Portrait In Jazz
by Bill Evans Trio
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Bill Evans Trio bestography
Portrait In Jazz is ranked 3rd 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 1328 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,296.
(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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Portrait In Jazz track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Portrait In Jazz 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 | Hyggevinyl | Top 40 Music Albums of 1960 | 11/40 | 4 |
| 2026 |  LebowskiRams | Top 50 Music Albums of the 1960s | 23/50 | 11 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 30 Music Albums of 1960 | 8/30 | 4 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Bill Evans: So Far.. | 4/14 | - |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1960 | 10/50 | 4 |
| 2026 | panapsal | Top 99 Music Albums of 1960 | 4/99 | 5 |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 28 Music Albums of 1960 | 20/28 | 2 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 28 Music Albums of 1960 | 23/28 | 1 |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 36 Music Albums of 1960 | 10/36 | 4 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Favorite Albums 300-201 | 25/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 97 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 396 | |||
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Portrait In Jazz ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/18/2026 03:48 |  Taka | 1,083 | 80/100 |
| ! | 06/24/2026 15:28 |  Dingerbell | 4,131 | 62/100 |
| ! | 03/14/2026 12:10 | wadwicz5 | 901 | 86/100 |
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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 77.7/100, a mean average of 77.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.
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baystateoftheart 09/09/2018 06:07 in Human Canon Ball Relaunched: A Trip Through TimePortrait In Jazz comments
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A wonderful fusion of expert piano playing and superb bass-work. A masterclass in smooth Jazz. 9/10!
2nd-Impressions 10/15/2020 06:28 | #259316
71/100
Best tracks: When I Fall In Love, Spring Is Here
Worst track: Come Rain or Come Shine
Great jazz record. Definitely underrated.
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