Ellington Uptown
by Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
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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 1058 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,656.
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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).
Ellington Uptown rankings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/18/2026 05:48 |  Dingerbell | 4,114 | 62/100 |
| ! | 04/25/2026 23:32 |  Robert Anton Wil | 1,149 | 84/100 |
| ! | 03/14/2026 12:43 | BoxFL | 2,766 | 51/100 |
| ! | 02/17/2026 15:03 | AngelBecerra | 1,152 | 78/100 |
| ! | 02/04/2026 17:34 | Devilwoac | 1,387 | 97/100 |
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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 76.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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VictorVale 10/07/2020 17:53 | #259100
Que pedrada!!
there is a doubt if this album belongs to this year, there is a 1951 release
A fine record by a jazz genius.
RoundTheBend 01/30/2016 20:16 | #158230 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
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."
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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