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====Time Out====
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In 1959, the Dave Brubeck Quartet recorded ''[[Time Out (album)|Time Out]]''. The album, which featured pieces entirely written by members of the quartet, notably uses unusual [[time signatures]]—especially for jazz—something which Columbia Records was enthusiastic about, but they were nonetheless hesitant to release.<ref name="Kaplan">{{cite book | last=Kaplan | title=1959 | url=https://archive.org/details/1959yearthatchan00kapl | url-access=registration | year=2009 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/1959yearthatchan00kapl/page/131 131–132]| publisher=J. Wiley & Sons | isbn=9780470387818 }}</ref>

The release of ''Time Out'' required the cooperation of Columbia Records president [[Goddard Lieberson]], who underwrote and released ''Time Out'', on the condition that the quartet record a conventional album of the [[American South]], ''[[Gone with the Wind (album)|Gone with the Wind]]'', to cover the risk of ''Time Out'' becoming a [[commercial failure]].<ref name="Kaplan"/>

Featuring the cover art of [[S. Neil Fujita]], ''Time Out'' was released in December 1959, to negative critical reception.<ref name="CD Notes">{{Cite AV media notes|last=Brubeck|first=Dave|author-link=Dave Brubeck|date=November 1996|title=''Time Out'' is still in|publisher=[[Sony Music Entertainment]]}}</ref> Nonetheless, on the strength of these unusual time signatures, the album quickly went [[Music recording certification#Certification thresholds|Gold]] (and was eventually certified Double Platinum), and peaked at number two on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]. It was the first jazz album to sell more than a million copies.<ref>{{citation| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9724992/Dave-Brubeck-Take-Five-jazz-star-dies-91.html| title = Dave Brubeck, Take Five jazz star, dies 91| access-date = December 5, 2012| work = The Daily Telegraph| date = December 5, 2012| last1 = Chilton| first1 = Martin}}</ref> The single "[[Take Five]]" off the album quickly became a [[jazz standard]], despite its unusual composition and its time signature: {{music|time|5|4}} time.

''Time Out'' was followed by several albums with a similar approach, including ''[[Time Further Out|Time Further Out: Miro Reflections]]'' (1961), using more {{music|time|5|4}}, {{music|time|6|4}}, and {{music|time|9|8}}, plus the first attempt at {{music|time|7|4}}; ''[[Countdown—Time in Outer Space]]'' (dedicated to [[John Glenn]], 1962), featuring {{music|time|11|4}} and more {{music|time|7|4}}; ''[[Time Changes]]'' (1963), with much {{music|time|3|4}}, {{music|time|10|4}} and {{music|time|13|4}}; and ''[[Time In (album)|Time In]]'' (1966). These albums (except ''Time In'') were also known for using contemporary paintings as cover art, featuring the work of [[Joan Miró]] on ''Time Further Out'', [[Franz Kline]] on ''Time in Outer Space'', and [[Sam Francis]] on ''Time Changes''.