Sunday At The Village Vanguard
by Bill Evans Trio
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Bill Evans Trio bestography
Sunday At The Village Vanguard is ranked 2nd best out of 40 albums by Bill Evans on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bill Evans is Waltz For Debby which is ranked number 1335 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,288.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Sunday At The Village Vanguard track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Sunday At The Village Vanguard rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Best Instrumental or Jazz Albums | 84/100 | - |
| 2026 | mostlymor | Top 20 Music Albums of 1961 | 5/20 | 4 |
| 2026 | AledJames | Top 81 Music Albums of the 1960s | 46/81 | 9 |
| 2026 | sweetness | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 76/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Best Ever Live Albums | 53/100 | - |
| 2026 | OFarrio | Best Album of 1961 | 1/1 | 5 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 37/100 | 61 |
| 2026 |  Taka | Top 97 Music Albums of the 1960s | 52/97 | 9 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 67/100 | 7 |
| 2026 |  Dingerbell | Top 5 Music Albums of 1961 | 1/5 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 171 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,029 | |||
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Sunday At The Village Vanguard ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/14/2026 13:34 | AAL2014 | 4,315 | 75/100 |
| ! | 05/24/2026 21:34 | AledJames | 1,704 | 69/100 |
| ! | 03/01/2026 16:56 | sweetness | 1,127 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.2/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.
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Sunday At The Village Vanguard forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 06/26/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5355): By SantiagoSunday At The Village Vanguard comments
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God on earth. Debussy, Ravel, Ellington..all is in Evans and Evans is in heaven. The best pianist of all time and not only in jazz. Gould, Rubinstein, Pollini, Horowitz..... yes, of course, but Bill Evans forever.
N.- Evans, LaFaro and Motian are THE TRIO. (Edited)
Recorded the same night as, waltz for Debby. It's lovely stuff, but haunted by the fact that bass player Scott Lefaro would sadly pass away within two weeks of this show. (Edited)
Some of my favorite piano playing. Bill Evans manages to make complex harmony sound like an easygoing pop melody. (Edited)
Fantastic old-school jazz album. Loved it the very first time I heard it. Pity music isn't made like this any more. (Edited)
HoldenM TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/27/2026 03:02 | #313314 | TOP COMMENT
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Stunning, although I'm pretty sure I hear someone hearing a sandwich. (Edited)
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