For Immediate Release

March 24, 2023

THE BAD PLUS SHARES NEW SONG, “ELECTRIC FACE” – LISTEN

US LIVE DATES INCLUDE

CO-HEADLINE TOUR WITH MARC RIBOT’S CERAMIC DOG,

GETTING UNDERWAY JUNE 9 IN CHICAGO

ACCLAIMED NEW ALBUM, THE BAD PLUS, AVAILABLE NOW

Photo Credit: Cory Dewald

Groundbreaking jazz group The Bad Plus have shared a brand new single, “Electric Face,” available today at all DSPs and streaming services.

LISTEN TO “ELECTRIC FACE”

“I wrote ‘Electric Face’ in Kingston, NY during the summer of 2021, while listening to a lot of science podcasts,” says The Bad Plus founding bassist Reid Anderson. “When a caterpillar goes into the chrysalis and transforms into a moth, it basically dissolves and the structure is determined by an electrical pattern which is the guide that turns it from mush into a moth. There’s an electrical pattern in the face of the moth, and this is what inspired the song.”

“Electric Face” was recorded during sessions for last year’s game-changing THE BAD PLUS, available everywhere now. The band’s 15^th studio recording and eponymous debut album in their current iteration as a dynamic quartet, THE BAD PLUS sees the always adventurous combo continuing to challenge convention with Anderson and founding drummer Dave King now joined by guitarist Ben Monder and saxophonist Chris Speed. Praised by The Times as “a welcome rebirth for a beloved band,” the album includes such unpredictable tracks as “Not Even Close To Far Off,” “Motivations II,” and “Sun Wall,” all of which find The Bad Plus once again pushing their inimitable approach in boundary-breaking new directions

PURCHASE/STREAM TO THE BAD PLUS

Hailed by Jazz Times’ David Fricke as “one of the most enduring and acclaimed working bands in jazz,” The Bad Plus continue to maintain a busy live schedule, including an eagerly anticipated co-headline tour alongside Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog, getting underway June 9 at Chicago, IL’s Thalia Hall. Highlights include a one-night-only triple-bill at Minneapolis, MN’s famed First Avenue featuring special guest Alan Sparhawk (of Low). For complete details and ticket availability, please visit www.thebadplus.com/tour.

THE BAD PLUS - TOUR 2023

MARCH

30 – Memphis, TN – Crosstown Arts *

APRIL

1 – Knoxville, TN – Big Ears Festival #

2 – Chattanooga, TN – Songbirds Guitar & Pop Culture Museum

JUNE

9 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall †

10 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue † ^

11 – Madison, WI – Madison Jazz Festival @ High Noon Saloon †

13 – Indianapolis, IN – Toby Theater †

14 – Nashville, TN – 3^rd & Lindsley †

15 – Atlanta, GA – Center Stage †

16 – Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle †

17 – Winston-Salem, NC – The Ramkat †

JULY

4 – Montréal, QC – Festival International De Jazz De Montréal #

* w/ Marc Ribot and the Jazz Bins

† w/ Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog

# Festival Performance

^ w/Special Guest Alan Sparhawk (of Low)

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PRAISE FOR THE BAD PLUS

“The Bad Plus are intent on pushing their own compositional skills in new directions…With 22 years’ skin in the game, another self-titled album is a risky statement of intent. The Bad Plus pull it off with pith and swank.”

– MOJO (****)

“In this current configuration, they’ve reinvented themselves as a quartet but with that same genre-blending sound that we know and love…The group is now sans piano, which is certainly indicative of the risks they’re willing to take…They’re giving us so much to work with in the way of sound. You really can’t put them in a box.”

– NPR, ALL SONGS CONSIDERED

“After emerging more than 23 years ago, The Bad Plus has since become a

21^st-century jazz institution…The new members only widen the combo’s harmonic palette, they rejuvenate the band’s volatile chemistry, which can explode into alt-rock mayhem or simmer down into gutsy,

compelling music, marked by succinct pop melodicism.”

– DOWNBEAT

“One of the defining bands of 21st-century jazz...Despite the major change in the lineup, the band’s objective of challenging conventions and pushing their unique approach to jazz in boundary-breaking new directions remains unaltered. Their music testifies to their passion, drive, and intent.”

– JAZZIZ

“Unlike anything this former piano-trio institution has played before…THE BAD PLUS

runs the gamut of mood and attack from (Anderson’s) ghostly march ‘Stygian Pools’ to King’s

furious nonstop improvising behind the front line in ‘Sick Fire.’”

– JAZZ TIMES

“The Bad Plus have taken an unexpected step and swapped the keys for two other instruments. That rigorous ensemble sound remains, but the textures are tougher.”

– THE TIMES (****)

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Press Contact:

Ken Weinstein

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