Jazz is a genre of music he plays and especially with his past experiences. All the great jazz musicians have spent most of their lives - and their genius - to confront with standard, classic, evergreen . Pointless to ask how many times has been performed My funny valentine , 'Round Midnight , My favorite thing . The jazz that reinterprets jazz is a constant that runs through the history of this type of music. Then appear on the scene The Bad Plus, and certainty of this kind are beginning to waver. Because their music does not have the patina of glorious time that was not pronounced melodies buried in our memory, but its roots directly in the present. Their debut, the now famous "These are the vistas" (Columbia, 2003), is a perfect symbol of the type of work that the band carries on. Out of a total of ten songs, three are covers: Smells like teen spirit Nirvana , Flim by Aphex Twin, Heart of Glass Blondie. And to make matters worse, all the other tracks on the disc does not sound like they just jazz, but most occur in the power of rock, the melodic simplicity of pop, the speed of the unleashed drum'n'bass, and care musical notation of classical music. An incredible music, really. Especially: a compelling music, completely away from the tedious and complicated stuff that you hear in a suit between a yawn and another. And the most surprising thing is not the crazy mix of notes is to get you wherever you are, but that music comes out from a typical jazz training. The piano trio: piano, bass, drums. Insert "Sospicious Activity?" In the player and let the tracks take their course. You will find only a Chariot of Fire brings back memories of music already heard, here made more evocative and powerful. The rest is pure The Bad Plus. Ethan Iverson's piano that he knows is fast and accurate ( Anthem for the Earnest ), or intense noise ( prehensile dream ). David King's drums that sculpts the perfect cadence and pace while embroidered touches and strokes that accelerate the execution ( Rhinoceros Is My Profession ). Reid Anderson's bass to give depth and accuracy the sound that is more rounded and compact ( Let Our Garden Grow ). But it is not easy to divide and assign roles merit. Not the "usual" jazz Keith Jarrett - with all due respect to the Master! - Where every so often a musician begins to improvise in turn, in the silence of others who care for and re-launch and follow the rhythm. collective solos are long, the compositions of The Bad Plus. Musicians who are holding hands, toughness, even when one of them runs and accelerates the time.
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