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Discover releases reviews credits songs and more about the bad plus prog at discogs. A democratic unit with a clear vision and a refusal to conform to convention. Recorded this past april at nyc s brooklyn recording with longtime engineer pete rende joshua redman bill mchenry the album spans both era and inspiration as the bad plus offer new perspectives on classic songs from the 1970s to the 2010s. But for all i care is more than just an album pairing a singer with a backing band.

The bad plus are the ultimate originals. The bad plus joined by wendy lewis 2 the bad plus joined by wendy lewis 2 for all i care album 7 versions. As with the bad plus previous releases the group s original compositions are the meat of the album. Giant and physical cities carve out huge walls of sonic space with abandon.

Listen now with amazon music. Still has the same great bass and drums but the flair and flourish of ethan iverson are gone and they were central to the sound of this band for me. 2009 release from the progressive jazz trio joined on this album from guest vocalist wendy lewis. The album marks the first bad plus recording to include a guest vocalist as the fourth instrument in its sonic arsenal.

Shop vinyl and cds and complete your the bad plus collection. For the past ten years the bad plus reid anderson on bass ethan iverson on piano and david king on drums have created an uncompromising body of work by shattering musical convention. This doesn t sound like the bad plus to me. This record sounds like something much more conventional than what i m used to getting from these guys.

The bad plus format. In 2018 they announced a change of line up that shook the jazz world bringing. I can t say that i recall knowingly hearing the bad plus beforehand i ve at least never consciously sought out one of their records spun it front to back as was the case. Rolling stone called their amalgam of jazz pop rock and avant garde about as badass as highbrow gets while the new york times said the band is better than.

This is rockist jazz a postmodern fusion that relies greatly on tricky time signatures and mashups of seemingly incongruous sound.