Free Form
by Donald Byrd
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Donald Byrd bestography
Free Form is ranked 17th best out of 36 albums by Donald Byrd on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Donald Byrd is A New Perspective which is ranked number 11348 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 105.
(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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Free Form track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Free Form rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 6 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Jazz #301-400 | 25/69 | - |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1966 | 17/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 85 Music Albums of 1966 | 60/85 | 2 |
| 2026 | RockyRaccoon | Top 53 Music Albums of 1966 | 44/53 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 50 Music Albums of 1966 | 33/50 | 2 |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1966 | 32/100 | 3 |
| 2024 | LosWochos | Top 100 Music Albums of 1966 | 90/100 | 1 |
| 2022 |  Jboy56 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1961 | 58/100 | - |
| 2021 | Fischman | Donald Byrd Albums Ranked | 13/38 | - |
| 2020 | panapsal | my 100 favorite jazz albums of years 1965-1969 | 53/100 | - |
| 2019 | ReelBigToph | Top 100 Music Albums of 1961 | 97/100 | - |
| 2017 | Fischman | Best Jazz of the 1960s | 50/100 | - |
| 2017 | Fischman | Greatest Jazz Trumpet Albums | 49/100 | - |
| 2016 |  NoisyBeast | More Albums of the 1960s... #901-1000 | 68/100 | - |
| 2015 |  briggs54 | Top 56 Music Albums of 1961 | 50/56 | - |
| 2012 | zonrod | Top 50 Music Albums of 1961 | 22/50 | - |
| 2012 | zonrod | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 79/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 17 | |||
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Free Form ratings
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n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/23/2026 13:47 | duelek | 2,080 | 75/100 |
| ! | 11/15/2023 13:36 | RockyRaccoon | 7,141 | 84/100 |
| ! | 07/20/2023 18:49 | LosWochos | 47,348 | 75/100 |
| ! | 03/06/2023 10:54 |  Tamthebam | 23,202 | 69/100 |
| ! | 09/25/2022 14:27 | Jboy56 | 4,268 | 78/100 |
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Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.2/100, a mean average of 72.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.
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Jboy56 09/25/2022 14:27 | #289954
Just fine.
recorded 1961, first release 1966
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