Caravan
by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers bestography
Caravan is ranked 17th 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 478 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,551.
(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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Caravan track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Caravan rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1962 | 8/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Jazz #101-200 | 32/100 | - |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1962 | 10/50 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 45 Music Albums of 1962 | 24/45 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 60 Music Albums of 1962 | 12/60 | 4 |
| 2026 | RockyRaccoon | Top 36 Music Albums of 1962 | 11/36 | 4 |
| 2026 | Rivera | Best Of Rest 5 | 2/100 | - |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 36 Music Albums of 1962 | 18/36 | 3 |
| 2025 | byuzak | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 84/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 83 Music Albums of 1962 | 38/83 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 33 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 57 | |||
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Caravan ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/16/2026 14:08 | duelek | 2,143 | 75/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 21:55 | Juneof44 | 2,626 | 69/100 |
| ! | 12/21/2025 00:22 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,671 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.7.
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Caravan forum mentions
Hayden 06/21/2017 19:40 in Drum Talk, Recommend me some Drum Albums!Caravan comments
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Jboy56Intricate and classy fare from the incomparable ABATJM
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