The Bad Plus live in concert.
ON TOUR

The Bad Plus

26
critic concert reviews
experimental

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

71
%
Based on 
26
critic concert
reviews
LAST 12 MONTHS RATING  
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Critic Consensus

Based on 26 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that The Bad Plus is rated as a watchable live performer, but their shows lack distinction. The Bad Plus concert reviews describe live shows and performances as emotional and avant-garde.

ON TOUR

JZ CLUB, SHANGHAI, China (March 16)

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Latest release

Electric Face (March 24, 2023)

artist info

GENRE
experimental
ORIGIN
Minneapolis, United States (2000 - present)
BIO
The Bad Plus are a U.S. jazz piano trio consisting of bassist Reid Anderson, drummer Dave King, and pianist Orrin Evans. Anderson and King are originally from Minnesota. King is also part of the Minnesota-based groups Halloween, Alaska, Happy Apple, and Love-Cars.
HAS PERFORMED with

CRITIC concert REVIEWS

Sound of Boston (USA)

March 17, 2023
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With the aggression of a rock band, the spontaneousness of a free jazz ensemble, and the catchiness of an alternative indie group, The Bad Plus have gone through many iterations throughout their multi-decade history.

Parklife DC (USA)

March 2, 2023
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The Bad Plus, recently morphed into a quartet, performs at Keystone Korner in Baltimore on Feb. 23, 2023.

The Musical Box (USA)

December 10, 2018
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Kentucky, USA

Shepherd Express (USA)

December 16, 2016
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Milwaukee, USA

The Guardian (UK)

November 16, 2016
80
%
Pianist Robert Glasper’s heavily electronic, hip-hop infused jazz segued into R&B while the Bad Plus turned Cyndi Lauper into Thelonious Monk

God Is In The TV Zine (UK)

November 13, 2016
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Having formed in 2000, this much was already apparent a year later when the Minneapolis jazz trio released their eponymous debut album.

No Depression (USA)

December 24, 2014
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The Bad Plus Live In Concert In the USA

Past critic reviews published in

The Telegraph (UK), Grateful Web (USA), Spectrum Culture (USA), Nuvo (USA), The Wild Honey Pie (USA) and more

IMAGE CREDIT

Harald Krichel [CC BY-SA 4.0] via Wikimedia Commons