Improvisie
by Paul Bley
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Paul Bley bestography
Improvisie is ranked as the best album by Paul Bley.
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Improvisie track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Improvisie rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  AfterHours | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 41/100 | 59 |
| 2024 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1971 | 66/78 | - |
| 2020 |  Fischman | My Top Jazz Albums of 1971 | 31/40 | - |
| 2019 | AfterHours | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 25/100 | 15 |
| 2017 |  CellarDoor | Top 46 Music Albums of 1971 | 37/46 | 1 |
| 2016 |  briggs54 | Jazz for the Advanced | 10/20 | - |
| 2015 | briggs54 | Albums of the World: Canada | 6/99 | - |
| 2015 | briggs54 | The Scaruffi List | 81/99 | - |
| 2015 | briggs54 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 9/100 | 5 |
| 2012 | CellarDoor | And All That Jazz | 38/40 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 10 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 80 | |||
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Improvisie ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
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).
AV = the site mean average rating.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/09/2023 19:19 |  Hayden | 7,974 | 72/100 |
| ! | 04/22/2021 08:17 | TonySayers61 | 25,943 | 64/100 |
| ! | 11/26/2019 04:47 | Elauqsapid | 2,781 | 64/100 |
Rating metrics:
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 71.1/100, a mean average of 70.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.
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