The Avant-Garde
by John Coltrane & Don Cherry
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The Avant-Garde track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Avant-Garde rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 55 Music Albums of 1966 | 20/55 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 85 Music Albums of 1966 | 52/85 | 2 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Don Cherry: So Far.. | 3/9 | - |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 70 Music Albums of 1966 | 69/70 | 0 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Top 13 Music Albums of 1966 | 12/13 | 1 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | John Coltrane.... So Far.... | 19/31 | - |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1966 | 31/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 50 Music Albums of 1966 | 44/50 | 1 |
| 2025 | rkm | Top 33 Music Albums of 1966 | 23/33 | 2 |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1966 | 19/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 30 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 65 | |||
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The Avant-Garde ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/31/2026 13:09 | AAL2014 | 4,347 | 75/100 |
| ! | 03/04/2026 12:28 |  Gammarus1979 | 631 | 79/100 |
| ! | 12/04/2025 12:58 | DommeDamian | 7,881 | 48/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.2/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.
The Avant-Garde forum mentions
Jboy56 01/10/2023 12:02 in What album are you listening to right now?The Avant-Garde comments
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drstuey 04/01/2022 10:55 | #283682
Not actually very avant-garde. Not very free jazz. Not very good.
Jboy56 01/10/2023 12:04 | #292686
Late Coltrane, very easy to your ears, intelligent and cool
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