Ellington Uptown (studio album) by Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

Ellington Uptown by Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
Year: 1953
Overall rank: 2,905th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 81 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 1953 (2nd)
Award Top 100 albums of the 1950s (85th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,905th)
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Duke Ellington And His Orchestra bestography

Ellington Uptown is ranked 2nd best out of 26 albums by Duke Ellington And His Orchestra on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Duke Ellington And His Orchestra is Ellington At Newport which is ranked number 1194 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,489.

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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.0/100, a mean average of 77.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.

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From 10/07/2020 17:53
Que pedrada!!
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From 11/18/2019 09:07
there is a doubt if this album belongs to this year, there is a 1951 release
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From 03/26/2016 11:51
A fine record by a jazz genius.
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From 01/30/2016 20:16
Holy drums Batman at the end of Skin Deep! A Train is just a classic and solid scat singing. Dug the Mooche. The rest is pretty standard. Surprised this isn't rated higher with other big Jazz albums of the 50s.
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From 09/18/2013 02:39
I've yet to hear a mediocre recording from The Duke, but this one is something special. It's more energetic and adventurous than his work with the Blanton-Webster band. There are a lot of great tracks, but I especially enjoyed "A Tone Parallel to Harlem."
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From 02/19/2013 18:43
The first two tracks (Skin Deep and The Mooche) are perfect! Then it starts to be just a normal, nice to listen to jazz. Bus still, a really nice album.
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Best Albums of 1953
1. Black Coffee With Peggy Lee by Peggy Lee
2. Ellington Uptown by Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
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