Four years ago, The Bad Plus released These Are The Vistas, their first
recording for the venerable Columbia label. With a sound more akin to a rock and
roll assault than to the politeness of a jazz piano trio, with influences ranging
from Stravinsky to Ornette Coleman, and a repertoire blending diverse original
material and provocative covers of Nirvana and Aphex Twin, The Bad Plus earned
a reputation as one of the most forward-thinking groups in music.
Produced by Tchad Blake, among the most innovative engineers of the...
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