The Bad Plus (s/t 2)

Another Bad Plus reboot, this time replacing piano completely with Ben Monder (guitar) and Chris Speed (tenor).

Destined to be the last incarnation of the Bad Plus, if their announcement holds, with a goodbye tour going on this year.

This is recognizably Bad Plus music, while stretching in new directions. The LP itself is a little...murky sounding, unfortunately.

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The Cave Of Winds by Tony Malaby's Sabino, released on Pyroclastic Records in 2022

Free Jazz Collective wrote:

Tony Malaby has not escaped the notice of the Free Jazz Collective. Last August we posted a fine review by Stef Gijssels’ of Malaby’s Turnpike Diaries. With live jazz music shut down tight, Malaby convened a series of performances under a New York turnpike bridge. You can find a nice, luxuriously long clip here. I love the oblivious cars passing behind the group and the young man who pauses to dance. As I understand it, Malaby came to refer to this venue as the cave of winds...

Cave of Winds opens with a short Malaby solo. Slowly the wind picks up, bringing a nice percussive thump from the bass, a flute-like melody from the guitar, and some slither from the drums. Like a string quartet, it is divided into sections...

https://www.freejazzblog.org/2022/03/tony-malabys-sabino-cave-of-winds.html

https://tonymalabypyroclastic.bandcamp.com/album/the-cave-of-winds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow4FqHF5YQA&list=RDOw4FqHF5YQA&start_radio=1

#TonyMalaby #BenMonder #MichaelFormanek #TomRainey #freejazz #music #jazz

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George Winstone (saxophone)
https://www.georgewinstone.com/about

Ben Monder (guitar)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Monder

"Odysseus"
(Self release 2023)
https://songwhip.com/georgewinstone/odysseus

#nowlistening #jazz #music #JazzMusic
#GeorgeWinstone
#BenMonder

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Frank #Kimbrough (piano)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Kimbrough

Scott #Robinson (tenor & bass saxophone)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Robinson_(jazz_musician)

Ben #Monder (guitar)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Monder

Tony #Moreno (drums & percussion)
https://www.tonymorenodrums.com/

"Noumena" (Soul Note 2000)
https://songwhip.com/frank-kimbrough/noumena

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#FrankKimbrough
#ScottRobinson
#BenMonder
#TonyMoreno

A long weekend Mondya, calm weather, silver skies, and Ben Monder in the headphones. Here is is arrangement of My One and Only Love.

If you are a musician maybe you will understand me when I say that God lives in the voice leading.

#BenMonder #Jazzguitar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvymTXIPMaw&ab_channel=JazzStudentCulture