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| Ellington Uptown/Hi-Fi Ellington Uptown | 1953 | 6 | 168 | 2366 | 
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| Ellington at Newport | 1956 | 4 | 11 | 366 |
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| Such Sweet Thunder | 1957 | 28 | 120 | 1791 |
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| Indigos | 1958 | 27 | 122 | 1809 |
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| Newport 1958 | 1958 | 41 | 191 | 2632 |
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| Side by Side | 1959 | 21 | 117 | 1753 |
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| Anatomy of a Murder | 1959 | 39 | 188 | 2618 |
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| Money Jungle | 1962 | 7 | 187 | 1177 |
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| Duke Ellington and John Coltrane | 1962 | 9 | 211 | 1347 |
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| Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins | 1963 | 20 | 376 | 2271 |
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| The Far East Suite | 1967 | 27 | 162 | 1030 |
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| …And His Mother Called Him Bill | 1968 | 35 | 204 | 1325 |
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| New Orleans Suite | 1970 | 85 | 732 | 2923 |
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| Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943 | 1977 | 46 | 480 | 1888 |
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| The Duke Plays Ellington/Piano Reflections | 1953 | 
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| Jazz Party | 1959 |
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| Afro-Eurasian Eclipse: A Suite in Eight Parts | 1971 |
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| The Great Paris Concert | 1973 |
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| Year Rank |
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Black and Tan Fantasy |
1927 | 3 | 16 | 1508 | | |
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Mood Indigo |
1930 | 1 | 6 | 605 | | |
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Take the "A" Train |
1941 | 2 | 8 | 452 | | |
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Come Sunday |
1943 | 4 | 46 | 2242 | | |
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Black, Brown and Beige |
1944 | 2 | 32 | 1724 | | |
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In a Sentimental Mood | 1945 | 7 | 54 | 2731 |
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Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue |
1956 | 41 | 212 | 2447 | | |