The Centaur And The Phoenix
by Yusef Lateef

The Centaur And The Phoenix by Yusef Lateef
Year: 1960
Overall rank: 42,483rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 14 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1960 (145th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (2,417th)
Award Best albums of all time (42,483rd)

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Yusef Lateef bestography

The Centaur And The Phoenix is ranked 6th best out of 22 albums by Yusef Lateef on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Yusef Lateef is Eastern Sounds which is ranked number 3564 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 413.

Yusef Lateef album bestography « Higher ranked (41,736th)
The Sounds Of Yusef
This album (42,483rd)
The Centaur And The Phoenix
Lower ranked (45,431st) »
Psychicemotus

(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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Overall rank: 42,483rd | 1960s rank: 2,417th | 1960 rank: 145th

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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 14 votes)
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02/15/2026 00:37 Skerns  Ratings distribution  5,07880/100
 
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01/10/2026 19:07 louisbert  Ratings distribution  385/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.

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Best Albums of 1960
1. Sketches Of Spain by Miles Davis
2. Giant Steps by John Coltrane
3. At Last! by Etta James
4. Blues & Roots by Charles Mingus
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6. Joan Baez by Joan Baez
7. We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite by Max Roach
8. The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery by Wes Montgomery
9. Muddy Waters At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters
10. Soul Station by Hank Mobley
11. Portrait In Jazz by Bill Evans Trio
12. A Date With The Everly Brothers by The Everly Brothers
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15. Walk Don't Run by The Ventures
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17. Presents Charles Mingus by Charles Mingus
18. Rockin' At The Hops by Chuck Berry
19. The Big Beat by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
20. Open Sesame by Freddie Hubbard
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