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It's Hard

Bad Plus

It's Hard

Label: Music On Vinyl

Genre: Jazz / Avant Garde

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<p>For longtime fans of genre-bending jazz piano trio the Bad Plus, the group's twelfth studio album <em>It's Hard</em> will feel pleasantly familiar. Once again showcasing the talents of pianist Ethan Iverson, bassist Reid Anderson, and drummer David King, <em>It's Hard</em> finds the Bad Plus reworking a set of well-known pop covers.</p>
<p>Their take on Crowded House's "Don't Dream It's Over" is nothing short of brilliant and reminds us of a modern day Keith Jarrett composition. Peter Gabriel's "Games Without Frontiers" gets a "Thelonious Monk-like" approach. Indie rock anthem "Maps," by Yeah Yeah Yeahs gets transformed into an avant-garde/broadway spectacle.</p>
<p>It's as if the Bad Plus are demonstrating their longstanding belief that all good music can be interpreted in a jazz style, whether it's Prince's "The Beautiful Ones," Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time," or Kraftwerk's "The Robots," all of which are elegantly tackled here.</p>
<p>The Bad Plus continue to make the process of transforming modern pop songs into jazz standards sound both deceptively easy and endlessly enjoyable.</p>
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<li><strong>180 gram audiophile vinyl </strong></li>
<li><strong>Brand New 2016 album</strong></li>
<li><strong>4-page booklet</strong></li>
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