Time Out is a rarity. It’s an adventurous, experimental, instrumental jazz album that was also a popular success. Recorded over four sessions in the summer of 1959, the album explored unusual time signatures and produced the unlikely hit, “Take Five.” According to
Billboard magazine,
Time Out was the first jazz album to sell a million copies. It’s been a steady seller through the years and has since gone double platinum.
During a career that ran from his service in World War Two until his death at the age of 92 in 2012, Dave Brubeck established himself as one of jazz’s great composers, pianists and bandleaders. His most famous and popular group was the classic quartet centered around the pianist’s remarkable musical partnership with alto saxophonist Paul Desmond. The group really gelled when drummer Joe Morello and bassist Eugene Wright joined in the late 1950s.
low fifties in the east bay shores. 77 degrees expected today in antioch. mid-60 s in oakland. plenty of sunshine and little bit breezy in santa rosa. mid-60 s in downtown san francisco. new this morning. the two left lanes on highway 580 in livermore remain closed this morning. a hit and run accident involving a c-h-p car sends an officer to the hospital. the accident happened just before one this morning on westbound highway 580 just before airway boulevard. a truck crashed into sand barrels, knocking the barrels into the two left lanes, officers say moments later another car slammed into the rear end of a c-h-p car with an officer inside and then drove off. the officer inside the patrol car was taken to the hospital to be treated for minor injuries. police are looking for the hit and run driver. the two left lanes on highway 580 in livermore are reopened this morning. after a hit and run accident involving a c-h-p car sends an officer to the hospital. the accid