How Jazz Trio BadBadNotGood and Odd Future Became Unlikely Pals
The hip-hop-inspired jazz trio BadBadNotGood are in a car driving to a show in Vermont while bumping the new My Bloody Valentine album. Comprised of keys player Matthew Tavares, bass man Chester Hansen and drummer Alexander Sowinski (who likes to sport a pig mask while playing out), the Toronto-based BadBadNotGood's music received a publicity bump when Odd Future captain Tyler, The Creator re-tweeted YouTube footage of the band running through instrumental reinterpretations of some his crew's songs. Since then they've been invited to back-up Tyler and Frank Ocean during live shows while also building up a reputation for launching into covers of rap standards by A Tribe Called Quest and Kanye West. Ahead of BadBadNotGood's crowd-funded show at Glasslands tonight, we tapped up the trio to talk about covering Gucci Mane, helping to shape the direction of Earl Sweatshirt's album, and Tyler's all-important pizza topping preferences.
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