Dave Brubeck - Time Out (Import) (Audiophile, 180 Gram) (LP)

The ideal marriage of challenging music (time signatures in particular) and hooks you could hang a hat on, this 1959 LP was a surprise pop smash and remains a jazz-collection cornerstone. Jazz's first platinum seller shot to #2 and spent 164 weeks on the charts; it's been spinning ever since, and now it's time to put it on your turntable: the timeless (5/4) smash "Take Five" and classic "Blue Rondo a la Turk" plus "Strange Meadow Lark," "Three to Get Ready," "Kathy's Waltz" and more on 180-gram vinyl! Music on Vinyl. Dave Brubeck's TIME OUT ranks alongside Miles Davis' KIND OF BLUE as one of the few advanced jazz masterpieces to achieve great commercial success. In fact, the widespread popularity of TIME OUT, with its cool-toned ambience, smooth style, and elements borrowed from classical music, helped make modern jazz a mainstream phenomenon. The ubiquitous "Take Five" may be overplayed, but that doesn't diminish the joy of its complex melodic hooks, its perfectly executed solos, or t