All Heaven Broke Loose is the third album by Bill Bruford's Earthworks, featuring Django Bates, Iain Ballamy and Tim Harries. It was released on EG Records in 1991. It was co-produced by experimental guitarist David Torn, with whom Bruford had played extensively in the 1980s

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings called Bates' contribution to "Candles Still Flicker in Romania's Dark" "exceptional by any standard."[4]

Josef Woodard of Entertainment Weekly called the album "evocative," and wrote: "Earthworks play up their jazz associations, but the lack of either traditional song structures or extended solos suggests a careful balance of tradition and mischief... Heard from start to finish, the album tells an engaging, abstract story, steeped in the spirit of jazz — if not the letter." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_K26FVL164&list=OLAK5uy_lu8c6gXe6GpNE3i3dd25CH5y25If8q5Rs

#earthworks #billbruford #jazz #djangobates #britjazz #iainbellamy #davemckean

Ended the week and started the weekend with Cantilena the second album recorded by the British jazz quartet, First House. It was released by ECM. The album presents a studio performance of leader and saxophonist Ken Stubbs with Django Bates on piano, Mick Hutton on bass and Martin France on drums, recorded in 1989 in Norway.

Tyran Grillo wrote for ECM Reviews:

"After a memorable ECM debut with Eréndira, the talented quartet of saxophonist Ken Stubbs, pianist Django Bates, bassist Mike Hutton, and drummer Martin France—a.k.a. First House—followed up with an even more effective chunk of progressive jazz in Cantilena. From the first soulful licks of the title opener, we know we are in for something special and from the heart. The composer’s alto draws us into the night with recumbent charm, thereby opening an ambitious set that delivers everything it promises and more.."

https://ecmreviews.com/2012/03/01/cantilena/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St9zcpruElE&list=OLAK5uy_nfUh8Ae1ALAQwx7A2bwrhqIkL5VN1TIko

#firsthouse #ecm #ecmreviews #britjazz #djangobates #kenstubbs

#NP: #NowPlaying:

Anouar Brahem - 'After The Last Sky' (2025)

The current album by Tunesian oud player and composer #AnouarBrahem, with #Anja Lechner (violincello), #DjangoBates (piano) and #DaveHolland (bass) is another and another and another and another and another and another lovely world jazz album. Gorgeous. #ECM

Welcomed sleep yesterday then greeted Friday with an LP I first heard, having borrowed it from Cambridge Library during a brief sojourn there in my youth: Eréndira is the first album recorded by the British jazz quartet, First House. It was released by ECM. The album presents a studio performance of leader and saxophonist Ken Stubbs with Django Bates on piano, Mick Hutton on bass and Martin France on drums, recorded in July, 1985 in Norway.

Tyran Grillo wrote for ECM Reviews:

“A Day Away” starts as if awakening, those first rustlings of the morning flittering across France’s kit, Bates opening his eyes as butterfly’s wings to sunlight, while Hutton takes our first steps, breathing in the saxophone’s crisp air...a beautiful, seemingly forgotten album from a quartet of musicians who tended to involve themselves in more progressive acts. Here, they take it back home. Don’t pass this one by."

#ecm #djangobates #kenstubbs #martinfrance #britjazz #ecmreviews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6ffKlpKcVY&list=OLAK5uy_nhLOzgP4zFQlqNCiRfDWWJ1vPmqslyilQ

#NP: #NowPlaying:

Anouar Brahem - 'Blue Maqams' (2017)

And another and another and another and another and another lovely world jazz album by Tunesian oud player and composer #AnouarBrahem, with #DaveHolland (bass), #JackDejohnette (drums) and #DjangoBates. Gorgeous. #ECM

#AnouarBrahem #oud
#AnjaLechner #chelo
#DaveHolland #contrabajo
#DjangoBates #piano

#AfterTheLastSky
#ManfredEicher
#ECMRecords #ECM #EditionOfContemporaryMusic 2025

¿Hacia dónde deberían volar los pájaros, después del último cielo?"
#MahmoudDarwish "

Palestina, el dolor, el horror, y la música que sobrevuela todo, invitando a la reflexión, pero no a perdonar las injusticias, ni a olvidarlas.

https://ecmrecords.com/product/after-the-last-sky-anouar-brahem-anja-lechner-django-bates-dave-holland

#música #jazz #folk #WorldMusic #Túnez #Gaza #Palestina

In my review of Anouar Brahem's new album "After The Sky," I note that while fans of his moodier / jazzier albums might not love it, the infusion of classical strings does make it rather interesting. Here's the link to that review.
https://paulsemel.com/anouar-brahem-after-the-last-sky-review/
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#AnouarBrahem #AnouarBrahemAfterTheLastSky #AnouarBrahemAfterTheLastSkyReview #DaveHolland #AnjaLechner #AnouarBrahem #DjangoBates #DaveHollandAfterTheLastSky #AnjaLechnerAfterTheLastSky #DjangoBatesAfterTheLastSky

I slipped into sleep yesterday and greeted today with Eréndira, the first album recorded by the British jazz quartet, First House. It was released by ECM. The album presents a studio performance of leader and saxophonist Ken Stubbs with Django Bates on piano, Mick Hutton on bass and Martin France on drums, recorded over 2 days in July, 1985 in Norway.

I first heard this LP having borrowed it from Cambridge Library on vinyl.

Tyran Grill wrote for ECM Reviews:

“A Day Away” starts as if awakening, those first rustlings of the morning flittering across France’s kit, Bates opening his eyes as butterfly’s wings to sunlight, while Hutton takes our first steps, breathing in the saxophone’s crisp air. Stubbs carries a gentle tune in “Innocent Eréndira,” lilting over bass and a gentle tat of cymbals. Like an airborne serpent falling to the ground with that final breath, he slithers into a dark hole..”

#ecm #britjazz #jazz #ecmreviews #djangobates

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6ffKlpKcVY&list=OLAK5uy_nhLOzgP4zFQlqNCiRfDWWJ1vPmqslyilQ&pp=ygUUZmlyc3QgaG91c2UgZXJlbmRpcmE%3D

#NP: #NowPlaying:

Anouar Brahem - 'After The Last Sky' (2025)

#AnouarBrahem (oud), #AnjaLechner (violoncello), #DjangoBates (piano) and #DaveHolland (double bass) create a wonderful jazzy world on this new album on #ECM records. This is just gorgeous music.

The two Anouar Brahem concerts I have been to (both with Dave Holland). #111Words #AnouarBrahem #Jazz #Music #DaveHolland #JohnSurman #Basel #Volkshaus #DjangoBates #JackDeJohnette #MusicalTheaterBasel https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-two-anouar-brahem-concerts-i-have.html

#NP: #NowPlaying:

Bill Bruford's Earthworks - 'Live At The Schauburg Bremen 1987' (2022)

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#playallyourcdsagain #playallyouralbumsagain #albumcollection #Bruford #BillBruford #Earthworks #IainBellamy #DjangoBates #MickHutton

@fkamiah17@toot.wales can I also recommend (if you can find it) #MusicForTheThirdPoliceman by #DjangoBates and #PowderRoomCollapse best heard after reading the book