Tuesday, November 17, 2009

The Bad Plus channels Kurt Cobain

This is a Jazz band called The Bad Plus doing a five and a half minute cover of Nirvana's "Smells like teen spirit." There are no vocals but the way the trio creates a musical uneasiness is reminiscent of a strained Cobain's angst-filled voice.

It's cool because each player really gets into the song and you can tell that they're jamming to a song they clearly enjoy being a part of.

Usually I'm not into contemporary Jazz but I like this band's energy and the fact that they only do covers of iconic rock and pop songs.

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