Masterpieces By Ellington
by Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

Masterpieces By Ellington by Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
Year: 1951
Overall rank: 3,060th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 65 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 1951 (2nd)
Award Top 100 albums of of the 1950s (92nd)
Award Best albums of all time (3,060th)

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Duke Ellington And His Orchestra bestography

Masterpieces By Ellington is ranked 3rd 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 1057 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,654.

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra album bestography « Higher ranked (2,795th)
Ellington Uptown
This album (3,060th)
Masterpieces By Ellington
Lower ranked (3,741st) »
Far East Suite

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

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Masterpieces By Ellington rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,060th | 1950s rank: 92nd | 1951 rank: 2nd  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 65 votes)
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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 73.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.


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From Jboy56 04/29/2022 15:46 in What album are you listening to right now?
What album are you listening to right now?
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From baystateoftheart 01/29/2022 23:34 in You must listen to the album below you: canon edition
1. These are certainly masterful big band performances of standards, plus one wholly original Ellington composition in The Tattooed Bride. Well-arranged and well-played throughout. However, I'm just not a huge fan of this musical style, so I don't see it becoming a personal favorite despite being…
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From EyeKanFly 01/23/2022 23:33 in You must listen to the album below you: canon edition
1) Oof, I'm just really not into Misfits. The other compilation is solid, but this one really drops off in quality. I think Static Age is really the only thing by Misfits that I sort of like, the rest of it seems like knock-off Slayer or Iron Maiden or Meat Puppets (despite much of Misfits being…
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From 09/26/2020 23:08 | #258749
Grande álbum!! Obra-prima!!! Muito cool jazz!
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Masterpieces is an understatement.
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From 01/17/2013 01:54 | #61756
Cool jazz album.
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