Originally broadcast live from NPR's studio 4-A, this special edition of All Songs Considered features a performance by jazz trio The Bad Plus. Critics say the band's latest CD, These Are The Vistas is "one of the freshest sounding albums of the year ... single handedly making jazz relevant again."
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The Bad Plus
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The Bad Plus perform Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and explain how they went about reinventing the song. Drummer Dave King shows his water phone.
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The band talks about its beginnings and performs an original tune by pianist Ethan Iverson called "Cheney Pinata."
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The band talks about some of the artists who've influenced their own work, including Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus.
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Two final cuts from the band: "Dirty Blonde" by bassist Reid Anderson and "Layin' A Strip for the Higher Self State Line" by drummer Dave King.
