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The three musicians first played together in 1989, but didn’t come together as an established act until 2000. Perhaps to make up for lost time, they proceeded to record their first album, a self-titled effort released on Fresh Sound, after playing only three gigs together. In 2002, after playing a show at the Village Vanguard which was heard by Columbia Records representative Yves Beauvais, the band was signed to Columbia. They released their major label debut, These Are The Vistas, in 2003, and followed it up with Give in 2004 and Suspicious Activity? in 2005. Also in 2005, a live disc - Blunt Object: Live In Tokyo - was released. The band went into the studio again in September 2006 to record Prog, released in May 2007.
The trio’s music combines elements of traditional and free jazz with rock and pop influences; These Are The Vistas included a version of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, Blondie’s “Heart of Glass” and “Flim” by Aphex Twin. Give contains covers of tunes by the Pixies and Black Sabbath, while Suspicious Activity contains a cover of the theme from Chariots of Fire. Prog contains a cover of Rush’s “Tom Sawyer”.
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These Are The Vistas
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Never Stop
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MrKdnas
Recently re-discovered them after quite a while... "Dirty Blond" is on loop on my computer, epic tune
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atom_box
( The Bad Plus ) - ( REO Speedwagon ) = (Portico Quartet )
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barrospablito
We need this on CD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DdE49jdfn6Y
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antFz
Вобщем, действительно! :)
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fromsoultosoul
Вобщем, пацаны, рассказываю. Бэд плюс ебейшая команда, просто охуеть. Всем слушать, вникать и проникаться. Всем джаз, короче.
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gokunirvana
Cool band! Their covers of pop songs are pretty badass.
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PurplePostRock
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OctavariumTrap
Never Stop is fantastic, I'm looking forward to the next release
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bennok
How to transform "Bad Play" into hypnotic music! I love the rythmic interplay of the 3 musician, how they manage to come together again even after long acrobatic sort of complex syncopations.
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ptrmx5
I was very lucky to have discovered this AWESOME band! So delighting music...
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Ordaz-Elojonove
The Bad Plus: Orgasm, marijuana & relax.
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LiviusPunk
Fabolous show in Locorotondo (Italy) last night!
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standupbassgirl
They played at the Halifax Jazz Festival last week and did their reconstructed commission of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring - AMAZING!
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Wrenaissance
The Aphex Twin cover caught my interest, great stuff.
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xLADYxGAGAxfAn
saw them at Duke University and was completely blown away
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MsKalyakina
awesome!)
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Diothalamus
ethan iverson has the coolest sense of harmony. he is truly "hep."
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whispymound
I love their version of flim. It's perfect! I think i prefer it to Aphex Twin's version.
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rod32lop
pure hard core! lol!
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