Django Bates

British musician

Born: 2 October 1960
Beckenham
Country: United Kingdom
Active: 1980–
Record labels: E.G. Records

Biography

Django Bates is a jazz musician who plays piano and horn. Django Bates was born on 2 October 1960 in Beckenham. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: E.G. Records.

Django Bates (born Leon Bates, 2 October 1960) is a British jazz musician, composer, multi-instrumentalist, band leader and educator. He plays the piano, keyboards and the tenor horn. Bates has been described as "one of the most talented musicians Britain has produced... his work covers the entire spectrum of jazz, from early jazz through to bebop and free jazz to jazz-rock fusion." In addition to his jazz work, he is also a classical composer (writing both large- and small-scale compositions on commission), theatre composer, and has taught as a professor at various European music schools. As a leader, his bands have included Human Chain, Delightful Precipice, Quiet Nights, Powder Room Collapse Orchestra and Belovèd, and he was also a leading figure in Loose Tubes and Bill Bruford's Earthworks.

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