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CodeDS/UK/7267
NameBates; Django (2 October 1960); British jazz musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist
Variations of NameLeon Bates
Dates2 October 1960
GenderMale (cisgender)
Place of Birth/OriginBeckenham, Kent, England (born)
BiographyDjango Bates is a British jazz musician, composer, multi-instrumentalist, band leader and educator. He plays the piano, keyboards and the tenor horn.

In additional to his jazz work, he is also a noted classical composer, 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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