The Blanton-Webster Band
by Duke Ellington
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The Blanton-Webster Band is ranked 6th best out of 83 albums by Duke Ellington on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Duke Ellington is Ellington At Newport which is ranked number 1058 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,655.
(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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The Blanton-Webster Band track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Blanton-Webster Band rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | 1986 2nd chart | 39/72 | - |
| 2026 | LosWochos | Top 97 Music Albums of 1986 | 29/97 | 4 |
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 29 Music Albums of 1990 | 5/29 | - |
| 2025 | slimharpo | Favourite Jazz Albums | 18/45 | - |
| 2024 |  Cardboardfolder | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 41/100 | 49 |
| 2024 | LosWochos | best ever compilations | 63/100 | - |
| 2023 | Aramis | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 1/100 | 20 |
| 2023 | Aramis | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 19/100 | 54 |
| 2023 |  splashfoop | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 74/100 | 19 |
| 2022 | Cardboardfolder | Top 38 Music Albums of 1986 | 5/38 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 24 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 187 | |||
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The Blanton-Webster Band ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/07/2026 23:51 | matterhornrider | 5,150 | 81/100 |
| ! | 03/07/2026 00:34 |  colonelchibbers | 2,971 | 77/100 |
| ! | 02/20/2026 21:47 |  Leonard | 6,607 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.0/100, a mean average of 78.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.4.
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A fantastic collection of Ellington compositions. It's a shame jazz musicians didn't make true albums back then because his work would have been perfect for that format.
In only three sentences:
The Sistine Chapel of jazz orchestral.
The most perfect swing machine of all time.
One unique combination of matemathics and freedom.
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