The Magnificent 7 (track)
by Kamasi Washington
Year: 2015
From the album The Epic (track #12)
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The Magnificent 7 appears on the following album(s) by Kamasi Washington:
- The Epic (track #12) (this album) (2015)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 12/03/2025 00:20 | Exist-en-ciel | 55,232 | 71/100 |
| ! | 10/14/2025 17:53 | Rayzer6 | 18,736 | 89/100 |
| ! | 09/01/2025 19:42 | mttr-in-plc | 1,997 | 88/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2024 10:36 | dukeboxkool | 6,833 | 75/100 |
| ! | 05/16/2024 14:26 |  luigybetis | 13,185 | 89/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 87.0/100, a mean average of 87.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.7.
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AAL2014 05/07/2024 05:01 | #303395
At its best, the music of Kamasi Washington is technically complex without being damningly brainy. Even with a majority of the this track being in 7 and dense in arrangement, it’s one that is felt by the body as much as the brain.
Along with the album’s opener, Change of the Guard, The Magnificent 7 is not so much a tentpole track as it is an immovable pillar of sonic and spiritual achievement. This is a track I would pick to represent Kamasi’s catalog, The Epic as an album, and 21st century jazz as a whole.
Space-Dementia 01/10/2016 22:16 | #156245
Brilliant. Flipping brilliant. The bassline is groovy as hell and the sax, piano, and bass solos are so technical and amazing. Best song on the album.
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