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The Bad Plus threw a lightning bolt at the music scene in 2003 with its major-label debut THESE ARE THE VISTAS, a "jazz" record that rocked hard. GIVE offers more of the same, a potent combination of technical virtuosity and free-jazz adventurousness filtered through a rock sensibility. The group wastes little time in dispelling the notion that it's your run-of-the-mill piano trio, laying out its modus operandi in opening track "1979 Semi-Finalist." Drummer David King pounds a driving backbeat behind Reid Anderson's powerhouse bass while Ethan Iverson coolly rides the waves with graceful pianism.
Iverson moves easily from elegant lyricism ("Frog and Toad") to two-fisted sonic assaults ("Dirty Blonde"). King is the jazz equivalent of Keith Moon, playing with an abandon and intensity that always seems perilously close to crashing out of control. Anderson is a rock-solid anchor but shows he can stretch out, most notably on Ornette Coleman's "Street Woman." Once again, the band looks well beyond the world of jazz for some interesting repertoire choices, this time covering the Pixies' "Velouria" and Black Sabbath's "Iron Man." With GIVE, The Bad Plus again proves that defying conventions can produce artistically satisfying results.
Recorded at Real World Studios, Wiltshire, England.
Personnel: Ethan Iverson (piano); Dave King (drums).
Audio Mixer: Tchad Blake.
Recording information: Real World Studios, Box, Wiltshire, England (09/30/2002-10/05/2002).
Photographers: Chris Floyd ; Tchad Blake.
Band Is:Reid Anderson,Ethan Iverson,David King.
The Bad Plus: Ethan Iverson (piano); Reid Anderson (bass); Dave King (drums).
Rolling Stone (12/25/03, p.104) - Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Best Albums of 2003"
Rolling Stone (3/20/03, p.67) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Bad to the bone, hot players with hard-rock hearts..."
Entertainment Weekly (5/2/03, p.71) - "...A piano-bass-drums power trio who's forged a fairly traditionalist jazz sound any rocker could recognize as spiritually akin. Think Vince Guaraldi at CBGB..." - Rating: A- These Are The Vistas Music Bad Plus These Are The Vistas Songs These Are The Vistas Music These Are The Vistas Music Review Average Rating: (3 out of 5 stars)   Bad as in Bad
Do not be fooled by the clips available for this CD - they make the CD sound much better than it, it total, actually is.
The trio has a long history in jazz (Bill Evans, Keith Jarret, Herbie Nichols, McCoy Tyner (yeah, OK, Supertrios isn't close to his best work, but it stands out as superlative compared with TBP), EST, Gateway to name only a brief few). This group can't touch any of them. While this is a relatively early effort, the playing on the CD is very weak. The melodies are repetitive and the backing work of the bass & drums does nothing to enhance the overall effect. There does not seem to be any real communication between the players of the type expected from professional musicians.
I can't speak for any of TBP's later work, but this one should be given a definite pass - D+ at best.
Submitted by jstephanphd (Poughkeepsie, NY)
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I read about them in Downbeat, then picked up the album. The first thing that hit me was the cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit, which I thought was my favorite song on the album until I gave it a few more listens. I was shocked at how different each song sounds, the different influences involved. The First song sounds a bit like Dave Brubeck when he started playing with is kids... An example would be Quiet As The Moon, which was for the Peanuts CBS special that never aired. Not that it's bad... But I don't know if that's what they intended. Tracks 4,5, and 6 steal the show. Heart of Glass is a little too out there with the deconstruction, but it's still one of those, "Have I got a song for you" type deals with your friends. FLIM is for drummers. WOW. All I can say about that one. WOW. SO anyway, buy this album, support your local jazz bar, wave a white flag, and enjoy yourself.
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