Sunday At The Village Vanguard

nice sounds

Great album to relax.

First listen

Ah Bill Evans my love. This is an incredible recording and performance. I actually like some of his other albums better on a personal level (Portrait in Jazz, Everybody Loves, Interplay). I feel they show his melodicism better. But this is still amazing

Beautiful jazz album

Nice jazz, chill instrumentals

Yup. That’s jazz.

chill. jazz. mellow. background.

A pleasant listen, but not especially memorable for me. Bill Evans’ piano is beautiful throughout, and the bass work really stands out. Still, on several tracks I felt the absence of a vocalist, which made it harder for me to fully connect. Probably one to revisit when I’m more in the mood for intimate, conversational jazz.

jazz sympa mais je veux pas ça la

HELL YEAH SOME SWINGING JAZZY TUNES! When it was over, I wanted there to be more. This was a delight, and the whole album was added to my Flow State playlist. Perfect working/background music that stimulates the mind. 9/10

Me gustó. No es mi estilo de música y no creo que vuelva a escucharlo pero está muy bueno.

It's fine, pretty generic as far as jazz goes but not unpleasant at all. Also it's cool I can listen to jazz from 1961, it's less cool that I can listen to people's conversations from 1961 in the background

Genuinely fantastic jazz that is a joy to listen to. Though I'm not sure how I feel about the different takes of the songs following the first one: since the start of the songs are so similar, it kinda feels like you're listening to the same song again. Gloria's Take is the worst of it, and it might've made a better album experience if the second takes were set in the second half. But overall, I really liked it. Wish I had more chances to go and listen to live jazz.

Bass goes dum da dum dum

I'm sure this is perfectly good jazz if you're into this sort of thing.

tried to find it interesting, sadly couldn't

Man patiko, geras pasiklausymas.

daaaang dat shi good

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

This is the kind of music that would play in the background in a perfect world as you went about your day. It seems slightly removed from reality but not enough to pinpoint - a bit like a first kiss. Where is my perfect world?

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...

first jazz album in a longtime. unfortunately, i feel like i don’t have the enough knowledge to critic or comment properly on jazz, or moreover it doesn’t feel like my place to do so lol. for a live recording for the 60s, this is really smooth. bass is incredible. bass pulls you back each time. each instrument hold on to each other very well. fav: alice in wonderland, take 1

Geen groot spektakel, redelijk subtiel. De live collab is wel sick

staccato and discordant jazz makes my brain unsettled, it's hard to listen along to and find groove. piano was good though

Great jazz piano album. I think I prefer Dave Brubeck or Vince Guaraldi, but this was good. I was surprised by the bass playing.

Really smooth piano driven jazz. I found the soft murmur of the crowd a bit distracting though, I kept pausing the music because it sounded like people were talking outside my window hahah

BORING

i'd liked it, I think it's a good gateway to get more in to jazz music.

The kind of album that demands the respected of being listened to on speakers instead of headphones. 10/10 no notes

Jazz is an unfamiliar genre for me but I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this during breakfast. The fact that it's recorded live is impressive. I like to imagine the collaboration between the musicians and what the atmosphere must have been like in 1961. I definitely need to explore more in the genre

Good smooth vibes. Pretty slow overall without changes in tempo. Nice for dinner music.

Like sitting in airport lounge waiting for your twin prop plane to take you Kenosha, Wisconsin. There's some sweet soloing, and for the dreaded Kool Jazz, I actually enjoyed it.

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

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

5 - AVERAGE

Smooth. If I had to describe this album in one word it would be that. Seriously some of you all parents were conceived to this album. Grandma was knocking some boots to it. What struck me was how good the recording of it was. A lot of older jazz albums have a grit to them and this doesn't. I swear you hear glasses clink in the background. This is an album that belongs on the list.

Jazz never has and never will be for me.

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.

While not really my thing definitely one to save for the right moment and also just incredible

Haven't heard much from the 60s. It's Sunday and the album has the name Sunday in it. Starts off with piano instrumental, exactly how a Sunday morning should sound like. Every song flows into the next one, only the clapping indicates that a song has ended. It's fine to listen to in the background, nothing exciting, nothing offensive. But I also don't usually listen to anything jazzy, so my perception is an outsiders. How do I give a rating to an album like this?

Not my thing, would normally love to see it live but not as fussed here.

This is the kind of jazz that I like to have on when I'm cleaning my house. It's just complex enough to keep my attention but not so crazy that I have to stop and listen. Just perfect from this era.

i mean it's jazz

This was really interesting. Perfect background music for math homework or programming I feel like, because of how complex the melodies are. More investigation into this guy needed.

Too much piano

Not for me

This was something out of my comfort zone but I feel this would be amazing on vinyl as background noise. Top song: Alice in Wonderland, Gloria's Step

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

Just instrumental, wouldn’t say it’s something that everyone has to listen to

Haven’t listen to much jazz in my life but I had and decent time with this album. Although to me it felt like there was a lot of wasted space just bloating the album but I guess it live so it makes sense.

10/10 jazz is amazing, library/coffee shop music for sure, really allowed me to have background music while I also focused on things happening in real life, perfect complimentary music when you don’t want to get too distracted by what’s going on in your headphones but still want music

GOING IN: Quite hopeful LISTENED WHILE: having breakfast FAMILIARITY: New to me SKIP RATE: Played it straight through REPLAY VALUE: Might come back to it DISCOVERY CURVE: Needed another go ALBUM ARC: Pretty even, consistent VERDICT: Fair enough BODY'S VERDICT: Toe tapping situation My Rating: 2.5 Needs another listen.

𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘝𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥 is a beautifully intimate live document, but its age shows in the recording quality, and the trio format naturally leaves a lot of open space. The interplay between piano, bass and drums is subtle and refined, yet for someone who gravitates toward jazz with horns, the absence of saxophone or trumpet can make the music feel a bit too soft or restrained. It’s an important performance and a graceful listen, just not fully engaging if piano-trio jazz doesn’t connect on a deeper level.

Not usually into this genre. Didn’t mind it. Would probably be good background music.

nice

Really good.

Not really my thing but seems good

Worked better as background music. Not overly jazzy.

Second star is for being good background music.

Very good study/background music. Not unique enough for the likes playlist though

Listenable. But repetitive. Not the best jazz for me.

Would be good as a background music or a smoky bar. Feel I don’t appreciate it enough as I am not a musician

Favourites: 1. Alice In Wonderland

i’m fucking with this HEAVY. i love jazz. i feel like im shopping at a Sears department store in 1965, just looking for the perfect gift for my husband (its their cheapest, but still expensive looking casual everyday wear watch and he let me take the family car out to be here). did this album just raise my IQ? whoever is on the standing bass can GET IT. i hate the clapping - this shit better be a live album. okay, it is live. best tracks: alice in wonderland and all of you (shit has some swing to it!)

Enjoyed this album. Playing is really good and the band is tight. Just a little slow for my taste, but overall a really good jazz album. 4/5 Will listen again

relaxing and instrumental

Ok, feels like there is just too much going on at times and its for the negative.

I liked each of these songs up until the bass solos. They weren’t poorly played, I just feel like the upright bass sounds bad on its own.

Having a tech issue. This initially came up as the album Gorillaz, which I love and have listened to a zillion times. Here is my comment on Gorillaz: A friend in college put Man Research (Clapper) into a student film I took part in and I loved it. The film was lousy. I played a clueless, affable roommate. The friend is now a wedding videographer. Anyway, I listened to that song at least once a month for the last 20-odd years, sometimes much more. I didn’t really even realize it had lyrics until a few years ago. Something about me is that I never hear the lyrics in a song. It’s a problem. I’ll fall in love with a riff or a tone but I have no idea what many of my favorite songs are actually about.

not my type of music

added to reading playlist!

me cuesta un poco escuchar un jazz tan abstracto, pero me ha gustado. Me lo guardo para estudiar. Me han gustado: Solar y Alice in wonderland, all of you (tenen molt contrabaix)

Fun background listening. Certainly swings. Fave tracks: Solar

🌟🌟🌟🌟 not a huge fan of jazz but this is really good

Jazz brunch

This should be fun

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

3 not my thing

ou shityeah. huere smooth huuuere schö. de bill weiss so viel gueti voicings. und s bassolo uf glorias step isch craaazy. huere geil my mans gone now crazy geili sache bill. isch er mehrstimmig aso so füfstimmig am soliere hoooly shit. meega schön wooow. ääää das isch jo alls uhuere schön. ah und uf solar chaner auno richtig swinge okaaay. bill evans snell? da gitz?

geiils albumcover hahaha scho det hetmer vom todesfall vomene künstler kapitalisiert joo es isch mega schön, mega agnehm. vill meh hani nöd z sege

Ah, enfin un album de jazz qui ne donne pas l'impression d'avoir été fait pour ceux qui n'aiment pas le jazz ! Et celui-ci est vraiment très cool. Le piano, c'est pas ce que je préfère dans le jazz, mais celui-ci m'a vraiment capté, c'est probablement ma performance préférée du genre à ce jour. En prime, on a une petite basse vraiment sympa. Sur le papier, ça n'aurait pas dû me parler plus que ça, mais c'était vraiment un bon moment.

Solar is probably my favorite. Had no idea jazz guys liked herion so much

Jazz álbum, it’s difficult to listen

It’s about time we had more Jazz on this list.

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

meh

Very good. This is the jazz I like. High 3s.

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

Solid, but not my favorite jazz album. Gloria’s Step (take 2) ★★★★☆ My Man’s Gone Now ★★★☆☆ Solar ★★★☆☆ Alice in Wonderland (take 2) ★★★★☆ All of You (take 2) ★★★☆☆ Jade Visions (take 2) ★★★☆☆ Gloria’s Step (take 3) ★★★☆☆ Alice in Wonderland (take 1) ★★★☆☆ All of You (take 3) ★★★☆☆ Jade Visions (take 1) ★★★☆☆ Average Album Rating: 3.2/5.0 ★★★☆☆

3.2

Like most jazz albums set to fancy restaurants but this time with a live audience.

2,7 - Im Gegensatz zu anderen Jazz-Alben konnte ich das nicht einfach laufen lassen. Zu kompliziert wirkten die Stücke auf mich. Unterhaltsam ist es trotzdem Highlights: Alice in Wonderland - Take 1

Excellent example of how wonderful the world would be without saxophones.

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

Left almost no impression at all.

calm, elevator/hotel lobby type beat, not really my style

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..

By golly it’s jazz. Some of the jazziest jazz I’ve ever heard. I’m all jazzed out. I don’t think I can give any jazz album higher than a 3 on principle at this point.

Dette er veldig digg jazz som jeg tror jeg kunne hørt masse på. Spørsmålet jeg stiller meg er om det kommer å utvikle seg til noe større og viktigere — noe som gir meg lyst til å høre det igjen & igjen — eller om det bare er et album jeg liker mens det går, men glemmer etter en uke. Litt distraherende med folk som står og snakker. Når jeg hørte på dette med headset, fikk jeg en trang til å snu meg flere ganger for å se om det kom fra rommet jeg befant meg i.

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.

Good stuff. I still know next to nothing about jazz and so I feel like a lot of this is lost on me, but fortunately this came up right around Christmas so like three separate times I queued it up behind the Vince Guaraldi Trio's Charlie Brown Christmas album and that worked out quite nicely. No songs in particular stood out, definitely felt like the kind of album that's meant to just be put on and establish a mood for the whole runtime. 7/10, three stars.

Smooth Piano Jazz, not my normal thing, good background/ cocktail party music.

quiet, contemplative, perfect for a rainy sunday

such great atmosphere, I feel like these guys are probably better in a live environment, as their style seems to revolve around a lot of improvised stuff (as well as most/all other jazz musicians probably. I think he's probably my favourite jazz pianist if not any pianist of all time, as he can make such emotive parts and also really interesting creative stuff, with seemingly total control and understanding of what he's playing musically. the drums and bass are great as well, and the upright bass solos are always really cool. yeah its just a really chilled out but also extremely varied (in terms of mood) album. Favourite songs: all. Overall around 9/10

Boring

Unexpected gem. Would listen again when I need some peppy jazz music. Replayed in the car - perfect driving music. I kept forgetting this was a live session until the audience clapped after each song.

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.

Every Bill Evans album on this list will get a 5 from me, and I hope this is the first of many of his albums. This isn’t background music, folks. This is the main event.

3. You wake up put on this album, go to wash your face, make coffee and put some make up on to the sound of piano and drums. No words, no loud noises, but a peaceful morning started with jazz.

I love the jazz in this Piano heavy with strong percussion and strings Long songs that meld together well, good overlap Long tracks work here better than electric ladyland imo Wish percussion was more prevalent Love the faint whispers in the background Live aspects sell it for me, it's the small things Saved and will listen too in the future for studying and reading

Schweet jazz

This just sounds like lifeless elevator music to me.

A pretty nice album to listen to in the morning with a cup of coffee but jazz instrumental albums will never be actively sought by me.

not bad, but I'd really rather see a live jazz performance than listen to one on headphones

This is not for me. Non-brass jazz is not for me. It's clearly an amazing performance, but it's also long and winding. I liked the idea and back story of this more than I liked the actual recording.

Som extremamente bem captado.

Still convinced nobody actually likes jazz

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

This was really nice but it became quite background musicky. Idk I didn’t hate it but I just kinda tuned it out after a while

Listened on headphones. Bass in the left ear, piano in the right. Very unnatural. I couldn't focus properly.

I know that Sunday at the Village Vanguard is an essential live jazz recording, and I've been meaning to listen to it for a while. After listening to it a few times, I'm not really sure why this record is regarded as the most important live jazz recording between 1953-1965 by the All About Jazz website, even beating out John Coltrane Live at the Village Vanguard, which is a mind-blowing recording and a personal favorite. Don't get me wrong; Sunday at the Village Vanguard is some of the most pleasant jazz I've ever heard, and it is beautifully recorded. But it feels like an extended vamp on some VERY chill themes. I may need to get more familiar with it, but none of the tracks feel like real stand-alone compositions. It is perfect for what it is. The improvisations here didn't stir my soul, but I was consistently impressed with the virtuosity. Bill Evans' piano is the focus, of course, but there is also a lot of space for Scott LaFaro, whom I'd never heard of, to riff on the stand-up bass. Again, the bass is recorded extremely well. You can easily hear the metallic rattle of the strings against the neck. It's great. Perhaps the quality of the recording itself is the real star of the date. At this time, the Village Vanguard was one of the most popular venues for live jazz recordings, and the engineers who set this one up definitely knew what they were doing. It's hard to describe, but the audio sounds very intimate. They even captured the crowd noise, mainly in the form of clinking glasses and very light murmurs, but only enough to make the recording sound alive. It never gets overly distracting. Instead, I get a slight sense of traveling back in time and actually standing in a real room. People say that about a lot of live recordings, but I don't get that feeling often. I wouldn't call the music on Sunday at the Village Vanguard exciting, but it is a chill set played by virtuosos and recorded exceptionally well. Four stars.

Piano bass and drums, buh-dum-dum-dum

Ay queria rankear este y lo puse en el de led zeppelin q salame. ( igual tmb le pongo 4 estrellas al de led zeppelin)) creo q es mi album favorito de ellos, es fantastico me encanto thank you no la conocia.

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

7/10

Held my attention longer than this sort of thing usually does, the constant bass noodling just got too much at some point. Not really my thing.

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

Fantastic sounds of laid-back and carefree jazz. While listening, I read about Evans’ life around this time and was surprised to learn about his many struggles. Can’t judge a guy by an album cover! Also didn’t know he played with Miles Davis on “Kind of Blue”. Fascinating. Overall, the guy was very talented and somehow balanced his hardships with a productive music career. Solid 4.2

great quality jazz music, great live album

deso

Good jazz piano. Not exactly what I want but very pleasant

Jazz

I enjoyed this more than I was expecting to! Saw "live jazz album from the 60s" and was initially wary, but this was good listening! Enough going on to keep me interested but not going wild, and I actually enjoyed it being a live album? The occasional bit of glasses clinking or talking cutting in I think actually added to the atmosphere a bit. "Gloria's Step" and "Alice In Wonderland" are faves on here.

Not my favorite

Very good, they are a super cohesive and talented trio, very enjoyable album

This is a fun album - insane chemistry between the band, the bassist is the standout and sad to hear that he passed so young, so soon after this show.

Not for me

Sounds like Phoenix Wright music

Live Jazz is neat background music I suppose. Best song: Can't really tell the difference between them

This has been a favorite for several years

I don't really feel I can accurately rate jazz. I'd never heard of this man before but apparently he was Miles Davis's pianist. It's all really great musically and stuff.

It's a Jazz Album...

Ganz gut, zieht sich nur irgendwann in die Länge…

Sehr schön, heftige Skills an allen Instrumenten. Hat mich aber nicht durchgehend bei der Stange gehalten.

Absolutely fire. Easily one of the most relaxing albums I've listened to in a long time.

Bill Evans played (and heard) music like nobody else before or since. This is a sublime recording, made all the more powerful by the fact that it was a live performance.

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

Quite my tempo

- albums ao vivo são difíceis de comparar com gravações de estúdio, especialmente em jazz a proeza técnica é muito mais perceptível do que algum conceito ou estilo. esse álbum tem muitos solos de baixo, algo que é mais comum hoje em dia. - pra mim a definição de cool jazz, um bebop bem tradicional com poucos instrumentos, temas bem enxutos e impressionistas, com bastante espaço pra improvisação

Relaxing, sedative, calming and smooth music. Ideal for background

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 :)

Great jazz album, well recorded

Nice easy listening jazz type

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.

One of the first albums I listened to when getting into jazz. Amazing brassless jazz album. Just a piano, drums and bass and it sounds great. The playing is top notch. You can listen closely and be floored by this trio, or you can put it on as background music for a laid back vibe. That is not an easy accomplishment. I keep this in regular rotation for killer laid back jazz. 5⭐️

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.

Hell yeah

I like Bill Evans as a jazz pianist and he does a good job here. From research, it's clear to me that this release focuses on bassist Scott LaFaro who passed away shortly after its recording. The result is something that more highlights his playing than the trio itself. The opener and closer (the best songs here) are ones he wrote and the rest feature extensive bass solos. It's cool for a laid-back vibe, but not really something I would come back to when I want some live jazz. I guess I'm used to more chaos or just more in general when it comes to jazz. Stripping it down is good, but I guess maybe I wanted a little more to do with the piano more than the bass. It's still a fine record nonetheless (6/10, 3/5 on this scale)

Exceptional jazz

As a massive Bill Evans fan, I am admittedly a little biased with this one. Like most jazz albums I don't fully understand musically, what is going on, but I do know it sure sounds good. It combines exploratory bass lines, which deviate from the established walking bassline trends of the time, with intricate drum fills and introspective piano playing. Further, multiple takes of most songs allow the listener to consider different interpretations of the same theme. A great listen, and a great tribute to LaFaro, who died ten days after this was recorded.

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 background music for a classy restaurant or cafe - but I don't own a restaurant or cafe, let alone a classy one. highlight: let's say "alice in wonderland."

Relaxing, laid-back, consistent. Overall really enjoyed listening to this, though it kind of faded into the background of my mind.

So good, and Love the subtle crowd noise in the background.

“The album is routinely ranked as one of the best live jazz recordings of all time.” Well the bar is set - let’s go Billy boy! A really lovely heart and soul to this. Effortlessly pleasant and smooth. Enjoyed the slight uptick in ‘Solar’ but once again could be lovely background or devoured with full attention. Really lovely interplay, tightness and communication from the three of them and just so much talent. Half of which probably goes over my head!

This is a great opportunity for me to finally sit down and really listen to Bill Evans. Even for me, who’s never really listened to jazz, the album felt surprisingly inviting — Jade Visions especially stood out to me. It felt less like listening to music and more like overhearing someone’s quiet thoughts — an expression beyond words.

colorful

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

This is the kind of jazz I can listen to all day.

4.0 - Very Good

Very nice.

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

Instrumental, I rather like it

I fear jazz. I fear the lack of boundaries.

Smooth, relaxing jazz. This album is poorly timed though - I am SWAMPED with work and can't RELAX.

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.

Surprisingly nice to listen to, worth 4 stars in my book

The style of Jazz that I just don't see the point of. Elevator music.

3.5/5 Zoned out to this at work. Not sure if that's good or bad. Definitely puts you in place of focus. But can also feel like dinner music at a restaurant. Also not sure if I'm sophisticated enough to critique jazz.

Really enjoyed this, nice piano jazzy stuff

Definitely a 5 star album, fit my workflow and mood perfectly today. I really like the casual dinner sounds in the background too, glasses clinking, etc. Really soothing and relaxing.

Perfect live jazz album. This trio is on fire. Scott LaFaro plays the hell out of that bass. Paul Motian has amazing feel. Bill Evans is genius. 5 stars.

Great upbeat jazz esque instrumental

Don't like jazz

Interesting, ethereal, calming

Very nice sound. Good for a critical listen and in the background

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.

Don’t love live albums

I want to like jazz. I really do. I’ve had the genre explained to me and been told exactly what to listen for, but I just can't seem to connect with it. Sometimes I feel like maybe I'm just not sophisticated enough to appreciate the form, because to my ears, it often sounds like every musician on stage is playing a completely different song at the exact same time. I fully recognize and respect that the players are technically super proficient, but despite acknowledging their undeniable talent, I just can't get into it. A respectful, but firm, pass.

Incredibly well-performed jazz album. Some of the best bass playing I've ever heard in any genre. The drumming was impeccable as well. The piano was mostly tasteful. Still, I felt the album didn't go to the highest gear it could've. While it was very solid, it didn't reach the highs it seemed it could, and stayed as very respectable dinner music.

Maybe jogging wasnt the best time to listen to this album. I wouldve preferred a cigar and single malt. It was a very nice jazz album.

Pretty loungey jazz, it didn't feel super adventurous but it wasn't boring either. Just a calm listen with a lot of bass solos

A very good jazz album, albeit a little boring at times.

real good

Mukavan leppoista kahvilamusiikkia. Ei kyllä varmaan tuu ikinä uudelleen kuunneltua, mut ei tää huonoa oo. Jos vielä olis kouluhommia mitä tehdä niin tällaista vois toistella taustametelinä! Puolen välin jälkeen alkoi kyllä hieman jo tulemaan fiilis että odottelee puhelimessa asiakaspalvelijan vastaamista/hissimusiikkia

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..

Jee jatsia. Vähän liikaa tiluttelua, mut ihan jees tunnelma kun astiat kilisee ja porukka juttelee mukavia samalla kun basisti vääntää jotain maailmanlopun sooloa.

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

Not my genre, but good music

I have often considered Miles Davis's Kind of Blue one of my all time favourite (jazz) albums. It's definitely the album that got me in to jazz music and the standard I hold other jazz albums too. It's also how I learned about some of the other masters of jazz: Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley who played on Kind of Blue. While I knew Bill Evans' name as one of the other core contributors to that album I have never actually listed to more of his music. It's clear form Sunday at the Village that Evans contribution to Kind of Blue was super substantial. This album is soo smooth, refined and subtly perfect, I wish I had discovered it sooner. There is everything you need in a jazz album and absolutely nothing more. It will definitely find a place in my smooth jazz catalogue and I look forward to checking out more of Bill Evans music.

The atmosphere on this album is incredible and all three of them are next level musicians! While Bill Evans is obviously masterful on the piano, his smooth jazz style of piano playing doesn't really excite me all that much. It's very pleasant and there's nothing I truly dislike about it, it just doesn't really stand out to me, which isn't necessarily a bad thing as it leaves a lot of space for me to appreciate the other musicians in the trio. The drumming by Paul Motian on the other hand stands out by being perfectly present and in sync with the music, but never quite taking over. He's always there keeping time, but seems to fade in and out of the tracks with ease to suit the direction of the music; he gets louder when he's needed to be louder and quieter when he's needed to be quieter. Not to mention, he's just a great drummer and I absolutely love jazz drumming. The real stand out on the album is the bass playing by Scott LaFaro. Some of the best bass playing I've heard on a jazz album and I was surprised how much focus the album had on him. That is until I read the Wikipedia afterwards and learned about his tragic death 11 days after these sessions. The tracks were reportedly selected to best feature LaFaro's playing and it absolutely shows.

Nice but not outstanding

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

nice one for a sunday morning

Amazing jazz album, worth listening too again

Ålright bakgrunnsmusikk, men ikke noe særlig som fanget oppmerksomheten.

Gave me anxiety at times.

Listens: 1.5 Standout tracks: Alice In Wonderland This album was pleasant enough. Nice background music or something you throw on while cooking or eating dinner.No complaints. One of the tracks, I think Alice In Wonderland, reminds me of the end theme song of The Boondocks. Could have been a sample or inspiration.

4/5 very excellent background noise, and very much up my alley. I don't think it's everyone's thing though, so can't be a 5/5.

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

If you like tinkle-tankle piano and tippy-tappy cymbals and strummy-thumby bass then you will likely enjoy this album. I do and I did.

Very very nice. Some contemplative jazz for a fall day.

I thought it was OK. It my favorite jazz we’ve heard.

Godamn those boys can play. The bassist stole the show. I was captivated during the whole performance. And a live album too! I don’t know much about jazz but this felt like a benchmark.

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.

Cleaned my whole house to this album

Fantastic Jazz

Great modal album, maybe one of the best after Kind of Blue, however it requires a very specific mood, one alike to the Nighthawks painting, but absolutely insufferable on an upbeat mood

It was pleasant, but I felt like it was an hour of the same thing over and over with little to grab onto. Good working, or setting the mood at a coffeee shop on a rainy day, but no other spin case for me.

It's always difficult to rate jazz albums because they are so different to other genres on this challenge. This is a highly enjoyable virtuoso jazz album, and it's a live album which makes it anneven more fantastic one because it sounds like a studio album, it's that perfect sounding. 4.5 stars.

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

Favorite Track: Gloria’s Step

Great album but not good shower music. Lounge music or study music.

so wonderful so whimsical

Classic.

To answer Barry B. Benson, I like jazz. This album also inspired me to change my earphones to mono audio.

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

I think I like jazz

Deliciously smooth, but too slow for a Monday afternoon. Maybe I don't get jazz but the different takes were bugging me because they were a bit repetitive. Maybe re-listen to this one on a more chill day

I tried. I really did.

Enjoyed this.

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

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.

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.

Listened in work, and really enjoyed the sound, in the background.Sets you back into a fancy American style lounge, or speakeasy atmosphere. Or a wet Sunday morning coffee vibe. Being live adds another element for me and is just more engaging. An unexpected enjoyable one for me. Although the repeating of certain takes of similar sounds makes it hard to track if it's a new long at times.

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.

Послушал за ужином. Итс окэй. Лучшая песня - Alice In Wonderland.

Nice calm, relaxing album. 7.1/10

Mysig platta med härlig livekänsla. Inte kanske mina favoritlåtar av Bill men många pärlor. Solon med basen kan bli lite väl i början av plattan.

I really enjoyed this classic album. It was really relaxing to listen as I drove to work. 5/5

I'm not nearly smart enough to know why, but this was blissful

Instrumental jazz. It’s great, not my cup of tea at this point.

Moja prva reakcija je bla: wtf je to, sm upala na neki bl Halloweeny. K pogledam tracklisto, vidim Alice in Wonderland v naslovih, zazdeva se mi, da je jazz, še zmer je pa mal annoying, ker je več k 1 uro. Ok. (Wiki pravi 42 minut, se prav morm odstrant 4 komade, če hočem poslušat album, kot je bil izdan.) "Gloria's Step" je zelo chill jazz. Prijetno. Isto se nadaljuje z "My Man's Gone Now". In js čist premal vem od jazza ( se pravi, nič), da bi loh karkol komentirala, a je to dobro ali ne. Je pa prijetno za poslušat. Bom zihr še kdaj, zvečer, mood lighting, itd. "Solar" mal pospeši, je bl fast-paced komad. "Alice In Wonderland" je očitno prav iz Disney filma, ampak je čist predolgo minil, da bi se ga spomnila. Zadnji, "Jade Visions" se začne počasi in je tak, minimalističen throughout. Najs.

Superb!

Possibly feeling a bit of jazz fatigue… I love Evans’ work as part of a broader ensemble but did feel having his piano work as a focus did not connect with me in the same way.

This started off really promising, thought it was going to build into something dynamic but it just didn’t really go…anywhere? Found it to be be quite soporific by the end. Probably bears a repeated listen but this feels more like background music to a cocktail party rather than something to be listened to front and centre.

Slightly less of a junkie than Chet Baker, but still an insane Wikipedia bio. Take me back to the good old days of PRESCRIPTION HEROIN. Anyways, it's hard to fuck up Jazz, and there's no doubt this guy was talented as hell. I just prefer a wind instrument focus in my jazz, rather than piano - I find piano-lead jazz a bit dull. Still, an interesting listen and one I think is worthy of any formidable vinyl collection.

Smarter and more articulate people than me have spoken at length about what makes jazz good or not good. I've got nothing to add I think its great.

THIS ALBUM IS GOATED 10/10

I lament the fact that I am listening to this at work. My headphones are noise-cancelling and spotify has lossless audio quality but this is the sort of album I should really be listening to at home on vinyl or live. The album is without flaw, I often fail to find words to describe why I enjoy or dislike Jazz albums. For this one all I can say is that it is truly tragic that Scott LaFaro passed away only days after this was recorded. The bass on My Man's Gone Now was a real highlight of this album. Not that it has any weighing upon the final score but it is always a pleasure to listen to an album whose artist's Wikipedia page is a wild ride.

Good background noise.

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.

caramba todo mundo conversa em cima do solo de baixo né? acho que é unânime gostei bastante da mix, muito gostoso de ouvir, nota mental pra ouvir mais coisas do bill evans trio. dito isso nota 3, achei mid pq em alguns momentos fiquei entediado, só tem solo de baixo chato

I refer to this as dinner jazz and that is not with slander. It is very cool music, great in the background. The first time I listened to it, the bass really stood out to me. On my second listen all three of them were burning up their instruments. My rating for this went up slightly on relisten.

Felt like was in boring dream

Good consistent vibe

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.

How about you learn how to sing, nerd

Remarkable stuff

Special

Perfect morning listening. A gem from the storied Village Vanguard from the master, Bill Evans.

Perfect mellow-ish album. But waltz for Debby is the best so far

Meh

It's lounge jazz with good piano and bass. Good mood music to throw some darts to! Not much else really to be said. If you're after smooth mood music with good piano and bass, chuck this on. Best songs: None really stand out, its basically good background music

That's some smooooooth Jazz right there.

This album sounds incredible! Feels like you are at the Vanguard. Love the music too, it's taking me down a jazz road I haven't gone in a while. Highlights: "Gloria's Step" and Solar"

Ehhhh not my thing

It’s live jazz

An hour of jazz is too much jazz for me. No doubt this is important is music history but I have simple tastes and I like lyrics to go with my melody

Best Song: Jade Visions Phew, I was scared we weren't going to get more jazz! It falls as the rest, it isn't my thing but I respect it and I listened to it. I am not a musician so I have no way to competently say it was well done or poorly done. All I can really say is it isn't my thing so I had no real reaction to it one way or another. 3/5.

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

The quality of the recording is impressive for it being a live record from the early 60's. Bass playing by LaFaro is best part of this, tragic he died days later in a car accident.

Nicht mein Genre!

Bike to school

4.35 I don't like it when there's repeated same songs next to each other. Put all your live sessions and remixes at the end pls

Jest to jazz. I to ten, który może i potrafię docenić, ale który mnie lekko nuży. Rozumiem go intelektualnie, ale nie czuję go emocjonalnie. To pewnie moja wina. 6/10.

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

I’ll give it a 4. I can appreciate that this is good music, but I’d be talking over it a hotel bar cocktail party….or while doing my chores after coming home from five days at a convention and multiple hotel bar cocktail parties. ———————————— My non-musician scoring system. 5 - Love it. Would play anytime, buy, see live… 4 - Good music. 3 - Average playlist. Depends on time and setting. 2 - I can’t listen to entire songs…skipped ahead on all of them 1 - No.

Felt like they were playing jazz on amphetamines--fast tempo. I liked the interplay between the piano and the drums.

NO MORE FUCKING JAZZ!!!!

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

Such a great Jazz album. I love that it's live, I love that there are multiple takes. I love hearing the dishes clink and people clap. It really transports you to a different place and time. I only wish I could have experienced it live. This is just the most perfect relaxing dinner Jazz album and I love it.

Beautiful playing, great live performances and recording down to the bar conversations and martini glass clinks between the numbers - but - did they have to keep every clink and laugh right through every song? Fucking annoying, like the record is a comment on the eternal insult played to jazz greats bringing genius night after night while being ignored and talked over by their audiences. I do like live better than studio for lots of jazz, but I'll check around for a Bill Evans live recording with a more involved crowd.

Piano Jazz isn't exactly my wheelhouse but if I'm going to listen to it, I think this will be the record. This is the non-Christmas background music you want for your winter dinner party, or a cozy night at home with a fire going. This was the final performance with bassist Scott LaFaro, who died in a car accident 11 days later. His bass work is intentionally showcased here as tribute, and even without the backstory it's hard not to notice his performance. Bill Evans has called this the best version of 'the Trio', and I'm not bold enough to question that. Secretly, I wish it wasn't a live album because the occasional applause breaks pull me out of my cozy solitude. However, I don't think you'd get the same magic in a studio recording. I'll cope.

Muy lindo, como para construir ciudades y verlas crecer. Nota: 3.7

Long meandering melodic lines, three instruments in complete communication (tri-alogue?). Fantastic.

The jazz albums never miss

Got this album when I was driving in the rain. Perfection for the moment.