Twenty-one years after making their landmark debut as a genre exploding piano-bass-drums trio, the always adventurous group have reinvented themselves as a dynamic quartet.

This new iteration of The Bad Plus makes its vital eponymous debut The Bad Plus now, as always, challenging convention by pushing their inimitable approach to jazz in boundary-breaking new directions. Though the components may have changed, what remains is The Bad Plus’s unique musical language and their undeniable drive and intent. Reid Anderson says; “If after more than 20 years you can put out a record that has the energy of a debut album, to me, that’s saying something. It’s what reinventing yourself is all about.”

PERSONNEL:

• Reid Andersov - (bass)
• Dave King - (drums
• Ben Monder - (guitar)
• Chris Speed - (tenor saxophone, clarinet)

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Motivations II
• A2. Sun Wall
• A3. Not Even Close To Far Off
• A4. You Won't See Me Before I Come Back

• SIDE B
• B1. Sick Fire
• B2. Stygian Pools
• B3. In The Bright Futur
• B4. The Dandy