A Night At Birdland Vol. 1
by Art Blakey
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A Night At Birdland Vol. 1 is ranked as the best album by Art Blakey.
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A Night At Birdland Vol. 1 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
A Night At Birdland Vol. 1 rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 8 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 65/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 40 Music Albums of 1954 | 4/40 | 5 |
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 56/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 60 Music Albums of 1954 | 14/60 | 4 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 33 Music Albums of 1954 | 22/33 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Norman Bates | Top 47 Music Albums of the 1950s | 19/47 | 12 |
| 2025 |  Jbalbinolr | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 34/100 | 57 |
| 2025 |  djnizzi | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 95/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 30 Music Albums of 1954 | 21/30 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 88/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 48 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 249 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 14 hours ago | drmicksweeney | 21 | 89/100 |
| ! | 08/06/2026 14:20 |  VictorVale | 3,931 | 81/100 |
| ! | 12/21/2025 20:46 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,486 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.6/100, a mean average of 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.2.
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EyeKanFly 01/28/2021 22:21 in What album are you listening to right now?A Night At Birdland Vol. 1 comments
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Tour-de-force performances by (so I say) the best jazz band in the world at the time recorded beautifully, every instrument from bass to ride cymbal perfectly clear and present, so often not the case in live jazz, or studio recordings for that matter. Even the introduction by the legendary Pee Wee Marquette is classic; if you don't know who he is, you really should check out the excellent write-up on him at the Dangerous Minds web site, he's a jazz immortal. (Disappointingly, if you read that article, I think he pronounces Horace Silver's name correctly on this occasion.) This is an all-time great jazz record.
VictorVale 08/06/2026 14:20 | #315565
Testemunho do nascimento do Hard Bop em uma banda extremamente entrosada. (Edited)
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