Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Fun background listening. Certainly swings. Fave tracks: Solar

Jazz álbum, it’s difficult to listen

Again technically this is clearly excellent, and the double bass work is extraordinary but it’s really not for me

A bit too much jazz and too little melody and groove for my taste.

Not my kind of thing

Også var det dette med jazz igjen da..

Det føles ikke som det er noen plan med dette albumet. Hva om vi bare jammer med lydopptakern i rommet? Mye godt kan komme ut av jamming, men her føles det litt uferdig. Klart de er flinke musikere, men det holder ikke. Kanskje det bare er jeg som ikke liker jazz uten blås? Droppet bonussporene av ren kjedsomhet. Også veldig plagsomt med folk som prater i bakgrunnen, men jeg skjønner dem jo godt når musikken er som den er.

Boring

Probably okay background music. The kind that is played so quietly you don't even notice when it stops but it's pleasant nonetheless.

ok jazz en vivo. no conozco mucho del género porq no lo escucho. muy tranqui para mi estilo. lindos solos de contrabajo. siento que soy muy ignorante todavía como para entender la complejidad o qué es lo que hace a este álbum entrar en este top 1000. quizás el hecho de que es en vivo y todo improvisación? no sé. fun fact (q es 0 gracioso en realidad): el bajista murió 11 días desp de grabar este álbum

It's a Jazz Album...

love jazz but I’m never gonna randomly listen to this again Cool tho

It's fine, I get why people like this type of stuff but I'm personally more of a lyrics girlie. For me, it tends to blend together after a while. Maybe if i'm reading this could be background noise but I honestly do not see myself coming back to it. Sorries. P.S. I'm pretty sure this is private, but if it's not you're not allowed to get mad at me. These are just notes for myself :)

This was some nice enough background music, but it didn't really satisfy what I was after today. Maybe my IQ just isn't high enough to appreciate the genius on offer here.

I enjoy jazz, but the bass work on this record loses me. Instead of feeling like a deliberate, exploratory jam, the lines often drift into something that reads more like unfocused wandering. When the trio locks in, it’s wonderful - Evans’ touch is unmistakable, and the group interplay can be gorgeous. But the bass solos break the spell for me. They feel less like intentional improvisation and more like hesitant, almost chaotic meandering. There’s a looseness here that might click for some listeners, but to my ear it comes across as confused and a little sloppy.

Perfectly fine. The audio quality didn't really help it either. The panning pissed me off I will be honest having the bass in my left ear and the melody in my right annoyed me to no end. Favorite Track: All of You

Nice 3 Instrument Jazz just flowing, lead changing between the 3, something you'd rather want to see live.

No doubt these musicians are very skilled but I am not in the proper mood for this. The ventures of the bass player sounded like forrays into other songs that I'm not hearing. It messes with my groove. Sure there's plenty of layers but this is a goldmine for someone else.

Not sure why you'd go to the trouble of coming up with six titles, and then just play the same thing six times. It's a pretty good same thing, but still.

Huhhuh, 4 tunnin yöunien jälkeen tää on kyllä vähän liikaa. Eihän biisejä edes erota toisistaan, en ole selkeästikään jazz-jäpikkä. Ihan taidokasta vääntöä, mutta parempaa settiä väännän toiletin puolella

Ymmärtäispä..

En minä tästäkään oikeen mitään saa irti.

Ei khyl jaksa yhtään tämmöistä, ainakaan näin paskasta kaiuttimesta kuunneltuna työhommien taustamusiikkina. Vaatisi sen tupakinsavuisen jazzklubin jossa imeskeltäisiin Martineja, ja musiikki tulisi livenä. En oikeastaan edes erottanut biisien vaihtumista. Omaan korvaan kaikki kuulosti ihan samalta tasaiselta puurolta. Annetaan yksi tähti, koska nollaa ei voi antaa - ja siihen päälle toinen tähti siitä potentiaalista, mikä tällä olisi jos saisi livenä todistaa menoa.

Not quite my type of music but you know, if I ever need a jazz album to be played, it will certainly have a priority upon the list. It surely has this "sunday morning" vibe, but yet we still have full other 6 days ahead...

Sounds like I am sitting inside of a restaurant and this is just the background music

kötü değil haftasonu kahvaltıda veya kahve içerken arkada hoparlörden açarsın da çok tekrara bağlıyo sıkıyo aynı tonlar

Gave me anxiety at times.

2/5 - Seems like decent jazz which just isn't my thing, very good for background music though

I liked it for a jazz album, but I was trying to work on some spreadsheets & it made it hard to concentrate. I don't know if I really liked this, but I'd give it a second chance.

It’s fine if you like this kinda thing. I don’t.

I mean, I respect this but I just cant get into it. It feels rudderless. I dont know when one song ends and another begins. I walked away 2/3 of the way through it and forgot all about it. Great musicians though.

Ahhhh.... Anxiety ridden tunes, last one was more chill.

Taking inspiration from Terry I played this on the office speaker/watering can. "What's that you've gone on?" My colleagues asked. Surprised I said "Oh, you don't know!? Why, it's clearly the Bill Evans Trio and what many regard as the greatest live jazz album of all time". Now they know I'm even cooler than they thought.

My jazz radar might be out of tune, but this ain't exciting nor interesting

I like Jazz and all but this one is giving me anxiety. 2 stars.

Live album of very well performed cool jazz. Cool.

This is the type of jazz I struggle with. It’s just so dry and meandering. I don’t think there’s a lack of talent or that this album is a waste of time, I just think this isn’t really for me. I listened to whole album front to back a couple of times in a row, and aside from being super chill and atmospheric, this album did almost nothing for me. And despite listening to it several times, I forgot most if not all of the tracks on this album. Perfectly competent jazz album, but also a super dry dated version.

Ehhhh not my thing

That "everyone play a different song" kind of jazz. Not for me.

Overall: 4/10 I can appreciate the talent involved in making this, I just don't enjoy listening to it. Jazz is already hit or miss for me and it's even worse when it's improvisational. I try to find something to hook onto and I just can't. Fav Song: Alice in Wonderland

Puerto Rico listen. It was fine. Had it on in the background while reading. It was just there but nothing really caught my ear.

Nice but not a huge instrumental fan day to day

Slow, not my kind of music

Instrumental jazz just bores me to tears. Good instrumentation though.

If I have learned anything so far in these albums, it is that I don't seem to be a very big fan of jazz. I thought I might like it more, since I like rock tunes with a jazzy feel. For me, the piano in this is too sharp on the ears, to the point it bothers me, and I turned the volume down. It's not repulsive, like some of the garbage on this list, I'd say a 2.33 rounded down to 2.

The music is fine. The inclusion of background noise, including incessant talking, is moronic. Subtracts entirely.

not my cup of jazz

Seems like some standard lounge jazz with a bit of improv, especially on the bass. This didn't really move me at any particular point. It was nice background music.

Not a Jazz man...still not...maybe when I am older, sitting in a quite cafe with a wiskhey and feeling a bit melancholy...maybe

Pas mon style de musique mais passable 2/5

The jazziest jazz to ever jazz, the ur-jazz. I know there's skill involved but not skill I'm interested in

As a non-cultured jazz listener I can well believe i'm missing something fantastic here, but it left me cold. Lack of brass lent to what felt like a repetitive listen with each song blending into one. Perfectly good for the background of a hotel lobby, and I did enjoy the slight 'leakage' of the glasses chinking and crowd chatting from the live recording. 4/10

Another live album, aye? It's been a good while since I last got inundated with these. I thought I'd exhausted the supply, though I guess I need to get back into the swamp. I'll spare the rigmarole for why I find these albums hard to engage with and just hop right into it. Oh no, it's a jazz album. Oh no, it has 5+ minute songs. We are currently at three out of my four deadly album sins. I always forget what the fourth one is, though, so we may already have a full house. Anyways, this isn't half bad. The performances and mastering are both pretty commendable - I lost track of the fact that I was listening to a live album multiple times throughout this. Admittedly, that wasn't just the only thing I lost track of, as this music kind of blends into the background. That being said, I can appreciate something inoffensive and relaxing. "Gloria's Step" is a good opener. A very elegant and relaxing instrumental. "Alice in Wonderland" has a nice melody. The piano performance is the strongest part, much like most of the songs on here. Very free-flowing, yet also quite precise and deliberate. The bassy, jazz sound in the background is nice, too. "Jade Visions" is a good send-off to the album. Quite sombre and slow-moving. I dig the atmosphere. Book time. "One of the most widely influential pianists of the 1960s". Evans' band has a strong dynamic. Wikipedia reveals that this is regarded as one of the best live jazz albums of all time. Yeah, I can side with this inclusion. Always favourable to an true oldie pick, and this is a good rep for the "live jazz" niche.

Liked some, but not for me

Tylore gets filtered by jazz - continued. Was going to make a joke about old man Bill Evans being a 30 year old on the cover, but then learned he was actually 30 there (kill me)

Its OK. very much jazz and nothing but. I'm sure its inspiring to some but it's mostly plinking to me.

Mmm, a bit of a slower jazz album. I think it's fine but I've given it a listen maybe 3x now and it just always fades into the background. I'm sorry to all three Paul Evans, but it's mid to me. A solid 2.5.

Yeah... Bass solos are far more entertaining in person... Ok album.

Why more jazz?? At least this didn’t have any brass in it. It was more piano and drums.

8 albums in and randomly been given two pure jazz ones, a genre that I'm not a fan of. At least this one is piano based and acts like 'restaurant music' but still something I will never listen to again!

Read that this was regarded as one of the best live jazz albums of all time. Be that as it may, to me it sounds like one of the more generic jazz records I’ve heard. Everything sounded sort of the same throughout the whole record. There was barely any feeling of different songs throughout the whole record, and each song had no real hook or interesting parts that made them stand out. While this certainly gave me the same coziness vibes as all jazz does, it otherwise failed to feel unique and stand out among other jazz albums. Strong 2.

Jazz that just past me by. I found no specific hooks or anything to peak my attention. It had that nice smooth jazz feel but I failed to find anything special with it.

While I generally love this sound, there's no chance I'm listening to two back to back live versions of the same fucking 8-minute long song. Cool sound, super talented musicians, tedious album.

It could be that this isn't my genre, but all of the 'songs' blended together. It seemed like 2 hours of a jam session.

Didn't get through this all, but I'm afraid another jazz album with little motivation, drive, or interest. Clearly talented, but amounting to nowt.

Franchement, musique de fond/20

Didn't love it. Plus being live there are people talking and glasses clinking in the background

Very interesting as I’ve never listened to a jazz record before. Made me feel sophisticated, but I will never listen to this on my own.

I can’t hate it They’re clearly very talented But jazz is not for me

If you like this kind of stuff maybe this is great? To me it just sounds like inoffensive music you would hear vaguely in the background at a coffee shop.

Starts out promisingly enough. But devolves into total bass wankery. The piano is great. SHRUG.

I’m simply not jazzy or spontaneous enough for this one

vermutlich für viele sehr feine Musik, aber es bleibt dabei: mir zu jazzig

Niets voor mij, helaas

Still struggling with jazz and i don't think this album is my gateway moment. A bit too bassy for me.

This was just not one of the jazz albums for me lol it all sounded the same and I just couldn't really get into it !

I think I just don't get jazz.

Uninteresting

This reminds of reviewing wine. People taste notes of woolen mittens and railroad ties while to my untrained tongue it tastes like boozy grapes. This type of jazz has the same affect.

If I’m getting an Old Fashioned, this is just fine. While I’m pressure washing my deck, it isn’t the best choice.

Background jazz...really unremarkable. 2/5

Old times, instrumental only

All jazz sounds the same to me- boring.

Didn't do much for me. Listened as far as Solar then called it a day

Just Jazz. Don’t get it.

Just sounds like any other lounge jazz I’ve heard

El Jazz no es para mi o no tengo suficiente gusto para el. No lo he disfrutado mucho.

Jazz. Piano jazz. Just an awful genre. Burn the piano and get that bassist some guitars to play with.

Jazzy jaz

*casual noodling* 2/5

I’ve heard better jazz trio albums. And I’ve heard worse. Just not my thing and got a bit same after a bit.

Still not a jazz fan.

There's some jazz which satisfies the soul, and improves your day. There's some jazz which is someone trying to create noises that haven't been heard before, while bandmates just noodle around, completely independently. Unfortunately, this album veers towards the latter.

Not a huge jazz person, this just sounds like background music at a fancy restaurant

Maybe this is good, maybe this is bad, either way, it’s definitely easy to ignore.

Not for me

Haven't heard of Bill Evans before. I don't really listen to jazz though I do find the music quite cool. But this album? Didn't really do anything for me 2/5

I did not use a private Spotify session for this one. It was about what I expected, up tempo jazz but it was a little too frantic for my taste.

I'm sorry, but I got SO bored 😭 I appreciate this is great jazz pianoing but it's not for me.

at first I was like - Not another Jazz album, this is not going to be fun... But as I have with the other 16 or so albums (yes Even the Strokes) I dutifully hit play and honestly, it was fine.

Background music at best. I'm going to have to stop giving all jazz a 3 because it's becoming very boring. There is far too much jazz on this list. Listening to one jazz album basically means you've heard them all.

I feel bad for giving this album a lower rating because I think enjoying instrumental music is above my ears pay grade.

Slow background jazz. Not unlistenable. But weird. 2/5

Jazz without horns. I love the bass playing. This is not bad but it's far from memorable. 2.25/5

Jazz

I’m just not a jazz gal

It’s just jazz, if that’s your thing

Honestly couldn't finish it. It was fine, but just wasn't dynamic enough for me. The little weird bass solos kinda threw me off too.

not for me, too mellow

Meh. Fine for background but not my vibe.

Bit too heavy on the bass, man. I am not a jazz-hater but this was too samey for my taste. And I didn't rate any of the bass work - the solos seemed too long and random. You know something's not right when you're wishing for it to be the final track. Maybe nice to have on as background in a coffee shop, but not for me as a focus piece. 2

Not really my kind of jazz. A bit boring and monotonous for my ears. Some nice passages.

Ranked as one of the best live jazz albums of all time, but—it’s not. Sure, it’s nice enough, mostly saved by LaFaro’s bass lines doing the heavy lifting. And man is it heavy. If you’re after music that’s basically a warm bath for your ears while you cradle a Sunday coffee and let the paper (or app) spill bad news, this’ll do.

Very sleepy songs overall. Fine a calm background music but not much more.

É... eu não gosto de jazz

Not all jazz is boring but this jazz is 2

Musikk som kan være krevende av lytteren å være mottakelig for. For meg må du i alle fall være i rett stemning. Enkelte partier er behagelige, melodiøse og lettere tilgjengelig. Gjerne i starten av låtene. Blir som oftest litt sært og repeterende med bass soloene utover i sangene. I

This albums sounds good, but it just doesn't really grab me. I don't think this is nearly interesting enough to make it on this list.

Sometimes I tell myself that I like jazz, then I'll hear this and think "why is that guy hitting random notes"

I think of jazz in the same vein as poetry. I can’t always distinguish one song or poem from the other, but I can sense their beauty. Sometimes, it can become one song. One poem. Only separated by the applause in between. I can’t tell you one song I liked more than the others, but this was a nice way to wake up.

I love jazz, and actually also some Bill Evans Trio albums. This is also good, but I think there’s too much upright bass melody/noodling gong on for my taste

Jazz is not my preferred genre. I'll be the first to tell you that. It's a good album and the mix is great sounding, but after a while it gets a bit grinding. And quite literally, songs start to repeat themselves. after 20-25 mins, it got jarring and turned it off.

I love jazz. This one was a bit dull.

It's fine in the background. I can tell it's good Jazz but I only like very particular kind of Jazz. This is too slow for me.

Didn’t move the needle much for me

Snoozy Jazz. Pretty. But for background

Bill's piano was the highlight, but I was quite unimpressed given this was one of the most beloved jazz record of all time. Maybe it'll grow on me eventually.

- jeg liker ikke jazz - men det vae ganske greit til å være jazz

As the antithesis to a Jazz enthusiast, I can't say this does anything whatsoever for me. Much much more pleasant and preferable to a lot of the proper frenetic brass-y jazz which I actively derive displeasure from, however this seems no different to me than just very capable cocktail lounge music

buenisimo

I can never bring myself to give a jazz album one star, because I know it’s my lack of understanding that is the problem. But over four hundred albums in, this was one of the most difficult to make myself listen to the whole way through. Dullllll. 1.5

#550. Jazz 2/5: jazz

Jazz. I do not like jazz that very much.

Not for me

I think that it's great that people like jazz; however, I'm done pretending that I understand or enjoy it. Viva la difference - but it's not my thing.

There is a lot of good playing on this album, none of which comes close to producing anything resembling an emotion. I hate to take it out on what are surely very talented musicians. I just don't get it.

Kinda music you pretend to feel when on a date at the Green Mill

I like the band, but this was kind of a snooze fest. Not unpleasant but Waltz for Debby is far superior imo

jkh,g

Not my type.

It really doesn't help that there are 286438 different versions of this album and recordings for each song. Some of it was really good and had me tappin and grooving to some emails but other parts dragged on and felt clashy. I'm not versed in Jazz enough to "get it"

Just not my scene

No words, very interesting

Jazz.

Just absolutely not for me. Not as bad as the last jazz they made me listen to, which was some kind of "punk" jazz but still made me feel like I was at the dentist's office.

It was a struggle to try and get through this one. Not sure if I wasn't in the mood or it just wasn't for me

I'm not really a jazz person. I've never heard of these people. I like Liana Flores and she's sort of jazzy. I have a couple jazzy playlists I play sometimes (in love with you jazz + kipper sunday). And I'm not dressed for this kind of music. I'm dressed, today, for Bikini Kill. But this is still very pleasant. I'd take a walk to this. I'd go grocery shopping to this or maybe I'd drink tea and eat toast on my porch. It's lovely. A little long, though, and I do prefer Liana Flores. It all sounds the same. If I listen for too long, it all becomes mush and slightly annoying, even. But it's reminiscent of PBS kids shows -- Curious George or Eloise. I don't know why but it reminds me of being a kid. I enjoy it but it's not totally remarkable.

2 - old

Another drag to listen to, like the rest of the jazz albums I've had. I'm sure the jazz connoisseurs of this website will be no doubt creaming themselves whilst listening to it. Not for me though. I'll go cream to some Bolt Thrower, my beloved.

Fans of the upright bass will love this album. I, unfortunately, am not. The audience chatter and background noise was also too distracting.

Nice jazz

Probably not built for the modern age, I'm sure I would appreciate this being played live in front me but to my ears this isn't really my thing. I do appreciate what's going on though, incredibly technically proficient drumming and piano playing would provide calming backdrop to a cool bar. I also enjoy hearing the conversation in the background of tracks like 'Alice In Wonderland' which makes me feel like I'm right where its being recorded. However, I don't particularly appreciate that most of the album repeats itself leading to me having to listen to the same song twice before I can move on to the next. For my current ears this isn't my thing but in the right setting it could be higher but purely as background music, SATVV doesn't hold up well to active listening but whilst searching for my girlfriends presents for valentines day it did help with focus. 5/10 Technically good but unlikely to revisit any time soon. Top Tracks -> Gloria's Step -> Solar -> Alice In Wonderland

Forgetable Jazz. Sounds like background music.

I was looking forward to this, but it turns out it is precisely the kind of whisk whisk plinky plonky piano jazz that made me think I didn’t like jazz for the first three decades of my life.

Are we sure Scott LaFaro knew how to play? Is his bass tuned correctly? The piano and drums were very nice, but even when not the centerpiece, the bass never sounded fully in tune. I'm all for some spicy chords and the occasional out there solo, but the CONSTANT aimless atonal bass waffling is not for me. Jade Visions was the best track simply for the least bass.

Not a huge Jazz guy. Sounded nice, and similar to other jazz i've heard over the years. My ear is untrained and my brain is ignorant, so this might be a groundbreaking and innovative album. Just not my cup of tea.

Nice background listening but everything sounded the same lol

Highbrow albums like these are annoying bc I have nothing to say but I also didn’t hate it. 2.5/5 bc it’s boring

skimmed thru this one bc i have no patience for jazz in general. this sounds like the blueprint for every jazz record ever. music to listen to the rain fall to. great for whoever gets a kick out of that kind of sound, boring for me. bye

Elevator music

Instrumental and live. Neither of which I'm interested in. And smooth jazz is pretty much the definition of background music. There is no way this album could possibly get anything other than a 2 from me. Best song: Jade Visions

Good journaling tunes, but not really following it otherwise.

it looped and i genuinely couldnt tell i dont care for lounge jazz

Doing this 1001 albums thing has been a real eye opener. I know some of the original bands that are now called Prog Rock cut their teeth in jazz clubs. And that several of the more modern bands describe them selves as jazz fusion. And that with modern instruments and equipment there is a lot more sounds and effects available to modern musicians. But I really don't understand why when I listen to this sort of music, jazz from back in the day, which can be described as the grandparent of modern Prog Rock, why do I find it...... well, tedious. It just doesn't have that quality that grabs you. Sorry, I know you were trail blazers in your day, but by today's standards you're just boring. 2

boring sorry…there’s something about the constant snare+brush sound undercutting every song that instantly pushes it into schmaltz territory for me…can we please get any other kind of percussion up in here…. honestly with this kind of traditional (?) white people jazz i feel like i can only really appreciate it if i’m watching it being performed live, so i can see the musicians playing their instruments in real time. without that it just sounds like background music. as per usual the only parts that really grabbed me were the bass, and even that was kinda whatever.

Easy listening jazz. Someone needs to have a talk with the bass player tho

Turns out I don’t like listening to this much jazz in a row

Background jazz :(

Jazz Album mit etwas Power und im einzelnen guten Vocals. Das Bassspiel in „My Men‘s Gone Now“ sowie „Alice in Wonderland (Take 1)“ sind für Jazz-Verhältnisse ausdrucksstark. Insegesamt gelingt es aber auch dieser Platte nicht, mich für das Genre zu begeistern.

This is the kind of jazz I don't understand. I'm sure it's great by jazz standards but it didn't do anything for me.

Very jazzy

Jazz. First Listen 2/5 Again? 2/5

I go into jazz already thinking I’m gonna hate it. There’s nothing bad about it: I just find it boring no matter what. It was pretty sounding though, and I can see why it’s on this list.

Jazz all sounds the same to me. Except Dave Brubek. I hope he’s on here.

Pretty good

It's not bad to have on in the background but it still just sounds like endless jazz noodling. Not much here to make me want to throw this on again. 4.5/10 (2.25/5)

The first time I listened to this album, it was ok. But in the second time I realized that it is a bit boring. For me, it is like background music, something you listen when you do anything else without paying too much attention, because when you do, you don't get anything out of it. But at least it isn't a punishing record. Also, jazz is not a genre that I'm familiar with, so maybe I need more experience to understand this one.

Welcome to Jazz Club…nice!

The first one was a vibe. Otherwise, okay background music but nothing I'll return to a whole lot.

worst melatonin ever

Too jazzy for me. Obviously skilled but to busy to relax and enjoy cocktails.

SMOOTH JAZZ OTL...

To be honest I didn't notice that this had finished and started again from the beginning. I don't dislike Jazz but I did feel a little bit Vince Noir at times.

definitely one hour of uninterrupted jazz highlights: Idk i zoned out

It sounds nice, but I still dont quite get jazz.

Not sure what Bruce likes about this so much. Too much noodling!

A little - goes a long way. Although I like this type of music, I like it in smaller doses, I guess. This was way too much, for way too long.

This would be cool to have been present for but ultimately the songs all blended together and nothing was vibrant enough to stand out as vital. The story is more interesting than the music, unfortunately. Still, not bad by any means.

Took a second to realize this was 6 songs but there were multiple takes of some. I mean it’s not awful to listen to but I will not be returning to listen to the ol Bill Evans trio anytime soon. Maybe when I’m 80.

I'm really sorry. I really want to like freeform jazz, but I think my brain just isn't programmed for it

A reminder that I just am not a jazz person

Not my style

It is jazz

This might be nice to listen to while fine dining but it’s not my thing

Background Jazz at a cafe, for listening with Attention it fades into boringness.

How jazzy! This was kind of boring, but it was fun to have a non-rock/hip hop/pop album, which are few and far between on this list.

Not my sort of thing, but I can appreciate the musicianship of the members. I'm sure dedicated jazz heads would love this.

I can't lie, I struggled. Was the bassist given the wrong sheet music? Not for me. Second star given for the live glass clink sounds.

It felt like a nice background music at first, but then got boring

Kahvilamusiikkka, hyviä ja huonoja kohtia. Vähä tämmöstä pimputtelua. Välillä rassaa ihan vitusti kuunnella

Was the bass player being paid by the note?

Soft jazz like you'd hear in a fancy restaurant, however it doesn't really go anywhere and I found myself being bored of it pretty quickly.

As much as I love a good jazz record, Sunday at the Village Vanguard is meandering and loses the bead quite a bit.

Ok, so this makes me feel like a musical ignoramus because I know that they are really good musicians and the improvisation aspect is amazingly skilful. I also see this is fairly highly rated on here. But it just does nothing for me. It sort of wibbles on and I caring the occasional snippet of the tune it’s based on. Why am I almost ashamed of not getting it? I imagine it as background music in a bistro

Cocktail party Jazz

Seemed okay - almost classic jazz (is that a thing?) Easy to appreciate the quality of the music but just not really my thing.

cool enough but irregular tune not really my thing

- Qualitativ schon mal echt gut für ein Live Album - stimmiges Album, aber auch kein absoluter mega Abholer für mich 2,25/5

Not a jazz fan, but since this is a journey, let's see how good is this... I've always said it takes a special kind of people to enjoy this genre, it's so technical but at the same time, so chaotic, I insist on this, jazz is not for the faint of heart or somebody that will not try to experiment something new

The epitome of ‘you had to be there’

Yet another great (I’m sure) jazz album I lack understanding of. Good background music when you’re tending to something else.

In a nutshell: there is a lot seriously lacking. Well, this was disappointing. This album makes jazz sound boring, ordinary and pedestrian. In reality, jazz is nothing of the sort. Where is the virtuosity and flair? It feels like Bill Evans and Scott LaFaro were on separate wavelengths. I’ll check out Bill Evans other work, I won’t be going back to this album. Overall: 3/10

I can confidently say that this is an album of jazz music. Behold how astute I am.

"Ya like jazz?" "No"

Didn’t really get it

Cafe music

Sounds like jazz alright. I’m sure the musicianship is top class and the chemistry is telepathic and yada yada, but I just couldn’t help but zone out while listening to this. I like that you can hear the audience chattering away mid-track, reinforcing my suspicion that a lot of jazz is primarily intended to be background music…

This project is helping my figure out what type of jazz is for me. This was fine, but doesn’t impress me as much as some others I’ve heard from this list.

Honestly, don't want to listen to this type of music right now. 2/5

Nice piano but jazz is just not that interesting to me

I hate to judge a jazz album by its cover but this is as dull and loungey as it looks. I know it's great for people who like jazz but it just felt like background restaurant music and went on far too long. Looking more closely at the tracklisting, most tracks are played twice? But I couldn't have told you that. Not for me.

Not for me

Pleasant background jazz.

The jazz was pretty solid, but between being a live album and half of the album being repeat songs, it got old fairly fast.

Can't stand Jazz. There's nothing wrong with it except it's boring. this is probably a gcood example but I couldn't get to the end of the album it was so pointless

I'm fairly new to jazz being honest and haven't listened to much outside Miles Davis. This Album has some lovely piano melodies but my God that bass just drive me mad to the extent that I had to stop listening to the album a couple of times, maybe it's just not my thing.

Когда слушаю джаз, всегда задумываюсь - как же скучно быть джазовым барабанщиком...

This just didn't have the oomph that Hugh Masekela delivered with his album. Bill is reduced to background dinner party duty

I just can't with jazz, I'm sorry

Not really my jam but those cats were cookin

This is good music for a dinner party or if you’re having a wine at the bar. Otherwise it was forgettable and boring. 2/5.

Good players. Not my thing. Background music at best.

Klassische Trio Besetzung, Jazz der 50/60er, man riecht förmlich die Bar Atmosphäre und den Whisky auf Eis...

All. Instrumental. It’s like being on hold for an hour

Lot of Jazz music kind of melting into one, I'm happy to hear at least another side to mid-century America but if we could leave it for a bit that would be grand

Can't stand jazz it seems

Best song: Vibes: Mr. Tipples lounge

Jazz instrumental con preminencia del piano de Evans dentro del trío. Personalmente me parece una música fría que me transmite poco, aunque para los críticos de jazz se trata de una gran obra en la que la improvisación alcanza grandes cotas de calidad.

Standard restaurant music.

sounds just like every other jazz record!!!!!!!!

Not for me

Another instrumental album. As much as I would really live to enjoy these but I just find them really boring you know. I don't doubt that the music is fantastically well made and I would probably quite enjoy it in the background at a fancy restaurant. However, it's a no for general listening. Admittedly, I didn't listen to the whole album, and it becomes I nearly feel asleep. I apologise deeply to Bill Evans Trio as I'm probably not a deserving listener of their music.

Nice background music, bit of a toe tapper.

I tried. Not happening for me. So happy for the Trio though!

Sunday At The Village Vanguard is about as typical jazz album as typical jazz albums get and that means another elevator album. There is nothing inherently wrong about this album but it is very uninteresting. The songs, while sounding fine and were pretty well recorded, all were generally very similar sounding and didn't really have identities of their own. I can't even think of a single song that stands out as particularly good or bad. I do not hate this album but it failed to interest me in any way. Best Song: Jade Visions Worst Song: Alice In Wonderland

Doesn't do much for me, not bad for background noise that about it

Piano Jazz. Ok okay

Nice but forgettable

A nice reminder of how boring jazz can be. It's a live album but you can barely hear the audience in it. It's probably because they all fell asleep.

I don't want to judge too harshly because I really know nothing about jazz, and I'm sure this was an influential album and probably very nuanced and ect. But strictly based on the criteria of do I want to hear this album again, no I do not. Just not my taste.

More Jazz ... So much Jazz

This would be good music to play in a hotel lobby or similar situation but just not going to be something I go searching out.

Cute

Not my thing but was pleasant

typowy jazz, taki nie denerwujący ale też nie tego typu żeby sobie w tle puścić i nie zauważyć

Don’t get it

Jazz is okay, but I prefer music. Top Tip: if listening with ear buds, take the left one out to enjoy the piano and drums without the bass rattling away at random like a fly trying to find a path through a pane of glass.

This is restaurant background music. Another example of an album that I probably would have loved live (and would be fine with playing while I work), but will never remember.

Leuk maar ik krijg er hoofdpijn van

A little too jazzy for me. It was all over the place the whole time. The bassist is a madman, I could have used a lot less of him

Just not my cup of tea. Extra star for being able to play instruments well

Jazz piano music

-gloria's step: sounds like pizzeria music -my man's gone now: better than gloria's step. -solar: not my vibe. r all the song's on this album the same? tf. a skip. -alice in wonderland: had high hopes. again, thoroughly disappointed. this genre is terrible. -all of you: this is listenable. nvm. it's shit. overall: this whole album is a skip. i get the vibe he was going for, it j didn't pull through. i want to know who let this man cook.

Alright with it at first but got tired of it fast. All the songs started to sound the same.

I'm sure it's really good music, I just don't know any situation I would listen to it.. I'll try again in a few years 🙈

It’s jazz, which I’m not particularly into.

Lounge music that incorporates too much of a freeform style to be enjoyable. It’s like they took the mid parts of the Vince giraldi trio’s Charlie Brown Christmas album and made an entire record out of it.

This album is well crafted and musically very nice to listen to- but it is not my style and I did not enjoy it as much as someone should

Didn’t even bother, just another hour of jazz

It took so long to get through this. I learned that jazz with no horns is easy to ignore. 2.4 stars

It sure is a jazz album.

Pretty chill and mellow for my tastes but generally fine. Decent background music but nothing to get excited about.

I'm gonna rate this before finishing the album because I feel like I already know the vibes. Not bad jazz piano but not my genre

I can't do jazz. I have tried, but I need some order I guess.

Best Song: Gloria's Step / Take 2. Probably just because the album was new and I was ready for jazz. Worst Song: Jade Visions / Take 1. I had now grown tired of this whole jazz thing. Overall: I feel too ignorant to truly rate this album. I don't know enough about jazz. I don't know why there were two takes of each track. I don't even know if the two tracks were nearly identical or radically different because I can't even hold the idea of the jazz constant in my head. That isn't to say it's bad, but for me it's just good enough to leave on in the background while I cook.

I’m a jazz pleb; I like some of it, but it has to be pretty immediately memorable. This just sounds like… jazz to me 2.4

I don't really like jazz. They're good I suppose, but it needs something. Like a chello or a saxophone. Never quite gets there for me.

I want to give this a 3 so bad but it’s not fully there. I appreciate this as a fantastic jazz album it’s just not for me

not a fan of the structure of the album and the repeated tracks/performances. It’s ok jazz, not super interesting

I couldn't get through this album. It's good jazz but not my cup of tea

I just really don't like jazz

Ich verstehe sie Jazz-Begeisterten Mir ists aber schnell zu chaotisch- obwohl ich ja schräges Elektronik-Geklicker zB von Mum oder eprom liebe …

Had it’s moments but mostly meandering

The kind of music you expect to play in the background at a swanky club. Unfortunately that doesn't do all that much for me.

More jazz. A nice enough listen, but didn't get going in the same way that Miles Davis did. It's a live album, but you can barely notice it (which I guess says good things about the recording and bad things about the audience). 2/5, won't listen again.

A friend put it well - they’re not playing for the audience, but for themselves. That’s admirable but I get lost in the fray.

It sounded like 2 people clapping at the end of each live recording. 2 very bored stars.

Jazz

Rollo patatero.

20 years ago, I took a history of jazz class. When I learned from that, was that I don't like jazz. 20 years later I still don't.

I put it on while working as background. It was fine. Not my vibe. I just am not a jazz person. At least it didn’t give me anxiety like most jazz.

pleasant but not really gonna draw me back. could i write poetry to it? no

It's jazzy! Yeah, my ear is too untrained to tell good and bad jazz, but this is enjoyable background music. So, like, a 2* for me? It was aight.

Obviously great musicianship, but not my cup of tea. I looked into the backstory of this album and the bass player died not long after it was recorded, which is a shame; what an amazing talent.

Not too fan of jazz, especially when having to listen to 2 versions of the same one. I'm not proficient enough in "understanding jazz" to appreciate it.

Piano jazz - I’m sure they’re good, just not my thing

Jazz is not really my genre

I usually like jazz but this really didn’t do it for me unfortunately

I just can't get behind jazz, objectively good album but I fell asleep to it on the train

nice but live jazz album was never going to be for me