The Bad Plus

The Bad Plus shares new music from their November 2024 release Complex Emotions live at SOPAC! Engaging audiences through a shared originality among band members and a fierce commitment to invention, this critically acclaimed quartet rivets each new generation of listeners. For more than two decades, the band has delivered thrilling live performances that center improvisation, a bold sense of creativity, and the spirit of adventure. Help celebrate the release of Complex Emotions on the SOPAC Mainstage!

“With this new album and this new batch of music, we’re planting a flag to say that this version of the band has really come into its own. A big part of what the sound of this band is is the willingness to explore complex emotions. That’s something that we’re not only comfortable with but that we’ve embraced from the beginning of the band.”

— Reid Anderson, Bassist for The Bad Plus

The Bad Plus

“By any standard, jazz or otherwise, it is moving, mighty music…bad to the bone, hot players with hard-rock hearts” (Rolling Stone)

“The Bad Plus are the Coen brothers of jazz: Midwesterners, both ironic and dead earnest, technically brilliant, beyond versatile, a little chilly sometimes, but funny, surprising, and pretty hard to pin down” (The New Yorker)

“One of the great, true groups in jazz of the past 25 years” (Joshua Redman, American saxophonist and composer)

Accessibility & Accommodation

If you or a member of your party needs assistance, please notify SOPAC at the time your tickets are purchased. Contact the SOPAC Box Office at (973) 313-2787 or boxoffice@SOPACnow.org.