The Cats
by Idrees Sulieman / John Coltrane / Kenny Burrell / Tommy Flanagan

The Cats by Idrees Sulieman / John Coltrane / Kenny Burrell / Tommy Flanagan
Year: 1959
Overall rank: 9,147th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 29 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1959 (55th)
Award Top albums of the 1950s (281st)
Award Best albums of all time (9,147th)

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Overall rank: 9,147th | 1950s rank: 281st | 1959 rank: 55th

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74/100 (from 29 votes)
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12/21/2025 16:31 Rivera  Ratings distribution  2,03182/100
 
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12/01/2025 16:05 DommeDamian  Ratings distribution  7,33049/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 75.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.0.

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From 08/01/2022 07:23 | #288035
Solid jazz. This must be one of the two-hundredth jazz albums I have recently listened to. I'm not getting bored, but with that many listenens is soon becomes difficult to distinguish a GREAT album from the lot as it is impossible to find a BAD jazz album! With these great musicians, that is not possible
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Best Albums of 1959
1. Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis
2. Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus
3. Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4. The Shape Of Jazz To Come by Ornette Coleman
5. Berry Is On Top by Chuck Berry
6. Moanin' In The Moonlight by Howlin' Wolf
7. Little Girl Blue by Nina Simone
8. The Genius Of Ray Charles by Ray Charles
9. Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins
10. Chega De Saudade by João Gilberto
11. N° 4 by Jacques Brel
12. What'd I Say by Ray Charles
13. Porgy And Bess by Miles Davis
14. Jazz In Silhouette by Sun Ra And His Arkestra
15. Workin' With The Miles Davis Quintet by Miles Davis Quintet
16. Ritchie Valens by Ritchie Valens
17. Go Bo Diddley by Bo Diddley
18. Chet by Chet Baker
19. Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald
20. I'm John Lee Hooker by John Lee Hooker
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