Featuring the cover art of S. Neil Fujita, Time Out was released in December 1959, to negative critical reception. Nonetheless, on the strength of these unusual time signatures, the album quickly went Gold (and was eventually certified Double Platinum), and peaked at number two on the Billboard 200. It was the first jazz album to sell more than a million copies. The single "Take Five" off the album quickly became a jazz standard, despite its unusual composition and its time signature: time.
Featuring the cover art of S. Neil Fujita, Time Out ,was released in December 1959, to negati,ve critical reception. Nonetheless, on the strength of these unusual time signatures the album quickly went Gold (and was eventually certified Double Platinum) and peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 It was the first jazz .album to sell more than a million copies. The single "Take Five" off the album quickly became a jazz standard, despite its unusual composition and its time signature: time.