Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Not my speed, but an impressive recording

Dude can play some piano and they got some good jazz but it aint for me

Kinda jazzy but drums too loud for my taste

I know some people actually like straight Jazz, but I. Am. Bored. My ADHD can not handle this. It's very pretty background music for a sleepy coffee shop. That's it.

I'm not really a jazz guy. I don't get what makes this good. Sorry, jazz heads. This is just boring to me. It's fine background music but it's hard to believe that anyone would want to actively listen to this.

Not my kind of jazz this one. A lot of the songs made me feel like I needed to go wee.

I know nothing about Jazz, but this felt like it wasn't a very easy listen. I struggle with Jazz with no blatant clear melody which is returned to at some point, and if there was one in these songs, I didn't really notice it. The bass felt way too loud in the mix, Maybe my hearing is just better on my left and the bass seemed to be pushed to far left, and the piano far right. This meant I often listened to the bass over the piano, and as this is a Bill Evans album I guess I should be listened to the piano more...? Didn't really enjoy it, but not so much I didn't listen to the whole thing

Rollo patatero.

I don’t know. It’s a jazz album. I played the version with additional tracks so heard some songs again but didn’t notice. Lovely but not attaching to my mind

Jazz and all that jazz, i tried and failed.

Mmm. Pretty complex stuff made to sound effortless. Interesting, but sounds very grown up and sophisticated so not really for me.

I thought I was going to really enjoy this, but it was all just a bit limp. They need a person up front giving it some.

Jazz instrumental album. Pretty boring for me

Jazz

Wallpaper Jazz!

Good jazz album.

Jazzy piano music. No lyrics. Good for background music. Songs sound similar, not much meaning/feeling is conveyed.

The clink of plates or silverware in the background really threw me at first. Had to double check if the noise cancelling was working on my headphones. Good background jazz. The bass lines were kind of frantic and odd. The piano is really nice and attention grabbing. Repeating the takes in a row was a strange choice IMO.

Jazz, nice Not my cup of tea though

God, jazz is pointless

I don’t deserve to be blown away by this album. “Sunday at the Village Vanguard” is a classic live jazz recording, sitting comfortably on dozens of “all-time-best” lists. Evans on piano, Scott LaFaro on bass, Paul Motion on drums… and that’s it. Three musicians at the top of their game, fitting together with effortless skill and panache. And yet it leaves me cold, and I’ve had to reconcile the objective brilliance of these musicians with my utter ambivalence to the art they’re making. Because in truth… it just isn’t horn-y enough for me. Sorry, Mr. Evans, but the brass and wind sections are always what I enjoy the most in jazz. Without them, I struggle to find something to latch onto. Of course, the performances we are left with are all superb: in particular, LaFaro plays bass like no one I’ve ever heard. Eleven days after recording this, he was killed in a car accident at the age of 25, which is a tragedy for jazz as we know it. Evans and Motion are excellent too, lighting up the record with technically brilliant performances… but it all just blends into one continuous cocktail party I can’t escape. It feels useless for me to try and single out particular moments I liked or didn’t like, or analyse just one particular theme. This plays as an album of atmosphere, to be swallowed whole in one sitting, enjoyed as the crowd heard in the background clearly are doing. So please understand that these two stars are not a mark against the trio’s skills, the recording quality, the standard of music. They are simply me admitting defeat, sheepishly holding up my hands to say “I don’t get it”. Yet.

Firstly, jazz is not exactly my cup of tea, and even then, this is a live session which I am also not a fan of

Rollo patatero.

It’s all a blur to me. No catchy hooks, hardly any dynamics, songs are way too long. If you play as many extra notes in a chord, every chord sounds the same. Pointless.

Alright. Miles Davis is more interesting.

Not a fan of this one. Hated the constant double bass solos. Didn’t keep my interest.

standard jazz album

I was convinced that the Good Friday offering was going to have something to do with bunnies, chicks, eggs, or Jesus. I racked my brains, placing bets against myself on which album it would be. How wrong was I? The only connection being that there is a white rabbit in Alice in Wonderland. This is not my type of music, but what I did marvel at was that I could hear each instrument distinctly and how they wove together effortlessly. I especially loved the drums. I can understand why this album is so revered. But I wouldn’t choose to listen to it again voluntarily.

OK, so I just read that the bassist in this trio died 10 days after this was recorded, which is eerie and sad, and makes me feel bad for wanting to mandate a limit as to how many bass solos any one album is allowed. There were like eight too many on this album. And I expect jazz is supposed to soothe and relax the listener... maybe not, what the hell do I know? All I can say is this did the opposite for me. I was agitated and uncomfortable while this was playing. It was a chore. This just isn't for me.

It’s not bad, but it’s hard to listen to jazz when I want something that has words and stuff. I’m sorry.

never really got into this type of music and not really a fan of instrumentals. i prefer vocals with my songs. the songs sound like they are the music in charlie brown cartoons or perhaps what you hear in the background at a golden corral.

Two songs in and I had to turn it off before it put me to sleep. This is not my jam.

Sleepy jazz club stuff.

Too boring for me. Maybe i neee to give it another listen and find the intricacies.

Nice, but faded into the background after a while.

Liveäänitys on kiva, kun kuuluu kilinää ja pölinää. Kahvilajazzia, taitavasti soitettua mutta tasapaksua

Lift music. 2.5

One long song it seemed like but not horrid

Noodly nurdly proper jazz - nice enough but aural wallpaper really

I really feel like an asshole saying it, and I wish I had gone into more in-depth thoughts when I said it for Miles Davis' "Birth Of The Cool", but all this does is remind me of Olive Garden. It certainly is easy listening, and the bass has some really impressive moments, but otherwise this is dreadfully boring background music. Perhaps if I were actually there it would be one thing, but otherwise this is just long and repetitive, only saved by it having its enjoyable moments peak out.

Im sure it's really good if you like that kind of thing.

A high 2 - was the perfect music for a miserable day at work.

Lounge Jazz. It's an interesting sound that's to be sure. I feel like I need to be in a bar in the 40s, cigarette in hand...

Lounge jazz, neat but not my thing

Jazz is not my jam. So this was a lot for me.

Jazzy

Nah, not for me. Probably good if you're into that sort of thing, but I'm not

This sounds good but it makes me sad. And not the good kind of sad when listening to a real heavy album. Can't explain it

Better than expected, so rounding way up.

Geeze, I didn't know jazz could get this boring. I mean, I'm sure they're great players and all but what a waste of time and talent. Pure elevator, no backbone.

Eh

I guess I just don't have the ear for this kind of music. Had fun listening on headphones while studying though, it put me on a concentration and ethereal mood. But I can't even remember which songs pleased me or even when one was finished and a new one was starting.

I know far too little about jazz to know if this is good jazz or not, I assume it is? Again, maybe because I’m completely ignorant to this music I just think of it as background music that I can’t really distinguish from much other jazz music. 2/5

2/5. Great musicianship with bland music. Hard to dig for long periods of time.

It was not flowy enough at times which made it hard to listen.

Alles lijkt wat op elkaar op dit album

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Mwah, supposedly the best album of Bill Evans ever but I found it a bit boring

I just don’t want another free flow jazz live album, would be good for parties or video games, bad for on your own

It's some very classic jazz. Easy to listen to, but a little too easy. There really wasn't anything interesting about it to me.

Sounds like elevator music in a fancy-pants shopping mall. Not really into jazz.

So many things I didn’t enjoy. It’s a live album which doesn’t add to the album, I just hear people in the background every once in a while and it’s distracting. It’s jazz which I don’t hate, I love when it’s integrated into other music but by it self it’s just boring to me. It needs more. The music is good just not for me at all.

Needs some brass.

Three albums in a row over 75 minutes. And ALL were too long. This sounds like something that would be on in the background of a hipster movie theater. One that doesn’t play Marvel Movies, only independent films (well they existed when I was a teenager at least) It’s not offensive, but it’s super not interesting, either.

I'm not sure I understand jazz. I can appreciate where it comes from, and I like some of the more exciting "musical" forms, or the more explosive improv face-melters. But something like this just sounds like a bland mess. A lot of bass solo-ing, which is just a comedy of futility in my eyes. At times it does pick up and I enjoy it when the team is in sync. Nothing really catches on first listen. On second listen I enjoyed My Man's gone Now. Would not buy, would not listen after today most likely.

Marzi Nymanin ja Lenni-Kallen märkä päiväuni. Taustalla tuo pyörähti läpi ja muutamassa kohdassa tuli jopa vähän kuunnelltua. Varmasti taitavia soittajia, mutta tämä ei vaan ole minun pala kakkua ja kuuntelen mielummin toisenlaista.

Does it sound nice? Yes. It it boring? Also, yes.

Jazz är tråkigt.

Bit different.

A perfectly fine jazz album, another one to pop in a chill background music playlist. Nothing particularly offensive but perhaps a little too mellow for my taste - it definitely feels off the cuff, but in the most practiced way. Best: Solar: Live At The Village Vanguard Worst: All Of You: Live At The Village Vanguard

This sort of thing will only ever be background music, and the sort that I would personally never play.

Piano jazz. It's fine

My previous album was "Back At The Chicken Shack" by Jimmy Smith, and in comparison, this album has all the features that I dislike in a lot of jazz music. It feels directionless and impersonal. Your typical track has a piano solo, a standing bass solo, and some fun interactions between the instruments but no overall theme. It is relaxing, though.

Si el jazz en general me cuesta trabajo, éste tipo (si es que constituye algún subgénero) es el que me cuesta más trabajo. 2 estrellas representan que no me gustó pero que reconozco su esfuerzo y complejidad.

Muy buenos solistas y todo muy lindo pero se me hace muchísimo hacer un disco completo sobre los solos de contrabajo y más aún tenerlo en la lista. Quizá de pronto oír una rola suelta en algún momento está bien, pero hasta ahí.

Yeah kind of okay. Like nice relaxing jazz rather than chaotic stressful jazz which I def prefer. However, it's definitely missing a bit of spice for my liking as well on the other hand. It's maybe a bit to close to the dull end of the scale for my liking as well. Haha I'm quite specific with which jazz I like!

Well it was okay, wasn't offensive or anything but not my cup of macha. Every song sounds like the piano in 'have yourself a merry little Christmas'

Eh, not really my thing. I'm sure they're super talented fellas, but it just sounds like pointless meandering to me. 2 stars.

Wasn't feeling it today. Its nice background music and would be good for uni work, but wouldn't listen to for pure pleasure sake.

Not much of anything really, can't work out how it made the list.

A bit of jazz with a bit of swing. Goes off into free form sometimes which doesn’t go well with my brain. My brain likes patterns.

Having listened to what is “routinely ranked as one of the best live jazz recordings of all time”, I think I can safely say I don’t like jazz.

I wish I liked jazz :(

It did not help that I was listening to this in the late afternoon when I was already tired but this is sooooo low energy.

This gets an extra star because, while I wasn’t in a swanky bar in the 80s wearing a slinky dress and very red lipstick while I was listening to it, someday I might be.

Rollo patatero.

za zaspat u liftu, 2

Standout - Alice in Wonderland - Take 2 It was nice-sounding jazz, but it didn't capture my attention (or I didn't give it my full attention)

Smooth sounds, bass seem strained in the mix. Would sound better recorded today I'd think. But not my sort of thing.

Easy listening

As a fan of rhythm section jazz, the Bill Evans Trio has been a favorite since I first sought them out after hearing Bill's work on Kind of Blue. That said, the band seems to meander through this set without much direction. It doesn't set the tone as well as on Waltz for Debbie and the playing seems to lack conviction. Not an unpleasant listen, but it fell into the background too easily.

Sinceramente este album no es para mí. Ninguna de las canciones me logró llegar aunque si puedo identificar la tremenda calidad musical de BIll y toda su banda.

Whilst I can tell that the musicianship is exceptional, jazz just does nothing for me at all.

Head was rocking on a few parts, but overall did not enjoy the album. More not a jazz fan than a Bill Evans Trio fan.

Not very interesting or particularly groundbreaking Jazz. Well played and nice enough music to be on hold to. 2/5

OK to paint to.

it's Jazz

Jazz meh

Like the relaxing jazz, although it is to long for my liking 2/5

J'ai d'abord apprécié cet album le temps d'une piste ou deux, puis après plus de 3h de travail sur mon double écran Dell, je me suis rendu compte d'un petit soucis: L'album ne contenait en fait qu'une seule piste, j'avais seulement pressé la touche "Enable repeat" de mon lecteur Spotify. Un eternel recommencement.

Джаз. Неплохой, лайв выступление, но не люблю джаз. 2 из за того, что это модно слушать.

Easy listening jazz noodling. I'm sure if you like that kind of thing it's very good, but it just reminds me of being on hold.

For me, jazz is performance art. I enjoy it so much more in person than over a recording.

no

No entiendo el jazz

Not really into that type of jazz

This is a complete personal opinion but I just did not vibe with this album. I understand the complexity of the musicianship but I prefer jazz to be a little higher-tempo. Easy listen but won't return most likely unless I need to background music to study to.

Jazz. Not bad. Nice restaurant vibes.

My Man's Gone Now: almeno questa c'ha un accenno tematico che non sia solo cazzeggio modale. Almeno all'inizio... Vabbè ma che me scrivo qua "pezzo" per "pezzo"... Passamo alla conclusione: Eh boh che devo dì? Cioè sto album mi arriva così anonimo che poteva essere stato fatto da un qualsiasi trio jazz. Ma infatti il jazz mediamente è una canzone sola. Onestamente io qua non ce sento manco quantomeno la vecchia forma tema/cazzeggio/tema/conclusione, è proprio annamo a cazzo. Per carità quando stai nel locale fumoso jazz a New York a sentitte sta musica pagando 30 dollari un cocktail comunque è una bella esperienza. Però è una roba da ascolto? E' una roba mezza soundscape? Cioè chiaramente non c'ha niente di quello a cui diamo peso della composizione e manco la considererei improvvisazione reale perché comunque in realtà c'hai una griglia ben definita e spari fraseggi a caso dove qualunque nota tanto va bene. Direi ok i musicisti bravi, come al solito, ma basta questo? Cioè secondo me pure come jazz è scarso, cioè te senti Coltrane e so 11 minuti minimo a pezzo ma l'improvvisazione è su un altro livello, molto più musicale, molto più compositiva, questo veramente è un CD stock jazz da mette quando c'hai più di 45 anni e vuoi fa crede che sei ricco e raffinato ad una donna divorziata che hai invitato nella tua suite deluxe d'hotel sperando di trombare. Apri la porta co sto disco, la fai sedé sul divano di design e le offri dello champagne ordinato col servizio in camera. Quando parti con il "raccontami qualcosa di te" lei sa già benissimo che stai a fa però è un po' triste e disillusa e comunque fa finta che è caduta nella tua trappola da intellettuale e raffinato estimatore di musica. Cioè da una parta c'ho la stessa difficoltà del Wu Tang, però in quel caso è un fenomeno culturale che non capisco. Qui secondo me non c'è sto fattore, il fenomeno lo capisco, la musica è molto più vicina a qualcosa che posso comprendere e secondo me qua è solo fumo. La produzione è notevole per essere il '61, probabilmente è più che altro solo questione di ripresa, non è che fai sta grande produzione, però devo dire che probabilmente il suono dei dischi de sto tipo è l'unica cosa che me li fa sopportare un minimo.

L'inizio è veramente pesante ma poi si riprende quando si va su ritmi più veloci partendo da Solar in poi. Il disco lo sento molto monocorde ed è difficile distinguere un pezzo da un altro e devo dire che emotivamente non mi fa nulla. Penso che il Jazz sia stato distrutto da anni di jazzisti.

v comfy but my brain isn’t intellectual enough i need lyrics pretty good just not my thing gloria’s step and alice in wonderland were cute doe

Not a jazz guy. Good musicianship though

Good music to vibe to sometimes, but not to just listen to

nice. smooth. i always think one day i'll start listening to jazz, but at the moment i just don't understand whats going on. if someone could explain what i'm supposed to do with it that would be helpful. Alright background music.

Not a jazz person - but this was a nice album.

I don't listen to a lot of jazz. I played in a jazz band in high school, and I do really like Ornette Coleman, but this didn't speak to me. It was 60 minutes of bass solos. Very, very good bass solos, but bass solos.

Niiiiccccceeeeee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsQYzpOHpik

Not my cup of tea at all. **

Hmm, beetje te flauw voor mij...

Qua jazz-tolerantie heb ik nog geen vorderingen gemaakt.

Fairly uninspiring jazz. Sunday afternoon BBC mystery soundtrack.

just generic jazz on first listen.

jazzzzzzzzzzz

Jazz isn't really for me. Like black licorice, I can appreciate it exists and others like it, but I probably never will.

There was nothing wrong with the album per se. All of the songs were ok but I wouldn't be excited if any of them came up while on shuffle.

It was plinky plonky in the background.

Not for me

The weird thing about jazz is that I enjoy it in a live setting, but it loses a lot of it's luster when I'm listening on Spotify or whatever. Just not the same.

Not my cup of tea, even though it's very good from a technical point of view.

really not my style

Nghmye

Jazz without a horn = music to fall asleep to. I respect the skill, but it's not for me. Best track: Jade Visions

It may be great for jazz lovers but I just can’t do it.

did not listen, but i can guess it is a 1 as it si jazz and it has different takes for songs

Real jazz wankery

Album #232 and this is easily the most boring I've heard so far. Music to fall asleep to.

Background hotel jazz

I really don't like jazz.

If you like jazz, this is probably great.

Livealbum

meh

No

Not my cup of tea.

So many jazz albums. They all kind of sound the same and are fine in the background, but I will not be listening to this again.

Jazz, innit. Twinkling, tootling, hi hatting, plinking and pootling. Pish.

Didn’t make it through the first track. Please stop sending me jazz Favourite track: the first one

I still don't like jazz.

this was excruciating… god i hate jazz

Not my thing

Ya like jazz? No.

Elevator jazz.

para bang nasa fine dining restau

200+ albums into this project and this one was the one that finally broke my resolve to listen all the way through every album. It feels like every second album lately is either jazz or hip hop, neither of which I enjoy, and it’s just not worth punishing myself when it becomes clear I actively dislike the music being reviewed and can’t wait for it to be over.

0.6/5 I have to say that jazz musicians are excellent at their instruments. With that being said, this just sounds like background jazz music that I could hear anywhere to me. I'm sure if you love jazz then this would be up your alley. I sometimes listen to jazz in the background when I'm trying to concentrate so I could see myself putting some more Bill Evans on, but I'd never intentionally listen to this again.

I had to stop 3 songs in, the bass solos/noodling are just awful.

Im missing something. Sounds like 3 people who have never met playing different pieces of music. Maybe that the point. It's live and people talking in the background no wonder. Not nearly as bad as Miles Davis it was twice the length. However far from enjoyable. Safe to say jazz not my thing. I'm dreading the prog albums.

I quite like jazz, but this is a bit too experimental for me...

Ok I don't know why but my review was deleted. Basically, this is just a bunch of guys playing at once. I once said I'd give any jazz album a 5 even though I don't know anything about anything but come one. You gotta be able to hang your hat on something. I do not believe there is a person on this planet that could identify which song a random ten second snippet of this record is from. This is what people who hate jazz think of when they think of jazz. Even the audience seemed uninterested, as you can hear them chatting throughout.

Not a fan of contemporary jazz

música de restaurante nam

Put this on and then put the kitchenaid on to make a cake to help get through it. I don’t want to reiterate all of my same recycled complaints from the past but I really didn’t enjoy this

I don’t listen to instrumental music whatsoever so this ends up being boring to me.

Improvisational jazz + live albums= poop

Jazz noodling. Nope. Why could they have not taken the best of the takes and just said "ok, these are good, put these on the album"? No. They had to put three takes of some songs on here. I don't care how much of a musical genius you are, that's bad planning. Fuck off with this shit. My rating: 1/5

If hotel lobby jazz had a pinnacle, this might be it. The whole album feels like you’ve walked into a polite murmur of clinking glasses and tasteful noodling. At least it didn’t sound like a cat wandering drunkenly across the piano keys… but honestly, I kept thinking I’d hit repeat by accident. Skipped most of the tracks because they all blended into one polite, brush‑heavy blur. I know it’s a stone‑cold classic for jazz fans, but for anyone who hates jazz? Yeah… this is peak “I hate jazz.”

Not for me

2/10

booooooorriiiiiiıiiiiiiiiiiiiinggggggggggggggggggggggg im boutta delete my acc stop w these recs omg

Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure this is a great jazz album, but couldn’t get into it. I like my jazz with some sax

I listen to jazz only occasionally when I'm in a good mode. Saved this for later.

There is like no structure or form to these songs, I'm amazed they're even 'covers' at all. This is just mindless noodling, which I really dislike.

Very odd like solos pointless that are pointless

An manchen Tagen fällt es mir schwer, die Liste ernst zu nehmen. Da bin ich wirklich komplett raus.

Es tut mir Leid, ich komme einfach nicht rein in Jazz - insbesondere nicht in diese Ausprägung. Für mich war das gerade so noch an Fahrstuhlmusik vorbei, allerdings nicht in puncto Spannung.

Ich habs bei der Arbeit zweimal gehört ohne es zu merken, weil es so nichtssagend an mir vorbei floss.

This is the third jazz album I've gotten so far. I gave both of the previous albums 3/5 stars, so I was expecting something similar here, but unfortunately I absolutely hated listening to this album. Musically, it's fine and would make for fitting background music at a bar. Plus, the musicians playing on this album are clearly all very talented, as improvisational music like this requires a great deal of skill. But I did not enjoy listening to it. I think there are some great jazz recordings out there, but this kind of jazz, specifically the piano-bass-drum trio that this album showcases, is really not for me. I don't feel like I heard anything new from this recording that I haven't heard a thousand times before. Every track has an extended bass solo, and very rarely do they contain something worth listening to. A lot of upright bass solos end up sounding more like random glissandos and random discordant notes, and this album is no exception. At the very least, the drum solos usually give you something more interesting to listen to, as they're typically the only time a track will break away from the groove it's stuck to for the last six minutes, but even they tend to go on a while longer than they should. This is the first album on the list I considered not finishing, and I only pushed through because I realised the last four tracks on Spotify were all repeats, so I only had one left to listen to. Listening to any more of this sounds unbearable. Favourite song: Jade Visions, I guess? It reminds me a bit of Kitchenware and Candybars by Stone Temple Pilots

Music for coffee shops and lifts. To be fair I enjoyed this a bit more once I realised that there were multiple takes of the same song. I felt like I was losing my mind a bit and that the songs were just twice as long. I'm sure this is great if you're into it but I'm just not. Playlist track: Jade Visions - Live At The Village Vanguard, 1961 / Take 2

I don’t generally care for jazz. I particularly dislike this kind of jazz.

el jazz de blancos me recuerda a Woody Allen. Nada más que añadir

Why tho?

Not for me.

Impressively boring zzz

Well it’s jazz, I was never going to be bothered about it.

I'll die on the hill that jazz is nothing more than people dicking around on instruments.

Boring. Bill Evans’ biography is way more interesting than his music.

Only music

Not my kind of music

so boeing, im a lyrics girl

Não curti nem um pouco, album sem emoção nenhuma e com violão repetitivo. 1/10

Ugh jazz.

Might be just because it’s jazz but every song sounded the same.

First listen

tried to find it interesting, sadly couldn't

bro this has no lyrics AND I'M A LYRICS PERSON

01) Gloria's Step (take 2) - 3,0 02) My Man's Gone Now - 3,0 03) Solar - 2,0 04) Alice in Wonderland (take 2) - 3,0 05) All of You (take 2) - 3,0 06) Jade Visions (take 2) - 3,0 TOTAL: 2,83 (28/100) Current ranking: 779/788 God, I hate jazz...

BORING

I appreciate the talent. But it's almost unbearable to sit through.

I respect it but did not enjoy it even a little bit.

This is the most mundane music ever. There's nothing interesting about it at all. I wouldn't want this even playing in an elevator. There is nothing cool or special about this album. It's just some instruments being played in the simplest way possible. I wish I could like this, but I just don't at all.

Too much piano

Just instrumental… it was good background music for a very chaotic Trader Joe’s run

not my type of music

Only listened to a bit of this bc I don’t think I need to listen to an hour of jazz piano

Didnt finished the whole album. Listened to like five and didn't want to anymore

Plunky. The weird bass solo mix kills it for me. And it’s on everything.

Left almost no impression at all.

I really tried to like this but I just can't follow it. Each instrument sounds fantastic but I struggle not knowing what is coming next in the music.

This just sounds like lifeless elevator music to me.

Find ich anstrengend. Das ist dieser Jazz wo alle Noten gleichzeitig gespielt werden und andauernd unharmonische Töne eingebracht werden. Nicht meins

deso

Not for me

p53. 1961. 1 star Jazz :( Background music for cocktail bars. Well played but... meh. "Nice"

This is a bit unfair on the score as it’s just not my taste.

I tried. I really did.

Ei tuo slow jazz vieläkään ole minun lempimusiikkia mutta aina annetaan tilaisuus!

I‘m convinced of the musicians ability to play their instrument. Jazz is not for me though, so the review only reflects how much I enjoyed listening to it - my ear couldn‘t even distinguish between songs.

Can appreciate the musical aspect of this album but can't say its really for me. Feel like I need a bottle of red wine in a basement club somewhere to fully enjoy it. Don't think I would listen again and no playlist additions. But on the plus side it will likely be part of a small amount of albums I was able to read my book at the same time.

Waiting room, elevator, background GT7 menu music vibes. not my cup of tea but very chilled. harder to complete than a clean lap at nords.

Felt like was in boring dream

How about you learn how to sing, nerd

Meh

It’s live jazz

Nicht mein Genre!

Jazz 🤮

I tried, but it's just... Nothing.

You could not pay me to be interested in this sort of slow, toothless jazz. I know jazz is an art form that I am not privy to. I wish I got it but this one… was such a hard listen. Bored to tears. Worst thing an album can be for me

Good but dull can only go so far, and apparently this is the limit.

I'm not into jazz

Zuhause, Heidenheim, Deutschland. Lockt mich nirgendwo hervor.

Sucks

Jazz time My man's gone now: yeah he left cuz he doesn't like jazz. I think I'll join him. Really I like jazz up until the annoying solos where it just sounds like they're plucking whatever note they want. I'm sure there's some big grand design that I don't understand because I don't know jack shit about music theory, but I do know what sounds good, and that ain't it chief. All of you: this is very jazz I hope we get an enjoyable album soon. Something that is just nice to listen to. Something I'd be excited to hear again Glorias step take 3: I hate bass solos

noooooooooooooooooooooooo this is not for me. every song sounds identical. help i'm trapped in a live jazz hell!!

'Solar' has a near 4-minute bass solo. Unfortunately, it's not an outlier. I don't care what your chosen genre of music is, but a bass player cannot be given the limelight for 4 straight minutes. There is no way it will end well. This history is important, given the bass player died a few days after recording this. He sounds like he created possibilities for some that followed. But being influential doth not being listenable make. When the band is working together and Evans' clearly exemplary piano work is present keeping structure and meaning, it is pleasant. But the incessant 'countermelodic' bass solos are unbearable. It seems a lifeless affair to me. And on the recording I've heard, it sounds like the audience agreed.

Piano and some cello, that's about it. Boring

This album, and this this style of Jazz, isn't to my taste. It doesn't stir any positive emotions or reactions. I found it rather dull. 1⭐ Would I listen again? No. Would I buy this album? No. Side one 1. "Gloria's Step" - 1 2. "My Man's Gone Now" - 1 3. "Solar" - 1 Side two 1. "Alice in Wonderland" (take 2) - 1 2. "All of You" (take 2) - 1 3. "Jade Visions" (take 2) - 1 Total - 6 Average - 1

Snark.

Missed out on the killers and had to listen to this. G fucking G

Jazz albums like this just don't work for me unless I'm in a bar.

Listened to like half, got bored. Hate to say I never feel the jazz vibe throughout my day.

Boring pretentious scotch bar vibe Not my thing

no es mi rollo

While technically very good and played to a high level, I cannot stress how little interest I have in this. I would say im not alone as you can hear people in the background have conversations and ignore the playing.

Couldn't make it through the album, the off timing is at times dreadful.

I. HATE. JAZZ.

I would be ok with this in certain settings as it is very inoffensive. Something nice enough to listen to in between conversation at a bar. But I wouldn’t have to focus an hour worth of attention on. I don’t have any interest in listening to an hour of that nonstop. There is a reason why this music is left at hotel lobby’s, and bars. It’s not meant to hold your attention for a long period of time.

Album very Jazz. Contains much sound. It is rated.

It's jazz. I don't get it, but I don't think it's good.

Jazz

Honestly...hot garbage. Not even enjoyable background music, as there are constantly two or more instruments clashing. And yet there's 68 minutes of this. Was gonna be generous and leave a 2, out of respect for it being somewhat listenable, but one of the few albums I genuinely just had to call it quits on. If you heard one song on this album, you've heard em all.

Nope

Jazz instrumental

Says nothing to me.

👎🏻 jazz

Ehhh a trio with no brass doesn’t do it for me. Favorite Track: Jade Visions

I don’t like gin and tonic. Mainly because I don’t like the taste of gin and don’t like the taste of tonic. Friends will always ask me to try theirs as apparently “it’s the best one yet”. It never is. This is how I feel about Jazz. This album was at the lower end of Jazz. Really hurt to listen to. Like my 6 year old daughter had found an instrument and attempted to play it.

There is a time and a place for good Jazz, unfortunately none of which apply to this album

It’s getting 1*, and it should be grateful.

I didn't hate Alice In Wonderland but I clearly don't understand the appeal of jazz. 1/5

Not for me

i dont like jazz sorry

I don't doubt there is talent on display there, but Freddie hates jazz.

Sounds like three different people all doing their own thing. Not sure what I’m missing here but it genuinely sounds like kids playing random notes at the same time. Horrible.

Utterly lost on this one, I just don't get jazz. It's boring, it's scattered, no rhyme or reason and it's boring. Not an album I could possibly listen to for one hour and 8 minutes if my life depended on it. It sounds like what you expect to hear in the lounge on the old folks cruise ship. Do you dance to it or just talk over it? Wow, I tried, it's just boring and meandering background music. One star from me but this is like trying to teach a 3rd grader physics, it's beyond my understanding or comprehension.

This one really was not for me. I know this album is considered a landmark live jazz recording, and I can appreciate the technical skill on display, but as a listening experience it does very little for me. The improvisation feels loose and meandering, and I struggle to find a clear hook or melody to latch onto. After a while, it all blends into one continuous wash of piano, bass and drums. At best, it works as background music, but even then it is not something that leaves a lasting impression on me. I understand why jazz fans might love the intimacy and interplay, yet it simply does not connect with me in the way other genres do. Favourite track: I genuinely could not pick one, as nothing stood out enough. Least favourite: The overall sound just never grabbed me. Album artwork: A classic black and white jazz cover. Understated and serious, much like the music itself

I don't like jazz.

actual genuine elevator music ): 1/5 stars.

Skipped after the first track. I appreciate the skill in jazz, it's just not for me

I believe this is what it would have sounded like if when I tried to play instruments for the first time in my life I was given a random jazz song and asked to replicate it

Better than that Miles Davis nonsense the other day. I prefer piano based Jazz, but not enough to elevate the score any higher than the 1 star.

What the hell was that? Best live Jazz album ever? No it can't be. The only way I will ever listen to this again is on vinyl, with all the grooves glued up.

It's jazz. Piano, Drums, Bass. It's also a live album, and for some reason they decided to add multiple takes of the same song on the album. I already don't like jazz, and it all sounds the same to me, and then you put two takes of each song on the album with no discernable difference? That's just confusing. Sorry man. You're talented, but I hope I never have to listen to you again.

No thank you. Such dross. There may be technically impressive music here, but I can't for the life of me imagine how anyone could possibly sit and listen to it.

3/10. Gosh, I feel really bad for saying this. I really like jazz, but this album is just not for me. While reading this album's reviews, I kept thinking to myself "Did we even listen to the same album at all?". This is only the 217th album that the generator gave me, but I've already listened to over 1,000 (all of the albums from the 2016 edition of the album compilation, and almost all of the albums per se), and this is the only jazz album that I recall actually disliking. I don't get it. I don't like it.

It must have been recorded live but the crowd noise was so distracting it was not a pleasurable headphone listening experience.

I know this is probably unfair as these people are great musicians, but I have a bias against piano jazz music. I think it's from listening to too much NPR over the years. It just grates on me.

What's with all the 5 star reviews? This is a lot of self-indulgent noodling and boring. Why do they need to put 4 of the tracks down twice? Even they know it's not good and felt they could do better. Oof.

dogpoo

Boring

I really am trying to like jazz. It’s not workint

Don't care for jazz 1/5

Oh heck no

live albums are rarely good and this was undeniably the worst one we've had. as far as jazz goes, this wasn't as bad as i was expecting, but the whole experience was not good. learning that recording a live album at the village vanguard with light dinner conversation in the background of all your songs is a rite of passage for jazz artists was upsetting.

mm, not to be a jazz hater, i just don't want to listen to an hour of elevator music back to back

Jazz is not my stuff.

idk

Ich kann diese Platte nicht hören. Jazz.

I have been trapped in this elevator for 68 minutes. Please send help.

I have no time for jazz so 1 star or F.

I am not a jazz guy.

For the people who enjoy this style of jazz, I'm sure this is a great album, but I find this style of jazz blends into the background and I don't absorb it. Just not my thing!

Nicht meine Richtung

Jazz sucks, but with that in mind I still especially hated this. So dull. Music to wander a Barnes and Noble to.

1. gloriaz - 1 2. man - 1 3. zolar - 1 4. alice - 1.5 5. you - 1.5 6. jade - 0 7. gloria - 1

3/10 This is the epitome of “not for me”. Piano jazz, well played and recorded, but terminally, brutally boring. Meandering lounge music with no hint of noticeable distinct songs or melodies. Rough.

not my music old jazz

Dull boring derivitive jizz No! I'd rather listen to cats playing on a piano. Is there a person alive that remembers that Sunday at the Village Vanguard? I doubt if anyone recalled this performance day the following week!

couldn't hack the whole thing, too samey!

Oh fuck off. Jazz again? This degenerate filth needs to stop. Play some real fucking music, you wanker.

I don't even talk about that...

Jazz :(