Whistle Stop
by Kenny Dorham
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Kenny Dorham bestography
Whistle Stop is ranked 2nd best out of 12 albums by Kenny Dorham on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Kenny Dorham is Afro-Cuban (1957) which is ranked number 7016 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 186.
(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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Whistle Stop track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Whistle Stop rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 25 Music Albums of 1961 | 14/25 | 2 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 33 Music Albums of 1961 | 5/33 | 4 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1961 | 30/50 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 75 Music Albums of 1961 | 37/75 | 3 |
| 2026 | RockyRaccoon | Jazz | 78/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1961 | 1/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 1961 | 66/90 | 1 |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 86 Music Albums of 1961 | 16/86 | 4 |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 46/100 | 11 |
| 2025 | replacementlevel | Top 30 Music Albums of 1961 | 9/30 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 25 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 132 | |||
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Whistle Stop ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/27/2026 17:07 | Tamthebam | 23,323 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/16/2026 13:31 | duelek | 2,202 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/01/2026 03:37 | fivetimes | 1 | 30/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 74.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.
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Whistle Stop forum mentions
Jboy56 09/05/2022 14:13 in What album are you listening to right now?Whistle Stop comments
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Jboy56 09/05/2022 15:09 | #289267 | TOP COMMENT
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It is quite impossible to find a bad or even mediocre album that comes from the vaults of the classic Blue Note company, Just so good..
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