Cousin Mary (track) by John Coltrane
Cousin Mary appears on the following album(s) by John Coltrane:
- Giant Steps (track #2) (this album) (1960)
- Afro Blue Impressions (track #6) (1977)
- The Very Best Of John Coltrane (track #2) (compilation) (2000)
- The Best Of John Coltrane (track #5) (compilation) (1970)
- Live Trane (track #37) (compilation) (2001)
- The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (track #19) (compilation) (1995)
- The Atlantic Years In Mono (track #2) (compilation) (2016)
- The Last Giant: The John Coltrane Anthology (track #15) (compilation) (1993)
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 83.8/100, a mean average of 84.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.6.
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"Cousin Mary", is named in honor of Mary Lyerly, Coltrane's younger cousin.
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