This Is Our Music
by Ornette Coleman

This Is Our Music by Ornette Coleman
Year: 1961
Release date: 1961-02-00
Overall rank: 3,631st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 58 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1961 (11th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (307th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,631st)

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Ornette Coleman bestography

This Is Our Music is ranked 3rd 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 447 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,772.

Ornette Coleman album bestography « Higher ranked (1,775th)
Free Jazz
This album (3,631st)
This Is Our Music
Lower ranked (4,767th) »
Science Fiction

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 3,631st | 1960s rank: 307th | 1961 rank: 11th

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 58 votes)
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03/25/2026 14:53 wadwicz5  Ratings distribution  88786/100
 
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12/21/2025 02:38 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,74270/100
 
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11/03/2025 14:19 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,82473/100
 
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06/03/2025 15:32 colabunga  Ratings distribution  62080/100
 
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10/19/2024 03:26 bcc  Ratings distribution  1,13268/100

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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.1/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.

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From 08/30/2022 17:32 | #289040
Very Corny Oleman
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From 04/03/2021 16:11 | #268155
In my opinion, the most energetic jazz album ever made, the sheer power of Ed Blackwell`s drum playing is awe-inspiring. This is Ornette not only at his best, but more creative as he tackles standard forms (Blues, ballads and nursery rhyme-like melodies) in a way that has not been herad before or since.
Creative and out there, but at the same time, with a strict form and unity that makes this album feel at the same time ear-piercing, catchy and oddly beautiful in some of the solos.
The best Ornette album if I have to choose one.
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Best Albums of 1961
1. My Favorite Things by John Coltrane
2. King Of The Delta Blues Singers by Robert Johnson
3. Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio
4. Free Jazz by Ornette Coleman Double Quartet
5. Olé Coltrane by John Coltrane
6. Africa/Brass by John Coltrane Quartet
7. The Blues And The Abstract Truth by Oliver Nelson
8. Two Steps From The Blues by Bobby Bland
9. Showcase by Patsy Cline
10. Eastern Sounds by Yusef Lateef