BadBadNotGood

 

Artist:  BadBadNotGood

Origin:  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Genre:  Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Instrumental Hip-Hop, Alternative R&B, Electro-Jazz, Jazz Funk, Funk, Psychedelia

Original line-up:

Chester Hansen:  Bass

Matthew Tavares:  Keyboards

Alexander Sowinski:  Drums

BadBadNotGood is a Canadian Instrumental Band and Production Team from Toronto, Ontario, formed in 2010 by Chester Hansen (Bass), Matthew Tavares (Keyboards) and Alexander Sowinski (Drums).  The group has released the latest album Talk Memory in October 2021.  They have had critical and crossover success, finding audiences in the Hip Hop, Jazz and Alternative Music Communities.  The group combines Jazz Musicianship with a Hip Hop Production perspective.  They have been nominated for four Grammy Awards, winning two.

Title:  IV (Limited Edition Pink Vinyl) (2022)

Genre:  Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Instrumental Hip-Hop, Alternative R&B, Electro-Jazz, Jazz Funk, Funk, Psychedelia

Label:  Innovative Leisure Records

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

LP 1:

Side A:

 1.  And That, Too (4:35)

 2.  Speaking Gently (4:07)

 3.  Time Moves Slow (feat. Sam Herring) (4:33)

Side B:

 1.  Confessions Pt. II (feat. Colin Stetson) (6:24)

 2.  Lavender (feat. Kaytranada) (3:21)

 3.  Chompy's Paradise (3:56)

LP 2:

Side C:

 1.  IV (7:03)

 2.  Hyssop Of Love (feat. Mick Jenkins) (3:19)

 3.  Structure No. 3 (4:13)

Side D:

 1.  In Your Eyes (feat. Charlotte Day Wilson (4:11)

 2.  Cashmere (4:51)

Personnel:

Chester Hansen:  Bass on Tracks:  A1-3, B1-3, C1, 2, D1, 2, CS-60 on Tracks:  B1-3, C2, Piano, Crumar on Track A2, Yamaha Organ on Track B2, Acoustic Bass on Track C3

Matthew Tavares:  Piano on Tracks:  A1, B1, C1, D2, Rhodes on Tracks:  A2, C2, 3, D1, CS-60 on Tracks:  A1, C3, Crumar on Tracks:  A3, D1, Bass on Track A1, Drum Machine on Track A1, Polysix on Track A2, Auxiliary Synthesizer on Track B2, Juno-60 on Track B3

Alexander Sowinski:  Drums, Percussion on Tracks:  A1, B1-3, D2, Vibraphone on Track D1

Leland Whitty:  Electric Guitar on Tracks:  A3, B2, 3, D1,  Acoustic Guitar on Tracks:  B2, D1, Tenor Saxophone on Tracks:  A1, 2, B1, 3, C1, D2, Flute on Tracks:  A1, 2, B3, D1, 2,  Bass Clarinet on Tracks:  A1, B3, Soprano Saxophone on Tracks:  A1, B3, Violin on Tracks:  D1, 2, CS-60 on Track A1, Clarinet on Track A1, Vibraphone on Track A1, Alto Saxophone on Track A2

Additional Musicians:

Colin Stetson:  Bass Saxophone on Track B1, Tenor Saxophone on Track B1

Kaytranada:  CS-60 on Track B2, Percussion on Track B2

Torn Moffat:  Trumpet, Trombone on Track D2

Sam Herring:  Vocals on Track A3

Mick Jenkins:  Vocals on Track C2

Charlotte Day Wilson:  Vocals on Track D1

IV is the fourth studio album by BadBadNotGood, Originally released on July 8, 2016 by Innovative Leisure Records, remastered and reissued on November 18, 2022 by Innovative Leisure Records.  The album reached No. 1 on US Top Jazz Albums Chart (Billboard)/US Top Contemporary Jazz Albums Chart (Billboard).  Limited Edition Pink Vinyl.