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.
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