"If the Coen Brothers put together a jazz trio, perhaps it would be like this, the comic and the dramatic rolled together."
- The Guardian

"...After three years of steady work, that sh-t is deep. If the stars align,
they will mow you down."
- The Village Voice

"Better than anyone at mixing the sensibilities of post-60's
jazz and indie rock..."
- The New York Times

"Audacious, rule-breaking jazz trio crunches and at times pulverizes swing to let improvisational freedom shine... Dynamics play a huge roll in the act's music, as does humor, an element sorely lacking in most of contemporary jazz. But beauty is also key... jazz purists tremble while the vanguard flocks."
- Billboard

"Bigger and more audacious...somewhere between refreshing and
downright awe-inspiring."
- CMJ Monthly

"...high art, not pop gimmickry...The Bad Plus embrace sonic adventure without selfish avant-gardism... seething with funky new-millennium rhythms and
succulent harmonic flights."
- Entertainment Weekly

"So, if this piano trio wants to play as loud as a rock band... well, let 'em rip...
these bad boys have the musicianship
to?back up their attitude."
- The New Yorker

"The Bad Plus are an acoustic jazz trio
for the future."
- Blender

"With the most distinctive sound of any three-piece outfit since Nirvana, The Bad Plus again demonstrate vitality few bands--rock, jazz, or whatever--can match."
- Amplifer

"The Bad Plus are a reminder that American jazz hasn't gone to sleep. Play any of their albums and their collective sound leaps out of your speaker, steps all over your furniture and scares the
bejesus out of the cat."
- Observer Music Monthly

BRIEF HISTORY

For the past twelve years The Bad Plus Reid Anderson, Ethan Iverson and David King 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.

COLLABORATORS

TCHAD BLAKE engineered and co-produced SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY?, GIVE, and THESE ARE THE VISTAS.

TONY PLATT, engineer and co-producer of PROG, is a freelance Music Engineer/ Producer based in the U.K.

WENDY LEWIS began her music career auditioning on a dare for a swanky Minneapolis nightclub back in the mid-eighties. That didn't last long... She was thrilled to be contacted by ex-band mate Dave King to collaborate with The Bad Plus on "For All I Care".

BRENT SIGMETH engineer on FOR ALL I CARE and 2ndengineer on PROG, is currently a freelance engineer and producer based in and around Minneapolis. He served ten years as the chief engineer of PACHYDERM STUDIO, where Prog and For All I Care were recorded.

DAVID REES designed the cover and booklet for SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY? Rees burst on the scene post-9/11 with a collection of political cartoons called GET YOUR WAR ON, which skewered the Bush administration's War on Terror.

MATT FRIESEN drew the cover of GIVE. Friesen is most often busy as a cabinet-maker and furniture-builder, but has also produced artwork for some of
his favorite musicians.

STEPHEN COLLIER created the paintings ROBONAUT, ORD, and BINARY UNIT used as album art for THESE ARE THE VISTAS. (ROBONAUT is the iconic cover painting.)

JAMES DIERS has been variously entangled with the Bad Plus as a tour manager, wrangler, guerrilla photographer/videographer, deputy publicist, third-string mix engineer, online paramedic, night watchman, goodwill ambassador and fry cook since 2004.