In Person, Friday Night At The Blackhawk, San Francisco, Volume I
by Miles Davis

In Person, Friday Night At The Blackhawk, San Francisco, Volume I by Miles Davis
Year: 1961
Overall rank: 13,177th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 18 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1961 (58th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (921st)
Award Best albums of all time (13,177th)

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Miles Davis bestography

In Person, Friday Night At The Blackhawk, San Francisco, Volume I is ranked 42nd best out of 126 albums by Miles Davis on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Miles Davis is Kind Of Blue which is ranked number 36 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 21,294.

Miles Davis album bestography « Higher ranked (13,005th)
Miles Davis In Person, Saturday Night At The Blackhawk, San Francisco, Volume 2
This album (13,177th)
In Person, Friday Night At The Blackhawk, San Francisco, Volume I
Lower ranked (13,388th) »
The New Sounds

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Overall rank: 13,177th | 1960s rank: 921st | 1961 rank: 58th

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74/100 (from 18 votes)
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05/05/2026 12:21 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  3,59382/100
 
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12/21/2025 03:16 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,41370/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.1.

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