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10 songs that feel like Nardis

Matched to Nardis by Bill Evans on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Nardis
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Nardis
Bill Evans
safe 22/100 intensity 140 BPM
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Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye — John Coltrane safe 110 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100).

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Tell Me a Bedtime Story — Herbie Hancock safe 120 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Same smooth texture.

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Crazy Fingers — Grateful Dead safe 110 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (25/100). Measured 89% alike.

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But Not for Me — John Coltrane safe 120 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Same smooth texture.

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Night and Day — Joe Pass safe 120 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100).

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Lush Life — Stan Getz safe 120 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100). Same smooth texture.

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Stella by Starlight — Keith Jarrett safe 60 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — sits a little calmer at 15/100. Measured 84% alike.

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Country — Keith Jarrett safe 110 BPM

Measures 93% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Same smooth texture.

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With the Ink of a Ghost — Jose Gonzalez safe 90 BPM

A 86% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100).

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Miles' Mode — John Coltrane safe 140 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 32/100. Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Nardis” by Bill Evans?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye” by John Coltrane, “Tell Me a Bedtime Story” by Herbie Hancock, “Crazy Fingers” by Grateful Dead — the top match scores 94% alike. Matching is by how the songs actually move (intensity, dynamic range, texture, tempo, predictability, vocal force), not by genre tag or popularity.

How intense is “Nardis”?

It measures 22/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 4/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 140 BPM.

How do you decide which songs are similar?

Every song in our catalog is measured on 8 dimensions — intensity, dynamic range, tempo, sudden changes, texture, predictability, vocal force and fine sound detail. Similarity is the distance between two songs across those measurements, so matches cross genres and eras. Shared mood tags break ties.

By the numbers: how this song compares

Computed from this song’s place among the 19,209 songs we’ve measured.

Where it sits in 19,000 songs

This sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 86% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 22/100 comes from a dynamic range of 4/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and instrumental. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 97% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on full chaos — sudden changes, huge quiet-to-loud swings, and relentless energy — the kind of track this one is the counterpoint to.

Feels almost identical to

Closest matches by feel across all 19,209 measured songs — not by genre or artist, by how they actually move.

Dial the feeling up or down

Same feeling, bigger: Blue 7 — Sonny Rollins

What it’s good for

Sleep9/10
Focus10/10
Workout4/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype3/10

Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity22
Dynamics33
Tempo56
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability50
Vocal force0
Trigger load0

The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.

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