It's Hard is a Jazz album by The Bad Plus, originally released in 2016. On Gatefold: 4 pressings tracked.
About
Early on, this acoustic jazz trio earned attention by interpreting Nirvana and Pink Floyd, and they return to the contemporary-pop fold with this set of covers. They twist tunes into new shapes; it’s only in the final minute of their version of Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ “Maps” that Ethan Iverson’s piano comes close to pounding out Karen O’s most indelible refrain. The new interpretations can offer humor too, like when the uneven gait of “I Walk the Line” suggests a slightly inebriated honky-tonker.
via Apple Music
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Tracklist
- 1Maps4:21
- 2Games Without Frontiers4:20
- 3Time After Time6:15
- 4I Walk The Line3:19
- 5Alfombra Magica4:08
- 6The Beautiful Ones3:32
- 7Don't Dream It's Over5:22
- 8Staring At The Sun4:27
- 9Mandy6:14
- 10The Robots3:31
- 11Broken Shadows3:33
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Post-Bop & Modal
- clean
- playful
- cerebral
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- David KingDRUMS DRUMS, PHOTOGRAPHY BY
- Ethan IversonPIANO
- Reid AndersonDOUBLE BASS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 4 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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