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The Bad Plus: Give
Latin music makes its presence in "Cheney Pinata" and boogie in "Layin' A Strip For the Higher-Self State Line." There is also a bit of free jazz in the interpretation of Ornette Coleman's "Street Woman." Rock music makes its appearance in the playing of drummer David King on various tunes. On some of them, like "An Here We Test Our Powers of Observation," his playing is reminiscent of the beats of electronic pop music, an element which continuously appeared on the former album.
Just as with These are The Vistas, the relationship with rock is also established by working with producer Tchad Blake and recording of versions of hit songs of popular bands. On Give there is a version of the Pixies' "Velouria" and Black Sabbath's "Iron Man." Although this is not a fusion or jazz-rock record, it's the result of a jazz trio looking to expand the language of jazz from the traditional point of view in which it was placed in the past decades by the mainstream.
Track Listing
1979 Semi-Finalist; Cheney Piata; Street Woman; And Here We Test Our Powers Of Observation; Frog And Toad; Velouria; Layin A Strip For the Higher-Self State Line; Do Your Sums-die Like a Dog Play For Home; Dirty blonde; Neptune (The Planet); Iron Man.
Personnel
The Bad Plus
band / ensemble / orchestraEthan Iverson: piano; Reid Anderson: bass; David King: drums.
Album information
Title: Give | Year Released: 2004 | Record Label: Columbia Records
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