The Hawk Flies High (studio album)
by Coleman Hawkins

The Hawk Flies High by Coleman Hawkins
Year: 1957
Overall rank: 15,132nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 29 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1957 (67th)
Award Top albums of the 1950s (436th)
Award Best albums of all time (15,132nd)

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Coleman Hawkins bestography

The Hawk Flies High is ranked 2nd best out of 25 albums by Coleman Hawkins on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Coleman Hawkins is Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster which is ranked number 6906 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 184.

Coleman Hawkins album bestography « Higher ranked (6,906th)
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This album (15,132nd)
The Hawk Flies High
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(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 29 votes)
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av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
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02/09/2025 20:00 Igtonumama  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 10,78563/100
 
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Rating metrics: Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)

This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.1.

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