The quartet is Bates on drums, Mike Lewis on saxophones, Bryan Nichols on piano and Jeff Bailey on bass. All four can play at the farthest edges of jazz, but this will be a night of swinging standards. “I do sort of think that standards are folk music in a way at this point,” Bates wrote in an email, “and I’m beyond happy to play that music with those three dear old friends of mine at the Dakota.” We’re pretty happy about it, too. -Pamela Espeland
JT Bates Quartet
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