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Why the hell are we reviewing a jazz album? Because the Bad Plus are valiantly trying to yank jazz instrumentals out of the dentist’s office and put ’em back on your stereo. On their second album, the piano-bass-drums trio offset the aimless meandering of jazz with a willingness to rock out. Covers of the Pixies and Black Sabbath are just the thing to draw in the jazzphobic out there. Kenny G may have ruined jazz’s image, but let’s give props to the guys fighting to get it back.