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Michael Bates: Lessons From The Road
by AAJ Staff
By Michael Bates Touring can be both exhausting and exhilarating, especially as a bandleader. The last few months have brought reminders of this as I was planning, booking and finally, actually touring with my quartet in support of my recent CD Clockwise on Dave Douglas' Greenleaf Music label. As part of this tour, ...
Michael Bates: Clockwise
by Wilbur MacKenzie
On Sep. 17, 2008, bassist Michael Bates’ band Outside Sources took the stage for two sets at Cornelia Street Café to celebrate the release of Clockwise, proving itself to be a tight unit that reveled in richness, unpredictability, astounding technical ability and near-telepathic interaction. The press material surrounding the CD directly referz to pianoless ...
Michael Bates: Clockwise
by Troy Collins
Clockwise is the third offering from Canadian-born bassist Michael Bates' ensemble Outside Sources. Charting impressive compositional growth since his previous album, A Fine Balance (Between the Lines, 2004), this session finds the Brooklyn-based composer leading his quartet through a dynamically varied program. Fueled by youthful verve, he deftly combines adventurous post-bop structures with the advanced compositional ...
Contrabassist/Composer Michael Bates on Tour in Support of "Clockwise" on Greenleaf Music
Dave Douglas' Greenleaf Music Announces The Release of Clockwise from contrabassist/composer MICHAEL BATES Available September 9, 2008 on Greenleaf Music “There's something about bassists who lead their own groups and write their own music that strikes a deep chord with me (no pun, intended). Michael Bates's new release is right up there with new releases by ...
Dave Douglas' Greenleaf Music Announces the Release of "Clockwise" from Contrabassist/Composer Michael Bates
Available on September 9, 2008 on Greenleaf Music “There's something about bassists who lead their own groups and write their own music that strikes a deep chord with me (no pun, intended). Michael Bates's new release is right up there with new releases by Drew Gress and William Parker. The playing by all in the band ...
Crazy Girl
Label: WM Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Crazy Girl; Kattorna; Ballada; Is That Your Final Answer?; Svantetic Prelude; Svantetic; Tail Peace; Stop Time; Sleep Safe and Warm.
A Fine Balance
Label: Between the Lines
Released: 2006
Track listing: Small Obstacles; On Equilibrium; Entrance; Charcoal; Prodigal; Prokofiev; Partly Innocent; St. Helen; Coppertone; Simple Interlude.
Michael Bates: A Fine Balance
by Troy Collins
The shadow of Dave Douglas hovers over bassist Michael Bates' debut recording. However, Douglas' influence is understandable, because both are faculty members at the Banff Center of the Arts. Despite the noticeable stylistic overlap, Bates contributes a strong program of originals that stretch beyond academic imitation. Bates draws influence from a fairly novel place: ...
Michael Bates' Outside Sources: A Fine Balance
by Jerry D'Souza
Michael Bates says that as a jazz musician, he takes a punk attitude to things. If anything, that is a refreshing attitude. When it comes down to music, he achieves a fine balance. He has all the right ingredients: a jazz sensibility, an open approach to classical music, a tingly edginess, and a sense of adventure. ...
Michael Bates: A Fine Balance
by C. Michael Bailey
Call me biased, but jazz has the distinction of giving us some pretty good recordings on the whole. The downside to that is an ultimate dilution of the music for public consumption. What will one more performance of “'Round Midnight do for us? Michael Bates' A Fine Balance flies in the face of this product dilution. ...
