Music for The Third Policeman is an album by the composer and musician Django Bates and the Powder Room Collapse Orchestra. It was released by Ah Um records in 1990. The album is based on the 1969 comic novel The Third Policeman, written by the Irish author Flann O'Brien.

It was performed live in July 2000. - Wikipedia

Live performance by Orquestra de Cambra Teatre Lliure:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_fMyudatzE

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Summer Fruits (and Unrest) is an album led by composer, multi-instrumentalist and band leader Django Bates which was recorded in 1993 and released on the JMT label.

AllMusic awarded the album 3½ stars stating "hot full of breezy humor -- while also falling prey to the needless clutter so popular in fusion bands and jazz schools -- Summer Fruits will no doubt please fans who like their swing embedded in left field, yet logical dress" - Wikipedia

Well it pleased me and did not find it cluttered!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW6zyk90GS4&list=RDNW6zyk90GS4&start_radio=1

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After The Last Sky = بعد السماء الأخيرة by Anouar Brahem, Anja Lechner, Django Bates, Dave Holland , released on ECM in 2025.

Tyran Grillo wrote for ECM Reviews:

After The Last Sky marks the return of oud virtuoso and composer Anouar Brahem to ECM, eight years after Blue Maqams. That groundbreaking album also featured pianist Django Bates and bassist Dave Holland, both of whom are retained here, along with a new addition in cellist Anja Lechner. The result is a culmination of culminations, blending Brahem’s evolving integrations of jazz, European classical music, and, of course, the modal Arabic maqams at their core. Gaza was firmly on his mind leading up to and during the recording, and the titles reflect this awareness in a contemplative way...

https://ecmreviews.com/2025/07/27/anouar-brahem-after-the-last-sky-ecm-2838/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWnmsOLbO90&list=OLAK5uy_lGzzN8gxHBG9UVgkUQfHoo6vW7zsG40ZQ&index=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB_2W8CEMgk

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Ted Tocks Covers - Year 8 - Day 74

I Don’t Live Today

Remembering Jimi Hendrix!

“Will I live tomorrow?
Well, I just can’t say
Will I live tomorrow?
Well, I just can’t say
But I know for sure
I Don’t Live Today”

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https://tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2025/09/18/i-dont-live-today-dedicated-to-the-american-indian-and-all-minority-depression-groups-musicislife-tedtockscovers-jimihendrix/

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

A reviewer for Jazz Journal remarked: "the integrative aspect of the four men is remarkable and it is frequently difficult to be clear about which of them is playing what. No matter. There is some richly rewarding music to enjoy – if you are prepared to be open-minded about the boundaries of jazz. Perhaps there are none, anyway." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bY9I3Y-r_g&list=PLMKj_Gd3W4qxmGQLwwoKEAiZ2ps5dQdWa&index=1

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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