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The Bad Plus, Give
Audio CD
Disk ID: 1084043
Disk length: 1h 3m 57s (12 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 2004
Label: Unknown
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Tracks & Durations
| 1. 1979 Semi-Finalist | 5:18 |
| 2. Cheney Pinata | 4:49 |
| 3. Street Woman | 3:58 |
| 4. And Here We Test Our Powers Of Observation | 4:22 |
| 5. Frog And Toad | 3:37 |
| 6. Velouria | 5:37 |
| 7. Layin' AStrip For The Higher-Self State Line | 4:17 |
| 8. Do Your Sums-Die Like ADog-Play For Home | 5:05 |
| 9. Dirty Blonde | 3:42 |
| 10. Neptune(The Planet) | 5:30 |
| 11. Iron Man | 11:01 |
| 12. Every Breath You Take | 6:33 |
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Review
Recorded in England after a stretch of continuous touring, Give is a more-than-worthy successor to 2003's These Are the Vistas, the major-label debut that launched the Bad Plus as a significant musical force. The Midwestern piano trio doesn't just link the worlds of abstract jazz and big-beat rock--instead, they smash them together, fusing bombast and subtlety with wit and art in consistently surprising ways. It's most apparent in the covers. The Pixies' "Velouria" develops a heady layer of Spanish impressionism, while Ornette Coleman's "Street Woman," showcasing Reid Anderson's propulsive bass, is much closer to jazz expectations--the early Paul Bley trio, say, if jazz expectations get that high. Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" becomes a manifesto, pianist Ethan Iverson combining the elementary theme with an anarchic, trip-hammer right hand straight from the playground of free jazz. The originals cover even more ground--from the colliding ironies of Iverson's "Cheney Piñata" to the sweetness of drummer David King's "Frog and Toad." Produced, like the last CD, by Tchad Blake, Give demonstrates just how effectively pop production values and jazz spontaneity can interact. King's drumming alone is a sonic and creative highlight throughout. Along with a new aesthetic, the Bad Plus has already begun to define a new audience, and this CD should both delight and enlarge it. --Stuart Broomer
Other Versions
Albums are mined from the various public resources and can be actually the same but different in the tracks length only. We are keeping all versions now.
Tracks: 12, Disk length: 1h 1m 47s (-3m 50s)
Tracks: 12, Disk length: 56m 58s (-7m 1s)
Tracks: 11 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 52m 23s (-12m 26s)
Tracks: 11 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 51m 59s (-12m 2s)
Tracks: 7 (-5 tracks), Disk length: 22m 53s (-42m 56s)
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