The Bad Plus
The Bad Plus
Group from United States
Genres: jazz, contemporary jazz, free jazz, instrumental, piano
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About The Bad Plus
The Bad Plus are a U.S. jazz quartet consisting of bassist Reid Anderson, drummer Dave King, guitarist Ben Monder and saxophonist Chris Speed. Anderson and King are originally from Minnesota. King is also part of the Minnesota-based groups Halloween, Alaska, Happy Apple, and Love-Cars. Founding member and pianist Ethan Iverson left the group at the beginning of 2018 and was replaced by Orrin Evans. Evans left the group in 2021. The three original members first played together in 1989, but didn't come together as an established act until 2000. Perhaps to make up for lost time, they proceeded to record their first album, a self-titled effort released on Fresh Sound, after playing only three gigs together. In 2002, after playing a show at the Village Vanguard which was heard by Columbia Records representative Yves Beauvais, the band was signed to Columbia. They released their major label debut, These Are the Vistas, in 2003, and followed it up with Give in 2004 and Suspicious Activity? in 2005. Also in 2005, a live disc - Blunt Object: Live in Tokyo - was released. The band went into the studio again in September 2006 to record Prog, released in May 2007. The trio's music combines elements of traditional and free jazz with rock and pop influences; These Are the Vistas included a version of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", Blondie's "Heart of Glass" and "Flim" by Aphex Twin. Give contains covers of tunes by the Pixies and Black Sabbath, while Suspicious Activity contains a cover of the theme from Chariots of Fire. Prog contains a cover of Rush's "Tom Sawyer".
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The Bad Plus — Top 30 songs of 73
| Artist | Song title | Like / Dislike | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bad Plus | Grid; Ocean | ||
| The Bad Plus | Li po | ||
| The Bad Plus | Seven Minute Mind | ||
| The Bad Plus | Silence Is The Question (2003) | ||
| The Bad Plus | Boffadem | ||
| The Bad Plus | Lock, Stock And Teardrops | ||
| The Bad Plus | Heart Of Glass | ||
| The Bad Plus | Big Eater | ||
| The Bad Plus | Giant | ||
| The Bad Plus | Radio Cure | ||
| The Bad Plus | Silence Is The Question | ||
| The Bad Plus | Flim | ||
| The Bad Plus | French Horns | ||
| The Bad Plus | Motivations II | ||
| The Bad Plus | My friend metatron | ||
| The Bad Plus | Never stop | ||
| The Bad Plus | Seven minute mind | ||
| The Bad Plus | Feeling Yourself Disintegrate | ||
| The Bad Plus | Comfortably Numb | ||
| The Bad Plus | Everywhere You Turn | ||
| The Bad Plus | The Robots | ||
| The Bad Plus | Carrier | ||
| The Bad Plus | Li Po | ||
| The Bad Plus | Barracuda | ||
| The Bad Plus | Let Our Garden Grow | ||
| The Bad Plus | Do It Again | ||
| The Bad Plus | Guilty | ||
| The Bad Plus | Scurry | ||
| The Bad Plus | The Sacrifice: Evocation Of The Ancestors / Ritual Action Of The Ancestors | ||
| The Bad Plus | Never Stop |