A music blog written by Rich Brown
Last month, The Bad Plus released their tenth studio album, Inevitable Western. That first sentence sort of blows my mind. Wasn't it yesterday I was in the used CD store buying These Are The Vistas? How could this be album number ten? I'm just now starting to wrap my brain around their version of The... Continue Reading →
The unpredictable Michigan weather held out for a wonderful start to this year's Jazz Fest. The Bad Plus with Joshua Redman, set the tone with an opening set that was very much worth braving the rush hour traffic to get a seat. For the last few years, the Festival opens on a Friday night... Continue Reading →
The Bad Plus is a band that is impossible to classify. The group is often called an “avant-garde jazz trio”, which tells me less than nothing. I don’t think of their music as Jazz, at least not the straight-ahead jazz that dominates my music collection. That probably tells you more about me than it does... Continue Reading →
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