Tracks
- Blue Rondo à la Turk
- Strange Meadow Lark
- Take Five
- Three to Get Ready
- Kathy's Waltz
- Everybody's Jumpin'
- Pick Up Sticks
Time Out is a fair album. There are exciting passages within some pieces, but they are merely fleeting moments on, what is for the most part, a very uninspiring album. The pieces are slow, and, while that's not a problem in itself, it becomes one when the pieces seem to lack focus.
Blue Rondo à la Turk and Take Five are pretty good.
★★★★★★★☆☆☆☆
Tracks
- Jeru
- Move
- Godchild
- Budo
- Venus de Milo
- Rouge
- Boplicity
- Israel
- Deception
- Rocker
- Moon Dreams
Birth of the Cool is cool. The pieces are very short and confident, yet unassuming. It's a group of nine jazz musicians trying hard not to outdo each other. That these musicians are so talented makes the music seem simple and easy.
The sound is also pleasing to the ear. Sometimes trumpets and other horns can really be hard on the ears, but these pieces will save your hearing.
To people who both understand the historical context of this album and understand music, this album is one of the most significant in the history of jazz. For the layman though (me included), its strength is also its weakness; the style makes the album seem too similar-sounding.
All the pieces are good, but the ones that do stand out are Godchild, Venus de Milo, Boplicity and Move.
★★★★★★★★★☆
