Coltrane "Live" At The Village Vanguard
by John Coltrane

Coltrane "Live" At The Village Vanguard by John Coltrane
(Live album)
Year: 1962
Overall rank: 4,419th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 87 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1962 (13th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (362nd)
Award Best albums of all time (4,419th)

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John Coltrane bestography

Coltrane "Live" At The Village Vanguard is ranked 11th best out of 88 albums by John Coltrane on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by John Coltrane is A Love Supreme which is ranked number 74 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 15,429.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 4,419th | 1960s rank: 362nd | 1962 rank: 13th

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78/100 (from 87 votes)
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02/13/2026 04:59 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,11133/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.1/100, a mean average of 76.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.1.

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From 08/20/2017 21:48 | #196415
For what it's worth, the most mind bending live performance I've ever heard.
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