Afro
by Dizzy Gillespie
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Dizzy Gillespie bestography
Afro is ranked 4th best out of 37 albums by Dizzy Gillespie on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Dizzy Gillespie is At Newport which is ranked number 9865 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 124.
(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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Afro track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Afro rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | FlapJackJoey | Top 7 Music Albums of 1954 | 4/7 | 3 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 40 Music Albums of 1954 | 12/40 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 60 Music Albums of 1954 | 27/60 | 3 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 65 Music Albums of 1954 | 45/65 | 2 |
| 2025 | stangetzaway | Top 10 Music Albums of 1954 | 4/10 | 4 |
| 2025 | PapaShiz86 | Top 10 Music Albums of 1954 | 9/10 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 90/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1954 | 15/100 | 4 |
| 2025 |  StefanR10 | Top 98 Music Albums of 1954 | 27/98 | 4 |
| 2025 | ReelBigToph | Top 99 Music Albums of 1954 | 18/99 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 26 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 81 | |||
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Afro 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).
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Showing latest 3 ratings for this album. | Show all 35 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/12/2026 17:34 |  Dingerbell | 4,144 | 62/100 |
| ! | 12/22/2025 01:41 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,606 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/12/2025 02:35 | Olli | 7,932 | 62/100 |
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 73.0/100, a mean average of 73.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.7.
Forum mentions
EyeKanFly 09/26/2021 18:21 in What album are you listening to right now?Afro comments
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Wonderful. Intricately explosive. Fantastic compositions and arrangements, incredible blowing from Dizzy and the band, modernist eroticism in the cover art. A full artistic statement from Diz. (Edited)
Jboy56 05/30/2022 12:39 | #285813
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