The Bad Plus: “Carrier”

The tenor saxophone leads the way on our highlighted track “Carrier.” That’s Chris Speed’s saxophone, a new addition to The Bad Plus for their sixteenth studio records. That’s a lot of records. And it’s a good sign for the health and vitality of a band or artist when they can platform new members without simply assimilating them into some tired concept that they feel like people are expecting to hear. The Bad Plus keep evolving, ever since the days when they bragged about being the “loudest piano trio” around. Their latest LP Complex Emotions trades excess volume for spiritual nuance. Leave the “Smells Like Teen Spirit” piano covers to Tori Amos. Via Mack Avenue.

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