Time Out (album)
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| Studio album by the Dave Brubeck Quartet | ||||
| Released | December 14, 1959 | |||
| Recorded | June 25, July 1, and August 18, 1959 | |||
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Columbia 30th Street Studio New York City |
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| Genre | Cool jazz | |||
| Length | 38:21 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Teo Macero | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |
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| Robert Christgau | B+ |
| Mojo | favorable |
| Q |  |
| Yahoo! Music | favorable |
Time Out is a studio album by the American jazz group the Dave Brubeck Quartet, released in 1959 on Columbia Records. Recorded at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City, it is based upon the use of time signatures that were unusual for jazz such as 9/8, 6/4, and 5/4. The album is a subtle blend of cool and West Coast jazz. It peaked at #2 on the Billboard pop albums chart, and has been certified platinum by the RIAA.
The album was intended as an experiment using musical styles Brubeck discovered abroad while on a United States Department of State sponsored tour of Eurasia, such as when he observed in Turkey a group of street musicians performing a traditional Turkish folk song that was played in 9/8 time, a rare meter for Western music.
On the condition that Brubeck's group first record a conventional album of traditional songs of the American South, Gone with the Wind, Columbia president Goddard Lieberson took a chance to underwrite and release Time Out. It received negative reviews by critics upon its release. Despite this, it became one of the best-known and biggest-selling jazz albums, charting highly on the popular albums chart when 50,000 units sold for a jazz album was impressive. It produced a Top 40 hit single in "Take Five", composed by Paul Desmond, and the one track not written by Dave Brubeck.
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