Africa/Brass (studio album)
by John Coltrane Quartet
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John Coltrane Quartet bestography
Africa/Brass is ranked 7th best out of 88 albums by John Coltrane on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by John Coltrane is A Love Supreme which is ranked number 75 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 15,734.
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Africa/Brass 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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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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75/100  | 09/13/2025 17:00 |  Tamthebam | | 69/100 |
75/100 | 06/23/2025 15:39 | MrOlan | | 76/100 |
70/100 | 06/03/2025 13:53 | colabunga | | 81/100 |
60/100 | 05/31/2025 14:15 | Elauqsapid | | 63/100 |
90/100 | 05/06/2025 14:22 | cicadelic | | 73/100 |
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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 80.0/100, a mean average of 79.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.
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Solid 9/10 with "Blues Minor" as the standout track.
Very creative and beautiful avant-garde jazz from one of the best musicians in this genre.
2nd-Impressions 10/18/2020 23:51
70/100
Favourite track: Greensleeves
Worst track: Blues Minor
JoaoMoreira 12/30/2019 04:36
A Coltrane in search of its iconic sound with the magic quartet already.
Some simple horn arrangements packed with character to complement the quartet's performance.
Individually, this does't have Coltrane's most inspired soloist moments, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner were still developing, but Jimmy Garrison was already there.
Very cool sound. I love the big band sound and experimentation on Africa and the rework of Greensleeves. Surprised how low this is on Coltrane's discography on this site tbh.
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