Free Jazz (studio album)
by Ornette Coleman Double Quartet
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Ornette Coleman Double Quartet bestography
Free Jazz is ranked 2nd best out of 35 albums by Ornette Coleman on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Ornette Coleman is The Shape Of Jazz To Come which is ranked number 446 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,874.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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70/100  | 09/23/2025 10:15 |  Tamthebam | | 69/100 |
70/100 | 06/09/2025 15:19 | Invader666 | | 65/100 |
60/100 | 06/03/2025 13:53 | colabunga | | 81/100 |
80/100 | 05/12/2025 05:54 | juanr1096 | | 78/100 |
80/100 | 01/02/2025 13:28 | cicadelic | | 73/100 |
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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 77.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.0.
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VictorVale 11/16/2020 14:23
Meu Deus, que viagem maravilhosa!
2nd-Impressions 10/18/2020 23:49
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
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
JulianR 09/27/2017 01:35
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)
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