The Dave Brubeck Quartet - TIME OUT - CBS CLS14004 (Colombia '79 Stereo LP - EX)
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THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET - TIME OUT - CLS 14004 (1979 - Colombia Import)
TRACKS LISTING: Blue Rondo A La Turk Strange Meadow Lark Take Five Three To Get Ready Kathy's Waltz Everybody's Jumpin' Pick Up Sticks
Led by the hit single “Take Five,” written by alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, "Time Out" was the first jazz album to sell a million copies. It broke many conventions in achieving that. For one thing, it was a jazz album with nothing but original pieces. No comforting “standards” were on it to reassure buyers wary of new music. For another, the cover art was a contemporary, abstract painting. People like to look at faces, especially of celebrities, but there were no photos of the popular musicians greeting the public, just egg shapes and abutting slaps of color. But the biggest risk, of course, was the music. “Take Five” added one little beat to the normal 4/4 pulse and made it 5/4, an unheard-of time signature for jazz. It’s found in avant-garde music or in folk traditions tucked away in Hungary, India... or in Turkey, where Dave discovered it. On tour, he heard local musicians playing odd rhythms and decided right there that he’d make a jazz album employing unusual time signatures. “Blue Rondo à la Turk” in a crazily sliced 9/8 was born there, and so was Brubeck’s lasting popularity.
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