it!

pretty cool. I wonder if this was new in 1959? Seems like pretty cool but not amazing jazz, but given the time maybe more profound? Pretty sweet regardless.

Chill, relaxing album. After listening to this album, it made me want to dig deeper and listen to more jazz. Looking forward to listening to this album on a cold, rainy day.

Perfect representation of tight jazz. Nice, bright and lively.

Very into this album. Damn. That was good.

Such a huge difference between an album with ideas, written and recorded by actual musicians vs some shlock made in a shed. Its a nice, classy, jazz album, which I think warrants at least a couple of more listens to appreciate it more. Just for myself, Im going to leave a note of album totals: Significant albums 10/25. Albums I liked 4/25. Albums I have added to my library 1/25 (maybe Ill add REM and Chicago after a couple relistens. This one: significant, liked, maybe add later.

Rating: 8.5/10 Great jazz album. Normally I don't like jazz, but this was fun to listen to. Loved the use of odd signatures, the best songs highly benefitted from this. Also loved the tone of the instruments and production, the saxophone, piano and drums sounded fantastic on this album. It does get a bit one-note towards the end of the album, but still a great listen from start to finish. Also loved the chill vibes from this one, will definitely return to this album. Favorite songs: Blue Rondo a la Turk, Take Five. Worst song: Pick Up Sticks, not bad but feels a little redundant.

Not my normal genre of music, so was pleasantly survived by how good this was. Pleasant listen!

- Honestly really enjoyable smooth jazz this was great - Perfect chill dinner music

Excellent jazz instrumentals, every track is unique and beautiful

I don’t have much to say about this album except that it was a nice 40 minutes of smooth, peaceful jazz. Take five was the only real standout since I’ve heard that in different places but never really knew its origin. Plus it’s the most fun of all the tracks.

Jazz me up daddy

Very nice. I was in the studio working for about 8 hours just listening to this on repeat while I worked. Very easy listening, every once in a while I’d stop to think about the song and just listen to the different time signatures fighting with each other but still having a sense of harmony. Not something I’d listen to in the car or anything, but definitely something to put on while working. I found myself looking up who sampled these songs multiple times. I’m convinced that there are a lot of parts of this album that were sampled unofficially, because throughout the whole album I hear familiar riffs but can’t figure out where I’d heard it before.

HS Jazz Band groupie, what's not to love with a classic like this?

I guess this is what the Peanuts listen to when they grow up

It's the kind of songs you know but never knew the name off. Take 5 stayed in my head for a week

Really fun album. This is the kind of jazz I like. Not much more to say, except I kind of wish the ending was better. It just sort of faded out, with not much fanfare. Guess that’s to be expected from this album, though, so can’t be too mad about that. 7/10 Top 3: 1. Strange Meadow Lark 2. Blue Rondo à la Turk 3. Take Five

Oeps, 1 nummer maar geluisterd. Dat was fijn! Collega zei: dat is een heel nice album! En dat vond ik ook want jazz.

An album I have on vinyl, and listened to many times, it's a brilliant piece of work.

Some excellent, experimental jazz. Flew by. Knew Take Five and Blue Rondo a la Turk already. Thanks Dave.

Blue rondo a la turk 9 Strange meadow larke 8.3 Take five 9 Three to get ready 9.2 Kathy's waltz 8.9 Eveybody's jumpin 8.7 Pick up sticks 8.8 Excellent, I'm sure I'll hear something new every time I listen. 4 stars.

This is a classic jazz album with some tremendously influential and prominent jazz standards. It's not necessarily my favorite jazz album ever, but it's still essential and steady. Standout tracks: Blue Rondo a la Turk, Take Five 4/5

Jazzed my pants lmao

Not my genre, but I really enjoyed Rondo and Take Five

This is some above average jazz. 4/5

Absolute classic. I think I listened to this a lot in my late teenage years. It was on the right side of the listenable spectrum in my step-dad's collection of jazz CD's. All good, solid jazz. I held back from giving it 5 stars as it's a little cliche now, and more cafe background music than smoky jazz dive with clicking fingers and goatees.

Heard this before, enjoyed it. Re-listening now, still a great album for a lazy Sunday morning. Take Five is so familiar, remains etched in your mind for all time.

very Good, I love the unpredictability of the beat and how the piano and sax play hand in hand

pretty cool

An innovative breakthrough and produced some all time classic riffs and sounds. Quite a delightful record, and easy to enjoy. Three and a half. Fave track: Blue Rondo a la Turk

This is great. Beautiful vibes

There are definitely some jams here, Blue Rondo a la Turk and Take 5 definitely stand out. My rating might go up with more listens, but for now this feels like a very solid 4.

Blue Rondo a la Turk and Take Five rule so hard

Yes! This is an album you just want the blood in your veins to absorb. From the rolling snare to the raindrop crashes on the cymbals. This album can easily be the theme music to your daily life. Brubeck and company definitely filled in all gaps that could be filled in creating this track. Sit back and enjoy. 4

Hell of a vibe while cooking spaghetti and meatballs. Nice music to listen to when you have a headache.

I think this is the first jazz album I've ever listened to. For some reason 'Take Five' sounds familiar.

Jazz classic. Definitely responsible for dozens of white guys getting laid in the 60’s.

Its was good jazz paved the way for a lot of music

Pretty cool listening to some of these classic songs in a non-commercial setting. I've never heard the disjointed drum solo in the middle of "Take Five", for example. Moments like that pull it down from a 5 but it's still a great album.

Wow, not expecting to enjoy that! I’m listened to it repeatedly while making dinner and it set the mood perfectly. Super impressive what they could do with timing and instruments and how the songs really seemed to tell a story. Listen again: probably Purchase for my collection: if I came across it Favourite Song: Blue Rondo Al La Turk

This album makes me feel like I’m a cool 1950’s detective driving about LA in the rain. My coffee and cigarette being rudely interrupted by a femme fatale walking into the diner. Or when you are playing Grand Theft Auto, steal a car and the jazz station is on and you’re too busy escaping the police to change the channel. I’ve heard Take Five a million times before but never knew what it was called. Cool vibe.

loved it. made me feel like i was in a jazz club in the 40s drinkin a latte with a baddie next to me

Classic

classic

The use of unusual time signatures make this one a super fun, engaging listen. Favorite tracks: "Time Out", "Blue Rondo a la Turk", "Everybody's Jumpin'"

I'm not a jazz person, so I don't really get it, but this was fun to listen to.

Lovely, delightful. Musicians more into the nature of music than expressing themselves.

The classic Dave album, including my old favorite 'Take Five'. Only 7 songs, so not too much jazz in one sitting!

This is the vanilla ice cream of jazz.

Really enjoyable mix of mellow and sizzling tracks

Enjoyed this a lot.

really nice jazz, sounds complicated tbh 8.5/10

Wonderful album filled with timeless jazz classics. "Take Five" is of course the most well-known, but I bet you'll be surprised how many of these you'll recognize

I am not a jazz aficionado and probably don't have good taste in what is good jazz and what is not good jazz. I found this to be very pleasant music, and though I may not listen to this album very often, Brubeck and his quartet are so tight in their playing.

Brilliant album, the kind of jazz I like! Very mellow, laid back. It takes a lot of interesting turns and movements. And it features one of the best drummers in the genre! Great album to relax with. 8 out of 10

I'm not a fan of jazz in general, but this was pleasant to hear. Not much of it stuck with me, though I do appreciate the listen and I enjoyed my time with it.

Classic, enjoyed it. Only really new the classic "take 5" but enjoyed the rest too.

Very smooth jazz. Excellent musicianship with very thoughtful arrangements; no instrument is aggressively stealing the light but when they do their own thing the music shines. Each song is wonderful, with the initial tracks having a faster beat, subsiding to swinging percussion lead tracks that have wonderful key accompaniment and that sax is saxin. Enjoy with a glass of wine on high fidelity headset!

Good jazz

Jazz is not the preferred music of this reviewer, but nevertheless to this project one must remain true. Unlike some of the other jazz encountered on this journey, this album contains soulful melodies, sensical drumming, and more enjoyability than the super technical show-off albums that were likely not produced for this listener. Those get the respect they deserve, as does this one, but where this one does better is that it has an accessible vibe. The invitation to relax and let the music do the rest is clear and enticing. It then delivers. Jazz music makes a lot of promises in the vein of "trust me the music is good" and while the collective brains of humans can trust that on a superficial level, jazz might be the only genre where a person can truly appreciate it for what it is, but finds listening to it to be a repulsive experience. Except here, this album carries with it a playful tone where perhaps the quartet was content in each other's company, and this album exudes a certain sense of humility where it truly wants the listener to enjoy it but will not be offended if they do not.

Jazz classic.

I have a friend who loves Dave Brubeck, so I was really excited to be assigned this album. However, I've never listened to much jazz before, so this album was probably lost on me for the most part. I did enjoy listening to it, but I can't really offer any deep insights as to why I liked it. I've found all of the jazz albums on this list very pleasant and enjoyable to listen to, and this was no different.

Great jazz!

I quite liked this one. I think I would probably listen again, and the cover is fab

Certainly one of my favorite jazz records on the list.

I was surprised with how familiar I was with several of these tunes. Probably a combination of hearing them as a kid, having some friends in my mid 20's that were huge jazz buffs, and their appearance in various other forms of pop media over the decades. Some of these tunes remind me of some of the modal jazz artists on this list that I have liked; apparently modal comes from this style (cool jazz), so that makes sense. Gonna have to find more Brubek now.

Very good one. I had listened to this fairly recently for the /mu/ list. 4/5

Really not good at writing about jazz. I love it, but I can’t exactly articulate what works or doesn’t work for me. I’ve always liked this album and think it’s upper tier, but might miss my top 5. Not sure what else to say. A-

Nokkur meistaraverk þarna!

Awesome!

Nice jazz

Makes me want to listen on repeat