Django Bates

Django Bates
Django Bates
Background information
Birth name	Leon Bates
Born	2 October 1960 (age 63); Beckenham, Kent, England
Genres	Jazz, jazz fusion
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer, educator
Instrument(s)	Piano, keyboards, tenor horn
Years active	1980s–present
Labels	EG, ECM, Lost Marble, Screwgun, JMT
Website	www.djangobates.co.uk

Django Bates (born Leon Bates, 2 October 1960)^[1] 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."^[2]

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.

^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 189/190. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
^ Vande Kappelle, Robert P. (7 April 2011). Blue Notes: Profiles of Jazz Personalities. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 319. ISBN 978-1-61097-283-3.

[LarkinGE-1] Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 189/190. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.

[Kappelle2011-2] Vande Kappelle, Robert P. (7 April 2011). Blue Notes: Profiles of Jazz Personalities. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 319. ISBN 978-1-61097-283-3.

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