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

Ellington Uptown by Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
Year: 1953
Overall rank: 2,803rd   
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 90 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 1953 (2nd)
Award Top 100 albums of the 1950s (83rd)
Award Best albums of all time (2,803rd)

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Duke Ellington And His Orchestra bestography

Ellington Uptown is ranked 2nd best out of 81 albums by Duke Ellington on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Duke Ellington is Ellington At Newport which is ranked number 1052 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,647.

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra album bestography « Higher ranked (1,052nd)
Ellington At Newport
This album (2,803rd)
Ellington Uptown
Lower ranked (3,082nd) »
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Ellington Uptown track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Ellington Uptown rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,803rd | 1950s rank: 83rd | 1953 rank: 2nd

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Ellington Uptown ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 90 votes)
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12/26/2024 05:12 Ozymandias   8180/100

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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.1/100, a mean average of 75.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.

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80/100
From 10/07/2020 17:53 | #259100
Que pedrada!!
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From 11/18/2019 09:07 | #244965
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 | #162640
A fine record by a jazz genius.
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70/100
From 01/30/2016 20:16 | #158230
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 | #86230
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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75/100
From 02/19/2013 18:43 | #65530
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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