The Jazz Messengers
by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers bestography
The Jazz Messengers is ranked 8th best out of 66 albums by Art Blakey on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Art Blakey is Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers which is ranked number 481 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,532.
(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 Jazz Messengers track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Jazz Messengers rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 51 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 24 Music Albums of 1956 | 9/24 | 3 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 41 Music Albums of 1956 | 19/41 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 50 Music Albums of 1956 | 29/50 | 2 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 86 Music Albums of 1956 | 50/86 | 2 |
| 2026 | mostlymor | Top 10 Music Albums of 1956 | 10/10 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1956 | 2/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 98/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 70 Music Albums of 1956 | 38/70 | 2 |
| 2026 |  bertrandu | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 60/100 | 8 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 28 Music Albums of 1956 | 27/28 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 52 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 184 | |||
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The Jazz Messengers ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 27 hours ago |  Dingerbell | 4,160 | 63/100 |
| ! | 07/18/2026 00:00 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/30/2026 21:53 | shanelovesyou111 | 721 | 71/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 17% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.9/100, a mean average of 73.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.2.
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