Bird & Diz
by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie

Bird & Diz by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
Year: 1952
Overall rank: 1,894th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 125 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Best album of 1952 (1st)
Award Top 50 albums of the 1950s (48th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,894th)

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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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Town Hall, New York City, June 22, 1945

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Bird & Diz rankings

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Overall rank: 1,894th | 1950s rank: 48th | 1952 rank: 1st

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Bird & Diz ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 125 votes)
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02/21/2026 11:02 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  2,50084/100
 
75/100
 
12/21/2025 20:33 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,71670/100
 
70/100
 
12/09/2025 22:08 marcoserra1966  Ratings distribution  79258/100
 
75/100
 
08/21/2025 11:44 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  22,93669/100
 
80/100
 
07/07/2025 10:01 djnizzi  Ratings distribution  2,85980/100

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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.9/100, a mean average of 75.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.

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85/100
From 01/03/2023 15:56 | #292479
Geez
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From 05/19/2022 07:01 | #285497
What can you say about these two guys, masters of their art and instruments? The album is very good , just because of these men.
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75/100
From 10/16/2019 23:07 | #243831
Fantástico bebop!!
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80/100
From 09/26/2017 02:27 | #198739
Good stuff!
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From 03/09/2016 22:05 | #161634
Two masters at work.
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From 09/13/2013 15:31 | #85868
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.
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40/100
From 01/07/2013 20:01 | #60579
Decent jazz album.
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Best Albums of 1952
1. Bird & Diz by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
2. Moanin' The Blues by Hank Williams
3. Billie Holiday Sings by Billie Holiday
4. The Amazing Bud Powell by Bud Powell
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