Containing the monster hit Take Five, Time Out firmly establishes the Dave Brubeck Quartet outside of the jazz world. This seminal recording is highlighted by the moody arrangements and saxophone work of Paul Desmond.

On December 26, 1967, the classic Dave Brubeck Quartet (Paul Desmond on alto sax, Joe Morello on drums, and Eugene Wright on bass) gave its final concert as a group. On this occasion, they appeared in Pittsburgh, and while Columbia didn't do a recording (a studio session had taken place on the 18th, but didn't yield much that was interesting), the concert was recorded and has been made available by the Brubeck Archives. In that live recording, "The Last Time Out - December 26, 1967," the four musicians made the best out of this last opportunity to play together, in a final musical gesture that shows they were still at the top of their game. It is bound to attract the attention of Brubeck fans and jazz fans, given the fact that it marked the end of a celebrated quartet that had spanned some 18 years and given the 1960s one of its signature themes, "Take Five."

One of the watershed jazz albums-1960's Time Out -plus the four LPs that followed its lead: Time Further Out ('61), Countdown: Time in Outer Space ('62), Time Changes ('64) and Time In ('66). Don't try to dance to these crazy time signatures-just enjoy the brilliance of Brubeck, Desmond and company as they do the immortal Take Five plus Blue Rondo a la Turk; Countdown; Three's a Crowd; Unsquare Dance; It's a Raggy Waltz; Elementals; World's Fair; Time In; Lost Waltz , and more!

Includes TAKE FIVE and BLUE RONDO A LA TURK. As the Dave Brubeck Quartet. 11 tracks.

The first million-selling album in jazz history.

1959 was a banner year for jazz, but no album captured the public's attention like Dave Brubeck's Time Out. "Take Five," the surprise radio hit from Time Out, would enter the record books as the first million-selling jazz instrumental single on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Blue Rondo à la Turk" would become an instant classic. This edition marks the 50th anniversary with an unprecedented presentation of music, images, insight and history, including the chance to hear the classic Brubeck Quartet in top form live at Newport, plus a companion DVD offering a fresh take on the making of this pioneering recording.

The experimental meters of Brubeck's music set Time Out apart from the pack. But the appeal of this album--in 1959 and today--is less in the rules it broke, and more in the sheer sweep and effervescence and pure unadulterated fun of the music. For all his seriousness and ardor, Dave Brubeck had somehow recaptured a sense of childlike wonder in this project. And for that reason, the decades may pass and tastes may change, but it will always be the right time for Time Out.

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Expanding on the concepts of the surprise hit Time Out , this album is all at once darkly ruminative, melodic, dissonant and engaging! Includes Bluette; Unsquare Dance; Bru's Boogie Woogie; Blue Shadows in the Street; Far More Drums , and more.

Jazz Impressions of New York

With a group sound as unique as any in the entire saga of jazz, the Dave Brubeck Quartet is also one of the most passionately admired of
musical ensembles. And during the quartet's peak years in the 1950s and 60s, that passion was translated into unprecedented sales. In a
rare case of having your cake and eating it as well, Brubeck and company stuck to their artistic ideals and were rewarded with massive
commercial success.

The band was -- on the surface -- the sum of quite different parts. Pianist and composer Dave Brubeck could be a flinty, self consciously dissonant stylist; in contrast, Paul Desmond possessed one of the most refined sounds that the alto saxophone has ever known. The classic rhythm team of bassist Gene Wright and drummer Joe Morello that came together in 1958 stirred up a swinging backdrop that could cushion Desmond's lyrical flights and buttress Brubeck's experiments with atypical time signatures. Put all together, and the result was jazz that was both cutting edge and comfortably accessible.

Although prolifically recorded both in the studio and in live performances, the Brubeck quartet never released haphazard albums. Each of the studio recordings collected here was carefully thought out, often with a thematic emphasis that united the material. Hence, titles including
Jazz Impressions of the U.S.A; Eurasia; and Japan; Dave Digs Disney; Gone With The Wind and Southern Scene (both containing songs referencing the American South); Plays Cole Porter: Anything Goes! and, of course, the wildly popular, Time Out, whose rhythmically uncommon performances featured the Desmond classic and contemporary hit single, "Take Five."

Throughout the entire collection we hear a musical unit whose balance ensured ensemble cohesion while inspiring indelible improvisations from Brubeck, Desmond and the increasingly idolized Morello. As these recordings elegantly state, the classic Dave Brubeck quartet was a band of its time that has gracefully become one for the ages.

THE COMPLETE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET COLUMBIA STUDIO ALBUMS COLLECTION (19 CDs):
1. The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Brubeck Time
2. The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Jazz Impressions Of The U.S.A.
3. The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Jazz Impressions Of Eurasia
4. The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Dave Digs Disney
5. The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Gone With The Wind
6. The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Time Out!
7. The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Southern Scene
8. The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Bernstein Plays Brubeck Plays Bernstein
9. The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Time Further Out
10. The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Countdown: Time In Outer Space
11. The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Bossa Nova U.S.A.
12. The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Brandenburg Gate: Revisited
13. The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Time Changes
14. The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Jazz Impressions Of Japan
15. The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Jazz Impressions Of New York
16. The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Angel Eyes
17. The Dave Brubeck Quartet / My Favorite Things
18. The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Time In
19. The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Plays Cole Porter - Anything Goes!

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