The Sidewinder
by Lee Morgan
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The Sidewinder is ranked as the best album by Lee Morgan.
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The Sidewinder track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Sidewinder rankings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/13/2026 10:57 | leobaraza | 32 | 67/100 |
| ! | 03/07/2026 22:25 | BoxFL | 2,766 | 51/100 |
| ! | 12/15/2025 02:50 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,211 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 00:24 | Skerns | 5,155 | 80/100 |
| ! | 09/27/2025 15:29 |  Tamthebam | 23,195 | 69/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.7/100, a mean average of 80.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.2.
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An excellent hard bop album. Smooth and relaxing. 9/10!
When you think of jazz, you should think of this album.
Fischman 10/26/2016 03:46 | #177441 | TOP COMMENT
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This is a quintessential hard bop album. The tunes are excellent and the improvising spectacular. Lee Morgan is at his peak both as a soloist and as a leader here.
Great jazz album from Lee Morgan. Every title is great, especially the stunning title track. Great playing, great tunes. Great stuff.
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