The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Time Out (Columbia Pressing)

“Time Out” is a studio album by the American jazz group The Dave Brubeck Quartet, released in 1959 by Columbia Records. The album is known for its innovative use of unusual time signatures and has become one of the best-selling jazz albums of all time.

Notable tracks include “Blue Rondo à la Turk,” “Strange Meadow Lark,” “Take Five,” “Three to Get Ready,” “Kathy’s Waltz,” “Everybody’s Jumpin’,” and “Pick Up Sticks.” The album’s most famous track, “Take Five,” composed by the quartet’s saxophonist Paul Desmond, became a jazz standard.

The album’s experimentation with time signatures and its accessible melodies have made it a landmark recording in the history of jazz.