Recording Together For The First Time
by Louis Armstrong / Duke Ellington

Recording Together For The First Time by Louis Armstrong / Duke Ellington
Year: 1961
Overall rank: 18,104th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 24 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1961 (76th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (1,196th)
Award Best albums of all time (18,104th)

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Louis Armstrong / Duke Ellington bestography

Recording Together For The First Time is ranked 2nd best out of 3 albums by Louis Armstrong / Duke Ellington on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Louis Armstrong / Duke Ellington is The Great Reunion which is ranked number 11852 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 98.

Louis Armstrong / Duke Ellington album bestography « Higher ranked (11,852nd)
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Overall rank: 18,104th | 1960s rank: 1,196th | 1961 rank: 76th
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2026 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 196162/1002
2026 TamthebamTop 90 Music Albums of 196164/902
2025 Norman BatesTop 43 Music Albums of 196120/433
2025WayneMCTop 30 Music Albums of 196118/302
2025 AwaitingAndrewTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s62/1008
2025 AwaitingAndrewTop 7 Music Albums of 19614/73
2025DJStuart79Top 21 Music Albums of 196111/213
2025TastyandTemptinTop 16 Music Albums of 196110/162
2025byuzakTop 41 Music Albums of 196122/412
2024 CardboardfolderTop 35 Music Albums of 196130/351
2024JohnnyoGreatest albums of the 60’s (401 - 500) by URC16/100 -
2023 TheDude85Top 90 Music Albums of 198469/90 -
2023henrygreen0203Top 35 Music Albums of 196119/352
2022UncutUncut: The 500 Greatest Albums of the 1960s (401-500)16/100 -
2022LosWochosTop 99 Music Albums of 196146/993
2020 StefanR10Top 100 Music Albums of 196156/1002
2020 jnfbnTop 100 Music Albums of 196153/1002
2019PurpleHazelTop 31 Music Albums of 19616/314
2019ReelBigTophTop 100 Music Albums of 19614/1005
2019panapsalTop 100 Music Albums of 196159/1002
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 24
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 59
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74/100 (from 24 votes)
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07/22/2025 23:58 TastyandTemptin  Ratings distribution  2,96772/100
 
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10/04/2024 20:55 Cardboardfolder  Ratings distribution  3,73288/100
 
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09/07/2024 23:46 duelek  Ratings distribution  1,73276/100
 
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05/20/2024 23:11 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  14,88274/100
 
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01/05/2024 22:05 ejiniestac  Ratings distribution  57866/100

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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.0.

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From 06/08/2021 13:17 | #270470
This album combines the two albums that Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington collaborated on into a single album. It takes the two historic recordings and transforms them into a solitary celebration of these great musicians/icons of Jazz. The package was originally released in 1984. The release I have on hand is (Cat #: MFCD 2-807) by the Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab. Authenticated on discogs.com
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