Undercurrent (studio album)
by Bill Evans & Jim Hall

Undercurrent by Bill Evans & Jim Hall
Year: 1962
Overall rank: 6,122nd   
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 53 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1962 (21st)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (476th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,122nd)

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Undercurrent is ranked as the best album by Bill Evans & Jim Hall.

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Undercurrent track list

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Undercurrent rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 6,122nd | 1960s rank: 476th | 1962 rank: 21st

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Undercurrent ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 53 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.1/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.1.

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From 01/24/2022 15:50 | #280008
This is a nice, light, smooth jazz album with just a piano and guitar.

Interestingly, the album artwork looks like it belongs to an early 2010s metal album, cool photography and graphic design choices (e.g. lack of text) which are somewhat uncharacteristic of the early 1960s.

This might be my favorite Bill Evans album.
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Best Albums of 1962
1. Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music by Ray Charles
2. Howlin' Wolf by Howlin' Wolf
3. Waltz For Debby by Bill Evans Trio
4. Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan
5. Green Onions by Booker T. & The M.G.'s
6. Go by Dexter Gordon
7. Françoise Hardy (Tous Les Garçons Et Les Filles) by Françoise Hardy
8. Tijuana Moods by Charles Mingus
9. Jazz Samba by Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd
10. The Bridge by Sonny Rollins
11. Oh Yeah by Charles Mingus
12. Crying by Roy Orbison
13. Coltrane "Live" At The Village Vanguard by John Coltrane
14. Takin' Off by Herbie Hancock
15. Surfin' Safari by The Beach Boys
16. Peter, Paul And Mary by Peter, Paul And Mary
17. Mosaic by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
18. Coltrane by John Coltrane Quartet
19. Sentimentally Yours by Patsy Cline
20. Burnin' by John Lee Hooker
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