Bird & Diz
by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
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Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie bestography
Bird & Diz is ranked as the best album by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie.
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Bird & Diz track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Bird & Diz rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Rivera | Best Of Rest 4 | 82/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 50 Music Albums of 1952 | 7/50 | 4 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 57/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | Rivera | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 98/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 5 Music Albums of 1952 | 2/5 | 4 |
| 2026 | MrOlan | Top 60 Music Albums of the 1950s | 31/60 | 10 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 52/100 | 10 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 10 Music Albums of 1952 | 9/10 | 1 |
| 2026 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 67/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | javicho07 | Top 61 Music Albums of the 1950s | 21/61 | 13 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 142 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 884 | |||
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Bird & Diz ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/19/2026 15:15 |  Dingerbell | 4,169 | 63/100 |
| ! | 02/21/2026 11:02 | Leginlists | 3,844 | 83/100 |
| ! | 12/21/2025 20:33 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,315 | 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 75.7/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.
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Bird & Diz forum mentions
neilgee 06/16/2025 08:58 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
CharlieBarley 07/17/2021 05:08 in What album are you listening to right now?Bird & Diz comments
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This is just straight bebop by two of its greatest practitioners. The instrumental performances can't be beat, though the overly simplistic arrangements leave it behind many other jazz classics in my mind.
Jboy56 05/19/2022 07:01 | #285497 | TOP COMMENT
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What can you say about these two guys, masters of their art and instruments? The album is very good , just because of these men.
Decent jazz album.
Two masters at work.
JulianR TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/26/2017 02:27 | #198739 | TOP COMMENT
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Good stuff!
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