The Cooker
by Lee Morgan

The Cooker by Lee Morgan
Year: 1958
Overall rank: 9,121st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 30 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1958 (64th)
Award Top albums of the 1950s (279th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,121st)

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Lee Morgan bestography

The Cooker is ranked 3rd best out of 27 albums by Lee Morgan on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Lee Morgan is The Sidewinder which is ranked number 2151 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 763.

Lee Morgan album bestography « Higher ranked (4,746th)
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This album (9,121st)
The Cooker
Lower ranked (10,363rd) »
Cornbread

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The Cooker rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 9,121st | 1950s rank: 279th | 1958 rank: 64th
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2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s61/1008
2026 bertranduTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s44/10011
2026 RockyRaccoonTop 20 Music Albums of 195819/201
2026 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 195818/1004
2026 RockyRaccoonTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s96/1001
2026Exist-en-cielTop 55 Music Albums of 195815/554
2026 RockyRaccoonJazz Pt. 396/100 -
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 195878/1001
2025TodFitzTop 61 Music Albums of 195810/614
2025 TamthebamTop 90 Music Albums of 195858/902
2025replacementlevelTop 60 Music Albums of the 1950s24/6012
2025BorderFreeAndrewTop 58 Music Albums of 195813/584
2025Steppenwolf666Top 79 Music Albums of 195828/793
2025replacementlevelTop 30 Music Albums of 19584/305
2025 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of the 1950s60/1008
2025stangetzawayTop 25 Music Albums of 195822/251
2025TodFitzTop 96 Music Albums of the 1950s67/966
2024 EyeKanFlyAM Bubbling Under 1950s 212/13 -
2024Steppenwolf666Pt6 Most expensive records sold on Discogs website31/99 -
2023 Jboy56Top 70 Music Albums of 195819/704
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 35
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 133
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76/100 (from 30 votes)
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75/100
 
12/21/2025 18:45 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,66870/100
 
60/100
 
11/10/2025 10:18 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  23,78464/100
 
70/100
 
09/19/2025 10:39 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  23,00369/100
 
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08/12/2025 01:32 OldToad  Ratings distribution  1,29374/100
 
80/100
 
05/30/2025 19:31 RockyRaccoon  Ratings distribution  6,85584/100

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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.1/100, a mean average of 77.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.5.

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85/100
From 08/12/2025 01:33 | #310513
Pepper Adams on baritone sax is just fantastic throughout this album, famously said by Morgan to be a last-minute replacement for Hank Mobley's tenor. No shade on Mobley, but it works out great--Adams kills on this album. Morgan's fifth album as a leader, at nineteen years old, before his stint with Art Blakey, more than half a decade before his hit albums like Sidewinder. Miles's bass and drums with Blakey's pianist, and everyone sounds energized and fresh.
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90/100
From 03/28/2022 12:56 | #283537
Lee is one of my favorite jazzmen. Being bit biased , therefore I must like this :)
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From 12/14/2016 20:46 | #180137
A very solid album, but a bit bland next to the likes of The Sidewinder and Cornbread.
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Best Albums of 1958
1. Blue Train by John Coltrane
2. Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
3. Lady In Satin by Billie Holiday
4. Somethin' Else by Cannonball Adderley
5. Buddy Holly by Buddy Holly
6. Bo Diddley by Bo Diddley
7. Milestones by Miles Davis
8. Ascenseur Pour L'échafaud by Miles Davis
9. Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely by Frank Sinatra
10. Little Richard by Little Richard
11. One Dozen Berrys by Chuck Berry
12. Come Fly With Me by Frank Sinatra
13. The Everly Brothers by The Everly Brothers
14. Jerry Lee Lewis by Jerry Lee Lewis
15. Basie by Count Basie And His Orchestra & Neal Hefti
16. The Best Of Muddy Waters by Muddy Waters
17. Elvis' Golden Records by Elvis Presley
18. Songs For Distingué Lovers by Billie Holiday
19. Please Please Please by James Brown And His Famous Flames
20. Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet by Miles Davis Quintet
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