Title: The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Time Out
Year/Genre: 1959, Jazz
Condition: New

Cultural Facts:

1. Recorded in 1959 for Columbia after Brubeck’s success on the college concert circuit, pushing rhythmic experiments onto a major-label stage.

2. Centered on unusual time signatures that initially worried executives and DJs but unexpectedly connected with a wide mainstream audience.

3. Often filed near Miles Davis, Modern Jazz Quartet, and Stan Getz as part of the late-’50s “modern jazz” LP wave tied to home hi-fi culture.