Search - Django Bates :: Spring Is Here (Shall We Dance?)

A bit hectic

Speedy | Fl, MO USA | 07/07/2009

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I have followed Bates career since his Loose tubes, Human Chain & Bruford's earthworks days and i have noticed how little by little this composer challenges himself more and more with each passing project...to the point where his work is totally his own world ...and a fast, super complex and a bit hectic world it is! This newest project is surely not for everyone (either in Jazz or rock or jazz/rock camps). The compositions need a big band with several singers and a knack for breezing through complex charts without stumbling.

I liked it but it requires for the listener to be in a certain mood, i believe. Try to listen to a few samples before buying as this is truly an acquired taste."

Django should be recognized!

Christopher Siebold | Chicago, IL USA | 11/11/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Being a tireless advocate for the music of Django Bates, I strongly recommend this CD and I'm happy to see it finally offered on Amazon USA. Django's music is truly inspired and very fully-packed. As a composer and arranger, he is one of the best in the genre of jazz or otherwise and has a unique voice that must be heard. This material is simultaneously light, dark, complex, simple, funny and serious as hell: all of it penned with intention and flawlessly performed by a big band with vocals! Anyway, my words cannot quite describe what lies within this disc. I urge any serious listener to check it out and play it loud! I would also recommend any other Django recording you can get your hands on."

Amazing Album

Riff Buster | Los Angeles, CA | 08/07/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is Django's first CD since joining the faculty as Professor of Rhythimic Music at Denmark's Rhythmic Music Conservatory and features its post-graduate big band called StoRMChaser. And what a CD it is! Absolutley amazing and, as an arranger myself, filled with awe-inspiring music.



IMHO, Django is without a doubt the most creative, innovative and astonishing composer/arranger of our time, bar none. These charts make even the best current big band writing in the U.S. sound boring and uninspired, and I don't say this lightly.



I highly recommend this album. It's very complex and yet very accessible. And rhythmically, it's in a class all by itself. I'll spare you a song by song commentary. Just buy it and listen. You won't be disappointed."