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Date/Time: Monday, February 14 @ 22:00
Venue: Jazz Dock
Entrance: 518czk (BUY HERE) for Monday / 518czk (BUY HERE) for Tuesday
Video Sample: "Never Stop"

The Bad Plus, famous trio of American jazz musicians, headlines Jazz of Four Continents first performance of their Spring Series. The Bad Plus fall into the same category as The Sex Mob, The Rudder, or Chris Potter Underground, all jazz groups that performed last year at Jazz Dock.  

The trio's music combines elements of modern Avant-garde jazz with rock and pop influences. The band have recorded versions of songs by Nirvana, Aphex Twin, Blondie, Ornette Coleman, Pixies, Rush, Tears for Fears, Neil Young, David Bowie, Yes, Interpol, and Black Sabbath. Blunt Object: Live in Tokyo includes a cover of Queen's "We Are the Champions" along with the jazz standard "My Funny Valentine". Suspicious Activity? contains a cover of the theme from "Chariots of Fire", while a version of "Karma Police" by Radiohead appeared on the 2006 album Exit Music: Songs with Radio Heads. The band has said that they changed their sound a little bit for their sixth album, For All I Care.  

The trio consists of Reid Anderson on bass; Ethan Iverson on piano; and David King on drums.  This is truly a Midwestern band as Anderson and King are originally from Minnesota, and Iverson is from neighboring Wisconsin. For the past ten years, these musicians have broken down the walls of jazz convention and created an uncompromising body of work.  Few jazz groups in recent memory have amassed such acclaim, and few have inspired such controversy.  Their belief in the band ethos and their personal brand of avant-garde populism have put them at the forefront of a new instrumental music movement, drawing audiences both traditional and mainstream.  While the bulk of their output has been original music, they have deconstructed songs in the pop, rock as well as the country and classical music idioms.

Take a listen to music from the creation of their first album entirely of originals titled Never Stop.  The sound of three energies coming together making music that is definitely it's own thing. You really can't get this anywhere else. ~ Wikipedia

Don't miss this truly exceptional jazz group The Bad Plus at Jazz Dock February 14th through February 15th!