"The three of us share the bond of growing up in the American Midwest as well as having some of our earliest, most formative musical experiences together. Though separated geographically these days (Reid and Ethan in New York, David in Minneapolis) we have remained fans of each other's music. We formed The Bad Plus out of this mutual admiration and a desire to fuse our individual aesthetics into a collective whole. Our agenda is one of passionate irreverence and we take on whatever music we please. Whether it is modern rock, disco, jazz standards or our own compositions we are happy to re-invent and deconstruct it.
Our first recording, The Bad Plus, was released in the Summer of 2001 on the Fresh Sound New Talent label. In addition to our own compositions, this CD includes wrecking ball interpretations of Abba, Nirvana and Rogers & Hart. We have recently added flux capacitor versions of Blondie, Bach and Aphex Twin to our live shows. We are currently playing as loudly and as softly as we can."
—The Bad Plus (Reid Anderson, Ethan Iverson & David King)
Tracks
1. Knowing Me Knowing You (Abba)
2. Blue Moon (Rodgers & hart)
3. 1972 Bronze Medalist (King)
4. The Breakout (Anderson)
5. Smells Like Teen Spirit (Cobain)
6. Labyrinth (Iverson)
7. Scurry (Iverson)
8. Love Is The Answer (Anderson)
REID ANDERSON bass
DAVID KING drums
ETHAN IVERSON piano
Recorded December 28, 2000 at Creation Audio in Minneapolis, MN
Fresh Sound New Talent – FSNT 107 CD