Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out [Purple Vinyl]

Cat. no: 37199
Format: LP Purple Vinyl
Barcode: 8436569196359
Release Date: 17 Jul 2026
Genre: Jazz

The complete album + 2 bonus tracks - limited edition pressing on 180g purple coloured vinyl, with album cover image by the late American jazz photographer Bob Willoughby (1927 - 2009)

The fact that Time Out became such an enormous success took the world by surprise, including the members of the Dave Brubeck Quartet. By 1959, the group with Paul Desmond had been in existence for a decade and it was highly popular among jazz audiences. Most of the songs were composed by Brubeck, as is the case on the album Time Out. However, one of the catchiest melodies on that album, 'Take Five', was a Paul Desmond composition, and it would become the quartet's most celebrated tune. While they experimented, one way or another, on many of their previous albums, none of them had such an ambitious concept as Time Out , which only presented tunes written in unusual time signatures. It was impossible to predict that such an unusual idea would lead to one of the best-selling jazz albums of all time.

"Dave Brubeck's defning masterpiece, Time Out is one of the most rhythmically innovative albums in jazz history, the frst to consciously explore time signatures outside of the standard 4/4 beat or 3/4 waltz time. This belongs in even the most rudimentary jazz collection." - ***** Steve Huey, AllMusic

Includes the bonus tracks 'Far More Blue' and 'It's A Raggy Waltz'.

Tracks: Blue Rondo A La Turk / Strange Meadow Lark / Take Five / Far More Blue / Three To Get Ready / Kathy's Waltz / Everybody's Jumpin' / Pick Up Sticks / It's A Raggy Waltz