Looking Ahead!
by Cecil Taylor Quartet
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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 2655 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 595.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 04/06/2026 15:59 |  EyeKanFly | 8,756 | 65/100 | |
| 11/17/2025 14:59 | TonySayers61 | 24,759 | 64/100 | |
| 06/13/2025 07:23 | Hyggevinyl | 4,408 | 72/100 | |
| 08/04/2024 14:54 | babsfanatic87 | 458 | 84/100 | |
| 11/09/2022 16:51 | LosWochos | 47,360 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.5/100, a mean average of 68.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.4.
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Jboy56 08/02/2022 12:24 | #288073
AvantGarde for most jazz fans. Requires multiple listens. Tonally dissonant..
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