StLJN Saturday at the Movies: The Bad Plus, and some "Dirty Love"

Since last week's video feature showcased some historical footage, it seems appropriate this week to focus once again on some musicians who will actually be coming to St. Louis soon.

Today's first clip features The Bad Plus, who will perform at Jazz at the Bistro for four nights during the first week in January, playing "Physical Cities". These guys have been heavily hyped in the jazz press for the last couple of years, and while I'm not necessarily buying the notion that they've somehow completely reinvented the piano trio, they are certainly skillful musicians who have developed their own approach to playing jazz.

The second video features guitarist Dweezil Zappa, who's currently fronting the "Zappa Plays Zappa" repertory tour performing his dad's music. Here, he engages in a bit of a guitar showdown with former FZ sidemen Steve Vai (who's also part of the ZPZ tour) and Mike Kenneally on the lyrically salacious composition "Dirty Love." The ZPZ tour comes to St. Louis on Thursday, December 14.