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These are the Vistas

Label: Columbia Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Big Eater 2. Keep The Bugs Off Your Glass And The Bears Off Your A** 3. Smells Like Teen Spirit 4. Everywhere You Turn 5. 1972 Bronze Medalist 6. Guilty 7. Boo-Wah 8. Flim 9. Heart Of Glass 10. Silence Is The Question

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The Bad Plus: These Are The Vistas

Read "These Are The Vistas" reviewed by Joshua Weiner


There's an old saying about a dog walking upright on his hind legs: it's not that he does it well, but rather that he does it at all that's interesting. Listening to the arrangement of Nirvana's “Smells Like Teen Spirit" by the Bad Plus brought this to mind. While 7 of 10 tracks on their major-label ...

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The Bad Plus: These are the Vistas

Read "These are the Vistas" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Blasting out of the heartland, the Bad Plus spills onto the jazz landscape like strong waters, cleansing the palette of the recent barrage of jazz jam bands. Billed as the “loudest Jazz Piano Trio," the Bad Plus consists of bassist Reid Anderson, pianist Ethan Iverson, and drummer David King. Their music is compelling for two reasons. ...

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The Bad Plus: These Are the Vistas

Read "These Are the Vistas" reviewed by Paul Abella


At first glance, this doesn't look like a jazz record, with that big picture of what might be a robot on the front--and three thugs on the back looking like they just stepped out of the garage. But look closer. The Bad Plus is one of the most unique piano trios you are ever ...

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The Bad Plus: These are the Vistas

Read "These are the Vistas" reviewed by Jeff Stockton


Sure, the Bad Plus is a piano trio. Just a modern take on one. On These Are The Vistas, the group's major label debut, these three players present a decidedly more contemporary vision of the concept. “Big Eater" begins ominously, before its disjointed beat turns martial. Drummer Dave King's attack is alternately aggressive, delicate, and swinging. ...


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