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PROG, like all their recordings, is another collection of professionally played and well-produced tunes that present themselves to a potential mass audience with hectic grace, sober whimsy, fluent navigation of chaos and without the slightest shred of pomposity.
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Anyone who has already decided that jazz is dead, that the great innovators have come and gone, needs to listen to the Bad Plus to be proven dead wrong.
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BillboardEasily the most likable and listenable jazz album of 2007. [12 May 2007]
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“Everybody Wants to Rule The World” and “Life On Mars” both receive willful and gorgeous deconstruction here, but the real essence of things lies in two original compositions, “Physical Cities” and “Giant,” in which the band deviously expands the possibilities of what jazz is and will become.
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The Bad Plus has yet to release a truly flawless LP, but each new record shows that time and touring has only made the trio tighter and better.
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The New York TimesThis album confirms established Bad Plus ideals: directness, cohesiveness and a headlong approach to everything, including delicate emotional candor. [7 May 2007]
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Under The RadarYou'll come for the playful covers... and stay for the inventive originals. [#17, p.98]
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It's not likely this music will age spectacularly well, but so what?
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 7
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Mixed: 0 out of 7
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Negative: 1 out of 7
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DarkoK.Jul 9, 2007