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The Bad Plus at Chris' Jazz Cafe on March 27 & 28, 2009
The Bad Plus joined by vocalist Wendy Lewis will be performing at Chris Jazz Cafe on March 27 & 28. The band is comprised of bassist Reid Anderson, pianist Ethan Iverson, and drummer David King, three post-modern jazz iconoclasts who combine keen wit, dynamic musical contrasts, and an original sensibility in what's been called “the loudest ...
Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense - Four-Part Documentary
Four-Part Jazz Documentary Explores Contemporary Jazz Luminaries Including Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard, Jason Moran, The Bad Plus The Documentary Channel Exclusive Premiere Of All Four Episodes Begins April 20 Episode One Premieres April 15 at Jazz At Lincoln Center Paradigm Studio partners with Don Q Rum in association with Rums of Puerto Rico to present Icons ...
The Bad Plus with Wendy Lewis: For All I Care
by Matt Marshall
The recordings of too many contemporary jazz singers teeter precipitously on a cliff overlooking the meandering river of easy listening. Jane Monheit and her ilk sculpt with cake-icing spatulas, decorating standards and new material alike with a thick sheen of creamy frosting. Those who might reasonably lay claim to being the musical descendants of Billie Holiday ...
Innerviewworld.com Interview: The Bad Plus
The Bad Plus is a collective made up of bassist Reid Anderson, pianist Ethan Iverson, and drummer David King. All three are from the Midwest and they have known each other since their teens. Nonetheless, with the exception of one unimpressive meeting in 1990, it is only after spending their formative 20s apart--King as a session ...
The Bad Plus / Wendy Lewis: For All I Care
by Jeff Vrabel
The Bad Plus / Wendy Lewis For All I Care Heads Up International 2009 If you are The Bad Plus, and you've spent your acclaimed and wacky career dismantling pop and jazz tunes down to their barely recognizable components--spreading those components around like bike pieces on a garage floor and ...
Moscow City Jazz Festival 2008
by Frederick Bernas
City Jazz Festival December 4-5, 2008 16 Tons Moscow, RussiaErik Truffaz December 4 Swiss trumpeter Erik Truffaz, a moderately well-known figure on the international tour circuit, surely counts Russia as a favorite gigging destination. This concert, in a popular pub-cum-music-club called 16 Tons, saw him welcomed ...
Frank Macchia: Saxolollapalooza
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Way in the background on some classic big band recordings, there is a high-pitched aural glow, a sustained, ethereal, almost liturgical hum coming from somewhere in the reeds section. Duke Ellington's “There Shall Be No Night," from the great Blanton/Webster Band box set (Bluebird, 1990), has it. Partly it's the recording technology of the time, sufficiently ...
Layin' a Strip for the Higher-Self State Line
Featuring the music of The Bad Plus
Duration: 3:49
Prog
By The Bad Plus
Label: Heads Up International
Released: 2007
Track listing: Everybody Wants To Rule The World; Physical Cities; Life On Mars; Mint; Giant; Thriftstore Jewelry; Tom Sawyer; This Guy's In Love With You; The World is The Same; 1980 World Champion.
The Bad Plus: Prog
by Christopher Shoe
Since its appearance on the music scene in 2003, The Bad Plus has been at the forefront of numerous debates within the world of jazz and beyond. Questions of genre placement and definition terminology seem to plague this esoteric band. Its newest disc Prog certainly won't answer these questions or solve these debates. In fact, it ...
