Blue Spirits
by Freddie Hubbard
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Freddie Hubbard bestography
Blue Spirits is ranked 8th best out of 40 albums by Freddie Hubbard on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Freddie Hubbard is Red Clay which is ranked number 5498 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 250.
(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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Blue Spirits track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Blue Spirits rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 8 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1965 | 5/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 39 Music Albums of 1965 | 36/39 | 1 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 39 Music Albums of 1965 | 37/39 | 0 |
| 2026 | RockyRaccoon | Jazz Pt. 4 | 31/64 | - |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1965 | 17/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | byuzak | Top 48 Music Albums of 1965 | 20/48 | 3 |
| 2025 | Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 52/100 | 10 |
| 2025 | rkm | Top 50 Music Albums of 1965 | 31/50 | 2 |
| 2024 |  travelful | Top 57 Music Albums of 1965 | 14/57 | 4 |
| 2023 |  Jboy56 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1965 | 9/100 | 5 |
| 2021 | byuzak | Blue Note's Best Albums 101-200 | 1/100 | - |
| 2020 | Fischman | Freddie Hubbard Albums Ranked | 4/35 | - |
| 2019 | Fischman | My top Jazz Albums of 1965 | 4/40 | - |
| 2019 | panapsal | Top 100 Music Albums of 1965 | 59/100 | 2 |
| 2017 |  Tha1ChiefRocka | Top 35 Music Albums of 1965 | 22/35 | 2 |
| 2017 | Fischman | Best Jazz of the 1960s | 24/100 | - |
| 2017 | Fischman | Greatest Jazz Trumpet Albums | 29/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 37 | |||
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Blue Spirits ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/07/2026 03:39 | PapaShiz86 | 11,529 | 79/100 |
| ! | 06/19/2025 18:42 | RockyRaccoon | 7,121 | 84/100 |
| ! | 12/21/2022 14:09 | Jboy56 | 4,268 | 78/100 |
| ! | 10/28/2022 23:09 | kokkinos | 1,501 | 68/100 |
| ! | 08/12/2022 21:43 | mityam | 1,250 | 74/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 77.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.2.
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Jboy56 12/21/2022 14:12 | #292116
One of his lesser-respected works has a superb lineup and a collection of cool and thematically/tonally varied songs. His trumpet work is as brilliant as ever and combo offers huge support. Recommended. PLS add this album to your charts, it deserves that!
Highlight: Blue Spirits&Soul Surge
Fischman 12/14/2016 21:39 | #180146
Not as acclaimed as other early albums like Open Sesame or Ready for Freddie, this is actually a more diverse and more compelling album overall. This is Freddie at his early peak as he begins to hint at the transition from hard bop to post bog.
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