BadBadNotGood

How Good Are They LIVE?

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Last 12 Months Rating

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Critic Consensus

Based on 55 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that BadBadNotGood is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with decent shows overall. BadBadNotGood concert reviews describe live shows and performances as improvised, rhythmic, and authentic.

ON TOUR

Seaport Village, San Diego, United States (May 10); Muzeum Łazienki Królewskie - Teren Rekreacyjny, Warszawa, Poland (May 24); Brockwell Park, Norwood Road, London SE24 9BJ, United Kingdom (May 27); Parc del Fòrum, Barcelona, Spain (May 30); Aula Magna, Lisboa, Portugal (May 30); Technopolis, Athens, Greece (June 3); Zorlu PSM - Turkcell Sahnesi, İstanbul, Turkey (June 5); Safaripark De Beekse Bergen, Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands (June 7); Elbjazz Festival, Hamburg, Germany (June 7); Bonnaroo Farm, Manchester, TN, United States (June 13); WAVE, Wichita, KS, United States (June 21);

FESTIVALS IN 2024

Best Kept Secret Festival 2024

June 7 - 9, 2024

Bonnaroo Music Festival 2024

June 13 - 16, 2024

Cross The Tracks 2024

May 26, 2024

Elbjazz 2024

June 7 - 8, 2024

Primavera Sound Barcelona 2024

May 29 - June 2, 2024

Rose On The River 2024

July 4-7, 2024

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Latest Release

the ordinary is ordinary because it ordinarily repeats - Single (January 23, 2023)

Artist Info

Genre

jazz

Origin

Toronto, Canada (2010 - present) (2010 – present)

Bio

BADBADNOTGOOD (abbreviated as BBNG) is pianist Matt Tavares, bassist Chester Stone Hansen and drummer Alex Sowinski. The trio met at Humber College in Toronto, Canada and bonded over their mutual musical interests - OFWGKTA, Gucci Mane, and Waka Flocka Flame.

Has Performed With

Ghostface Killah

Critic Concert Reviews

Concert Addicts (Canada)

July 3, 2023

Headlining the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, which has been taking the town by storm over the past week, was returning favourite BADBADNOTGOOD. The avant-garde ensemble from Toronto has been ever escalating their game over a decade of ever-dynamic musicianship.

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Louder Than War (UK)

December 12, 2022

Leading the current wave of new Jazz, BADBADNOTGOOD bring the heat to a freezing Manchester and Del Pike is down at the front soaking up the rays of brilliance.

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Exclaim (Canada)

September 2, 2022

BADBADNOTGOOD Nearly Started the World's Most Rhythmic Pit in Ottawa Bronson Centre Music Theatre, September 1

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NOW Magazine (Canada)

January 13, 2020

BadBadNotGood's Matthew Tavares and Leland Whitty reunited at Burdock

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BeatRoute Magazine (Canada)

April 11, 2018

At the time, BadBadNotGood was a trio of skinny white teenagers looking sort of like the band geeks you grew up with in high school.

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Sypher Sights (Canada)

April 1, 2018

Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, Canada

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Sidewalk Hustle (Canada)

March 31, 2018

The four-piece jazz group has become a staple of the local music scene and made strides since forming years ago at Humber College and the long line of fans wrapped around Danforth Avenue reflected that evolution.

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