Jazz Advance
by Cecil Taylor Quartet

Jazz Advance by Cecil Taylor Quartet
Year: 1957
Overall rank: 17,906th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 24 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1957 (81st)
Award Top albums of the 1950s (508th)
Award Best albums of all time (17,906th)

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Cecil Taylor Quartet bestography

Jazz Advance is ranked 5th best out of 34 albums by Cecil Taylor on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Cecil Taylor is Unit Structures which is ranked number 2638 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 599.

Cecil Taylor Quartet album bestography « Higher ranked (17,832nd)
Silent Tongues: Live At Montreux '74
This album (17,906th)
Jazz Advance
Lower ranked (19,621st) »
One Too Many Salty Swift And Not Goodbye

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Jazz Advance track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Jazz Advance rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 17,906th | 1950s rank: 508th | 1957 rank: 81st
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2026 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 195745/1003
2026Exist-en-cielTop 45 Music Albums of 195739/451
2026Steppenwolf666Top 100 Music Albums of 195748/1003
2026 HaydenTop 97 Music Albums of 195756/972
2025TodFitzTop 62 Music Albums of 195760/620
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 195731/1004
2025WayneMCUncut The 500 Greatest Albums Of The 1950s (1-100)23/100 -
2025 Norman BatesTop 31 Music Albums of 195711/313
2025 KitchenSinkTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s52/10010
2024 EyeKanFlyAM Bubbling Under 1950s 163/100 -
2023 Jboy56Top 60 Music Albums of 195759/600
2023 Jboy56Top 70 Music Albums of 195614/70 -
2022LosWochosTop 100 Music Albums of 195762/1002
2021 NoisyBeastFavorite Jazz Albums ~ Part Two80/100 -
2020 StefanR10Top 100 Music Albums of 195651/100 -
2019ReelBigTophTop 100 Music Albums of 195686/100 -
2019panapsalTop 100 Music Albums of 195651/100 -
2019SkernsTop 25 Music Albums of the 1950s5/2517
2018PurpleHazelTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s57/1009
2017sdees33Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s76/1005
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 23
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 61
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71/100 (from 24 votes)
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60/100
 
04/06/2026 16:02 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,63965/100
 
70/100
 
12/23/2025 21:26 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,69570/100
 
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10/20/2025 09:40 Steebo  Ratings distribution  54886/100
 
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02/09/2025 20:03 Igtonumama  Ratings distribution  10,78963/100
 
85/100
 
03/01/2024 15:36 Skerns  Ratings distribution  5,09080/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.2/100, a mean average of 70.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.

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From 12/09/2021 16:13 | #277303
This is really HARD bop BABE..
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