Bemsha Swing (track)
by Thelonious Monk
Year: 1957
From the album Brilliant Corners (track #5)
Bemsha Swing appears on the following album(s) by Thelonious Monk:
- Brilliant Corners (track #5) (this album) (1957)
- Live At The It Club (track #6) (1982)
- Live At The It Club - Complete (track #6) (1998)
- Monk's Greatest Hits (track #3) (compilation) (1969)
- In Italy (track #5) (1961)
- Monk In Tokyo (track #5) (1969)
- The Complete Prestige 10-inch LP Collection (track #7) (compilation) (2017)
- The Thelonious Monk Memorial Album (track #3) (compilation) (1982)
- Thelonious Monk Trio (track #9) (1954)
- Thelonious (track #7) (1953)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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80/100  | 09/11/2025 16:25 |  ForegroundNoise | | 64/100 |
95/100 | 04/17/2025 15:50 |  VictorVale | | 88/100 |
90/100 | 03/25/2025 16:19 |  swed | | 88/100 |
60/100 | 03/23/2025 14:30 | Rayzer6 | | 89/100 |
90/100 | 10/19/2024 05:01 | matterhornrider | | 86/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 84.9/100, a mean average of 85.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.6.
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