Reid Anderson

This article is about the musician. For the Artistic Director and former ballet dancer, see Reid Anderson (dancer).

Reid Anderson
Anderson w/ the Bad Plus 2019
Background information
Born	(1970-10-15) October 15, 1970 (age 55) Minnesota, U.S.
Genres	Jazz, avant-garde jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instrument	Double bass
Years active	1980s–present
Labels	Columbia, Fresh Sound

Reid Anderson (born 15 October 1970) is a bassist and composer from Minnesota. ^[1] He is a member of The Bad Plus with drummer Dave King, pianist Ethan Iverson, saxophonist Chris Speed, and guitarist Ben Monder. The original lineup of The Bad Plus first played together in 1989 and formally established the band in 2000. ^[2] Anderson attended the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music.

Discography

As leader

• Dirty Show Tunes (Fresh Sound, 1997)
• Abolish Bad Architecture (Fresh Sound, 1999)
• The Vastness of Space (Fresh Sound, 2000)

With The Bad Plus

• The Bad Plus (Fresh Sound, 2001)
• These Are the Vistas (Columbia, 2003)
• Give (Columbia, 2004)
• Blunt Object: Live in Tokyo (Sony, 2005)
• Suspicious Activity? (Columbia, 2005)
• Prog (Heads Up, 2007)
• For All I Care (Heads Up, 2009)
• Never Stop (eOne/EmArcy, 2010)
• Made Possible (eOne, 2012)
• The Rite of Spring (Masterworks, 2014)
• Inevitable Western (Okeh, 2014)
• The Bad Plus Joshua Redman (Nonesuch, 2015)
• It's Hard (Okeh, 2016)
• Never Stop II (Legbreaker, 2018)
• Activate Infinity (Edition, 2019)
• The Bad Plus. (Edition, 2022)
• Complex Emotions (Edition, 2024)

With David King and Craig Taborn

• Golden Valley Is Now (Intakt, 2019)

With Tim Berne, Chris Speed, and David King

• Broken Shadows (Newvelle, 2019)
• Broken Shadows Live (Screwgun, 2020)

As sideman

With Ethan Iverson

• Construction Zone (Originals) (Fresh Sound, 1998)
• Deconstruction Zone (Standards) (Fresh Sound, 1998)
• The Minor Passions (Fresh Sound, 1999)
• Live at Smalls (Fresh Sound, 2000)

With Bill McHenry

• Graphic (Fresh Sound, 1999)
• Bill McHenry Quartet featuring Paul Motian (Fresh Sound, 2003)
• Roses (Sunnyside, 2007)
• Ghosts of the Sun (Sunnyside, 2011)

With Orrin Evans

• Listen to the Band (Criss Cross, 1999)
• Live at Widener University (Imani, 2004)

With others

• Jeff Ballard, Fairgrounds (Edition, 2019)
• Phil Bancroft, Headlong (Caber, 2004)
• Till Bronner, German Songs (Minor Music, 1996)
• Uri Caine, The Goldberg Variations (Winter & Winter 2000)
• Bill Carrothers, The Electric Bill (Dreyfus, 2002)
• Gerald Cleaver, Adjust (Fresh Sound, 2001)
• Jamie Cullum, In the Mind of Jamie Cullum (District 6, 2007)
• Fred Hersch, Songs Without Words (2001)
• Donna Lewis, Brand New Day (Palmetto, 2015)
• Orange Then Blue, Hold the Elevator (GM, 1999)
• Tom Rogerson, Tom Rogerson (Yonasty, 2005)
• Mark Turner, Dharma Days (Warner Bros., 2001)
• Ben Waltzer, For Good (Fresh Sound, 1996)
• Patrick Zimmerli, Twelve Sacred Dances (Arabesque, 1998)

References

1. "Bad Plus". Current Biography Yearbook 2011. Ipswich, MA: H.W. Wilson. 2011. pp.  30–33. ISBN   9780824211219.
2. "The Bad Plus". San Jose Jazz. Retrieved 2019-12-13.

External links

• All About Jazz: Reid Anderson Live at the C Note
• An interview with Reid Anderson