The Bad Plus at Walton Arts Center

Part of the Tyson Starrlight Jazz Series, this is the first of two ticketed shows (7 pm, 9 pm) by The Bad Plus on Saturday, 4 October 2014 in the Walton Arts Center's Starr Theater. A single-event ticket costs $30 (cabaret seating) or $20 (general admission). Discounted tickets are available (at www.waltonartscenter.org) via subscriptions to the 2014-2015 Jazz Lover's Package ($122-cabaret/$82-general admission for 7 pm, $122-cabaret/$62-general admission for 9 pm), which includes the five shows (4 October-The Bad Plus, 7 November-New York Standards Quartet, 7 February-Clarice Assad Trio, 21 March-Cyrus Chestnut: Brubeck Reimagined, 11 April-The Joe Locke Quartet Featuring Kenny Washington) in the Tyson Starrlight Jazz Club Series plus the Hot Sardines concert on Thursday, 5 February 2015. ...

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Part of the Tyson Starrlight Jazz Series, this is the first of two ticketed shows (7 pm, 9 pm) by The Bad Plus on Saturday, 4 October 2014 in the Walton Arts Center's Starr Theater. A single-event ticket costs $30 (cabaret seating) or $20 (general admission). Discounted tickets are available (at www.waltonartscenter.org) via subscriptions to the 2014-2015 Jazz Lover's Package ($122-cabaret/$82-general admission for 7 pm, $122-cabaret/$62-general admission for 9 pm), which includes the five shows (4 October-The Bad Plus, 7 November-New York Standards Quartet, 7 February-Clarice Assad Trio, 21 March-Cyrus Chestnut: Brubeck Reimagined, 11 April-The Joe Locke Quartet Featuring Kenny Washington) in the Tyson Starrlight Jazz Club Series plus the Hot Sardines concert on Thursday, 5 February 2015.

SELF-DESCRIPTION: The Bad Plus (www.thebadplus.com) is an acoustic jazz trio in the traditional sense of the genre, but the tradition is launched into new territory by these three musical alchemists: Ethan Iverson (piano), Reid Anderson (upright bass), David King (drums). Whether performing their extensive original music or interpreting the works of Igor Stravinsky with an improvisatory twist, The Bad Plus is at once heady, humorous, and - especially when experienced live - a visceral explosion of talent and taste.

“The Bad Plus is a reminder that American jazz hasn't gone to sleep. Play any of their albums and their collective sound leaps out of your speaker, steps all over your furniture and scares the bejesus out of the cat.” – Observer Music Monthly

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