Black Byrd
by Donald Byrd
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Donald Byrd bestography
Black Byrd is ranked 3rd 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 11361 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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Black Byrd track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Black Byrd rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 54 Music Albums of 1973 | 34/54 | 2 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 56/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 8/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 44 Music Albums of 1973 | 15/44 | 3 |
| 2026 | amirmishali | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 43/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  Larcx13 | Top 23 Music Albums of 1973 | 11/23 | 3 |
| 2025 | MaxStorm98 | Top 69 Music Albums of 1973 | 57/69 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Graeme2 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 34/100 | 3 |
| 2024 | vruslov | Top 84 Music Albums of 1973 | 65/84 | 1 |
| 2024 | Graeme2 | Jazz | 69/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 31 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 94 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/18/2026 12:50 | BrianBoehm | 87 | 94/100 |
| ! | 05/16/2024 10:55 | Aramis | 2,264 | 66/100 |
| ! | 04/25/2024 18:53 | saltysurprise | 2,960 | 83/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.8/100, a mean average of 78.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.
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Forum mentions
neilgee 12/17/2020 20:36 in What album are you listening to right now?
bobbyb5 05/08/2018 05:31 in Jazz: Competition & DiscussionBlack Byrd comments
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Larcx13 02/21/2021 03:42 | #266560
Damn! That's some great funk-jazz that people seem to be missing out on... im glad i came across this. (Edited)
Fischman 12/09/2016 04:04 | #179785
Traditional jazz master trumpeter Donald Byrd jumps into R&B based jazz-funk with both feet on this album and comes up with a lively, entertaining, and most importantly, excellent set. This may well be THE classic of the genre. (Edited)
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