Evolution
by Grachan Moncur III
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Evolution is ranked as the best album by Grachan Moncur III.
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Evolution track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Evolution rankings
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Evolution ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/06/2026 17:35 |  sageamagoo | 1,461 | 80/100 |
| ! | 03/07/2026 13:05 | BoxFL | 2,766 | 51/100 |
| ! | 01/30/2026 16:41 |  Gammarus1979 | 611 | 80/100 |
| ! | 12/15/2025 06:47 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,212 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/28/2024 23:16 | duelek | 2,080 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 72.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.
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Jboy56 11/05/2022 17:04 | #291070
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The most forgotten, overlooked album in Jazz. This album is an absolute masterpiece. Tony Williams, Jackie McLean, Lee Morgan, Bobby Hutcherson, and Grachan. I'm forgetting the bassist name. This is on my top 4 all time jazz albums, and I'm not alone in my adoration. The new thing that a few artists were putting out there in the 60's was the pinnacle of modern jazz. This album is the type-genus of the period. Not Out to Lunch, nor Ornett's great stuff. This, and Destination Out, Let Freedom Ring, were the three great albums by Hutcherson-McClean-Moncur, but this smokes them all. Only Miles Smiles, and Empyrean Isles meets its depth and freshness, over 50 years later.
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