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Interviews with leading musicians on today's scene presented by KIOS music hosts.

An interview with Reid Anderson of The Bad Plus

  

The Bad Plus will return to Omaha on Friday, March 1 at 8:00pm for a performance at the 1200 Club at the Holland Performing Arts Center.

The band will be performing On Sacred Ground, their interpretation of Igor Stravinsky's score to The Rite of Spring. The group’s rendition of this great work incorporates a multimedia presentation for added impact.

A band well known for their fearless re-arrangements of pop classics into unpredictable jazz explorations, The Bad Plus has earned a reputation as iconoclasts. An acquired taste to many, refreshingly outrageous to others, The Bad Plus-Reid Anderson on bass, Ethan Iverson on piano, and David King on drums, have released a highly original body of work over the last decade. The fearless free-spirited demolition of of expected chord structure and melody into something completely unexpected is a Bad Plus trademark. The most recent effort from the band, "Made Possible", features selections that are more accessible & melodic than many previous Bad Plus recordings.

For more information about the band you may visit http://www.thebadplus.com/
You may visit  http://www.omahaperformingarts.org/ for more details about the performance.

Last Call host Chris Cooke interviewed bassist Reid Anderson of the Bad Plus in 2009.  Click on the link at the top of the article to hear the interview with Reid Anderson. Recording Engineer: Mike Hansen.

Chris Cooke has been a voice on public radio in Omaha since 1989. Working at KVNO-FM during college, Cooke hosted a weekend progressive jazz show on the station in addition to working as an on-air announcer. In November 1992, Cooke signed on at KIOS-FM and has been there ever since. He has hosted the Tuesday and Thursday editions of Jazz in the Afternoon since 1996 and has hosted Last Call since that year. A long time fan of jazz music, Cooke enjoys talking with the musicians who make jazz music and presenting those conversations with listeners. When not hosting or listening to jazz, on record or in person, Cooke maintains a busy schedule as a self-employed web design consultant.