Jazz trio the Bad Plus will on March 15 release the concert document “Blunt Object: Live in Tokyo” via Columbia. The eight-track set finds the band running through such rock numbers as Queen’s “We Are the Champions” and Blondie’s “Heart of Glass,” as well as a 13-minute take on the group’s own “Silence Is the Answer” and an excerpt of the standard “My Funny Valentine.”
The group will be on the road this spring in support of 2004’s “Give,” which debuted at No. 2 on Billboard’s Top Jazz Albums chart. Dates begin Thursday (Feb. 17) at New York’s Village Vanguard and run through a June 18 appearance at the annual Indianapolis Jazz Fest.
Source billboard.com.
