Free Jazz
by Ornette Coleman Double Quartet
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Ornette Coleman Double Quartet bestography
Free Jazz is ranked 2nd best out of 36 albums by Ornette Coleman on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Ornette Coleman is The Shape Of Jazz To Come which is ranked number 438 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,833.
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Free Jazz track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Free Jazz rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  JoaoMoreira | Top 61 Music Albums of the 1960s | 36/61 | 9 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | June 26: 501- | 25/38 | - |
| 2026 | Weepingguitarman | Top 14 Music Albums of 1961 | 12/14 | 1 |
| 2026 | JoaoMoreira | Top 6 Music Albums of 1961 | 2/6 | 4 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | all time (501 - 600) by Acclaimed Music | 27/30 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 1961 | 34/90 | 3 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1961 | 4/50 | 5 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 18 Music Albums of 1961 | 1/18 | 5 |
| 2026 |  deadhouse | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 56/100 | 43 |
| 2026 | DommeDamian | Top 62 Music Albums of the 1960s | 59/62 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 183 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 979 | |||
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Free Jazz ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/09/2026 09:55 |  Dingerbell | 4,164 | 63/100 |
| ! | 06/27/2026 17:01 | Tamthebam | 23,401 | 69/100 |
| ! | 12/14/2025 19:23 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,190 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.5/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.9.
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Free Jazz forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/02/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5361): By deadhouse
Anti 11/06/2023 19:00 in Albums You Added To Your Collection Today
Cytoma 05/11/2023 15:13 in What album are you listening to right now?Free Jazz comments
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JulianR TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/27/2017 01:35 | #198793 | TOP COMMENT
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Has some great parts, but some mediocre parts drag it down a bit. The bass and drum solos are too long and rambling, yet I would say Ornette's soloing stands out (minutes 10-19)
2nd-Impressions 10/18/2020 23:49 | #259410 | TOP COMMENT
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82/100
Part 2 is just a bit better for me, but I abolutely love the entire record, through and through.
JoaoMoreira 09/29/2020 01:29 | #258835 | TOP COMMENT
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This is a beautiful exercise in abstract playing based on jazz.
The drums and the long structure keep it all safe from being just a freak accident.
What makes this a good record, besides the capabilities of its players - is the interaction.
There's nobody here playing to himself. Everybody is reacting to everybody. Most modern free musicians don't realize this :)
There's also some proto-ASMR in here :D
VictorVale 11/16/2020 14:23 | #260898
Meu Deus, que viagem maravilhosa!
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