Open Sesame
by Freddie Hubbard
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Freddie Hubbard bestography
Open Sesame is ranked 2nd best out of 40 albums by Freddie Hubbard on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Freddie Hubbard is Red Clay which is ranked number 5517 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 249.
(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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Open Sesame track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Open Sesame rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 3 hours ago).
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Open Sesame ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/21/2026 17:32 | Olli | 7,699 | 62/100 |
| ! | 06/24/2026 10:49 |  Dingerbell | 4,121 | 62/100 |
| ! | 05/01/2026 19:56 |  EyeKanFly | 8,848 | 65/100 |
| ! | 12/21/2025 06:38 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,324 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/22/2025 16:00 |  Tamthebam | 23,142 | 69/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.8/100, a mean average of 77.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.8.
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Fischman 12/14/2016 21:35 | #180145 | TOP COMMENT
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Hubbard's first album as leader is a real gem. The compositions are excellent as are the solos, and Hubbard is very ably supported by a young but tasteful and empathetic McCoy Tyner on piano.
One of greatest ever jazz albums. A beautifully played LP, the music is faultless, every number is perfectly executed. Superb music.
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