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Power-piano trio and cover-version imps the Bad Plus deserve to be better known for the romantic detail and addictive gallop of their originals. Bassist Reid Anderson shines here with the soft, circular staircase of "Prehensile Dream"; drummer David King lets the rock out in "Anthem for the Earnest....

2005 RS: 4of 5 Stars

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Look solely at the instrumentation of the Bad Plus -- acoustic piano, upright bass, drums, no vocals -- and you'd think they were a jazz trio. While that assumption's not wrong, it doesn't do them justice. These quirky Midwesterners have jazz chops and jazz panache, but they apply those traits with the muscle of a rock band. Oh yeah, they play rock songs, too: Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" a...

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