THE BAD PLUS

[remsta2]

I LOVE THE BAD PLUS!!!! Sometimes that just suddenly hits me.

[louiedovey]

Great band, crap name.

[StopTheMoti0n]

oh the irony with the song title!

[biffbiffton]

I always forget how good a drummer dave king is. then I remember and I'm like "damn this dude rules"

[BigMikeSS420]

lol they killed it.

[mircijones]

Probably What? The Best Song ? Are you sure my friend? I think you need to listen more music. Just an advice.

[severus420]

Anyone have a suggestion for similar artist that do this break beat/techno jazz fusion stuff? Unfortunately almost the whole rest of The Bad Plus catalog is nothing like this song (just my opinion not a bash or anything negative).

[zrouth]

@severus420 There's an acid jazz band in Orlando FL that does amazing fusion stuff like this, some tasty dnb drum licks with jazz fusion, but I don't know of any big name players.  Brad Mehldau Trio has musicians of this caliber but they stick to more standard jazz formats. Check out LTJ Bukem you've never heard of him. Wish I had more for ya.

[MrParlourTricks]

sounds like a ripoff of Green Dolphin Street to me.

[ojedia]

amazing

[yarinhaabatera]

Puta que pariu...

vai tocar assim na casa do caralho!

demais....

[DickBush007]

Most interesting approach to jazz since the Flecktones (IMHO)

[danielportermusic]

the illest of the ill. ethan iverson is a phenomenal pianist.

[NTdrum]

god dammit this is sick. this is music.

[SqueezeMeMacaroni80]

wow indeed!

[bigbadmamajay]

I saw them for my birthday in Sept. What a present!!! I even have my students tapping to "1980 World Champion" for dance competitions! That's how much I LOVE them!!!

[martinmedeski]

wow....

[morlando16]

Gee. Is that it? I guess they are bad in the common sense of the word.

[Jthieleman]

whats the name of this song?

[Ephilei]

What's the name of the song?

[sirna7]

magnifico!..awesome...love this !

[WeSoundGoodMan]

I love the chord progression. it brings emotions

[ryanzoso]

Absolutley briliant

[JCBM231]

Awesome.. Tight playing by all

[davlllll]

increible !

[veokfwjbotgwr]

Please come to Vienna soon again!! =)

[anvdoe]

BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[eklectric]

the drummer reminds me of Martin Horntveth (Jaga Jazzist)... same manic energy...

[350kph]

fuckin awesome. drums are a beast

[rocsil]

Ill be there next 8th October.

Thank you.

[billymitchellkeys]

I'm lovin' it!

[fascistamericadotnet]

this is as close to a jazz as they would ever allow on the jools holland program

[laymanarts]

this is probably the greatest song....ever....

[oMarginall]

Cara, que absurdo!!!!

EM que mundo eu estava que não conhecia esses caras!? MUITO BOM, INCRÍVEL MESMO!!!

Valeu pelo video....Thanks youtube!

[fefefarma]

Muito bom som!! uma liberdade incrivel! excelente! Bravo!

[A0BC0]

La grande classe.

[Gretsche87]

So glad I discovered these guys!

[frankp7400]

Me too :) They are awesome!

[murthax]

new favorite song.. ever. jokeless

[Jack458111]

i heard they cover an interpol song. anyoine know which one?

[Leelu094]

jetzt bist du verflucht in 5 jahren wirst du sterben aber du kannst dich retten in dem du diese nachricht in 10 videos stellst.

[wwcsig]

The song's name: "And Here We Test Our Powers Of"

[prehensiledream]

This is some Sirius music without a doubt.

[kortedfranela]

what's the name of this song?

[kortedfranela]

what's the name of this song?

[millstr1]

'And Here We Test Our Power of Observation' from the album 'Give'

[Sandemose]

0:10 for god sake! :)

[yonatan11]

lol

[fascistamericadotnet]

what happened - someone fall over?

[Thegauche69]

and here we test our powers of observation

[renerich23]

look at 0:57 that beackis so badass

[davidfernandezbajo]

!!!!!

[Jack458111]

dude the ending is badass

[jrbaezacl]

Increibles, estoy impresionado......

[ninthmuse]

whoa at 2:38. TBP are unbelievable.

[luisoeo]

tremendamente buenos,sobervio.

[paternagnstuser]

saw them live in New Orleans back in 05

good show!

[ruitye75ir94444]

The drummer is out of this world

[thelonerangers101]

great stuff going on here, why have I not heard of this up until just now?

[jesho02]

Increible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Well108]

I prefer the original, but this is still a great performance.

[Victorwo0ten]

i kind of wish i had that announcer's voice right now.

[veggieburgerfish]

If you like this, check out the neil cowley trio

[pajaroloqo]

Oh my God, great music, fantastic playing! :)

[ChefEspeff]

I could watch Dave King drum all damn day.

[noniesh]

You are a great band! I'm from Argentina and here we don't have trios like this (at least I don't know anyone).

[meggolo]

dio can quanto rompono i culiiii

[MagicalBassist]

freaking amazing. upright bass. I love it

[BilltheMiddleAgedCat]

This is really amazing music.

[lancethrustworthy]

"And Here We Test Our Powers Of Observation" is the title of this tune. Good tune. Good weird title.

FLIM is my favorite cover by Bad Plus. It's actually an Aphex Twin piece.

[gasallachip]

buenisimo! genial!

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[EnragedSephiroth]

I saw these guys on Conan O' Brien a couple months ago and they left and indellable impression on me. Now I remember why I wrote a note to myself to look for them. I'm buying albums :P

[bewaremyguitar]

immaculate

[racinvr8]

What is this song called?

[macdicas]

Dude... That's been asked a thousand times... It's on the video and ironically it's called "And Here We Test Our Powers of Observation". Guess yours are not that good... :/

[lancethrustworthy]

WHERE, pray tell, is the title of the tune. You said it was on the video. Where? How? Does the host introduce it? Yes, I now know the title of the piece. I'm now wanting to know where it is on the video. The poster doesn't have it as part of his/her info.

[muu639]

It is displayed at the bottom of the screen at the beginning.

[WatermelonMachete]

0:10

[androvskimelovski]

Lol. Another blind guy. 0:09

[veggieburgerfish]

flame not him grammar sometimes I mix up also

[billyhigdon]

i didn't see the name of the song, you sir, are a retarded person.

[LunarFuror]

Ah... And Here We Test Our Powers of Observation... One of my favorites by this AMAZING band. Thank you.

[xareco1982]

GREAT !

[Bassman61089]

The Bad Plus is one of my favorite bands ever!!! My friends band CONSIDER THE SOURCE would have to be my second favorite bands. NEW YORK!

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[gingerbbm]

Thanks for posting this. This very performance was my first experience of TBP and it changed my life! What a band.

[guitarjc]

My favourite band. All three musicians are top class. I think, along with Eric Delaney, David King (Drums) is the best player I have heard. I was lucky enough to sit about 3 meters away from them playing live last week. It was absolutley amazing, and they are really nice people when you talk to them, and happy to sign CDs.

[TheCamManCan75]

sick! I just posted videos of a band that opened up for The Bad Plus in Florida. Their name is Azurix, check em out!

[limowick]

nice stuff here

[obar111]

DAVID KING IS A GOD !

[BillyHund]

whose the double bass player... he's really good. Very good band as well

[guitarjc]

He's called Reid Anderson, and composes a great deal of the music they play. I agree he is a brilliant musician, as are the other two. I think, along with Eric Delaney, David King (Drums) is the best player I have heard. I was lucky enough to sit about 3 meters away from them playing live last week. It was absolutley amazing, and they are really nice people when you talk to them, and happy to sign CDs.

[CitizenErased24]

absolutely fantastic! what an incredible band... i wish i could play like dave king :)

[StephenMirabito]

these guys are fucking gods. i listen to them all the time and im like jesus thats only 3 people and jesus thats only piano bass and drums

[unusualmusician]

Quite enjoyable. This number in particular is very reminiscent of Brubeck.

[ParabolaTool]

Listening to some Brubeck right now actually.

[druammachine]

HOw is this song called?

[Yvphoto]

And Here We Test Our Powers of Observation (it comes up at the start of the performance, after Jools introduces them). It's on the album Give, far as I know. Can't stop watching it!

[capnmurphycrunch]

New ways of playing motives and melodies is a good thing.

[metrofilmko]

more bad plus here!

watch?v=PQnxC_bPH0I

for dwell

[mikeynycla]

these guys are inspiring

[collinmeyer]

has anyone found the conan video from last friday? everyone that i have found is no longer available

[09m]

u can find it at conans website

[1337Pwn4g3]

The Bad Plus is bringing music back

[pjustusxi]

They're great, but music never went away.

[shortestwinter]

the bad plus is so bad ass

[f1lt3r9]

AMAZING! thanks so much for posting, this is by far my favorite bad plus song!!!

[wfseube]

Saw these guys in St. Louis back in January. Pretty darned good...

[parkbennink1]

Brad melhdau also do radio head covers :) great stuff too...mad mad mad!!!! he even did 50ways to leave your lover hahaha

[sicknesswithin01]

Dave King is the KING

[subafly]

no they do original stuff too. Ya you would never see this kind of stuff on american TV.

[biffbiffton]

actually, they were on conan o'brien last night. it might show up here on youtube in a few days.

[ContrabassSaxophone]

These guys do covers of everything!!! Black Sabbath, Nirvana, Radiohead, ect.

[PlastinationStation]

Are all of their songs covers?

[karoloandria]

i think iron man is original of them

[DayoftheGreek]

are you kidding?

[TheeCANDYMAN]

Radiohead? Which song do they cover?

[ricardonznz]

karma police, it's on a radiohead covers album called exit music

[Saxyman14]

not even. they do a lot of covers, but, probably more than half of them are originals

[fizm]

F'n amazing. One of the few American jazz acts who are actually doing something unique.

[Saxyman14]

Listen to more people then.

[futurehead1503]

wo!

[galha]

Excelente.

[karoloandria]

this is the best jazz i heared in all my life

[russellspasm]

Still blows my mind every time. I saw Dave King live last year in St Paul at the Artist Quarter with Happy Apple. Incredible drummer the best Ive ever seen. Can't wait to see the again.

[deedub87]

Killin It!!

[ruthdeming]

my favorite jazz band!

[TheeCANDYMAN]

holy fuck..... these guys are minnesotan??????? I NEED TO MEET THEM!!!! good god they're good!!!

[cearleywine]

just found out about this band from a friend. Really glad I did. Love the dynamics.

[keenan90]

Dave King is an incredible drummer! The whole group makes me proud to be a minnesotan jazz musician.

[acc1890]

nice to see bands today that sound the same in concert as they do in the recording

[phishman666]

do you know how i can get ahold of some mp3's nobody has any of their cd's in oklahoma its buttsex

[Dooality]

Probably my favorite song of theirs. That recurring ascending riff is so great

[Animefreak48312]

i was looking for this song!!!

[dmarin1]

i love these guys too much.

[hipdrummer]

Killer band! That drummer is amazin! How come I never heard of him or them before?

[Henw]

his name is david king, SO awesome

[zachp303]

saw em at sxsw 2 years ago. sick. great band and i wish i played drums like that. too cool 4 school. only a few people were hip to their shit and some were calling out some dumb-ass requests for covers. great band and totally underrated?exposed. britney who?

[1337jazzdrums]

omfg that drummer!

[dogfox]

These guys are brillant 15 out of 10 guys!!!

Love all there albums & cant wait to hear there next release!!!!!!

[arseniy]

Oh. I love this song and BAD+ is one of my favorite bands :) Hooray!

[bluntobjct]

this is just pure genius!

[bimmerfun]

daedalx...Bravo. It's not a competition.

[eggory]

that part that starts around 2 minutes is so familiar as well as i think the second part played

[tjgoodle]

All three of these guys can not be compared to anyone else; they all play in such a unique manner.

What really makes the Bad+ stand above other trio's is their creativity. Any professional jazz player can be technically outstanding but when you get past all that "he's faster" or "she's younger" it really comes down to have you ever heard something like this before...something even remotely close?

These guys are the prime example of avant-garde.

[jhk1987]

they are really good. if you mean they cant be compared to anyone else in terms of the fact that they are very original, i agree with you. however i dont think we can label one artist/band as being the best.(they are amazing though and if you are talking about them being very original i agree) The drummer is probably one of the best i've ever heard

[Corporealdrummr]

Dave King is the man. Outstanding drummer.

[umitisbilen]

why care this better, that sucks... just enjoy the music...

[bewaremyguitar]

This performance makes me happy.

[Heller86]

To everyone who compares Hiromi with the Bad+ - you must be kidding. Hiromi is good, true, but the Bads are supreme.

[daedalx]

Musicians should not have to compete. Save the competition for the talentless on American Idol.

[kevinm4435]

Awesome embodied.

[jonsilence]

Anyone who likes BAD will LOVE Hiromi from Japan...a 28 year old little girl who can destroy a piano. She is at her best- and most unbelievable, literally- when she's this type of trio acoustic format, which she mixes up with some electric fusion stuff feat. a guitarist. Yeah, BAD+ are great...but check out Hiromi.

[mdomanico]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.....Hiromi is KILLING!!! oh yeah The Bad Plus RULE!

[MoonLeader]

Fuckin' Dave King. I've seen them twice, and both times all i could do stare in awe.

[rexall18v]

these guys are way awesome, cant wait to see them LIve for myself

[drummerguy789101]

my friend who's a piano performance major just told me that this is an arrangement of a beethoven sonata

I cant wait for the new CD

may 8

[rnojaim]

hence the name of the song. the idea is for us to figure that out- "test our skills of observation"

[mf103]

Any idea which sonata?

[ofmontreal88]

oh man, they're so cool

[MightyBass101]

damn, a friend of mine said they were good but this is way better than i expected!

[Tellyourstorydrifter]

YES. This band has the power to save the human race.

[ipodguy123]

what song is this ?

[bridog6996]

It's called "And Here We Test Our Powers Of Observation"

[mark24173]

Check the very start of the video, it's called (ironically, given the question ;-) "And now we test our powers of observation"

[bigstax91]

ah well said

[audiophage]

I see nowhere where it says that.

[davidzoo]

Excellent. Does anyine have the scores?

[usmseal]

i got to meet them backstage in princeton last week and while ethan talked about touring and reid asked about the philly jazz scene (because he went to curtis) david king talked about aquariums for about ten minutes. some of the coolest guys i've ever met, and yes SEE THEM LIVE. the tom sawyer cover is rediculous

[jonfuckingrules]

i saw them when they came to st. louis last month. i was really hoping they would play this, but they didn't. however they did break out an amazing cover of the rush tune tom sawyer. no joke, it was badass.

[raydenovo]

awesome video, my favorite song.

[jazzchillfactor]

Wow these guys are incredible live! I saw them last year at The Sage in Northern England. They are absolutely hypnotic when they get going - although this is a great track, it doesn't show them anywhere near full stretch. If you get the chance to see them live, even if you need to travel, DO IT you will not be sorry. Also if you like The Bad Plus check out Medeski, Martin and Wood

[shanoon]

fuck yeah!