Time Out

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The Dave Brubeck Quartet's 'Time Out' is a landmark exploration of unconventional time signatures in jazz, directly inspired by composer Dave Brubeck's encounters with Eurasian folk rhythms. Fusing cool and West Coast jazz sensibilities, the album showcases the quartet's intricate interplay on tracks like the 9/8 "Blue Rondo à la Turk" and saxophonist Paul Desmond's iconic 5/4 composition, "Take Five." The album's unprecedented commercial success, including becoming the first jazz LP to sell over a million copies, expanded the popular audience for the genre and cemented its status as a culturally significant recording.