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The Warfield

982 Market Street, 94102, San Francisco, CA, US

thewarfieldtheatre.com

Capacity: 2,250

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Doors open: 18:00

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BadBadNotGood biography

BadBadNotGood (formed in 2010) is a Canadian interpretive jazz and hip hop group hailing from Toronto, Canada, known for their collaborations with Tyler, The Creator and Frank Ocean.

After meeting in Humber College’s jazz program in Toronto, Canada, keyboardist Matthew Tavares, bassist Chester Hansen and drummer Alexander Sowinski found a shared appreciation for jazz and hip-hop music. Known for their imaginative interpretations of hip-hop songs, the group’s first wave of covers included artists like Gucci Mane and Odd Future.

BadBadNotGood released “The Odd Future Sessions Part 1” on Youtube, which caught the attention of lead rapper Tyler, The Creator who being rather fond of the video helped it go viral. In June 2011 the group uploaded their debut album “BBNG” to Bandcamp, which features a host of jazz interpretations of artists including A Tribe Called Quest, Waka Flocka Flame and of course Odd Future. The album was recorded in one three-hour session after which they performed their first show at The Red Light in Toronto, Canada.

In October 2011 BadBadNotGood recorded a live jam session with Tyler, The Creator in drummer Sowinski’s basement, which has gone on to receive over one million views. The group opened for Roy Ayers at the Nujazz Festival in early 2012, played for Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide Awards in London, and played at a tribute to J Dilla in Toronto, covering his songs “Lemonade” and “Hard in da Paint”.

The trio’s sophomore album “BBNG2” this time recorded in a ten-hour studio session was released in April 2012. It features covers of well known artists Kanye West, James Blake and Feist. BadBadNotGood followed the release with being the band-in-residence at 2012’s Coachella festival, playing a total of six times including being the backing band of Frank Ocean.

A year later BadBadNotGood contributed to the production and composition of the soundtrack for “The Man with Iron Fists” and the lead single from their third album “Hedron” appeared on the compilation “Late Night Tales: Bonobo”. The groups third full-length “III” came out in 2014 and features the singles “CS60”, “Can’t Leave The Night” and the B-Side “Sustain”.

Live reviews

Toronto experimental jazz/hip hop trio BadBadNotGood or BBNG for short have a deceptive band name as no part of their performance could ever be described as bad. It is in fact nothing short of musical innovation as they strip everything back to its very core musically and seem to rebuild it from scratch right there on the stage.

There are tones and instruments that should not naturally go together and vocal tones that do not suit however the clever way they layer it all together means you have a break beat quality that is only ever going to be truly appreciated in a live setting. Performing music from across the three albums, the artists come together with killer guitar riffs and rap verse on the likes of 'Flashing Lights' and 'UWM' which go down really well the gathered fans. They keep stage chatter to a minimum throughout the night but do thank the crowd for coming to see them before dropping a remix of Odd Future leading into their own track 'CS60' to end the proceedings tonight.

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sean-ward

Digable Planets was completely dazzling. They came to the stage, introduced themselves, and immediately jumped into their hit single, "Daytona Beach Jams", and the trippy, warped urban beat began blaring, with jazz fusion drumming, and hip hop, sample based production highlighting the great poetry delivered by the vocalists.

I began to get the vibe that this band wasn't an ordinary hip hop group; the crowd around me actually seeming pretty similar to people who you would expect at an avant garde show or a poetry slam, I felt relatively comfortable, and began to pay more attention to Digable Plant's modernist sound.

The poetry felt like it was speaking to me, and the high energy music was giving me a great buzz. I felt excited to listen to what they had to say, and the rest of the crowd was even more intent, obviously familiar with who Digable Plants were. I really got the vibe that who this band was and what they stood for was important to a lot of people. Overall, they were a great experience. Digable Plants was among one of the most inspiring, unique shows I have gone to. I left feeling stimulated and tired from jamming a little bit too hard.

Anonymous

I thoroughly enjoyed myself at Rozzi Crane's concert. With a splashing entrance and beginning of her concert, Rozzi captured her audience's attention immediately and somehow continued uphill from there. Rozzi was welcoming and inviting to us, her audience, and her impromptu dancing rubbed off on the audience quickly. Not surprisingly, Rozzi had a great song selection with some old and some new and some never performed before to make our concert a little more special. At the end of the concert Rozzi took a panaramic picture of her audience, winning our hearts once again and invited each of us to stay to buy merchandise and meet her. She demonstrated class, beauty and patience with each of her friends and fans; talking and taking numerous pictures with many that stayed. The concert was amazing and well worth it's price and small venue. I anticipate the next time she comes to the area and recommend everyone that enjoys "good" soul music to join me! Thanks Rozzi!

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