Looking Ahead!
by Cecil Taylor Quartet

Looking Ahead! by Cecil Taylor Quartet
Year: 1959
Overall rank: 11,163rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 25 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1959 (71st)
Award Top albums of the 1950s (337th)
Award Best albums of all time (11,163rd)

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Cecil Taylor Quartet bestography

Looking Ahead! is ranked 2nd best out of 34 albums by Cecil Taylor on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Cecil Taylor is Unit Structures which is ranked number 2379 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 668.

Cecil Taylor Quartet album bestography « Higher ranked (2,379th)
Unit Structures
This album (11,163rd)
Looking Ahead!
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Live At The Cafe Montmartre

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Overall rank: 11,163rd | 1950s rank: 337th | 1959 rank: 71st

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70/100 (from 25 votes)
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11/17/2025 14:59 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  23,83864/100
 
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06/13/2025 07:23 Hyggevinyl  Ratings distribution  4,26172/100
 
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11/09/2022 16:51 LosWochos  Ratings distribution  46,86975/100
 
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10/31/2022 12:09 jonny5244  Ratings distribution  8,43363/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.1/100, a mean average of 69.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.1.

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From 08/02/2022 12:24 | #288073
AvantGarde for most jazz fans. Requires multiple listens. Tonally dissonant..
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