The Bad Plus, Pittsburgh International Jazz Live Festival, Pittsburgh, Pa 2017

The Bad Plus (since 2000), a jazz trio from Minneapolis, Minnesota, consisting of bassist Reid Anderson, pianist Orrin Evans, and drummer Dave King. The trio's music combines elements of modern avant-garde jazz with rock and pop influences. A live performance at the Village Vanguard was heard by Columbia Records representative Yves Beauvais, and the band was Signed to Columbia in 2002. Their major label debut album, These Are the Vistas, was released in 2003. This was followed by Give in 2004 and Suspicious Activity? in 2005. After parting ways with Columbia, the group signed to Heads Up Records (a division of Telarc), and released the album Prog in 2007. In early Spring of 2008 they finished recording their next studio album, For All I Care, which features vocalist Wendy Lewis. It was released in autumn 2008 in Europe and in spring 2009 in the US. Their album Never Stop was released in September 2010.