BadBadNotGood live in concert.
ON TOUR

BadBadNotGood

53
critic concert reviews
jazz

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

74
%
Based on 
53
critic concert
reviews
LAST 12 MONTHS RATING  
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Critic Consensus

Based on 53 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that BadBadNotGood is rated as an enjoyable live performer, though not exceptional overall. BadBadNotGood concert reviews describe live shows and performances as improvised, rhythmic, and authentic.

ON TOUR

Seaport Village, San Diego, United States (May 10); Parc del Fòrum, Barcelona, Spain (May 30); 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 14)

Latest release

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

artist info

GENRE
jazz
ORIGIN
Toronto, Canada (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
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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.

Louder Than War (UK)

December 12, 2022
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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.

Exclaim (Canada)

September 2, 2022
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BADBADNOTGOOD Nearly Started the World's Most Rhythmic Pit in Ottawa Bronson Centre Music Theatre, September 1

NOW Magazine (Canada)

January 13, 2020
80
%
BadBadNotGood's Matthew Tavares and Leland Whitty reunited at Burdock

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.

Vancouver Weekly (Canada)

April 11, 2018
%
As if Badbadnotgood was not a gratuitous enough reward at the end of the first day of the work-week, the promise of Beat Junkies founder J Rocc opening up for the post-bop collective only served to further sweeten the proverbial pot.

Sypher Sights (Canada)

April 1, 2018
%
Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, Canada

Past critic reviews published in

Sidewalk Hustle (Canada), Bucketlist Music Reviews (Canada), Bristol In Stereo (UK), GIGsoup (UK), Gigwise (UK) and more

IMAGE CREDIT

Martin Schumann [CC BY-SA 4.0] via Wikimedia Commons