The album was recorded and released in 1959 via Columbia Records. Time Out has since become a jazz standard and is widely considered one of the best jazz records of all time, partly due to the use of odd time signatures like 5/4 (in Take Five) and 9/8 (in Blue Rondo A La Turk)
The Dave Brubeck Quintet
Dave Brubeck – Piano
Paul Desmond – Alto Saxophone
Eugene Wright – Contrabass
Joe Morello – Drums