Bad Plus - Tom Sawyer (1 of 2)

[Nephloid]

That's right, you don't need a 30 piece drum set to make yourself sound like Neil Peart! Skill, discipline and raw talent.

[mitchcrammer]

it dosen't matter if they are jazz or not, they record and play for peolpe to enjoy, and not to get critizized, so who cares if its not jazz, all that matters is if u enjoyed it :D

[BreadElitist]

It's avant garde jazz, guys. Get it right :P

[dangodude]

dave makes neil look like an english teacher

[vitoyyz]

I like it.... congratulations!

Rgds

Vito Montanaro

Rush Project - tribute band Brasil

[primemover17]

Cool!

[lollygaggin42]

fuckin sick.

[Supreme7truth]

I'm new to the bad plus but I must say they are one of the few acoustic bands that are different. This music relates to the people of this time period there not going back in time and just regurgitating shit from the 1940's, 50's and 60's that's what I like most about them.

[playswithpassion]

@Supreme7truth If you really think about it...it is just the modern version of what many jazz groups of the early 30's and on did with the music. They take songs that were fairly modern from the time (the tune that is) and make something new out of it. Good observation.

[tinkertim360]

I remember Ethan walking into the gym rippin' one off on the sax, good to see you are doing what you always loved.

[3ohs0unds]

Magic! Tom Sawyer played with a Piano, a stand-up bass and a 4 piece kit! Ya gotta love it.

[munificent7]

This is amazing. Rush still does their own song better, but I love transforming songs. This arrangement is sublime.

[badarcticmonkey093]

it's not about it being "jazz" or whatever. It's music.

[p0rkjell0]

lol... that drummer is rippin shit up...

[DorothyEswed]

everyoone is trying to do what mehldau..... get a rock band and turn it into jazz.... it works when you have the talent to do it..... it aint jazz for me...

[TheImposer]

No... Tom Sawyer just isn't jazz... it just isn't.

[DanMcCaffrey]

Correct. But their interpretation has arrangement and improvisation. Ergo, it's Jazz. Whatever genre the original comes from is irrelevent.

[Well108]

Just because it has improvisation doesn't mean it's jazz. There are plenty of other genres that feature improvisation.

[tabascoman830]

the bad plus do a better job than rush

[WhereMightWaldoB]

nope

[macdicas]

Yes.

[Ezrado]

yes

[metallica191]

Nope....

[Soamsey]

Yes

[ElectricCandleLight]

nope

[ihoustong]

depends

[Zebrafink1000]

no..

[olishant]

No, no, no...that's crazy shit.

[laletemelgarete]

fresas

[demsmine]

that was dope.

[Jordainio]

I was going to comment on jazz, but now im just thinking about why people even waste their time putting purposely hateful comments on Youtube. Anyway, while the bad plus do covers like this and are fully capable of making them their own, they also have their original stuff, some of which is "very jazz-like", if you dont consider this to be jazz. Thanks for the video post!

[derdings2112]

LOL. The Drummer is actually better than Neil.

[BlackSunsetRockers]

holy shiza you do neil proud!

[urmuthasacrakhed]

jazz for me needs to be fresh, new, innovative and extremely talented. should be a free expression etc... and TBH hit that nail right on the head! they've taken jazz as a style somewhere new... they are more jazz than all the millions of bands ripping off miles davis! lol

jazz cant stagnate or it will die, which has been a danger in recent years! but luckily there are still bands like this to give the style something new...

fuck u jamie cullum, watch these guys play!!

[coffeebitches]

Well put. Seen them a bunch.

[cygnusXhaust]

one of my favorite bands playing my favorite band. life doesn't really get much better.

[CitizenErased24]

What a great contempory jazz/jazz fusion band. What more needs to be said?

[gots2drum]

Heck yeah! I totally agree with hateaters! My thoughts exactly! AWESOME JOB BP!

[hateaters]

OK, this is REALLY bothering me. Almost every BP video on youtube has someone saying, "This isn't jazz!"

Who the fuck cares what category this band falls under?!

Just because something doesn't fit into a cookie cutter idea of what you all think "jazz" is, doesn't make it any less important, or valid.

[FrankenPengie]

brettahlstro: Your trend towards jazz is biased? IMO this is a very nice blend of rock and jazz. Blends make something worth listening to for those that aren't pig-headed "art"iests. Coltrane, IMO would welcome such a blend.

[maybeimtaylor]

I love this band. Great musicians. A plus. long live the bad plus!!

[brettahlstro]

This seems to be the "easy listening/muzak" of today. Perhaps this is like Coltranes's "My favorite things", but without the bravery and creativity. If you like this, keep looking. There's much better music out there (it's called "jazz")

[eggory]

what's not brave or creative about playing an unusually rhythmically oriented form of jazz music that probably alot of traditionalists can't stand due to it not being "jazz". sure it's loud, it doesn't have that much soloing, it's more expressive than clever, but i don't see how it's not creative, and it's certainly not lacking bravery. and it's arrogant to assume those who don't prefer your music simply are on a road of maturity to 'discovering' it.

[v1m]

No need to spoil others' fun simply because you don't grasp what's going on here, old fart.

[Funaki1234]

What can be worse than reading Youtube comments?

[Dooality]

I agree. I watch all of these great videos and each time I'm dumb enough to scroll down and see some of the most hateful and ignorant things I have ever seen in my life. People bicker over anything and everything they possibly can, as long as they're anonymous.  It's like gorillas puffing out their chests.

SHUT THE FUCK UP AND LISTEN TO THE MUSIC.

[fizm]

Yes, you took the words out of my mouth and put em in the comments section.

[theRoSh]

FIRST!

[amendcab]

I just want to commend Soul74 for stickin it to scott that was so gay dude, way to go.

[eatsandsleeps]

That was really cool. Too bad (sic) the don't have an offcial version of this video.

[improvisemusic]

Could that snare sound any bigger? Fantastic interpretation of a great song!

[brianpark4]

He actually talked shit on the sound of that set. I guess it's not what he usually uses.

[scott54555]

That was so gay!....NEXT !!

[manilakila]

I feel like I want to punch you.

[Soul74]

The fact that you use the word "gay" to describr this speaks volumes about your lack of intelligence, maturity and taste. What's the matter? The lack of guitars make you sad?

[scott54555]

I digress I only watched 30 sec. of the video and was in a bad mood at the time! At 2 min into it I changed my mind. The song shot to a new level. Very good playing overall, especially the drums! (chops and finesse ) Good harmonic structure from the piano player as well a chops

The "head." Could have been better arranged but that just my opinion

[reversemermaid]

you mean you concede not digress.

[scott54555]

No, I take back what I said.

[reversemermaid]

Thats not what 'digress' means. You could concede, retract or recant but to digress is to wander off the point...however now i digress, great video.

[scott54555]

Like I said. I take it back. (digress was the wrong word)Or retract as you would say.

[reversemermaid]

I'm not sure we're fully convinced yet, perhaps a formal apology to 'manilakilla' and 'soul74' for your scathing opinion of the first 30 seconds. Not to mention the Bad Plus surely they deserve some kind of compensatory fruit basket or gift token?...What about rush? i know its an indirect conection but words can hurt scot54555. Now go away and think about what you've done.

[coldswift]

The fact that you misspelled "describe" speaks volumes about your lack of intelligence, maturity and taste. if i was a vegitarian hippe gay rights supporter i would listen to this

[Soul74]

You told me! I'm am going to feel bad for the rest of the day. So tell us oh great internet pundit, what music is better than this?

[TheImposer]

@ Coldswift - Touché... (owned)

[0oJIMfearo0]

Awesome!