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FALL(ing) behind at Bates HQ
October 19, 2016
Well I'm just here working, playing and living life. No excuses other than life is busy and I don't feel like devoting time to promoting myself when I could be not promoting myself. Family time is precious. Chores are never
UPDATE Doublebates at Jazz Festerooni! OHHH mac vouti!
June 21, 2016
The Twin Cities Jazz Festival is the highlight of the summer for me! It is a hugely popular outdoor festival held in St Paul with performance stages spread across the city but centered in Mears Park in the vibrant lowertown
Bates Update Vote for Summer
May 23, 2016
Well, well, well. All right, all right, all right. I'm way behind in the updating of my constituency and I apologize. This is in no way brought on by any one else except myself. So, now that we've cleared the
Sorry mates, I’m late, for this important Bates Update
March 10, 2016
March came in like a Lion in my world. I'm cruising along working on my music and gigs, taking care of my family and household. When BAM - a part time job appears that's close to my house, fits neatly
Bates Update Feb 2015
February 1, 2016
Just finished two spectacular days recording with the Bill Simenson Big Band. It has been very satisfying to hear it all coming together so clearly on all these original pieces written by Bill. I've been playing with him for over
The Bates Update: Mega Year End Appreciation Edition
January 3, 2016
It’s been an unprecedented year for feeling totally and completely overwhelmed by human stupidity, ignorance, violence and racism. Without going into any more detail I think we can all agree that our personal choices are the only thing we can
The Bates Update – Holidaze
November 30, 2015
Greetings all! Welcome to winter and the holiday season. It's a splendid time of year and I hope you all get to spend quality time with your families and loved ones. Lots on the plate (pun intended) for this
The Bates Update – October 2015
October 5, 2015
Greetings. Fall is creeping up on us like a phantom. The chill is in the air and we've got that midwestern nesting instinct faintly glowing in our ether, like a phantom. I've been getting in my last faint whispers of summer as it
Working, Working on a Building
September 15, 2015
Sometimes you have to break hard left or right to avoid the onslaught of normalcy. Stagnation is death, but so often it's a slow, grinding, morbidly self inflicted death. Living in the shadows of your own stench. Rotting under the
The Bates Update – August 2015
August 3, 2015
Holy cow. I just let July fly by. I took my first vacation in a long long time this past week and it was super refreshing. Looking ahead into August and beyond there are some great things brewing in the
May the Bates Update be with you, always.
May 7, 2015
Greetings! Happy Spring! Rebirth and renewal abound! Everything is so exciting don't you think?!??! Well, it's been a helluva month. Thanks to Jason Squinobal I had a great weekend at the U of Mn Morris Jazz Festival with Chicagoans Scott
Bates Update – April 2015
April 2, 2015
Just the details please! As I said last month there's a lot going on. It continues into spring and I will spare you the gory details of life, liberty and the pursuit of balance. Saturday April 4th: Steve Kenny Quartet