The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Time Out

First released1959

Time Out was recorded at Columbia Records' 30th Street Studio in New York City between June and August 1959, with producer James Conkling overseeing the sessions. The album was engineered by Fred Plaut and utilized Columbia's advanced recording technology of the era, capturing the quartet's performances in high-fidelity stereo. The recording sessions were notable for capturing the unconventional time signatures that define tracks like "Take Five" in 5/4 and "Blue Rondo à la Turk" in 9/8, which were innovative for jazz at the time. The album's commercial success and critical acclaim upon its 1959 release made it one of the best-selling jazz albums of its era and helped popularize odd-meter jazz compositions in mainstream music.