The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out

Title: The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1959, Jazz, Cool Jazz and West Coast Jazz, San Francisco, California 8/26
Matrix #: CL 1397
Condition: VG (LM) | Members: Dave B (20' - 12'), Paul D (24' - 77'), Eugene W (23' - 20'), Joe M (28' - 11')
Cultural Facts:

1. Production Style: Time Out challenged conventional jazz rhythm by building compositions around unusual meters, including the 9/8 pulse of “Blue Rondo à la Turk” and the famous 5/4 groove of “Take Five.”
2. Personal Struggle: Brubeck survived a near-fatal 1951 diving accident that damaged his spinal cord and neck vertebrae, leaving lingering nerve damage in his hands and influencing his heavy, block-chord piano style.
3. Human Solidarity: Paul Desmond left the royalties from his composition “Take Five” to the American Red Cross, turning one of jazz’s most recognizable songs into a continuing source of charitable support.

8/15/26 LM