UPDATE - 2/23@10:36PM: I just noticed this article on the Bad Plus from The Daily Record. It confirms that the Tom Sawyer cover will appear on the new album along with covers of Burt Bacharach's This Guy's in Love with You, David Bowie's Life on Mars, Tears for Fears' and Everybody Wants to Rule the World.

Last week I posted about jazz group the Alex Skolnick Trio and their jazz cover of Tom Sawyer. It seems that their penchant for performing jazz versions of rock songs is not unique. Minnesota-based jazz trio The Bad Plus is also known for this practice. Back in September I received an email from reader Andy S who had recently seen The Bad Plus perform live at The Blue Note in New York. He emailed me because the trio had performed a cover of Tom Sawyer and mentioned that they would be including the song on their next album. I filed this information away for later use, and then last week I got another email about The Bad Plus from reader Dave. The band has a blog and had put up an amusing post about Rush where they mention their cover of Tom Sawyer. The post is a fun little back-and-forth between members Ethan Iverson and drummer David King where they talk about how great a drummer Neil Peart is.

The trio's new album which will include their cover of Tom Sawyer was recorded this past fall and is due out in April. You can find out all about the band at their official site here, and listen to some of their tunes on their MySpace page.

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