Drum Suite
by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers bestography
Drum Suite is ranked 13th best out of 66 albums by Art Blakey on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Art Blakey is Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers which is ranked number 480 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,535.
(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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Drum Suite track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Drum Suite rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1957 | 35/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 74 Music Albums of the 1950s | 9/74 | 18 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Greatest jazz albums of the 50’s | 2/20 | - |
| 2026 | BorderFreeAndrew | Top 53 Music Albums of 1957 | 25/53 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 94 Music Albums of 1957 | 71/94 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 38 Music Albums of the 1950s | 4/38 | 18 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Top 25 Music Albums of 1957 | 3/25 | 5 |
| 2025 | replacementlevel | Top 30 Music Albums of 1957 | 19/30 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1957 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | stangetzaway | Top 53 Music Albums of 1957 | 6/53 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 21 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 88 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 11/04/2025 16:09 | TonySayers61 | 25,833 | 64/100 |
| ! | 02/09/2025 20:00 | Igtonumama | 10,784 | 63/100 |
| ! | 07/27/2024 21:31 | thepardunk | 2,587 | 69/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 10% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.7/100, a mean average of 76.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.3.
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