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Django Bates: Beloved Bird | CD review

(Lost Marble)For his 40th birthday, in 2000, Django Bates made an American songbook album. It was an unusual choice for the pianist and composer, but he didn't flinch from twisting the familiar patterns and dynamics of those evergreens out of shape. For his 50th, he's applied the same treatment to the 1940s bebop themes composed by or linked with his childhood hero, Charlie Parker. Dazzling themes such as Hot House, Now's the Time and Moose the Mooche are reworked in a regular acoustic piano-tri...

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22:05 on March 25 2010

Django Bates: Beloved Bird | CD review

Guardian Music — (Lost Marble)For his 40th birthday, in 2000, Django Bates made an American songbook album. It was an unusual choice for the pianist and composer, but he didn't flinch fro... more info
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18:09 on March 26 2010

Django Bates: Beloved Bird, CD review

The Telegraph — Beloved Bird reminds us how inventive a pianist Django Bates is. Rating: * * * more info
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