Warranting an entry unto itself is this area engagement by long-running contemporary jazz favorites the Bad Plus. Formed in 2000 as a piano trio, the band, which still features bassist Reid Anderson and drummer David King, is now a quartet: saxophonist Chris Speed and guitarist Ben Monder are the other newer members. The group is known for its expansive interpretations of material from outside the jazz canon; its repertoire has included songs by the likes of Black Sabbath, Radiohead, the Bee Gees, Neil Young, the Flaming Lips, the Pixies, David Bowie, Rush, Interpol, and others.
