Saxophone Colossus
by Sonny Rollins
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Saxophone Colossus is ranked as the best album by Sonny Rollins.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 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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| ! | 01/31/2026 20:29 | sweetness | 970 | 79/100 |
| ! | 01/06/2026 18:54 | brent13 | 1,858 | 69/100 |
| ! | 12/13/2025 02:21 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,463 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/30/2025 15:48 |  ForegroundNoise | 2,955 | 60/100 |
| ! | 09/14/2025 21:03 |  Norman Bates | 10,023 | 75/100 |
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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 81.4/100, a mean average of 80.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.
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Took a while to grow on me, but, once it did I loved it
Brautiful, catchy jazz.
Saxophone is so good loved St Thomas and strode rode
Just superpower Sax playing. A masterclass in showcasing a single instrument.
Larcx13 01/10/2021 16:12 | #264145
Loved this. Gotta thank this website for this find.
seb7 01/10/2021 02:36 | #264125
Fire jazz album with such skillful saxophone musicianship
VictorVale 10/25/2020 22:07 | #259782
Grande momento do jazz e do bebop!!
Great hard bop album. I love the speed and energy present in most tracks. Great solos from all 4 musicians throughout. St. Thomas stands out particularly with it great groove.
jdenny2018 06/13/2018 16:33 | #216666
Some of Rollins' best work
Fischman 11/28/2016 18:53 | #179268
Rollins is an exceptional blower and this is his most outstanding outing. Challenging yet melodic in composition, full of excellent improvisation, and while Sonny is the star, all members of the ensemble contribute to make this whole greater than the sum of its parts and cement this as one of the all time great jazz albums.
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