BadBadNotGood

BadBadNotGood
Badbadnotgood performing live in 2012
Background information
Also known as	BBNG, The Odd Trio, GoodGoodNotBad
Origin	Toronto, Canada
Genres	Post-bop, instrumental hip hop, jazz, free improvisation, electronica
Years active	2010 (2010)–present
Labels	Innovative Leisure
Associated acts	Odd Future, Frank Dukes, Ghostface Killah, Earl Sweatshirt, Kaytranada, Mick Jenkins, Choir! Choir! Choir!, Colin Stetson, Charlotte Day Wilson, JJ DOOM, Sam Herring
Website	badbadnotgood.com
Members	Matthew A. Tavares Chester Hansen Alexander Sowinski Leland Whitty

BadBadNotGood (stylized as BADBADNOTGOOD, abbreviated as BBNG) is a Canadian music group from Toronto, Ontario. The group includes Matthew Tavares on keys, Chester Hansen on bass, Leland Whitty on saxophone, and Alexander Sowinski on drums. They are known for their interpretations of hip hop tracks and their collaborations with Tyler, The Creator, Earl Sweatshirt, Danny Brown, and Ghostface Killah.

Matthew Tavares, Alexander Sowinski, and Chester Hansen met in 2010 through the Humber College jazz program in Toronto. The young threesome united over a shared love for hip hop music, including that of MF DOOM and Odd Future. Hansen plays acoustic and electric bass in the group, while Sowinski, who often dons a pig mask during performances, is on drums and sampler. Tavares handles keys, playing rhythms on a Prophet '08 and electric piano.

One of BadBadNotGood's first collaborations was a cover of "Lemonade" by Gucci Mane. They played a piece based on Odd Future's music for a panel of their jazz performance instructors, who did not find that it had musical value. After they released the track on YouTube as The Odd Future Sessions Part 1, it got the attention of rapper Tyler, The Creator, who felt differently and helped the trio's video go viral.

BBNG uploaded their debut album to Bandcamp in June 2011, which included covers of songs from A Tribe Called Quest, Waka Flocka Flame and several tracks from Odd Future. The trio had their first show at The Red Light in Toronto. In September 2011, they released their first album, BBNG, recorded in a three-hour session. Dante Alighieri on Sputnikmusic called the album "a welcome reinterpretation of modern jazz without the pretense of snotty wine parties and thick rimmed hipster dinosaurs."