The Cooker
by Lee Morgan
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Lee Morgan bestography
The Cooker is ranked 3rd best out of 29 albums by Lee Morgan on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Lee Morgan is The Sidewinder which is ranked number 2303 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 707.
(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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The Cooker track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Cooker rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 21 Music Albums of 1958 | 19/21 | 1 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 55 Music Albums of 1958 | 15/55 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 1958 | 58/90 | 2 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Pt6 Most expensive records sold on Discogs website | 97/99 | - |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 83 Music Albums of 1958 | 31/83 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1958 | 18/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | RockyRaccoon | Jazz #301-400 | 20/82 | - |
| 2026 |  bertrandu | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 44/100 | 11 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 60/100 | 8 |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 96 Music Albums of the 1950s | 67/96 | 6 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 34 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 132 | |||
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The Cooker ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/01/2026 19:53 |  EyeKanFly | 8,985 | 65/100 |
| ! | 12/21/2025 18:45 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,117 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/10/2025 10:18 | TonySayers61 | 25,833 | 64/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 76.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.6.
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The Cooker forum mentions
Jboy56 03/28/2022 13:17 in What album are you listening to right now?
alelsupreme 03/15/2016 04:32 in Shine a light on an album with less than 10 votesThe Cooker comments
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Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/14/2016 20:46 | #180137 | TOP COMMENT
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A very solid album, but a bit bland next to the likes of The Sidewinder and Cornbread.
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. (Edited)
Jboy56 03/28/2022 12:56 | #283537 | TOP COMMENT
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Lee is one of my favorite jazzmen. Being bit biased , therefore I must like this :) (Edited)
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