Dave Brubeck’s “Time Out” ranks alongside Miles Davis’ “Kind Of Blue” as one of the few advanced jazz masterpieces to achieve great commercial success. In fact, the widespread popularity of “Time Out”, with its cool-toned ambience, smooth style, and elements borrowed from classical music, helped make modern jazz a mainstream phenomenon.

The ubiquitous “Take Five” may be overplayed, but that doesn’t diminish the joy of its complex melodic hooks, its perfectly executed solos, or the swinging slink of its 5/4 signature. “Blue Rondo a la Turk” collages Mozart, cool swing, and Brubeck’s own classically oriented piano style, and the airy, delicate “Everybody’s Jumpin’” showcases the lyrical splendor of saxophonist Paul Desmond. With bassist Gene Wright and drummer Joe Morello keeping the tricky rhythms agile and swift, the Dave Brubeck Quartet blended complexity and accessibility for pure jazz pleasure on “Time Out”, an album everyone should own.

• 180 gram SOLID ORANGE coloured vinyl edition

Side A

1. Blue Rondo A La Turk
2. Strange Meadowlark
3. Take Five

Side B

1. Three To Get Ready
2. Kathy’s Waltz
3. Everybody’s Jumpin’
4. Pick Up Sticks