Sunday at the Village Vanguard

Sunday at the Village Vanguard is a live 1961 recording by the Bill Evans Trio, featuring Bill Evans on piano, Scott LaFaro on bass and Paul Motian on drums. The music blends cool jazz lyricism with post-bop harmonic depth and is distinguished by unusually conversational group interplay, close listening, and LaFaro's melodic, agile bass lines that often function as a counterpoint to Evans's piano. Captured in an intimate club setting and recorded shortly before LaFaro's death, the session is regarded as a landmark in the evolution of the modern jazz piano trio.