Slate's Best Jazz Albums of 2010 Includes the Bad Plus

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Thursday December 16, 2010

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The Bad Plus, Never Stop (E-One)

Those pomo bad boys with the crazy-quilt covers are back (Ethan Iverson, piano; Reid Anderson, bass; Dave King, drums), with their first album of entirely original material. The familiar wit and whimsy are intact, but there’s also a more effortless swing, a less insistent virtuosity (though these are virtuoso musicians, all), and a more swooning emotional drive.

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