Live concerts in 2024

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Thursday, 4th January - Solo piano Vortex Jazz Club, London, UK (2 concerts: 19.30 & 21.0)

 

14th Jan. BBC Radio 4 TX: Something Understood - Django: "Feelin' Groovy".

 

2nd March - Bern Art Ensemble at Turnhalle, Progr, Bern.

 

29. April - 5. May - Anouar Brahem, Dave Holland, Anja Lechner, recording ECM

 

2nd June - Bern Art Ensemble at Turnhalle, Progr, Bern.

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27. July – 17:00 @ Reformierte Kirche, Langnau Jazz Nights, CH
Mirjam Hässig / Django Bates duo

https://jazz-nights.ch/festival/programm/samstag-27-juli/

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24th August 19.30 - Solo piano - Jazz im Hof - St. Pölten, Austria

https://jazzimhofstpoelten.com/konzert/django-bates/

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7. October - solo piano - @ Southampton U.K (to be confirmed) 
 

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Details to follow for touring with Anouar Brahem, Dave Holland, Anja Lechner.

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Live concerts in 2023

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Thursday, 16th Feb. - Solo piano - Laeiszhalle Kleiner Saal, Hamburg - 20:00

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Tuesday, 21st Feb. - Solo piano - Jazz Club, Chamber Hall, Katowice, Poland - 19.30

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Friday, 10th March - Orquestra de Jazz de Espinho plays the music of Loose Tubes: featuring Julian Argüelles & Django Bates.

Auditório de Espinho - Portugal. 

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26. March - Solo piano - Bergamot, Italy.

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19. April - Belovèd - Luxembourg Philharmonie.

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4. June - Bern Art Ensemble at Turnhalle, Progr, Bern

 

24 - 26 June - recording Solo piano at Bauer studios, DE

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21. September - Solo piano - Musigbistrot, Bern

 

21. Oct. Solo piano - Milan, Italy

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13 - 17 November - Basel Focus Year - concert on 16th

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11. December - Trio w. Jim Black, Ulysse Loup - Musigbistrot, Bern

 

Live Concerts 2021

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Solo piano concert - Dienstag/Tuesday, 23rd November

   - Kulturhaus Helferei, Zürich, Switzerland - 18.00 Uhr
Unerhört! Festival : My last gig of 2021  😉
https://unerhoert.ch/programm/

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Only U.K Concert in 2021 !! Live !!

Cleveland Watkiss & Django Bates - Arts & Crafts
Sunday 14th November 2021

Stage time / 7:30pm

Kings Place (Hall One),
90 York Way

London
N1 9AG

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Cleveland Watkiss and Django Bates have travelled independent paths for the past forty years, each imparting purpose and direction to their craft, and in tonight’s concert they unite for the first time at the EFG London Jazz Festival where they will explore Afro-Caribbean, American and English folk culture through song, jazz and improvisation.

'The artist walks where the breath of the spirit blows them. The Artist cannot be told their direction when they do not know it themselves. But they lead the rest of us into fresh pastures and teach us to love and to enjoy what we often begin by rejecting, enlarging our sensibility and purifying our instincts.' The wisdom of John Maynard Keynes, founder of the Arts Council, still resonates in our time.

From Armstrong to Bowie - from Bates to Watkiss.
Songs of love and hope, songs of art and craft.

Cleveland Watkiss - Voice, Electronics
Django Bates - Piano, Voice, Keyboards

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https://efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/events/cleveland-watkiss-and-django-bates-arts-and-crafts

 

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Previous concerts:

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2020

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28th October. Tenacity album launch at Frankfurt Jazz Festival, Germany. A celebration of Charlie Parker's 100th anniversary, with Belovèd, H.R Rundfunk.

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2020

2020 Tour Belovèd trio -

12. Marz. Trondheim, Norway, Dokkhuset - Covid cancelled

10. Marz. Moods Jazz, Zürich, CH - 20:30

9. Marz. Stadtgarten, Köln, DE - 20:0

8. Marz. LeCrescent, Place Saint Pierre, Macon, FR - 17:0

6. Marz. Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Kleiner Saal, DE - 20:0

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12th Feb 2020 - Bundes Jazz Orchester - Essen Philharmonie
13th June 2019 - FocusYear - Basel Jazz Campus: 

w. students of Basel Jazz Campus Focusyear.

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14th July 2019 - Wigmore Hall, London:

"Premature celebration" Beloved with guest Evan Parker present Charlie Parker's cannon in premature celebration of his 100th birthday in 2020.

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15th June 2019 - the music of Loose Tubes - Lille 

w. students of HKB Bern, Barcelona, Lille: ​

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April 2019 - the music of Loose Tubes with students of HKB Bern, Barcelona, Lille:

4 april - concert L’Auditori Barcelona

5th April - concert Granollers

7th April - PROGR Bern

 

Anouar Brahem tour w. Dave Holland & Nasheet Waits:

March 12th 2019 - Uppsala Sweden Konsert & Kongress

March 13 Berlin Ger Boulez Saal

March 15 London England Barbican

March 16 Dublin, Ireland Blue Maqams The National Concert Hall

March 18 Lyon, France Blue Maqams Auditorium Lyon 

March 19 Anvers, Belgium Blue Maqams De Roma

March 20 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Blue Maqams
Philharmonie Luxembourg

March 22 Morges, Switzerland Blue Maqams Théâtre de Beausobre 

March 23 Köln, Germany Blue Maqams

 

2-12 October 2018 & 25th October - 2nd November 2018 - Beloved European / Scandinavian tour.

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10. August 2018 Bergen Bigband the music of Loose Tubes - Haugesund

 

21 July 2018 - Belovèd trio. Ravello, Italy

 

5 July 2018 - Warsaw Summer Jazz Days: Belovèd trio

Thu 19:00, Klub Stodoła, Warsaw, Poland

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24 June Ottawa

 

22 June Rochester, U.S

 

19 / 20 June: Belovèd trio - Jazz StandardNew York, NY, U.S.A

 

11 June - Belovèd trio with guests: Marius Neset & Claire Huguenin -

at L'Auditori de Barcelona

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9 June 2018 - Belovèd trio with guests: Marius Neset & Claire Huguenin -

at The Wigmore Hall, London, England

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19 may: Piano City - Milan - solo piano

 

5 april 2018

DO 05.04.2018 | JAZZCAMPUS CLUB | 20:30

BAND FY18 | COACHED BY DJANGO BATES

FOCUSYEAR BASEL

Yumi Ito (CH/voc), Sergio Wagner (ARG/tp), Enrique Oliver (E/ts), Paco Andreo (F/tb), Szymon Mika (PL/g), Olga Konkova (N/p), Danny Ziemann (USA/b), Marton Juhasz (H/dr)

 

19:30 Uhr Barbetrieb

Eintritt frei

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8 april 2018

Philharmonie de Paris - Festival Arabesque, France

Anouar Brahem "Blue Maqams" with Dave Holland / Jack DeJohnette / Django Bates 

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9 april 2018

Odyssud, Blagnac , France

Anouar Brahem "Blue Maqams" with Dave Holland / Jack DeJohnette / Django Bates

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11 april 2018

Tonhalle, Zurich, Switzerland

Anouar Brahem "Blue Maqams" with Dave Holland / Jack DeJohnette / Django Bates

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12 april 2018

Musical Theater, Basel, Switzerland

Anouar Brahem "Blue Maqams" with Dave Holland / Jack DeJohnette / Django Bates

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14 april 2018

Philharmonie, Munich, Germany

Anouar Brahem "Blue Maqams" with Dave Holland / Jack DeJohnette / Django Bates

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15 april 2018

Philharmonie, Hamburg, Germany

Anouar Brahem "Blue Maqams" with Dave Holland / Jack DeJohnette / Django Bates

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16 april 2018

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal

Anouar Brahem "Blue Maqams" with Dave Holland / Jack DeJohnette / Django Bates

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18 april 2018

Bozar, Brussels, Belgium

Anouar Brahem "Blue Maqams" with Dave Holland / Jack DeJohnette / Django Bates

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30 January 2018 - Belovèd trio - Ronnie Scott's Club. ECM night.

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19 November 2017 - Keyboard Soloist in Zawinul's "Stories Of The Danube". Barbican Hall, London, U.K.

 

9 November 2017 - Amager Bio, Copenhagen, Denmark - “Saluting Sgt. Pepper”
w. Danish Radio Big Band

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2 November 2017 - Helsinki, Finland - “Saluting Sgt. Pepper” w. Umo Jazz Orchestra

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29 October 2017 - Pitea, Sweden -

“Saluting Sgt. Pepper”

w. Norrbotten Big Band

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28 Oct. 2017 - KulturensHus, Luleå, Sweden - “Saluting Sgt. Pepper”

w. Norrbotten Big Band

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27 October 2017 - Umeå, Sweden -

“Saluting Sgt. Pepper”

w. Norrbotten Big Band

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26 October 2017 - Torneå/Haparanda, Sweden - “Saluting Sgt. Pepper”

 

w. Norrbotten Big Band

 

 

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16 October 2017 - Belovèd trio - ECM album release concert in Ulm. 20:0 Uhr. Stadthaus, Münsterplatz 50, Germany

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4-9 September 2017 - Ronnie Scott’s Club, London, England - “Saluting Sgt. Pepper” with H.R Big Band

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26 August 2017 - with Anouar Brahem, Dave Holland, Nasheet Waits  - Tunisia

26 June 2017 - Belovèd trio concert for ECM distributors - Budapest, Hungary

 

 

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