Dave Brubeck

With Brubeck on piano, Paul Desmond on alto saxophone, bassist Eugene Wright, and drummer Joe Morello, the LP hit #2, stayed on the chart for more than th...

With Brubeck on piano, Paul Desmond on alto saxophone, bassist Eugene Wright, and drummer Joe Morello, the LP hit #2, stayed on the chart for more than three years, and became the first jazz album to sell a million copies. "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. Brubeck had enjoyed successes before-five years earlier he had been the first jazz musician to have his picture on the cover of Time magazine-but this project made everything else in his career seem like a mere warm-up.

BREAKING THE BEAT BARRIER
Instead of a customary 4/4 jazz tempo, the selections on Time Out feature such unusual-for-jazz tempos as 3/4, 5/4, and even a far out 9/8. TIME OUT is one of the most rhythmically innovative albums in jazz history and is essential to every jazz collection! "Take Five" with its 5/4 "Take Five rhythm"-originally intended to be a drum solo for Joe Morello-became an instrumental jazz staple.

DELUXE EDITION
This Legacy Edition marks the 50th anniversary with a deluxe 2 CD + 1 DVD package offering an unprecedented presentation of music, images, insight and history:

• OVER 90 MINUTES OF MUSIC including previously unreleased live recordings from the Newport Jazz Festival 1961-1964, culminating with a 7+ minute riveting version of "Take Five"

• NEW 30-MINUTE DOCUMENTARY on the making of Time Out, featuring EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH DAVE BRUBECK, seen illustrating selections from Time Out at the piano; INTERACTIVE MULTI-CAMERA-ANGLE PIANO LESSON; EXTENSIVE PERFORMANCE FOOTAGE of the group; and ANIMATED PHOTO GALLERY

• ORIGINAL ESSAY by ASCAP Deems Taylor Award-winning author Ted Gioia (The History of Jazz, West Coast Jazz, Delta Blues), along with RARE PHOTOS and CORRESPONDENCE including a typed, signed description by Paul Desmond of his composition "Take Five"

TRACKLISTING
Disc One
1. Blue Rondo à la Turk 6:44
2. Strange Meadow Lark 7:23
3. Take Five 5:25
4. Three To Get Ready 5:23
5. Kathy's Waltz 4:49
6. Everybody's Jumpin' 4:22
7. Pick Up Sticks 4:17
Total playing time: 38:39
Produced by Teo Macero

Disc Two
The Dave Brubeck Quartet Live at Newport 1961-1964
(previously unreleased)
1. St. Louis Blues 7:55
2. Waltz Limp 4:58
3. Since Love Had Its Way 6:19
4. Koto Song 6:00
5. Pennies From Heaven 4:50
6. You Go To My Head 9:37
7. Blue Rondo à la Turk 7:22
8. Take Five 7:18

To celebrate this release, Legacy is producing a free, multi-episode podcast featuring jazz luminaries as well as musicians who were influenced by these albums. The series will be available via iTunes as well as http://podcasts.legacyrecordings.com

Dave Brubeck's Time Out: Legacy Edition is available for preorder now from Amazon.