Time Out & Take Five Facts
Personnel
Dave Brubeck: piano
Paul Desmond: alto saxophone
Eugene Wright: bass
Joe Morello: drums
Tracks
1. Blue Rondo à la Turk
2. Strange Meadow Lark
3. Take Five
4. Three to Get Ready
5. Kathy's Waltz
6. Everybody's Jumpin'
7. Pick Up Sticks
Recording dates
June 25, 1959 (4,5,6)
July 1, 1959 (2,3)
August 18, 1959 (1,7)
Released: December 14, 1959
Recorded at: Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York
Length: 38:21
Label: Columbia
CL 1397 (Mono)
CS 8192 (Stereo)
Producer: Teo Macero
Engineer: Fred Plaut
Cover Artwork : Neil Fujita
Charts Position
Billboard (North America), Year 1961
Album Chart Position - Pop Albums - 2
Single Chart Position- "Take Five" Adult Contemporary - 5 Pop Singles - 25
Sales and Certifications
Time Out, was the first jazz album to sell more than a million copies.
"Take Five", was the first jazz single to sell more than a million copies.
In 2011 "Time Out" was certified double platinum by the RIAA signifying sales of over 2 million units, thus joining a very small circle of jazz albums ever to achieve this milestone.
Other Facts
In 2005, Time Out was one of 50 recordings chosen by The Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry.
In 2009, Time Out was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (established by The Recording Academy's National Trustees in 197,3 to honour recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance, that are at least 25 years old).
"Take Five" has been included in countless movies and television soundtracks. It was for several years during the early '60s, the theme music for the NBC "Today" program.
Upon his death in 1977, Paul Desmond left the rights to royalties for performances and compositions, including "Take Five", to the American Red Cross, which has since received combined royalties of approximately $100,000 per year.
"Take Five" Lryics - Iola Brubeck
Won’t you stop and take
A little time out with me
Just take five
Stop your busy day
And take the time out
To see if I’m alive
Though I’m going out of my way
Just so I can pass by each day
Not a single word do we say
It’s a pantomime and not a play
Still, I know our eyes often meet
I feel tingles down to my feet
When you smile, that’s much too discreet
Sends me on my way
Wouldn’t it be better
Not to be so polite
You could offer a light
Start a little conversation now
It’s alright, just take five
Just take five
© 1962, Derry Music Company
Dave Brubeck - Commercial albums that include "Take Five"
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Columbia |
Time Out |
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1961 |
Columbia |
Take Five With Carmen McRae |
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1963 |
Columbia |
The Dave Brubeck Quartet At Carnegie Hall |
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1964 |
Columbia Legacy |
50th Anniversary Edition Time Out ( Newport 1964) |
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1964 |
Columbia |
Dave Brubeck In Berlin |
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1966 |
MJF Records |
50 Years Of DB Live At The Monterey Jazz Festival 1958-2007 |
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1967 |
Columbia |
Buried Treasures |
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1967 |
Columbia |
Their Last Time Out |
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1971 |
Columbia |
Brubeck & Mulligan: Live At The Berlin Philharmonie |
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1971 |
Atlantic |
The Last Set At Newport |
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1972 |
Atlantic |
We’re All Together Again For The First Time |
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1976 |
A & M / Horizon |
25th Anniversary Reunion |
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1977 |
Tomato |
The New Brubeck Quartet: Live At Montreux |
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1978 |
Direct-To-Disc-Labs |
A Cut Above |
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1982 |
Concord |
Concord On A Summer Night |
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1982 |
EMI |
Aurex Jazz Festival ‘82 Live |
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1984 |
Jazz Alliance |
Dave Brubeck - Marian McPartland Piano Jazz |
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1987 |
Melodija |
Dave Brubeck In Moscow |
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1987 |
Concord |
Moscow Night |
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1998 |
Telarc Jazz |
Double Live From The USA & UK (two versions) |
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2000 |
Telarc Jazz |
Dave Brubeck Live With The L.S.O. |
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2002 |
Telarc Jazz |
Park Avenue South |
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2004 |
Sony Classical |
Brubeck Meets Bach |
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2011 |
CD Baby |
Live At Arthur Zankel Music Center - Triple Play |
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